Christian Ristok

PostDoc @idiv | Plant-soil-herbivore interactions over space and time | Trends and drivers of (soil) biodiversity change | Chemical ecology | he/him

[FEdA | Biodiversität erforschen und erhalten @FEdA_Biodiv]

Einer der artenreichsten Lebensräume steht heute an: der Boden! Koordinator der Kapitelgruppe „Bodenbiodiversität“ des #Faktencheck|s #Artenvielfalt Dr. @ChristianRistok stellt euch ein paar spannende Fakten und Zahlen vor, mit Bildmaterial von @terra_aliens. (1/10)

[iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv]

New ideas for #biodiversity research: Jonathan Chase @Jon_Chase03 from iDiv and @UniHalle receives the @ERC_Research Advanced Grant! His research project "MetaChange" will be funded with 2.5 mio euros over the next five years. Congratulations! https://t.co/JqfdBmpdrW

[iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv]

iDiv and @UniJena are recruiting a new W3 (full) professorship for 'Biodiversity in the Anthropocene'! The professorship will be one of iDiv's 9 'core' professorships and based at the core centre in Leipzig. Application deadline: 30 April; more info: https://t.co/bEsVzS3rzp

[GlobalSoil BiodiversityInitiative @theGSBI]

#GSB2023 @GanaultPierre sharing ongoing work on Earthworm trait database, to open new doors for understanding earthworm ecology

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

New mechanistic framework for future experimental research. How soil community composition plays an important role in ⬇️herbivory rates w. ⬆️plant diversity by changing plant metabolomes @ChristianRistok @AlexWein_iDiv @EisenhauerLab @jena_experiment @idiv https://t.co/x00nO232kl

[iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv]

#Artenvielfalt schwindet auch unter der Erde. Die @idiv-geführte Gruppe "Bodenbiodiversität" im Projekt "Faktencheck – Artenvielfalt" erfasst Wissenstand zur Bodenvielfalt sowie deren Haupttreiber und Gefahren in Deutschland. #WorldSoilDay @FEdA_Biodiv https://t.co/ihGIVHCJWy

[Alexander Weinhold📯 @Weinhold_Alex]

Are you interested in applying #ecometabolomics to study the volatile and non-volatile #metabolome and the impact of tree species diversity? Then join us in @idiv and @TreeDi1 for a #PhD. https://t.co/pigYm63ZpG

[iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv]

More plant diversity, less pesticides: New study @ScienceAdvances shows how species-rich plant communities can naturally reduce herbivore impacts. https://t.co/F3aHl9a76I @UniJena @UniLeipzig @BarnesEcoDiv @waikato @EisenhauerLab

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

@fonsvanderplas @EisenhauerLab Agreed. However, molecular traits such as defensive compounds are a good predictor for growth-defense trade offs and can be used to predict herbivore resistance and potentially inform about the potential to establish in a community

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

Plant species richness elicits changes in the metabolome of grassland species via soil biotic legacy, by Ristok et al.

Read online: https://t.co/6IN3kcCwU5

@ChristianRistok @EbelingAE @EisenhauerLab @AlexWein_iDiv

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

Happy to share the 1. published results from my PhD thesis 🥳 It's a story about #PSF, plant #diversity & #metabolomes and #herbivores. Thanks to @jena_experiment for the opportunity and all @idiv for the help. You can find the #OA paper in @JEcology here: https://t.co/KKB5HjxJ3p

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

I've got a new publication on #soil macrofauna, #litter decomposition, and secondary #metabolites. I would be thrilled for you to have a read. You can download the paper for free for the next 50 days here: https://t.co/QDkAnCjaOu

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

Tiny "astronauts". #Insects are passively transported through the air at heights of 3500m a.s.l. This may constitute an important mode of transport during #species #migration. Andreas Macke @idiv seminar series.

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

Do you want to make it rain? Bio(diversity) is important. "Pollen and bacteria in the air are needed to form clouds and thus rain" Andreas Macke in today's @idiv seminar series.

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

Are you a bioinformatician, who would like to work on integrative novel projects? NOW is your chance! @idiv is looking for a Post-doctoral researcher in -omics, #bioinformatics and #statistics. Application deadline: 9 Oct! (Please share and Retweet)
https://t.co/C6hf5ZOR69

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

Still one of the most beautiful spots to relax and read a paper or two. The Botanical Garden in @UniHalle

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

This is my life currently. Going through my Phospholipid fatty acid GC chromatograms. Quality control and manual identification/assigment. All to answer the question if and how #soil #microbiota alters the #chemistry in #plants?! #plantsoilfeedback

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

The unique secondary #metabolome defines not only species #interaction. Here, after an extraction with methanol the color of the extracts differs due to the secondary metabolites (Geranium pratense, Ranunculus acris, Leucanthemum vulgare; left to right)

[Christian Ristok @ChristianRistok]

It is oddly satisfying that you can still distinguish the three #plant #species Ranunculus acris, Geranium pratense, and Leucanthemum vulgare (from left to right) even after they were freeze-dried and ground to a powder. All that just by the color. #Diversity