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Katrin Heer

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Professor of Forest Genetics @uni-freiburg.de 🌳🌲🧬 Research on evolutionary ecology & (epi)genetics of trees. (Tropical) Forest enthusiast. Emmy Noether group leader.

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Please RT: we are looking for a PhD student to work on macrogenetics and quantitative genetics of South African proteas. Amazing collaborative project with @plantecology.bsky.social @debbiemleigh.bsky.social & others, embedded in @terra-cluster.org. Dream project if you love molecular biodiversity!

04.01.2026 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Apply until January 20th!

15.01.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Foto of an ancient beech tree, logos of Uni Freiburg and Biodiversity Exploratories, and short announcement text: "PhD position in Forest Genetics entitled "Genetic diversity of tree and shrub species in the Biodiversity Exploratories"
3 years (starting in April/May 2026), Apply now!"

Foto of an ancient beech tree, logos of Uni Freiburg and Biodiversity Exploratories, and short announcement text: "PhD position in Forest Genetics entitled "Genetic diversity of tree and shrub species in the Biodiversity Exploratories" 3 years (starting in April/May 2026), Apply now!"

🌳 PhD Position in Forest Genetics
@uni-freiburg.de
Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories.
🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

15.01.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
UniversitΓ€t Freiburg

🌳 PhD Position in Forest Genetics @uni-freiburg.de
Join the BeGenDiv project to study genetic diversity of ~30 tree & shrub species across Germany’s Biodiversity Exploratories.
🧬 Fieldwork, lab work, bioinformatics & interdisciplinary collaboration
More info & apply: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

19.12.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A recovering patch of rainforest in Ecuadorian ChocΓ³, picture by Eike Lena Neuschulz

A recovering patch of rainforest in Ecuadorian ChocΓ³, picture by Eike Lena Neuschulz

Seed dispersal by πŸ¦œπŸ¦‡ underpins rainforest recovery. We want to understand more about its timing + traits driving recovery through obs, exp + genomic data. Ready to join the @reassemblynet.bsky.social team working in Ecuadorian ChocΓ³? Pls apply to our 4-yr PhD position @sgn.one: tinyurl.com/2pkryc99

05.12.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Postdoktorand/-in in ΓΆkologischer Genomik 80% (w/m/d) Die Forschungseinheit BiodiversitΓ€t und Naturschutzbiologie untersucht die Vielfalt des Lebens, von der genetischen DiversitΓ€t bis zur Arten- und Lebensraumvielfalt sowie ihre Interaktionen. Das fΓΌr m...

i am offering a post-doc position in my brand-new project TreeGD that will investigate genomic diversity of trees species in switzerland, with a special focus on gene conservation units, rare species (but not only), and seeds stands.

apply.refline.ch/273855/1782/...

06.11.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Freiburger Doktorand*innen Alessandro Mainardi & Claudia ViganΓ² klettern in #Ecuador in die Baumkronen, um das β€žgeheime Lebenβ€œ tropischer WΓ€lder zu erforschen. Dabei untersuchen sie ΓΆkologische Mechanismen & erste Auswirkungen des Klimawandels. ufr.link/regenwald-ecuador #Forstgenetik #Klimawandel

15.10.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stellenangebote: UniversitΓ€t Hohenheim Aktuelle Stellenangebote der UniversitΓ€t Hohenheim.

JOB ALERT! Do you also love large ecological experiments? Become coordinator of our big new geo-biosphere experiment in @terra-cluster.org. 7-year position! Follow link for details.
@gfoesoc.bsky.social
@britishecologicalsociety.org
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
@uslter.bsky.social

Please repost!

06.10.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ecological synthesis including forest ecosystems, grassland, land use, climate change, time series, stability, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, species interaction networks

Ecological synthesis including forest ecosystems, grassland, land use, climate change, time series, stability, ecosystem functioning, biodiversity, species interaction networks

Three exciting #PostDoc πŸ§‘β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ§• positions on #Ecological #Synthesis at TU Darmstadt @tuda.bsky.social for Reassembly #rainforest πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¨ 🌱🌴🦜 & #Biodiversity Exploratories πŸŒ²πŸ„πŸšœπŸͺ²πŸπŸ₯€@bexplo.bsky.social
Please spread widely βœ‰οΈβ™₯️▢️ & apply quickly πŸ™ƒ
www.reassembly.de/the-team/job...

20.09.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

Open PhD position in our group!

03.09.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bat-mediated gene flow in a tropical liana species - another chapter of our Marcgravia story now published. Led by @malikagottstein.bsky.social

25.08.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post-Doc in Ecological Genomics 80-100% (f/m/d) The Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology studies the diversity of life in its various forms, from genetic diversity to the diversity of species and ecosystems as well as their interacti...

Find here my announcement for a 2-year post-doc position in ecological genomics of white oaks in the framework of the Horizon project OptFORESTS. I am looking for somebody with strong skills in bioinformatics, landscape genomics, forest genomics, GWAS, and population genetic simulations.

02.06.2025 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Plant Biology - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Department of Biology - English

🌱 We will soon open the search for a new W3 Professor in Plant Stress Resilience / Molecular Plant Physiology.

🌏Where? Germany, RWTH Aachen University @rwth.bsky.social

We plan to look widely. Please let me know, if you want to be updated on the job announcement.

#AcademicJobs

29.05.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Incredible time @lauraragni.bsky.social !! was a fun event - looking forward to the next!

28.05.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our Cluster of Excellence FutureForest got funded! Seven years of research on complex social-ecological systems ahead! Stay tuned! πŸŒ²πŸŒ³πŸ§πŸ§β€β™‚οΈπŸŒ³πŸŒ² @uni-freiburg.de @dfg.de

23.05.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Restricted Dispersal in the Late Successional Forest Tree Species Nothofagus Pumilio: Consequences Under Global Change We aim to uncover the current and historic effective dispersal distances and characterize fine-scale genetic structure in the forest tree species Nothofagus pumilio. Short seed dispersal distances me...

Our most recent manuscript about gene flow in #Nothofagus pumilio is out now! Thanks to all my coworkers for their hard work @cristinamatsuura.bsky.social @katrinheer.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

23.05.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quick reminder that pre-registration for our #ECOSENSE conference from 29.09.-01.10.2025 in Freiburg is OPEN:

uni-freiburg.de/ecosense/eco...

Looking forward to an interesting exchange about novel sensor development in ecosystem research πŸŒ³πŸ“‘πŸ§ͺ

#cliamtechange #forest

29.04.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ #job: the Department of #ForestSciences of Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitΓ€t Freiburg invites applications for Full Professorships (W3) for:

πŸ”₯Fire Ecology
🌳Forest History and Sustainable Development

Both closing on 6 April 2025

uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

25.03.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Im Rahmen des Tages der offenen TΓΌr findet auch die Vernissage zur Kunstausstellung β€žFragilβ€œ von Sonia Itten statt. 
Bild: Sonia Itten

Im Rahmen des Tages der offenen TΓΌr findet auch die Vernissage zur Kunstausstellung β€žFragilβ€œ von Sonia Itten statt. Bild: Sonia Itten

Tag der offenen TΓΌr der Professur fΓΌr #Forstentomologie und #Waldschutz: Insekten, Biotope und Kunst - Am 22. MΓ€rz kΓΆnnen Interessierte unter anderem das Exploratorium β€žLebendiges Wittentalβ€œ entdecken.
Mehr Infos zum Programm: ufr.link/lebendiges-wittental-25

18.03.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi plant epigenetics fans!
I have updated the Plant Epigenetics Starter Pack to include additional researchers in the field:
@jacobsenucla.bsky.social @pecinka-grp.bsky.social @manavellalab.bsky.social
Please let me know if you wish to be added to the Starter Pack!
go.bsky.app/HyTwdc2

14.03.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Congrats to @malikagottstein.bsky.social !! She just won the price for the best talk at #ECTE2025

27.02.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Are you enthusiastic about #waterstableisotopes in forest trees? πŸŒ²πŸŒ³πŸ’§

We offer a PhD position on ecohydrological feedbacks in forests under recurrent drought.

Join our team in Freiburg:
uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

@chriswernerlab.bsky.social
@uni-freiburg.de @hydrofreiburg.bsky.social

21.02.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
Burned over forest (Fort McMurray Fire May 2016) with some smouldering still going on as well as some new regeneration coming up

Burned over forest (Fort McMurray Fire May 2016) with some smouldering still going on as well as some new regeneration coming up

The Faculty of Environment and Natural Resource, University of Freiburg invites applications for a Full Professorship (W 3) for Fire Ecology in the Department of Forest Sciences.
uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...

17.02.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

7 PhD positions open at Kiel University in our graduate program TransEvo focused on translational evolutionary biology. Two of the projects focused on adaptive evolution of crop pathogens. Check out: www.kec.uni-kiel.de/news_events/...

13.02.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great news! 🌿 #PopBio2025 is coming to Prague! Don't miss this fantastic conference on population biologyβ€”save the date! 21-24 May πŸ“… #Ecology #Evolution #ScienceConference"

17.02.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Application | SGBM There are several ways to join the SGBM doctoral program. The availability of open positions is determined by the funding source and it changes throughout the year.

Want to do a #PhD in Molecular #Plantscience / Plant Epigenetics? We are recruiting through two currently open Freiburg graduate school program calls by @mpi-ie.bsky.social and SGBM of @uni-freiburg.de! Consider to apply:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...
www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de/node/1847

08.02.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure!

31.01.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conservation Genetics Highlights January 2025, Issue 1

Interested in conservation genetics news? @anitajnorman.bsky.social has started a monthly newsletter on #consgen here: open.substack.com/pub/conserva...

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I am excited to announce that registration and abstract submission is now open for Forest Genetics 2025 – β€˜Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Resilient Forests’. Join us in State College, Pennsylvania from June 23-27, 2025 - all are welcome! forestgeneticsconference2025.com #forestgenetics2025

11.12.2024 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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