Spatial Genetics Lab at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Prof Merry C Schuman. Plant ecological chemistry, genomics, remote sensing, biodiversity. https://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3m6jvrkzhc22nA new small beech biodiversity experiment is starting today @Irchel :-) 190 4-year old beech saplings growing in two contrasting genetic diversity levels. Although it was very muddy and snowy at times, we are happy to finally have the little trees in the ground. @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social26 Nov 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jvrkzhc22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3m2o5j3g6ac2o@sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social at the Basque Center of Climate Change (BC3) in Bilbao (ES) presenting our research on Intraspecific Variation in Drought Responses in European Beech 🌍🌳08 Oct 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2o5j3g6ac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3lzgb36dqtk24How can students use drones to map mountains? Find the latest News entry by @helfenstein.earth on https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/sg/news/Remote-Sensing-of-Alpine-Forests-Excursion.html https://www.geo.uzh.ch/en/units/sg/news/Remote-Sensing-of-Alpine-Forests-Excursion.htmlby22 Sep 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzgb36dqtk24https://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3luadkptdzk2qHow can we protect crop yields sustainably?🌽 "Push-pull" systems are one promising model. Daria and co-authors synthesized knowledge on how #push-pull protects maize against the invasive fall armyworm and test the disputed role of the leguminous intercrop Desmodium. https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/10098118 Jul 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3luadkptdzk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3lmeheghkck2hNew paper from our group! We used remote sensing to identify subtle seasonal differences between closely related beech species and developed models that accurately distinguish them at assisted gene flow sites. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112725002087?via%3Dihub09 Apr 2025 07:22 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmeheghkck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3ljptq72sdk2oWe're organizing a thematic workshop on "Beech genomes for the future". Registration and abstract submission can be done via this link: https://swissforestlab.wsl.ch/en/events-and-outreach/dialog/swissforestlab-dialog/. We hope to interact with many people interested in finding a way to keep this forest species around!06 Mar 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljptq72sdk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3lhj4vfjqx22g🚀 The Genes from Space team recently hosted a workshop in Bern with over 100 participants (!!) joining to learn about our new monitoring tool. It enables users to use space-based Earth observation data to assess habitat suitability and estimate key genetic diversity metrics worldwide🌍06 Feb 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhj4vfjqx22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3lhj4f442ks2z🌍🌳 Using Sentinel 2- data, we showed that Swiss forests with higher functional diversity resist & recover better from drought! A step toward scaling BEF insights to real-world forests! Check out our new publication in GCB by @helfenstein.earth et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.7005906 Feb 2025 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhj4f442ks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3laxvnxct2224New paper from our group! We found that maize plants from push-push fields had a higher relative abundance of metabolites toxic to insect herbivores. This suggests that maize plants growing with companion plants are "stronger" than maize plants growing alone. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsagscitech.4c00386?ref=PDF15 Nov 2024 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3laxvnxct2224https://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3laoko3fbgd2eHey everyone! Just a quick re-introduction of the Spatial Genetics group at the University of Zurich. We're committed to leave the other page behind us and start a new social media chapter here! Nice to meet you all :-) [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2024 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3laoko3fbgd2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3kempqhy7b223Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science20 Nov 2023 13:25 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kempqhy7b223https://bsky.app/profile/spatialgenetics.bsky.social/post/3kecn4d67j32rHello Science Bluesky! We just moved here from the other page and are looking forward to engaging with everyone here. We are the Spatial Genetics lab at the University of Zurich and work on plant ecological chemistry, genomics, remote sensing, biodiversity and much more! 🍂🌱🪴🌳🛩️🌍🛰️16 Nov 2023 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:5wla6rc457eqmkryeopljdt2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kecn4d67j32r