We just ended the last of a first series of journal club meetings in my research group. I've started this journal club with hesitation three months ago. Will anybody sign up? Will people read the articles and will there be profound discussions? Will people stay motivated?

My doubts were unfounded: considerable number of sign ups (9 participants in average, that's a lot given the subject is quite niche), mostly well prepared, great discussions and: the participants want to continue!

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*edit: added 'of a first series'

#journalclub #scientificliterature #agroecology

Our research cluster #BreedingForAgroeclolgy here at Wageningen University has started a #journalclub under the moderation of my colleagues Guusje Bonnema, Peter Bourke and myself.

Articles that we will read in our next session will be:

Alleles From Crop Wild Relatives Accumulated by Long-Term Adaptation to Low-Input Environments Contribute to Yield Advantages in Wheat (Triticum aestivum) (12 pages)
Schneider et al. 2025 (University of Bonn)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pbr.70051

Herd immunity in crops? Lessons from human epidemiology (3 pages)
Kuper et al. 2026 (SLU)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138525003590

#agroecology #research #WUR