Dr. Bala Chaudhary
@BalaChaudhary
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Associate Prof @Dartmouth, Scientist-Activist, Mom, Ecologist, Plant-Fungal Symbioses #mycorrhizas #dispersal #antiracistSTEM, CAREER Awardee, #WOCinEEB Founder
Hanover, NH
Joined August 2012
Our new global study led by @PehimSmriti is now out in @PNASNews. TLDR: Certain spore traits were linked to climate AND species range sizes! YES we can use traits to gain insight into env. adaptations for microbes. #mycorrhizas #spores #traits #NSFfunded
https://t.co/6L11loFlxk
eurekalert.org
Many soil microbes play a vital role in ecosystems, as they help plants access nutrients and water and assist in stress tolerance such as during drought and to defend against pathogens. One such...
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🌍 How do #AMF spore traits vary worldwide — and how does climate shape them? 🎙️ Prof. César Marín (@cesarmarin203, @ustchile) talks with @PehimSmriti (@dartmouth, @BalaChaudhary Lab) about her new @PNASNews paper. Check it 👇 https://t.co/k0TNA8j6xz
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Our new newsletter is now published! Dig into the latest updates on IMS’s 20th anniversary, ICOM2026 preparations, our new website & logo, top 10 research papers, and upcoming events. Read more at https://t.co/3S6tv5mazG. Stay connected! #Mycorrhiza
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The npj journals are a boutique and impactful series of open-access journals within the Nature Portfolio. Stay tuned as we grow the editorial board and build a vision to support a global and inclusive soil ecological research community!
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Excited to share that I am taking on a new role as Editor in Chief of npj Soil Ecology, a new @Nature_NPJ journal dedicated to communicating high-quality research and scholarship exploring all aspects of the ecology of soils from gene to ecosystem scales. https://t.co/3waWDk6da3
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Access the full paper and data here!
nature.com
Scientific Data - TraitAM, a global spore trait database for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
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“…that's the cool thing about basic science: you just don't know what information or knowledge it will generate in the future” Our new open mycorrhizal fungal trait database is published! Read about our science journey: https://t.co/foeSo4hX6V
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Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. We wrote about it in a letter out in Science today. https://t.co/7UFkrUUrXj
science.org
On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1,...
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It only took me 3 talks to figure out that “growth” in French is “croissance” which sounds a lot like “croissant” 🥐😋
Nous sommes très privilégié.e.s de recevoir @BalaChaudhary lors des Journées du @centre_seve cette année au Manoir des Sables. Elle nous présente ses travaux sur la dispersion aériennes à l’échelle du continent des mycorhizes #écologiedescommunautées #écologiemicrobienne @FRQ_NT
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Début des Journées Centre SEVE 2024! Let’s start with a super presentation from @BalaChaudhary @centre_seve @FRQ_NT
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Thrilled to be in Québec for the @centre_seve plant science meeting! 🌿🇨🇦
We are so privileged today Journées du @centre_seve to have the fabulous @BalaChaudhary present as keynote. she will present her work on Continent Scale Aerial Dispersal of Mycorrhizal Fungi. #communityEcology #microbialEcology
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Tears aside, I’m proud of what we accomplished in NH @KamalaForNH. A blue NH is no small feat!! SO proud of my district for voting 85% for Harris w record turnout! Great job @DartDems @NHHSDems @NHAAPIDems stay connected! As @KamalaHarris says, the fight for our future continues!
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Ending the day with more than 2.3k+ Dartmouth students heading to the polls in Hanover on top of hundreds of students voting absentee! Forever proud of team @DartDems 🫶✅ #NHPolitics
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And someone asked me if that was a picture of my daughter on my shirt. Nope, it’s @KamalaHarris … and that is an amazing thing!! @TeamKamala #VoteKamala
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It's my 12th year teaching Intro Environmental Sci. The focus is on integrated tech/social/natural solutions. Still, I get asked, "What ONE thing should I do for the environment? Eat less meat? Fly less?" VOTE! Voting is the single most important thing you can do for our planet!
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How stable are mycorrhizal traits among different hosts? this is the main question of this lab. experiment testing four AMF families and four hosts with distinct life history traits, in collaboration with @1pantunes and @laurindolk
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🚨 Excited to share my new @socprobsjournal article that rethinks the fields engagement w/ Liberation Sociology! When interviewing Black Millennials about their racial, religious, & political lives during BLM, liberation came up a lot. This study examines those narratives. #SocAF
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American oceanographer @deepseadawn is the first Black person and only the 27th human to have been to the deepest spot on the planet, Challenger Deep. Read her interview in The Guardian: https://t.co/iPfTMl2xEY
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