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Executive Director SPUN Professor of Evolutionary Biology (VU, Amsterdam) Evolution of Cooperation, Symbiosis, Fungi / (she/her)
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Expeditions can be hard to maneuver as a mother & scientist.
Intense & exciting to have my essay published in
@nytimes
exploring how Expeditions can be an Academic Act of Defiance
Mapping fungi w/family
@spununderground
@nytopinion
:
(photo 2011, Kenya)
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What we observe everyday in our lab reminds us: Mycorrhizal fungi are not just passive conduits to assist plants. Fungi are powerful actors in their own right, evolving trade strategies over hundreds of millions of yrs.
Fungi are extraordinary. Video: L. Oyarte Galvez
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In retrospect, it was an insane idea to characterize 1,850 microbe–insect symbioses across 402 insect families. But last friday, it was published.
Heroic effort:
@HenryLabSymbio
@CKCornwallis
@StuWest8
@JacinthaEllers
@malin_kln
@BioRaphaella
v/ 'tpadje
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In total shock from today's news that I am youngest scientist to EVER receive the Spinoza Prize
@NWONieuws
This award is recognition of the radically brilliant teams I work w/
@ALIFE_VU
@_amolf
@MiCRop_research
@spununderground
Fungi in the spotlight!
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Lesotho – known as the mountain kingdom – is truly surreal.
Together with researchers from National University of Lesotho, we are sampling mycorrhizal communities of high-altitude wetlands that store extraordinary amounts of carbon
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When we realized no one had ever harmonized global datasets on carbon flows to mycorrhizal mycelium, we decided to try
The number is BIG, but so are the uncertainty values
First, lets advocate for more field measurements of carbon flows to mycorrhizal fungi 📹
@rachaelcargill
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"Ambitious effort to raise the profile of often invisible soil fungi"
Thanks
@GabrielPopkin
for joining us in the field to sample mycorrhizal fungi with
@spununderground
@fungifoundation
Cesar Marin
@MerlinSheldrake
@Giulifungi
@cosmosheldrake
+SPUN team
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Do you have experience in microscopy, image analysis, fluid dynamics, network theory, electrophysiology, and/or machine learning?
Join us as we track the flows & structure of mycorrhizal networks. We have a biophysics post-doc position open in Amsterdam
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This is alarming. Authors advocate for adding fungi to seeds dropped in remote locations
1. Introducing commercial fungi into wild ecosystems can be dangerous to endemic fungal biodiversity
2. Paper shows radish (non-myco plant!) growing ‘hyphae’ from ‘mycorrhizal fungi’. How?
Inspired by nature, sourced from nature, designed for nature, and published in
@Nature
! Biodegradable morphing robots are "gone to earth".
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Join us in Amsterdam.
Assistant Professorship in Plant-Microbe Interactions
Looking for candidates in plant-microbe symbioses, rhizosphere dynamics, agricultural ecology, phylogenetics, biogeography and more
Applications due Jan 8th
@MiCRop_research
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Want the absolute best from a symbiotic partner? Just evolve a compartment.
Read our review 'Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation' with
@Chomicki_G
@Gijsbertwerner
@StuWest8
in
#PhilTransB
@RSocPublishing
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“Fungi most likely distribute carbon according to their own interests, not those of trees" Great quote by
@FlinnLab
Lets hope this piece by
@GabrielPopkin
will stimulate ideas & tools to understand nutrient movement from a fungal view point.
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How do symbiotic fungi process and share complex information across their bodies to execute trading strategies with plants?
@NWONieuws
has funded us for 5 years to measure nutrient flows, architecture, and electrical activity in underground trade networks. Video
@SasaSpacal
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Thanks to
@Time
for including me in the
#TIME100NEXT
list of innovators shaping the future.
Excited to see mycorrhizal fungi in the spotlight.
I hesitated sharing the news because of the sensationalism in the write-up. A thread.
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Thanks to
@ASNAmNat
for this huge honor of the E.O. Wilson Naturalist Award 2021 (!)
Kersverse
#VICI
-winnaar Toby Kiers, hoogleraar Evolutionaire biologie, krijgt opnieuw eer voor haar werk, door het winnen van de Edward O. Wilson Naturalist Award 2021. Deze award wordt jaarlijks uitgereikt door American Society of Naturalists.
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Fungi are in control - like the army of small investors that drove up the value of
#GameStop
, mycorrhizal fungi can mediate the value of resources they trade. By tracking nanoparticles, we show how fungi respond to market ‘booms’ & ‘crashes’. Now in print:
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Fungal networks underpin life on earth. Help us spread the word by joining SPUN - the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
A massive initiative with
@colinaverill
@MerlinSheldrake
, and so many more
@spununderground
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Do plant hosts benefit from interacting with networks of related fungal symbionts?
We tested this idea by quantifying the distribution of quantum-dot tagged phosphorus between two root systems connected by fungal networks varying in relatedness
@Ecology_Letters
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What are the hidden strategies of fungal trade? We tracked phosphorus fluorescing in THREE colors across a fungal network connecting multiple roots to follow over time. Bottom line: fungi are masters of
#hoarding
resources
Led by Anouk van't Padje
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Fungi deserve more credit.
Fungi are not passive conduits evolved to facilitate “forests as super organisms”.
Fungi create transport networks, process information, make strategic trade decisions to maximize their own benefits, not promote forest harmony
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.
@NatGeo
publishes 1st cover story on fungi in its history! Edition features 4 articles on fungi & commitment by
@insidenatgeo
to fungal research.
It also includes a story on
@florafaunafunga
Initiative led by
@giulifungi
of
@FungiFoundation
NYU
@moth_rights
&
@MerlinSheldrake
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How do mycorrhizal fungi navigate through microchips?
Exciting work showing hyphal navigation strategies through 'tortuous' passages. Proud to be part of this pioneering work led by
@KAleklett
@EdithCHammer
w/
@arellanocarlosg
@pelleohlsson
et al.
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New mycorrhizal animation by the talented May Kindred-Boothby
A resource created by
@spununderground
&
@fungifoundation
to be shared for teaching, lectures, public education
Narration
@merlinsheldrake
& music with underground recordings
@cosmosheldrake
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An incredible honor to be listed as one of the 22 Scientists "playing a crucial role in expanding our understanding of
#biodiversity
". Truly inspiring researchers listed below. wow.
🧬🧪Scientists play a crucial role in expanding our understanding of
#biodiversity
and the challenges we face on Earth.
Following
#BiodiversityDay
on 22 May, discover 22 scientists who have made an impact
#ForNature
. 👩🏾🔬👨🏻🔬🧑🏽🔬
➡️
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Can
#fungi
influence the value of their nutrients? We mimicked an economic ‘crash’ and ‘boom’, and tracked trade to roots over a 3-wk period using quantum-dots. ‘Bargaining’ position allows fungi to mediate value
van’t Padje &
@Gijsbertwerner
@NewPhyt
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Welcome to Justin Stewart
@thecrobe
who will be starting a PhD
@VUamsterdam
on the Underground. Together with James Weedon and Malin Klein, we kick off our Microbial Imprinting for Crop Resilience
#MiCRop
project on Sept 1st
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Beautiful footage captured by Loreto Oyarte Galvez of nutrient flows in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
@HFSP
collaboration with Thomas Shimizu (AMOLF, NL) and Howard Stone (Princeton, USA)
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Why do some organisms evolve high levels of dependence on mutualistic partnerships, and others not?
Read our preprint
@AnnualReviews
with
@Chomicki_G
and Susanne Renner. Epic editing by J. Bronstein
DM me for a pdf
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"Even the most fungus-obsessed scientists are still working to understand the basics of these organisms"
@zoeschlanger
from
@TheAtlantic
on our first expedition flash freezing fungal RNA w/dry ice in the field - an emerging technique led by
@fmartin1954
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Super proud to be named on the Explorer50 list of people “defining the next frontier of exploration”
@ExplorersClub
Together with all
@Spununderground
myconauts, its an incredible time to be mapping fungal biodiversity of Earth’s underground ecosystems
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Join our lab - its the last week to apply for this position to work on new imaging techniques of mycorrhizal fungi together with
@Kokkoris_Vas
@MerlinSheldrake
and T. Shimizu
@_amolf
Do you have experience in microscopy, image analysis, fluid dynamics, network theory, electrophysiology, and/or machine learning?
Join us as we track the flows & structure of mycorrhizal networks. We have a biophysics post-doc position open in Amsterdam
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Unearthing Secret Superpowers of Fungi with a superpower team:
@spununderground
,
@fungifoundation
,
@cesarmarin203
,
@Giulifungi
,
@CosmoSheldrake
,
@MerlinSheldrake
Thanks
@SominiSengupta
via
@nytimes
for highlighting the key role of mycorrhizal fungi
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Wonderful to see this manuscript published.
The media has been asking: Are you concerned the debate will harm public perceptions?
My answer: No.
Science thrives on debate. If we want to understand mycorrhizal function, we need to embrace these complexities.
Congrats all.
How popular claims about common mycorrhizal networks in forests are disconnected from evidence. Thx to M. Jones & J. Hoeksema
@jhooooks
for their friendship, brilliance, and integrity. I would not have had the courage to tackle this issue without them.
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What shapes flow dynamics & vesicular networks in bodies of slime mold?
We wrote an insight article for
@eLife
on the incredible work of
@MarbachSophie
,
@karen_alim
& team about how veins spontaneously shrink/grow in Physarum to increase nutrient spread
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Started the week by listening to my PhD student Justin Stewart
@thecrobe
describe mycobiomes as "moving clouds of interacting organisms" on
@BBCSounds
Joined by the all-star cast of
@KAleklett
@MerlinSheldrake
@Giulifungi
and a visit to Kew Fungarium
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Calling all myconauts: 99.99% of the Earth’s terrestrial surface remains under-explored for mycorrhizal fungal biodiversity.
Apply to become an Underground Explorer with
@spununderground
. Deadline March 17th.
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Just back from Palmyra Atoll - the most remote island on Earth. As we hiked between islands, baby sharks would bump our legs in curiosity. Ive never had to worry about sharks while collecting fungi before (!)
Thanks
@nature_org
for helping us map remote underground ecosystems
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To all those fungi lovers: Happy World Soil Day
Lets continue to fight for the protection of the Earth's underground ecosystems
@spununderground
@fungifoundation
@theGSBI
@holisoils
@FAO
@FAOclimate
@SoilAssociation
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Plant microbiome rewilding builds on premise that wild ancestors harbor microbiota with unique traits not found in modern crops.
@MiCRop_research
@spununderground
@VUamsterdam
Read our latest in
@ScienceMagazine
w/J Raaijmakers
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Calling on female mycologists.
Looking for an online mentor to work with an aspiring fungal biologist starting highschool. She is designing a two-year research project on myco-fertilizers, and looking to work with a female mycologist to guide her.
DM your email if you can help
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Scientists often sabotage their writing by trying to 'sound smart'. This happens in grants & papers
@StuWest8
&
@queensoxbiology
published a book urging scientists to tell the story of their science as simply as possible.
4 reasons why jargon-free science is the future:
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"The shift from mutualistic fungi to plant pathogens is likely the largest potential threat for the future functioning of natural and managed ecosystems".
Beautiful review by
@baldrianp
@Kohout_mycor
and co-authors.
Global change brings affects soil fungi in a complex way, yet the response is highly context dependent. Changes in relative abundances among and within guilds are greatest challenge due to climate sensitivity of mycorrhizal fungi and their plant symbionts
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Wait?! Thats me.
Long live the underground.
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Can abrupt microbiome events in complex microbial communities can be forecasted with any accuracy?
Read our latest paper by Hirokazu Toju, Hiroaki Fujita,
@AlbertoCanarini
and many more, with help from an
@HFSP
grant
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‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists say.
'All newly described species should be treated as being threatened unless it can be shown otherwise'. Important report by
@KewScience
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We made it to the cover of
@TrendsPlantSci
with this beautiful photo of plant cultivation by Philidris nagasau ants in Fiji
Congrats to
@LauraCECampbell
on her first PhD paper with
@Chomicki_G
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Grappling with the stress of live radio. Here, I interrupt the legendary Australian icon
@PhillipAdams_1
because Im so keen to explain the correct pronunciation of
#mycorrhizal
. Humbled by all who make podcasts look easy.
@spununderground
@Dig_Up_Dirt
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Happy Biodiversity Day to all the people that are brought to their knees by
#fungi
.
Fungi help power the Earth's biodiversity - its time we celebrate their magnificence.
Photo in the dirt with
@Giulifungi
@MerlinSheldrake
Image by M. Barrenengoa
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Thanks
@ScienceMagazine
for the shout-out about our expedition to northern Patagonia with
@fungifoundation
, collab w/
@cesarmarin203
Come meet the
@spununderground
team at
#GSB2023
in Dublin this week and become a SPUN associate to help us map and protect mycorrhizal diversity
Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth.
Learn more in this
@NewsfromScience
feature:
#ScienceMagArchives
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What can humans learn about sustainable agriculture from ant farmers cultivating crops in Fijian Rainforests?
Plant in full sun, recycle your excreta with passion, and fight to the death to protect your crop
Our new
#PNAS
paper led by
@Chomicki_G
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Second, lets aim to better include mycorrhizal associations in models of global carbon dynamics
@spununderground
Incredible team effort by
@heidi_j_hawkins
,
@KatieField4
,
@rachaelcargill
,
@Mike_VanNuland
,
@MerlinSheldrake
et al.
Open access article:
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Wrangling fungi on the world’s most remote island w/
@spununderground
to understand how mycorrhizae can aid in global restoration efforts
Extraordinary reporting by
@VirginiaGewin
in
@NaturePortfolio
. Stellar expedition team:
@StuWest8
@CKCornwallis
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Join our lab: PhD position now open.
Are you interested in evolution? Can you work with global data sets? Do you want to develop machine learning techniques? Are you excited by the global underground?
Evolutionary Biogeography of Microbial Networks
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Incredible expedition to southern tip of Chile to explore above & below fungal biodiversity w
@giulifungi
,
@MerlinSheldrake
,
@C_MorenoTormo
. Explored bogs, steppe & oldgrowth Nothofagus forests in full autumn colors, collecting mushrooms
@fungifoundation
& soil
@spununderground
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"Drought severely weakens forest resilience, as it triggers adverse processes (pathogens & fires) that impact microbial & forest performance for carbon storage and nutrient turnover."
A must-read piece by
@globalfungi
w/
@baldrianp
@Kohout_mycor
et al.
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This is huge: 'ecosystem' is defined by plant, animal AND *fungi*
@fungifoundation
@faunaflorafunga
The EU has passed a groundbreaking nature restoration law and their definition of ecosystem specifically includes fungi.
Fantastic to see fungi -- so often invisible -- named in international policy.
Read more in
@guardian
:
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Join our team as a Post-doc on an
@HFSP
grant to develop novel methods for tracking symbiotic trade in
#fungi
Background in experimental physics, microscopy, cellular biology, and/or network analysis preferred.
Video:
@SasaSpacal
& L. Oyarte Galvez
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More rainforest adventures with
@ulzino
. We have been wrangling fungi from soils in Ankasa & Kakum National park.
In case of elephants sightings, we were taught to hide under adventitious roots of so-called 'proud' trees, which form perfect protective cages
@spununderground
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Beautiful piece by
@Giulifungi
&
@MerlinSheldrake
"A deeper understanding of fungal life will support vital conservation and restoration projects, and will also drive much-needed innovation in fungal technologies."
@fungifoundation
@spununderground
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Divergence of fungi & animals across Tree of Life
Animals accumulated genes, whereas modern fungi experienced gene losses & shifts toward metabolic functions to adapt to “bewildering variety” of environments
@eduocapa
@multicellgenome
@pjkeelinglab
+more
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Bravo to the Dutch who are starting a movement to protect underground ecosystems by removing pavement & tiles
@spununderground
The "strange new sport" called 'tegelwippen' has municipalities competing to get rid of the most paved infrastructure
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Join us in Amsterdam. Post-doc in Electrophysiology to study how fungal networks use electrical activity to integrate and process information.
Collaboration with
@MerlinSheldrake
and
@_amolf
@Kokkoris_Vas
+ Hefner Foundation
Deadline March 27
Info:
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"What’s clear is that fungi play countless ecological roles underground — many of which help aboveground life to thrive."
Beautiful piece in
@washingtonpost
by
@jonathan_moens
who joined
@spununderground
in Kazakhstan
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@samdknowlton
Open access to the paper here:
@spununderground
....with incredible team
@heidi_j_hawkins
,
@KatieField4
,
@rachaelcargill
,
@Mike_VanNuland
,
@MerlinSheldrake
et al.
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Now that we cleared up the language, here is the announcement.
Thanks to the entire
@Spununderground
team, board, science advisors & mycorrhizal researchers around the world
Lets PROTECT THE UNDERGROUND
….should I wear my jumpsuit to the TIME gala?
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This is BIG - such an incredible resource for the community. Congrats to all.
@globalfungi
welcomes their sister database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - - open for community input or as a FAIR research resource. Missed by fungal barcoding methods or due to low abundance, specific barcoding markers have to be used for AM fungi.
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What do I want for xmas this year? The incorporation of underground ecosystems into global conservation schemes
#COP15
Read our op-ed in Reuters Breaking Views
@spununderground
@fungifoundation
@globalfungi
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Countdown begins: the Underground Expedition team has designed a precise sampling protocol to begin ground-truthing predictions of global mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots.
Where will
@thecrobe
and the algorithms lead us first?
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Devastatingly hot summers have been plaguing Europe.
Read about our
@spununderground
expedition with
@unito
to identify mycorrhizal fungi able to survive extreme heat in
@guardian
by
@jonathan_moens
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@RobGMacfarlane
Nice summary from
@newscientist
on our research but lets avoid the term 'wood-wide-web' as mycorrhizal networks are found across grasslands, peat bogs, and so many more ecosystem types. Sample below of just some of the non-woody plant datasets available
@spununderground
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An honor to be on French news – but also to be projected *slightly larger* than the Eiffel Tower (!)
More about climate & mycorrhizal fungi here:
Thanks
@fmartin1954
and our incredible French collaborators for helping make fungi mainstream news
“Should governments get more involved, and provide more funding?” asks
@StuartNorval
from
@FRANCE24
newsroom.
Yes. More funding for fungi. First step: better incorporate underground ecosystems into global conservation & climate schemes.
Watch:
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Traveling with
@spununderground
to the Global Soil Biodiversity conference in Dublin
@theGSBI
Don’t miss mycorrhizal talks of
@Mike_VanNuland
(global-scale), my PhD student Corentin Bisot (micron-scale), and workshop with
@BethanFManley
,
@thecrobe
& Daniela Soto Hernandez
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"We propose assessing the conservation value of local mycobiota based not only on its diversity but also on its compositional uniqueness."
Excellent work by
@tedersoo
+ all 96 authors. Lets leverage these data to include fungi in 30x30
@faunaflorafunga
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Mycologists around the world are still celebrating the recognition of
@Giulifungi
as the winner of the Nat Geo Buffet Award. She is a true pioneer and leader in fungal conservation, and a hero to so many of us. Keep up the amazing work
@fungifoundation
Thank you
@insidenatgeo
for this recognition of my work for Fungi. It is an immense honour to receive this award and to become part of the Explorer community at National Geographic!
#natgeofest
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What can we learn from ants about how to cultivate plants, and why have ants evolved plant farming on at least 15 separate occasions?
Our newest paper led by
@LauraCECampbell
and
@Chomicki_G
Read paper:
Read media:
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Last chance to apply for assistant professorship in plant-microbe interactions. DM with any questions
Join us in Amsterdam.
Assistant Professorship in Plant-Microbe Interactions
Looking for candidates in plant-microbe symbioses, rhizosphere dynamics, agricultural ecology, phylogenetics, biogeography and more
Applications due Jan 8th
@MiCRop_research
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As key sources for streams that provide drinking water for southern Africa, these highland wetlands are valued for carbon storage, waterflow regulation, erosion control, and the generation of incredible biodiversity.
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Fluorescent Friday: two new papers on quantum-dot tracking
Symbiotic nutrient transfer under extreme weather
van t'padje et al.
Mega-review on fluorescent nanoparticles as tools in ecology
@SFarkkila
@tedersoo
@DrTreseder
et al.
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At its core, feminism is about the power to choose.
For scientists on expeditions that means the ability to bring children into the field -- OR the full support to leave them at home. Thanks to
@BalaChaudhary
@AshleighGriffi6
& Erin Robinsong for helping me shape these words.
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New
@CurrentBiology
paper: Evolution in the Integration of a Co-obligate Aphid Symbiosis.
We present evidence that integration of a new co-obligate symbiont proceeds in a predictable manner, lead by
@HenryLabQMUL
with
@BioRaphaella
@JacinthaEllers
David Monnin and Marie Bunker
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The American Naturalist is seeking nominations for the "Distinguished Naturalist" Award to honor a researcher whose work focuses on a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Deadline Jan 15th
@ASNAmNat
Read more here Contact
@JeffreyKConner
or myself
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Fungi are amazing.
Fungi have evolved mechanisms to control their nutrient flows
Fungi execute strategic trade decisions by integrating chemical, physical, and environmental stimuli
Fungi are not passive accessories, but powerful underground actors
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Join us in Amsterdam? Our department is looking for an outstanding evolutionary biologist at the Assistant Professor level - with a focus in Molecular Evolution. Applications due 5 January 2020
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Thanks for the copy of Entangled Life
@MerlinSheldrake
@randomhouse
. Favorite chapter so far = Intimacy of Strangers, featuring brilliant lichen insights
@TobySpribille
@mcsymbiont
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Apply for this position. Hassan's images make symbiosis look like a 90s rave. Just imagine what goes on inside the lab.
Graduating soon? Have a keen interest in host-microbe interactions, biochemistry or metabolomics? All of the above?
We are recruiting! Come join our growing team as a postdoc
@MPI_for_DB
. Please apply, share or tell a friend!
Info:
Apply by: 26/6
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Led by Dr. Peter Changa, Dr. Liteboho Maduna (
@LitebohoMaduna
), Dr. Sebolelo Molete &
@spununderground
, we explored some of the most important (and understudied) wetland & dryland ecosystems of Lesotho - some reaching 3500m
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Much anticipated opportunity to go to DC to talk fungal conservation & climate agendas
@AtlanticLIVE
Climate Summit. Can we convince
@SpeakerPelosi
&
@HillaryClinton
that we need policymakers to protect underground ecosystems?
@spununderground
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Excited to be in the field sampling mycorrhizal fungi of old-growth trees in Corsica. Thanks to
@PGAFamilyFdn
for the chance to try new methods in the field. Stay tuned.
SPUN is en route to Corsica
Together w/
@CBNCorse
@INRAE_France
,
@fmartin1954
,
@MerlinSheldrake
, &
@KiersToby
SPUN is sampling mycorrhizal fungi in the high-altitude forests of the island — a living laboratory for studying how old growth ecosystems respond to climate change.
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Wow. Just down off the mountain to find this nice tweet from fellow symbiosis researcher
@jillpeterplan
- thanks for the shout out Dr. Petersen. So much symbiosis science ahead.
Who is this on the front page!?!
@KiersToby
an inspiring researcher with a fantastic project, congratulations Dr Kiers!
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Thanks
@UNBiodiversity
for amplifying our open letter advocating for adding a third “F” – funga – to address challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss
@spununderground
@fungifoundation
@IUCNfungi
"Current conservation strategies overlook fungi and focus overwhelmingly on flora and fauna. We urgently need to add a third “F” – funga – to address the planetary challenges of climate change and
#biodiversity
loss."
@europeanforest
#COP15
Via
@ICRAF
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We use economics as an analytical tool to make predictions – not to anthropomorphize or sensationalize fungi.
Are fungi “capitalists”? No, but fungi do mediate their trade with plants, stock-pile resources, compete & cooperate and try to reproduce – like all living organisms
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Thank you
@paulqdevries
for the interview for 'We are the ReGeneration'. It was wonderful to talk all things fungal.
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Global soil microbial biomass carbon stocks are decreasing.
Northern areas with high soil microbial carbon stocks show strongest decrease - driven mostly by increasing temperatures. Thanks
@carlosguerra_pt
et al. for these analyses
Soil microbial biomass carbon stocks decreased globally between 1992 and 2013, with northern areas experiencing the largest decreases driven by temperature increases. New study by
@G_Patoine
,
@EisenhauerLab
,
@CesarzSimone
,
@helenherself
,
@carlosguerra_pt
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Beautiful story by
@huahsu
on the Secret Lives of Fungi
Thanks for the shout-out
@NewYorker
@MerlinSheldrake
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In the talk, I explain how my lab uses economic frameworks to make predictions about how fungi move resources to increase their trade gains with plant roots.
As in paper link below, we use biological ‘market theory’ to understand these transactions
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Amazing opportunity to engage in cutting edge South American mycorrhizal research.
I will be joining
@southmycorrhiza
@spununderground
to explore the research of so many great speakers at the end of August in the Colombian Amazon.
Check out:
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Opportunity to work with a pioneer of mycorrhizal research. Apply!
Postdoc opening with Nancy Johnson at NAU to study mycorrhizal microbiomes in sorghum
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Mycorrhizal biogeography of Kazakhstan - excited to understand what fungi can survive in these extreme conditions underground
@spununderground
The desert regions of Kazakhstan could seem odd to sample.
Samples here may provide rare “True Zeros” in our models of biogeography. — absence of mycorrhizal fungi.
These data are key for machine learning models that often preform poorly at the extremes of datasets.
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On Wednesday, I will be lecturing at UC Berkeley for the 2022 Taylor-White Mycology lecture. Learn how our group is building imaging robots to track nutrient flows across fungal networks
In Berkeley? This live, in-person lecture on underground fungal networks by Toby Kiers should be fascinating. UC Berkeley Events Calendar | Taylor-White Lecture
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