That's a wrap for #MeeHubs2026! Today at the Morelia hub: plenary talk by Ana Escalante on bridging the gap between diversity and function in soil microbial communities
Frédérique Reverchon
@drafred.bsky.social
#MicrobialEcologist working at the Instituto de Ecología #INECOL 🇲🇽. Interested in #PlantMicrobeInteractions, #SoilEcology, #Microbiomes, #Biocontrol, #Biogeochemistry, #EcosystemServices, #WomenInSTEM.
What, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵 #MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
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MEEhubs@meehubs.bsky.social · 3h agoWhat, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵 #MEEHubs2026 #MEEHubs26
Day 2 at #MEEHubs2026 Morelia. Plenary talk by Etzel Garrido on bacteria shaping plant-insect interactions #MEEHubs26
Fantastic talks and discussions today at #MEEHubs2026 Plenary talk by Dr Esperanza Martínez from CCG-UNAM on small molecules as currency in plant-microbe interactions
The next few sessions were hosted by Chernihiv, Morelia, and Montreal. That's excellent science spanning 9h of time difference! #MEEHubs2026 Sad you missed out on one of these talks? Don't worry! They're all recorded so you can view whenever you want!
3 days of Microbial Ecology and Evolution, starting tomorrow! 🤩 #MEEHubs2026 meehubsmorelia2026.org Of you' re attending from another hub, check our online poster on multiomics to elucidate the effects of #Phythophthora on the 🥑 #microbiome and #metabolome (no. 171). #microsky
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🎙️ Hace un par de semanas salió el nuevo episodio del podcast " Del suelo al Cielo", en el cual participé para hablar de raíces, exudados radiculares e interacciones 🌱-🦠 🎧 Disponible en Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/10zc...
El lenguaje invisible de las raíces
Del Suelo al Cielo · Episode
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New preprint led by @logansuteau.bsky.social ! What really drives the success of seed-applied multi-kingdom SynComs ? -> Strain selection matters more than assembly strategy -> SynComs can reshape native bacterial communities via recruitment from soil and network integration doi.org/10.64898/202...
Seed-applied multi-kingdom synthetic communities selectively reshape bacterial communities and highlight key criteria for strain selection
Defined microbial communities (also known as synthetic communities) are showing promising results for plant health but are lacking an efficient lab to field transition. This is the due to limited know...
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Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all! Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
New #preprint from the lab! "Root rot by Phytophthora cinnamomi shifts the composition and structure of avocado rhizosphere fungal communities" doi.org/10.64898/202...
New record of #Echeveria for México, and the species is named after my father-in-law 🤩 doi.org/10.21829/abm...
June 2026 newsletter highlighting a few of @getgenome.bsky.social recent activities and opportunities. Remember, you can find this and our previous newsletters here getgenome.net/network
View from the office, 8 am. Grateful for being surrounded by vegetation! 🌿
New paper from the lab- From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology- in @natureportfolio.nature.com journal Nature Communications. Led by Hanna Koch & Angela Sessitsch
Great opportunity to work in a cutting edge lab!
Prof Braj Singh@prof-braj-singh.bsky.social · 2mo ago2X Postdoctoral Research Associate (Agriculture & Plant Microbe) are available at the intersection of microbial ecology, soil health and crop disease management at UWA, Perth. Closing date: 19/07/2026. Pl repost Details on opportunity& eligibility below external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
Found another example today of #HelicopterResearch. Study on lichens of the Atacama desert, no co-author from Chile. Oh but the authors acknowledge the "exceptional understanding of the ecosystem" of the Chilean National Park rangers. 😕 enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Fog, Symbiosis, and Survival: The Ecological Architecture of the Grit Crust From the Atacama Desert Represents a Lichen Holobiome Rather Than a Soil Microbiome
Multi-marker metabarcoding (16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS2) of the fog-dependent grit crust in the Atacama Desert reveals a community structured by lichen symbioses rather than typical soil-derived microbi...
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Sophien Kamoun@kamounlab.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen a study is built on Global South 🇪🇨 biodiversity and field sites, you’d hope Global South scientists are involved in more than “acquired data” doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Buscamos candidato a Beca Doctoral Conicet llamado 2026 junto con javimorenook.bsky.social #Arabidopsis 🍀 #microbioma 🍄 IAL-FIL
On Wednesday I will be giving a talk (in Spanish) about our findings on how #Phytophthora rewires the avocado microbiome and metabolome. 🥑🦠🍄🧪🧬 #microsky
When a study is built on Global South 🇪🇨 biodiversity and field sites, you’d hope Global South scientists are involved in more than “acquired data” doi.org/10.1038/s415...
There is a LOT of attention for soil health, especially in agricultural systems, but there is very little awareness of the value of intact, undisturbed, native soils. Here, I argue that applying the old-growth concept to soils will help their protection. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We are looking for a PhD candidate who will study the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of three components of the fungal microbiome. Apply by 26 June: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
PhD: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galapagos islands
In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of t...
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Most recent photo from the lab! 🤩 I'm grateful for such amazing students.
Here is the latest @GetGenome activities and opportunities. Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here getgenome.net/network
#WeekendRead! 👌
Team Thomma@teamthomma.bsky.social · 2mo ago📣Last week another @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social dropped: "A fungal pathogen effector that shapes host plant microbiota kills bacteria through lipoteichoic acid binding and membrane disruption" a joint effort by @nicksnelders.bsky.social & @gabriellapetti.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
When making analysis about the destruction of science and universities in the global North, you may wanna also include Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, etc. (soon also Kast's Chile). Much of the policies implemented there have been tested first in our territories by the same think tanks.
📢 New paper from the lab! "Phytophthora root rot induces compositional and functional changes in avocado rhizosphere bacterial communities" We analyzed through metabarcoding and metatranscriptomic analyses the shifts in the 🥑 microbiota induced by #Phytophthora academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...
Phytophthora root rot induces compositional and functional changes in avocado rhizosphere bacterial communities
Compositional and functional readjustments of the rhizobacterial community in avocado induced by Phytophthora root rot.
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