We composited soil cores and lost 49 AM fungal taxa doing it. Sequencing individual subsamples found them. The ones that vanish are rare, patchy, and phylogenetically clustered. Also drying vs freezing made no difference really. Sample at the scale your question lives at. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

One of my favourite things about #ICOM is catching up with what my friends are working on! I ran between @frewecologist.bsky.social and @camilledelavaux.bsky.social’s talks. It made me realise we spend most our chats talking about grants we‘re writing, and experiments we’re planning - not results!

ECR day at #ICOM2026 🌱🍄‍🟫🦘 Expert insights about how to make it in Mycology with @thecrobe.bsky.social @camilledelavaux.bsky.social @anthomycota.bsky.social @frewecologist.bsky.social @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social & John Dearnaley @icom2026.bsky.social @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

A pleasure to have Professor Katie Field From @sheffieldpps.bsky.social visit Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment this week before ICOM time hits us! Such a nice set of research and exciting stuff ahead! @katiefield4.bsky.social @westernsydneyu.bsky.social

I’m so happy that Dr Kostas Georgopoulos will soon join our group as a postdoctoral researcher. Kostas brings experience in plant–soil interactions, microbial ecology, and dual mycorrhizal forest systems.It's great to have him in the group as we grow a little more! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

Research students: Government guarantee of minimum wage would be nice? Edu Minister @jasonclaremp.bsky.social: Nah. Universities can pay that if they want. Unis: We’re sacking researchers & defunding our research scholarship programs. What a “system”! Below-minimum wage = below-minimum research

PhD student Maxim makes $18 an hour to research children’s cancer – it’s barely above Australia’s poverty line

Skyrocketing living costs and lack of government support are deterring potential PhD candidates. Experts say the obvious solution is to lift the stipend

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The innovations presented in this #SpecialIssue make clear that solutions to many of our most pressing global challenges lie beneath our feet. www.newphytologist.org/news/from-in... #PlantScience @katiefield4.bsky.social @jurriaanton.bsky.social @frewecologist.bsky.social

Latest Special Issue: Plant and soil sciences for people and planet

The innovations presented in this Special Issue make clear that solutions to many of our most pressing global challenges lie beneath our feet.

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From innovation to integration: Plant and soil sciences for people and planet An introduction to a Special Issue by @katiefield4.bsky.social, Yolima Carrillo, Stuart A. Campbell, @jurriaanton.bsky.social and @frewecologist.bsky.social 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience

Very happy to see this lab paper out in @newphyt.bsky.social - we identified genomic traits & environmental drivers of ectomycorrhizal fungal mycelium exploration in the soil and on roots. Thanks to all our co-authors and to @tommansfield.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Ecological and genomic variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal exploration types

Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) produce mycelia with variable extension and complexity, which can be classified according to soil ‘exploration types’ (ETs). ETs have received attention as one of the few.....

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Assistant professor (Tenure Track) at Umeå University - Call for expression of interest - Umeå, Sweden job with Umeå University | 12856892

Expression of interest for a Tenure-track assistant professor position focused on early-career researchers, with promotion path to associate professor

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Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 4mo ago

🧪🌾Take the next step towards an independent research career! @umeauniversitet.bsky.social invites expressions of interest for Assistant Professor (tenure-track) positions across disciplines, including plant science. More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer... Contact: @johanneshanson.bsky.social

🧪🌾 INTERVIEW - Discussing ideas is what he enjoys most in his work @stephanevrg.bsky.social, group leader at UPSC and recently appointed docent, reflects on his research, career path, and the role of collaboration in shaping new ideas. Read the interview here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾VACANCY - Postdoc in fungal ecology & modelling🧬 This 2-year postdoc focuses on mycorrhizal fungal biogeography using large-scale metabarcoding data and species distribution models.🌍 Join the group of @frewecologist.bsky.social and work with us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se! 📅 Apply by 30 April

Adam Frew@frewecologist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Postdoc (2 years) in mycorrhizal fungal biogeography & species distribution modelling @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Work with large-scale metabarcoding data and modelling. Deadline is 30th April www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Surnames, although widely used, are not obligatory in many parts of the world. I'm interested to know how people have navigated this when it comes to publishing? www.nature.com/articles/452... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Postdoc (2 years) in mycorrhizal fungal biogeography & species distribution modelling @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Work with large-scale metabarcoding data and modelling. Deadline is 30th April www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Postdoctoral scholarship (2 years) in mycorrhizal biogeography and species distribution modelling

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PhD opportunity: How flexible are AM fungi? This project explores fungal trait plasticity and consequences for plant growth and nutrient uptake. Experimental + quantitative focus. www.upsc.se/jobs/6672-ph...

Mycelial networks doing their "carbon" magic in soils!

I enjoyed reading this paper. Many hypotheses focus on plant performance only, treat the mycorrhizal fungi as interchangeable. When should fungal identity and fitness should be front and centre in theory and experiments? doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Mycorrhizal ecology: in the land of the one-eyed king

This review pulls together the theory on mycorrhizas from before the era of modern community sequencing and the theory of today, and hierarchically cluster

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The massive delays ARC announced for all grant schemes – with longer processing times & 3-month announcement windows – were examined in Senate Estimates recently. Here’s John Ross reporting on it, & the confusing Estimates hearing, for Times Higher Ed👇 www.timeshighereducation.com/news/grant-d...

Grant delays feared as ARC ramps up ‘due diligence’

Researchers brace for renewed funding uncertainty as security checks prove ‘more time-consuming than imagined’

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Some news: I’m joining Umeå Plant Science Centre at Umeå University next month as a group leader! Expanding the mycorrhizal adventures to new systems, forests, collaborations & opportunities. I’ll recruit students & postdocs soon Very much still part of the HIE! with my research continuing there

Disperal ecology meets fungi! It is more than just spores people! Check this paper led by ECR @sarahcuprewich.bsky.social and Kristin Barbour! Fun collab supported @cu-esiil.bsky.social One hundred unanswered questions on the dispersal ecology of fungi url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

One hundred unanswered questions on the dispersal ecology of fungi

Abstract. Fungi comprise millions of species that play numerous varied roles in Earth’s natural and managed ecosystems, engaging in a multitude of positive

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Filamentous growth everywhere! It is really fascinating that no matter if you are the fungus that grows as a "mold" in bread or on decomposing wood, in very unrelated lineages; the trademark is filamentous network growth!

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Don’t deprioritize curiosity-driven research

Around the world, governments are demanding that research funding follow broader political priorities. They should be careful what they wish for.

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Please enjoy our research paper on how Bluesky is the preferred home of academics of all stripes, including professors of rare moths. (Yes, we actually have lots of entomologists here). academic.oup.com/icb/article-... 🧪

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".

Boreal forest soils are major carbon reservoirs. But how does soil biodiversity shape the fate of this carbon? Thanks to the Finnish Cultural Foundation, @sanslan.bsky.social and I will untangle how soil fauna–fungi interactions influence carbon pools in Finland. #skr2026 skr.fi/en/news/trac...

ℹ️ Reminder: Abstract submission for #ICOM2026 is OPEN! 🦘 Deadline is 28th February, 2026 💻 Submissions here 👇 icom2026.org/abstract/ @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #mycorrhiza

IMS Research Awards 2026 – Nominations open! 🏆 Eminent & Mid-Career Awards 🗓 Deadline: 15 March 2026 🏆 Early-Career & Student Awards (Publication) 🗓 Deadline: 31 March 2026 🏅 Awards presented at ICOM 👉 mycorrhizas.org @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #Mycorrhiza

Long-read sequencing can revolutionise the way we monitor #biodiversity. A comprehensive guide for using #ONT & #PacBio for analysis of biodiversity through #eDNA, #metabarcoding, metagenomics Just published in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

She can’t sit up on her own, but she makes good coffee!

How #fungi sense and respond to light. Primer in our current issue👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...

#ARCschedule Jan26 update ARC announced huge delays & 3-month announcement windows (used to be 2 weeks). Delay in months per scheme: 🔹LP25: 1–4 🔹IC/IH26: 1–4 🔹FT26: 1–3 🔹LP26: 2.5–5.5 🔹LE27: 2–5 🔹DE27: 1.5–4.5 🔹DP27: 3–6 Just … appalling. Unworkable. Data ▶️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...