Newly published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social, we look within seeds of historic herbarium specimens for changes in the prevalence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication? Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW

Check out our new Tansley review on climate, plants, and microbes! I enjoyed working with a team of friendly and knowledgeable scientists. @meafkhami.bsky.social @kerricrawford.bsky.social @aclassen.bsky.social @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social @damianmicroeco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper. #plantscience www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science! (1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.

Come check out my talk at #ESA2025 today! I'll be chatting about some of my Postdoc research on mutualisms and how they impact niche breadth and diversification in the Eco-Evolutionary processes session in BCC344 at 1:45pm!

Come check out my presentation on what community properties can predict microbiome resistance to drought today! #ESA2025 COS 015 BCC 336 3:30-5:00

Check out this video of our research on soil microbiomes at Archbold Biological Station! news.miami.edu/stories/2025...

Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation #ISMEJournal by @duhitasant.bsky.social et al from @timbarra.bsky.social with Tom Bell, @kayla-king.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Our guide to bees of Pennsylvania is available for free now, you can order print copy (just have to pay shipping) and/or download PDF from Penn State Extension page: extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn... For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts

Fungal spores reveal a global climate footprint on microbes' traits! Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts. Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I'm jealous of whoever that got to watch hundreds of cat videos to collect data for this study!

And that is a 🌯 for the plant-microbe symposium! Thank you to Morgane & @mycocentriq.bsky.social for organizing! @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social #CSEE2025

Check out our latest review on peptide signaling in beneficial and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions. Signaling peptides are so fascinating! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

My 2nd dissertation chapter is out in Plant, Cell, & Environment! We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....

Paper just out in @natcomms.nature.com by @alvarordr.bsky.social Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hot off the digital presses of the Highlands News-Sun: www.midfloridanewspapers.com/highlands_ne...

Proud to present the first data paper from the lab, published today in @pnas.org. We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!

Here’s the link: doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...

Most surprising discover of my career to date 😲. Most assume mustard plants do not associate w/ AMF. Our research shows that AMF promote invasive mustard growth without forming arbuscules 🤯. This may be a new pathway in which AMF can enhance plant growth 🍄🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Differential roles of deterministic and stochastic processes in structuring soil bacterial ecotypes across terrestrial ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Individual leaf microbiota tunes a genetic regulatory network to promote leaf growth @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social from Gabriel Castrillo www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Check out our new paper on Everglades microbiomes! doi.org/10.1002/eap....

My dissertation chapter is in Ecology Letters! We tested microbiome network theory empirically in nature and found central early colonisers significantly (1) enhanced biodiversity, (2) reshaped assembly trajectories and (3) increased recruitment of non-peripheral microbes. doi.org/10.1111/ele....

CEP signaling coordinates plant immunity with nitrogen status

The rhizosphere has been called “one of the most complex ecosystems on earth” But how do host plants control benefits derived from their microbial partners? Read our paper in Nature Microbiology on how legumes mediate conflict & cooperation with N2-fixing symbionts. Here: tinyurl.com/4y4tjx6k