Excited to share that a chapter of my PhD is now out, just two weeks before my defense. Our study shows that agricultural expansion into native forests and grasslands drives strong biodiversity loss in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across the Andes. Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now! #postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Grids are common in spatial analyses but the effects of pixel size/ orientation are rarely tested. In our new paper we tested ~400 grid sizes/orientations with heat and landcover data in NYC. Grid size, but not orientation impacts summary statistics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this. Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?

Ectomycorrhizal fungi recruit hyphae-associated bacteria that metabolize thiamine to promote pine symbiosis academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

#TansleyReview: Mycelial dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi Vasilis Kokkoris 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

Thesis accepted. Now just to defend!!!

SPUN is #hiring 👉 spun.bamboohr.com/careers We're looking to fill the following positions: 1. Fungal Molecular Ecologist 2. Designer 3. Communications Assistant Apply now and share with your networks 🌍 #Careers #Fungi #ScienceJobs #ScienceCommunication #Mycology

An arbuscular mycorrhiza from the 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Summary also available in French and Spanish. @nhm-london.bsky.social #PlantScience

Excited for this!

Please Reviewers. If you have a comment and see it was answered later in the paper, go back and remove your comment.

1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research... 2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research... 3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici... (Pls share!)

🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄‍🟫🌱🍄 I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:

🚨Job Alert!🚨Faculty position in #Geochemistry at University of Delaware. Stable isotopes, environmental, critical #minerals, carbon sequestration. #geosciences ⚒️🧪 careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Power of Numeric Evidence in Science Communication doi.org/10.1177/0963...

Ignoring non-English-language studies may bias ecological meta-analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Still using 16S/ITS profiling? You might want to reconsider👀 Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable! microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ Mycelial Dynamics in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (🧵 1/5) Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form vast underground hyphal networks that support plant life.

Great to see our #ecologyletters paper on seed dispersal to a new island out @ebdonana.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

New paper out 🥳 Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @stockholm-uni.bsky.social

A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

do i have the energy to fight a frequentist today?

🌳 Big news! My paper “Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization” is now out in Nature Cities! 🏙️🌿 Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...

A new UN report found that to meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030.

🧪If you are interested in #microbial growth data, you may have have a look at μGrowthDB; an open repository designed to store, visualize, analyze & share quantitative measurements of species abundances and metabolite profiles from monocultures & communities of known composition. #microsky #mevosky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In #drylands, plants don’t grow randomly — they self-organize into disordered hyperuniform patterns that help them use water wisely & endure extreme aridity. A beautiful hidden logic of nature, revealed in a new @pnas.org study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... including #Maestrelab alumni

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

So excited to be representing @spun.earth at the #IUCNCongress! 🌍✨ I’m eager to connect with you and explore how we can integrate mycorrhizal fungi into your conservation strategies. Schedule a time to meet up: www.spun.earth/events/iucn-...

🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:⁣ ⁣ 𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.⁣ Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below. ⁣ Questions: [email protected]⁣ #Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs

UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job

I’m super glad to have the opportunity to be a speaker at LivigData representing the SPUN team! I would love to connect with anyone here that is attending 🙌🏽

Current Conservation just published a special issue on fungal conservation. It is amazingly beautiful and creative, with great content! Don’t miss out on this fascinating exploration of fungi and their vital role in our ecosystems! 🍄‍🟫 💕 www.currentconservation.org/issues/19-3/

Why is a journal reminding me every week I have a revision due? Like honey I’m aware.

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday! 🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling 📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines! 🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

If you are in need of soil microbial data relating to PLFAs or enzyme activities, check out our latest paper that provides an open-access global database of data form around the world. Thanks very much to the long list of collaborators who made this happen! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very interesting paper on fungal [necromass] traits and soil organic matter priming onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Does anyone have access?

Manuscript submitted. Cross fingiesssssss

Global analysis indicates that phosphorus limitation on terrestrial primary productivity has become stronger and is increasing more rapidly than nitrogen limitation. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Protected areas buffer against aridity thresholds in global drylands." 🌎 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it: rdcu.be/eEcIt

Only a pre-print for now, but after 4 years of hard work I couldn't resist sharing this! The Global Canopy Atlas: analysis-ready maps of 3D structure for the world's woody ecosystems 📜: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Huge team effort led by the brilliant Fabian Fischer!