#ICOM2026 has officially kicked off in Cairns with our members attending the ECR day and sharing their experiences in mycology career. Lots of great advice! @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social @frewecologist.bsky.social

2X 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...

We are @aussocmic.bsky.social national conference in Melbourne this week and have already spotted some awesome microbial ecology posters! 👀 #conference #microbiology

Call for abstracts extended to 30 June 2026 !! Come share your FUNgal work with other like-minded people at the AMS Symposium on Friday 21 August 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand @plant-pathogens.bsky.social @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/deadlin...

New paper from lab-Unlocking microbial potential to advance nutritious and sustainable food systems @cellpress.bsky.social @cp-oneearth.bsky.social Microbiomes as fundamental driver of innovation in food quality, nutrition& planetary health led by Liu, Cong www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🍄‍🟫 I'll be talking about mushrooms and soil health at ABC Radio Regional Goulburn-Murray Breakfast with Sandra Moon at 7.15am tomorrow. 🙊

🚨Late abstract submissions now being taken🚨 For posters: unlimited availability For oral presentations: limited availability; submit ASAP The one-talk/one-poster rule still is in effect for presenting authors Abstract portal closes: June 12 at midnight AEST Submit 👉 icom2026.org/abstract/

🚨ICOM2026 registration is still OPEN🚨 icom2026.org/register/%F0... 🍽️ Conference dinner is included with registration Join IMS for reduced registration fee 👉 mycorrhizas.org/become-a-mem... #ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

Thank you Samuel Bickel & Berg Gabriele for highlighting our findings of @cellhostmicrobe article -Microbial diversity creates a global firewall against pathogens in soil. lnkd.in/eQiZd5ST @global-ecology.bsky.social Original paper can be found below www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

ESA2026 abstract submissions are open! Join us in Brisbane and consider submitting an abstract to our symposium session "Plant-microbe interactions across ecosystems"! 🌱🦠🌊

Now officially published in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Communications. Here We provide first global atlas of bacterial plant pathogens and demonstrates that high microbial diversity is associated with decline in plant pathogen prevalence at the globe scale. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Save the date! 🗓️ Thu 28 May 12pm (AEST) / 2pm (NZST) Our next AMS seminar will feature Ellie Fajer from the University of of Auckland on fungal endophytes to combat kauri dieback @plant-pathogens.bsky.social @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/may-202...

Only 2 months to go until #ICOM2026 begins! 🌱🍄 The countdown is officially on — we can’t wait to welcome the international #mycorrhiza community to Cairns in Australia for ICOM2026! @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

We are inviting abstracts for presentations at the AMS Symposium on Friday 21 August 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. Come share your FUNgal work with other like-minded people! @plant-pathogens.bsky.social @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/call-fo...

Did you hear? Abstract submissions are open for @ecolsocaus.bsky.social annual meeting! We are excited to host a symposium: Does one size fit all? Plant-microbe interactions across ecosystems esa2026.org.au @renskejongen.bsky.social @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social Luke Florence Elizabeth Wandrag

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...

🌟Keynote speaker highlight🌟 Dr Martin Vohník is a researcher at the @czechacademy.bsky.social Martin is a Keynote speaker in the #ICOM2026 session on Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi Worldwide, and will present a talk entitled “Introducing GEMM: Global Ericoid Mycorrhizal Methods and Diversity”.

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....

Save the date! 🗓️ Thu 23 April 12pm (AEST) / 2pm (NZST) Our April seminar will feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan from @westsyduhie on fire and fungi! @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/april-2...

Professor @katiefield4.bsky.social is a Professor of Plant-Soil Processes at @sheffielduni.bsky.social Katie is a Keynote speaker in the #ICOM2026 session on mycorrhizal fungi in agriculture 🌾and food security 🍚, and will present a talk entitled “Mycorrhizal fungal diversity in agroecosystems”.

Amazing work leb by @tommansfield.bsky.social 🙌, uncovering the genomic and environmental drivers behind ectomycorrhizal exploration types nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Applications for AMS research grants are open! This year we are offering two grants for early career mycologists, each with a maximum value of $2000 AUD @plant-pathogens.bsky.social @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social @asps-oz.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/ams-res...

REMINDER: 🚨ICOM2026 Registration is OPEN🚨 icom2026.org/register/%F0... 💰Early bird rates ending SOON: April 12 🍽️ Conference dinner is included with registration Join IMS for reduced registration fee 👉 mycorrhizas.org/become-a-mem... #ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

Save the date! 🗓️ Thu 26 March 12pm (AEDT) / 2pm (NZDT) Our March seminar will feature Dr Joanna Green from Lincoln University on fungal soil legacies! @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/march-2...

What a fantastic review by @westsyduhie.bsky.social researchers on the impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @prof-braj-singh.bsky.social @chaoxiong.bsky.social @mingao.bsky.social

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...

Symposia submissions are now open for ESA2026. ⏰️ But don't wait, submissions must be completed by April 3. Online now: esa2026.org.au/information-... 🐨 Join us at ESA2026 in Meanjin (Brisbane) in November. #ESA2026 #ecology #ESA #scicomm

🌱 NEW at #ICOM2026! For the first time, we’re hosting an Early Career Researcher Symposium 🧫✨ 📅 12 July 2026 | 📍 Cairns 🎤 Talks, panels, networking & awards 📝 Abstracts now open for students & ECRs (≤7 yrs post-degree) 👉 icom2026.org/ecr/ #Mycorrhiza @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

So many trees and so many fungi to study! Next one on Australian conifers? We found more #fungi in the rhizosphere of large trees, with many unique taxa beneath the millennial Alerce Abuelo, the Grandfather @spun.earth @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social @ausmycsoc.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s105...

ℹ️Plan ahead for travel to Australia 🛂ALL non-Australian citizens must have a visa ⏰Visa app's should be made 6-8 weeks before travel 🌴Cairns is a popular holiday destination in July 🛌Book accommodation early icom2026.org/visa/ icom2026.org/accom/ @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

Save the date! 🗓️ Thu 26 February 10 am (AEDT) / 12 pm (NZDT) Our February seminar will feature Prof Sydney Glassman from the University of California, Riverside, on the effect of fire on fungi! @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/februar...

2026 Field Training dates scheduled for SA The Training will be held 12-13 May in Lobethal, South Australia as part of the Soil Management Training course offered by Soil Science Australia (SSA). For more information or to enrol visit: www.soilscienceaustralia.org.au/training

‼️The deadline for these awards has been extended! 👉New deadline: Friday 20th February

New from researchers at @westsyduhie.bsky.social: Soil protist diversity shapes ecosystem multifunctionality, especially under drought onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/BKPGB3...

🌱 NEW at #ICOM2026! For the first time, we’re hosting an Early Career Researcher Symposium 🧫✨ 📅 12 July 2026 | 📍 Cairns 🎤 Talks, panels, networking & awards 📝 Abstracts now open for students & ECRs (≤7 yrs post-degree) 👉 icom2026.org/ecr/ @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

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

Over 20 years of scat analyses reveal how truffle-like fungi respond to climate change. First paper of PHD student Emily McIntyre from @unimelb.edu.au 🦘🍄‍🟫🌱 @ausmycsoc.bsky.social @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social

Show us your #SoilScience! The call for abstracts for the 2026 Soil Science Australia National Conference is now open and will close 24 April 2026. The submission process is simple. conference.soilscienceaustralia.org.au

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 #IMS #Mycorrhiza @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

📢 ISME20 – Call for Abstracts Submit your research to ISME20, the premier conference in microbial ecology, taking place in Auckland from 16 to 21 August 2026. Abstract deadline for oral and poster presentations is 15 February isme-microbes.org/call-for-abs... #ISME20 #MicrobialEcology

Call for Roundtable Proposals | ISME20 Microbial ecologists are invited to propose dynamic Roundtable Sessions for ISME20. Topics should address hot or emerging ideas in microbial ecology. 🗓 Deadline: 7 Feb 2026 📍 Sessions: 17 Aug 2026 👉 Guidelines on ISME20 website #ISME20 #MicrobialEcology

The deadline is coming up soon - Submit your abstract now!

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

🌱 NEW at #ICOM2026! For the first time, we’re hosting an Early Career Researcher Symposium 🧫✨ 📅 12 July 2026 | 📍 Cairns 🎤 Talks, panels, networking & awards 📝 Abstracts now open for students & ECRs (≤7 yrs post-degree) 👉 icom2026.org/ecr/ #Mycorrhiza #ICOM2026 @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

🌍🍄Host the future of mycorrhizal science The IMS invites bids to host ICOM15 (2030). 📄 Guidelines 👉 mycorrhizas.org/wp-content/u... 🗓 Proposal deadline: May 29, 2026 📣 Host announced: July 17, 2026 #ICOM15 #IMS #Mycorrhiza @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social

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

Come to Cairn next July for #ICOM2026 Registration is now open!!‪ @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social @icom2026.bsky.social icom2026.org/register/

New contribution to the study of post-fire fungi in Australia @ausmycsoc.bsky.social www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/ajt/papers/o...

Don’t forget – abstracts for #ASM2026 are open! www.theasmmeeting.org.au/abstract-sub...

Congratulations to the winners from the Plant-Soil Symposium at the @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference last week generously sponsored by the @britishecologicalsociety.org. Thank you for supporting the fantastic research being led by these student researchers in plant–soil ecology in Australia! 🧵