📢 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

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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! 🧵

👏Congratulations @westernsydneyu.bsky.social researcher @chaoxiong.bsky.social - awarded $475K #DECRA to boost crop resilience against climate extremes & pathogens. 🌱 🔗 Read more: westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/n... #ARC #Innovation #ClimateResilience #SustainableAgriculture 🌏

Meet @icom2026.bsky.social Plenary speakers! Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions" #ICOM2026 icom2026.org/speakers/

The 17 Newsletter is now available: mycorrhizas.org/wp-content/u... It includes @YouTube interviews with @mrillig #BeaBock #SmritiPehim (@BalaChaudhary lab). Tools by #CamilleDelavaux & @ManjuMGupta Top 10 mycorrhizal papers. @ICOM2026 info & more! Thanks @cesarmarin203 for this 🤗

✨ It was a pleasure to have @manjeet786.bsky.social from @westsyduhie.bsky.social join our symposium, presenting both a poster and a speed talk. He shared fascinating insights into how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi can—and cannot—support sorghum in the fight against charcoal rot. #ESA2025

Fascinating talk by Jiahoa Wen (@westsyduhie.bsky.social) on the differential response of plants to distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal communities #ESA2025

Can Australian tree phylogeny shape rhizosphere community assembly? It mostly seems so… Big thanks to PhD candidate Nicola Haggerty (@sydney.edu.au) for an intriguing talk on the relationship between aboveground controls and belowground communities.

Are you interested in phosphorus cycling by bacteria and archaea? Keep an eye out for this massive work by PhD candidate Lachlan Curran on the ‘S.A.T.E’ framework for phosphorus cycling. #ESA2025

Over the moon for Rebecca Greening from UniSA for winning best inaugural presentation at #ESA2025 🌝 Can’t wait to see Rebecca’s future on soil microbes on Aussie rangelands!

Fantastic talk by Solomon Maerowitz-McMahon from @westsyduhie.bsky.social, showing that fire interval and severity influence mycorrhizal community structure but not function. #ESA2025

Well done to Genavieve (pictured below on the right) presenting at her first ever scientific conference! Even better when your co-supervisor makes a special trip from Western Australia to support you 🥹 #ESA2025 @esaplantsoilecol.bsky.social

Winnie (@unimelb.bsky.social) show that soil microbes facilitate plant-plant interactions and coexistence among native annuals of southwest Australia #ESA2025

Rebecca Greening (UniSA) is exploring the impacts of grazing on below-ground taxonomic and genetic diversity in Australian rangelands. Ambitious PhD project—excited to see this work progress in such an iconic Australian ecosystem. #ESA2025

Xin Han from @westsyduhie.bsky.social is unravelling the effects of elevation on plant traits. Why do tropical but not not subtropical forests follow expected treds. Looks like soil might be at play. #ESA2025

Carbon dynamics in the Aussie Alps. James King from ANU show that drought and warming combined flip dynamics from sink to source. #ESA2025

Kicking of our symposium is @camilletruong.bsky.social with a fascinating talk on the effect of feedbacks and mycorrhizal strategy on plant-soil feedbacks in heathy-woodland plants. Arbuscular mycorrhizal but not ectomycorrhizal fungi were affected by heat. Very interesting 🤔.

We are excited to share the latest in plant-soil research in Australia today! Come join our symposium in Riverbank room 2 from 13:30-17:00👇

Do below-ground microbial communities follow established above-ground vegetation states. Maggie Logan from @latrobeuni.bsky.social says not really… #ESA2025

Captivating talk by @academic-gian.bsky.social on unravelling why Balga (Xanthorrhoea preissii) won’t grow—looks like microbes might be the bad guys! #ESA2025

Intriguing talk by @mirimunro.bsky.social on the role of biocrust microbiomes to improve plant growth and restoration

Analysing the metabolic rate of tiny organisms (ants) at a macro-geographical scale Fascinating work by @lilyleahy.bsky.social ! #ESA2025

How listing threatened ecological communities can conserve ‘dark taxa’ Fantastic talk by Dr Tom Collins. And well done @nswgov.bsky.social for leading the way in species and ecological community conservation in Australia. #ESA2025

Dr Jess Marsh discusses how invertebrates are severely underfunded in conservation assessments in Australia. And what about fungi… #ESA2025

Nick Porch is working hard to uncover the ‘dark taxa’ in the Australian alps #ESA2025

Fantastic and inspiring keynote by Tiahni Adamson. Thank you for your words of hope. #ESA2025

How good is this poster from our master's student Genavieve Jurd ?! 👇🎉☺️ If you are attending @ecolsocaus.bsky.social conference next week, please support ECRs like Genavieve during the Barbara Rice memorial poster session on Monday evening!

Ecological Society of Australia conference is already next week! Our symposium "Functional biodiversity and bold insights from plant-soil ecology" will be on Wed (Nov 26) afternoon 130-530pm. Cracker talks on 🔥❄️⛰️🚱🧬🫧🌿🐮🌾🍄 (did you guess them?!) @ecolsocaus.bsky.social esa2025.org.au

Registrations for Australia's premier Microbiology conference are now open. www.theasmmeeting.org.au/registration

Save the date! 🗓️ Thu 27 Nov, 1pm AEDT/3pm NZDT Our November seminar will feature Prof Sajeewa Maharachchikumbura from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China on pathogen taxonomy! @plant-pathogens.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/novembe...

❓️ Have you registered yet? We have attendees from all these countries! How cool! Don't miss out: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/

We love these photos from the Planet Fungi book launch at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne last month! Hosted by co-author Dr Tom May, this event was a celebration of both the book & the wonders of the fungal kingdom. 🍄 Get your copy: www.publishing.csiro.au/book/8150 📷 by RBG Victoria

Save the date! 🗓️ Thu 30 Oct, 12pm AEDT/2pm NZDT Our October seminar will feature Dr. Yi Ding from the University of Sydney on plant-fungal interactions in crops! Free registration (donations welcome) @plant-pathogens.bsky.social www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/october...

Meet our Rising Star Plenary speakers. Dr Patricia Silva-Flores - from CIEAM, Universidad Católica del Maule (Chile) - Rising Star in the session "Mycorrhizas in dynamic ecosystems: Plant and fungal biodiversity, biological invasions, soil and impact of climate" #ICOM2026 icom2026.org/speakers/

Fungal phylum-level classification update now available! Used "innovative taxonomy" to describe >100 taxa, from species to phylum, based on long reads, characteristic nucleotides and env-samples. mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1616... #fungi #taxonomy #PacBio #classification #eDNA

[email protected] and 127 co-authors present a global call to strengthen national #SoilBiodiversity action, in an #OpenLetter to policymakers at 27th meeting of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social SBSTTA taking place in Panamá City this week. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SBSTTA27

128 authors - 1 message: Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!

Here goes a bit of shameless self-promotion: If you missed my National Science Week online webinar, it is now available via YouTube. Friends with benefits or frenemies: The role of soil biota in shaping plant responses. youtu.be/B_hnTfg10TM?...

🚨 Early Career Researcher Travel Award! 🚨 Open to grad students & postdocs presenting at #ICOM2026 @ICOM2026 Apply now! All info👉 url-shortener.me/6QQF 🗓️ Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 📢 Decisions: Jan 30, 2026

Exploring tomato plants from root to leaf—new research from @unimelb.bsky.social uncovers the hidden diversity of tomato-associated beneficial bacteria onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...