Happy to announce that a new opinion paper of our group just came out: A conceptual framework to dissect emergent functions in microbial communities with @swagatika.bsky.social @sharvari27.bsky.social @anjanaprasad.bsky.social @palshubharthi.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Program managers would normally rush to inform potential and current grantees about such dramatic changes. But the memo tells program managers to keep their mouths shut. 'This information is highly confidential...Please do not communicate anything to PIs.'” www.science.org/content/arti...

Big news: I’ll be joining the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in January 2027! 🎉 My lab will study plant microbiomes, fungal ecology & restoration. Recruiting graduate students for Fall 2027! Interested in joining the lab or collaborating? Let’s connect! BOOMER SOONER 🏈🍄🌱✨

I am recruiting PhD students for my new lab housed in the Sam Noble Museum at University of Oklahoma! If you are interested in fish macroevolution, geometric morphometrics, specimen-based research & phylogenomics please reach out. More info here: fishdiversitylab.weebly.com Please share widely!!!

Ectomycorrhizal fungi and forest management timelines: do we understand what to conserve? nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Commentary by Lõhmus highlighting the recent work by Lindahl et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A root–soil association index reveals life‐history strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Odriozola et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌊 Coastal wetlands are threatened by sea level rise, and marsh plant traits are responding over time to this increasing inundation 👉️ buff.ly/Hwx71Od

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Read our new publication lead by @ellewoodsofmyco.bsky.social on the effect of different #nitrogen inputs on the fungus community living inside #saltmarsh plants! Stay tuned for more results on the response of sediment microbial communities, plant growth and carbon uptake, and sediment geochemistry.

First bit of postdoc work out! Nitrogen form matters. In Spartina salt marshes, NH4+ and NO3− had distinct effects on fungal endophytes with lasting impacts on fungal growth in culture. A reminder that nutrient enrichment can create legacy effects in the mycobiome. 🍄

Thank you for this contribution to "Ecology"!✨

Excited to share our new paper, “Microbial ecology for all: A vision of accessibility, unity, and responsibility.” Thankful to the people I worked with on this and to be growing as an early-career researcher in the field!! 🍄 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Hello! We are pleased to announce that MEEC 2026 will be held at Eastern Michigan University March 28-29. We are so excited to host a weekend of learning and connecting with our community. Please submit abstracts here before Feb 28: docs.google.com/forms/d/1wJI...

Tomorrow is release day for When Trees Testify!!! Order now: bookshop.org/p/books/when...

The Coastal MicroEco Lab had a blast at the CERF @cerfscience.bsky.social conference! Congrats to lab members Camille and Marley for superb posters and THANKS to panelists/participants of collab sesh with @ellewoodsofmyco.bsky.social) focused on integrating microbes into restoration efforts 🌎🦠🧬

Reading in journal club Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Rooted In Dialogue Join this session focused on postdoc community-building. Whether you're navigating these challenges yourself or supporting others, this session is for you! 📆Monday, Aug 11 🕐10:30–11:30 AM 📍Hilton Key 7 More info: events.rdmobile.com/Sessions/Det...

Hope to see many of you here at ESA next week!!

In our review of CMNs, water stood out as a resource that might be transferred between plants via fungal connections. This new study provides further support (and in DSEs!). Nice expt by Bea Bock et al 👍 Great to see new research. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

The budget bill currently in the Senate would put 258 million acres of public land up for sale, including recreation areas, wilderness study areas, critical wildlife habitat and more. www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

Thanks Katie for the feature (!!!) in this recent article highlighting the awesome grassroots efforts of @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social ❣️❣️❣️

Thank you @tennesseelookout.com for including my thoughts in your recent article on Federal Grant cancellations that impact the state of #Tennessee We need more local reports of the federal impact to show that these cuts impact everyone! tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/27/s...

On its face, this “Gold Standard Science” EO seems innocuous. But beyond the serious concerns in 🧵 below, its “enforcement” provisions stood out. A senior political appointee (DOGE?) will evaluate alleged violations, including referring those to Human Resources. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

“One point seems to be lost: The reason that the federal government funds science is not just to provide scientists or government bureaucrats with jobs… We fund science because it is in our national interest to do so!” goodscience.substack.com/p/nsf-should...

From “A fascination with fungi…” to teaching “climate resilience to students and to help[ing] them see themselves as part of the climate solution.” 🧡 Public funding of science is transformative.

Two Sonoma County 🍇 scientists studying fungi and the ocean warn: 90% of people rely on science—weather, food safety, jobs—but only 10% are worried about funding cuts. That gap threatens the future. 🧪🏠

“Sonoma county raised us, science gave us a way forward.” Here’s a piece I co-authored with another young scientist & friend from our small town in Geyserville CA. Thanks for the inspo @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social bohemian.com/saving-scien...

NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped. This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity. www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...

Hi. I'm Amy. Today's NSF's 75th anniversary, so I made a video: youtu.be/xnt2V4ygBG0 #ScienceMatters #NSFExcellence #AmericanInnovation #NSF #FederalScience #SciencePolicy #NSFRotator #PublicService #WeAreNSF #SaveNSF #NSF75 #Scienceat75 #ISupportNSF #FundNSF

🧪 Y'all, drop Amy—the last NSF historian—a follow, take her up on her generous offer and request!! 👏👏 "Like scientists, historians are empiricists." Offer: Reach out at [email protected] Request: Tell how NSF has affected *your* life, even if you're not directly NSF funded yourself.

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

🚨 All staff for NSF’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) have just been fired. In email to grantees: “the entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM has just been dissolved and the entire staff fired.” High time for scientists, public, Congress, YOU to take action to #SaveNSF

On NSF Grant Terminations- even if your termination letter says that you cannot appeal, there is a legal basis for you to appeal within 30 days in PPAPG www.nsf.gov/policies/pap... and in Uniform Guidance 200.340 www.ecfr.gov/current/titl.... Appeal and send a message!

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar. Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I'm hiring! Postdoc available in my lab in Ecological Genomics. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/... I will start reviewing applications mid-July. 🧪🧑‍🔬🖥️🧬🦑. Please share widely, thanks!

🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Anyone who wants to call basic scientific research “wasteful spending” should have to get past Reviewer 2. Seriously, I wish people knew how hard we work, often for less $ than could be made in industry, all because we care about helping society and mentoring the next generation.

If you are a person who cares about the future of science in the US, please take actions this week to #SaveNSF. @asn-amnat.bsky.social @sse-evolution.bsky.social @systbiol.bsky.social are leading a week of action - here is a Media Support Tool from the societies docs.google.com/document/d/1... 🧪🧑‍🔬🧬🖥️🦑

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

Grateful for another WOC in the academy conference. Exactly what I needed to feel today❣️ @nu-wocia.bsky.social

🧪 Concrete evidence of political motives: Out of 1044 NSF terminations so far, *not a single one* started under Trump 1.0. Zilch. Nada. 0%. That is, all terminated NSF awards started Feb 1, 2021 or later after Biden took office. Yet, Trump 1.0 awards still account for 15% of still-active awards.

Upset about federal funding cuts in the US? Want some ideas of what to do? I wrote a long-ish blog post about it here ecoevoevoeco.blogspot.com summarizing things I learned meeting with Senate & House aides this week with the @aibsbiology.bsky.social Congressional Visits Day event.

🌿 Stretching your research dollars? You’re not alone! Join us for the #Botany360 free virtual event, Botany on a Budget — a casual discussion with BSA members who have experience making research happen with limited resources. Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2–3 p.m. EST Register here: tinyurl.com/bot360

🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵 On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE). The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases: "not subject to appeal"

Further grant terminations from NSF. I don't yet have a list of what has been cut. It's been hard to concentrate today when every email ping could a notice from NSF that another of our grants is being terminated.

My painting TIDAL WETLANDS

Triple fuck: 1. White House proposed to cut NSF’s budget by 55%. 2. White House told NSF to fire half of staff. 3. “NSF announced it was terminating what could be more than $1 billion in grants already awarded” If true for #3, that’s at least three times what was terminated last Friday. FUCK