We are coming up on the closing date for an Assistant Professor of Mycology/Plant-fungal Interactions in the Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois - apply before November 1st! See the link below for more details: www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

The New Phytologist Foundation offers its condolences to family, friends, and colleagues of Prof. Steve Long. Steve was a regular contributor to New Phytologist. His contribution to plant biology and publishing was enormous and he will be sadly missed. portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new...

The situation is dire for coral reefs worldwide. We need to stop Carbon emissions NOW! 🧪🪸🌎🌐🌊 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long. His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..

Ever sampled frozen soil before? 🧊 SPUN's Michael Van Nuland and Jinsu Elhance, with local collaborator @mmuscarella.bsky.social explored the coastal tundra plain before traveling to higher elevations in the Arctic foothill tundra finding new flowers, fungi & wildlife with the changing terrain.

My department is hiring a Plant-Fungal Assist Prof!! As the newest #NewPI here, don't get me started on how wonderful my colleagues, how smooth my onboarding has been, how supportive the school and the department are, how nice my brand new lab is, and how convenient living in Champaign Urbana is!

Thunderstorms are a major — and growing — threat to tropical trees, reports a new analysis in Ecology Letters led by Cary’s @evangora.bsky.social. Insights are critical to guiding decisions about forest restoration and conservation www.caryinstitute.org/news-insight...

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. (via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/s...

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join an exciting project investigating the effects of bat seed dispersal on plant microbiomes and pathogen dynamics in tropical ecosystems. With @morceglo.bsky.social. More info: jobs.apsnet.org/job/postdoct...

This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input. See what public lands would be available for sale: www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat. In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z

Our paper shows that most ectomycorrhizal fungal species (83% of OTUs) are "dark taxa": species we detect in DNA, but can't match to known species names. We map global "darkspots" - the parts of the world most in need of more research. @spun.earth @ethz.ch www.cell.com/current-biol...

🚨🚨 Friday night news drop from National Science Foundation!! 🧪 NSF just released its detailed budget request for next year: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF... We knew it was going to be bad...and it lives up. Guts direct NSF support for a **quarter million people** 🧵 on some highlights...

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see link for public comment in the article on the proposed policy open until 23 May…“the purpose of Schedule F is to permanently instill the degree of political control over science fueling the sense of fear that pervades those agencies now” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

In my latest interview for @botany.one, @adricorrales.bsky.social reminds us that plants are not alone; they thrive in association with many other organisms such as fungi and bacteria. #SciComm #PlantScience #Botany 🧪🍄 botany.one/2025/04/adri...

These trees are into getting shocked. Dipteryx oleifera towers above the rest of Panama’s rainforest — arboreal lightning rods. They’re more likely to survive ⚡ than their neighbors, giving them a competitive edge. Read more at: @nytscience.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/s...

Changes to nutrient availability in tropical forests can alter the outcome of competition between ectomycorrhizal fungi and free-living saprotrophs with implications for decomposition and plant nutrient acquisition. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Are tropical forests in the Americas changing as adaptation to ongoing climate change? Yes, they are! Are these changes enough to track their suitable climate? Not quite! Check out our paper in @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... to see more of what our network has been working on!

OPEN CALL FOR EDITORIAL SERVICE AT BIOTROPICA Please consider serving on the Biotropica Editorial Board... we have an open call for service here. forms.gle/F9Lf2qWAB8rv... All ctenosaurs agree, Biotropica is a great place to publish tropical ecology, evolution, and conservation research!

📰Published📰 Being genetically identical to your neighbors does not increase your risks of disease and predation but reduces your ability to mate https://buff.ly/4hbIULb 🧪🌍

Check out our new study led by Abbey Yatsko, we made the most of a fire break clearing to look at the inside of trees on Cape York! We show that termites love to munch on the inside of trees and their largest influence on hollowing is in the bottom of trees! #carbon #termites

Faster than expected: release of nitrogen and phosphorus from decomposing woody litter https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20362

Job alert in Ecological Remote Sensing of tropical forests at BioEO lab www.jesusaguirre-spatialecology.com @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social working with me, @ymalhi.bsky.social @felipemartello.bsky.social, Laura M. Suz at Kew and many more -> Apply! shorturl.at/uM4F0

🚨 #PhD alert! Can #tropical trees migrate up mountains to track climate change? 🌳🌱⛰️ If they can’t, extinction may follow. Help us answer this question, working in tropical forests in the #Andes. Amazing fieldwork opportunities, & mega team led by @belenfadrique.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/mr35spbj

What a story this is! It combines art, 18th-century British and Caribbean history, and astronomy - a detective story that crosses disciplines and centuries, with an appropriately dramatic twist ending. By historian Fara Dabhoiwala in @londonreview.bsky.social. 🧪

Take a look at this excellent array of PhD projects in plant and soil science that are nowopen for applications! Please share with potential students 🤩

RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...

The BCI book is out! Almost 100 chapters of science about Barro Colorado Island plant and ecosystem science. scholarlypress.si.edu/store/all/th... Edited by STRI colleagues Helene Muller-Landau and Joe Wright. When I get my hardcopy, I'll want to read this cover to cover (1/2)

The reproductive ecology of the Fagaceae species is highly complex, and the interrelationship between its reproductive traits is surprisingly less explored, undermining how acorns survive the post-dispersal period. Delve a little deeper into this paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧪 Happy to share a link to our Tansley Review on wood nutrients: underexplored functional traits. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... We highlight the enormous variation in wood nutrient concentrations among species, links to masting, resprouting and ecosystem carbon via decomposition.

Publish paper with zombie in the title? ✅ Read about a unique species of tree fern endemic to Panama that converts the vascular tissue of its dead leaves into roots for nutrient uptake. news.illinois.edu/view/6367/11... Illustration: Camila Pizano; Coloring: Michael B. Vincent

Exciting opportunity at the Queen’s College Oxford in association with @oxfordbiology.bsky.social. The Browne JRF is a three year independent research fellowship available in any area of biology that complements Oxford Biology. www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/br... Please repost!