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There’s still time to register for the 11th ISRR Dundee Root Medal award workshop 2025: Harnessing plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere for plant and ecosystem benefits. Date: 25 November 2025 Awardee: Prof. Simona Radutoiu Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dundee-roo...

Connecting researchers across the continent. The new ISRR WG #Roots for sub-Saharan #Africa (SSA) @Mike_Adu are building a database of #Root researchers in SSA. If you work on #rootsystems in/for SSA, please take a few mins to complete the following form: forms.gle/zPbUvRXDNHbH...

📆Save the date: ISRR Mini-symposium: Between The Roots 28th January 2026. An online event hosted by the ISRR Working Groups. Mark it in your calendars! #Roots #Rhizosphere #Soil #biology

Just a few days left to submit an abstract for Roots to RegenAg ✨ Connecting science & farming, join us whatever your background! 🌱 Root-Soil Interactions 🧪 Soil Health & Biodiversity 🚜 RegenAg Practices 🧑‍🌾 Nutrient Management 🪱 Policy & uptake Deadline Friday 12 Sept 👉 buff.ly/9XnN8Q8

Opportunity: Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions at JIC. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🌱 Catch up on 4 recent IBH Root-related seminars featuring research from: 1. Dr. Riccardo Fusi – U. of Nottingham 2. Prof. Lee Hickey – U. of Queensland 3. Dr. Rahul Bhosale – U. of Nottingham @intbarleyhub.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

🤓 Have you seen the latest edition of the ISRR newsletter? If not check it out for the latest updates and info on #roots and the #rhizosphere www.rootresearch.org/newsletter

Check out the IBH seminar of Dr Rahul Bhosale from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Genetic and environmental regulation of #root angle in cereal crops 🧪 barleyhub.org/ibh-seminar-...

Check out the IBH seminar of Prof. Lee Hickey from @qaafi.bsky.social Unlocking the Hidden Half: Opportunities for Genome Editing and Machine Learning to Improve #Root Architecture in #Barley 🧪 barleyhub.org/ibh-seminar-...

Check out the IBH seminar of Nikola Korinkova, PhD student in Biochemistry at Palacký University Olomouc. Advances in Understanding Crown #Root Formation in #Barley barleyhub.org/ibh-seminar-...

Check out the IBH seminar of Dr Riccardo Fusi from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Digging deeper: Identifying #root genes to harness stress resilience in #barley 🧪 barleyhub.org/ibh-seminar-...

@richphillipslab.bsky.social presenting his famous method for collecting root exudates from intact tree roots at #Rhizosphere6 🤩

I love jumping into topics that are rather foreign to me. Very nice lecture by Adrijan Košir " #CalciumCarbonate precipitates in the #rhizosphere: their morphology, textural traits and #ecological functions. They impact water retention& ecosystem. Look at some of these images👀 #Rhizosphere6 #CaCO3 🧪

Very cool topic to address rhizosphere heterogeneity in the root system, using methods to sample individual root types in maize #rhizosphere6 manuscript to come soon!

Revelation of Pseudomonas kribbensis, Serratia plymuthica and Bacillus rugosus strains from #metal #polluted peri-urban belts for lead reduction potential and growth promotion in plant system » Dr. Harshata Pal (Publication in the image) #Rhizosphere6 🧪 #Soil #bioremediation

Excellent plenary by @frantecol.bsky.social on plant-soil interactions in a changing climate. Fascinating! #rhizosphere6

It’s always so nice to see @katiefield4.bsky.social talk about Mucoromycotina 🤩 Cool results on nutrient uptake and C-exchange of plants inoculated with Mucoromycotina at #Rhizo6

Plenary talk by @bulgarelli-d.bsky.social Engineering the rhizosphere microbiota at @Rhizosphere6 ! Looking forward to the lab overview over the last 10 years!!!!

Strong start to the day with @katiefield4.bsky.social and @bulgarelli-d.bsky.social bring the plant-microbe interactions #rhizosphere6

I really enjoyed Doris Vetterlein‘s talk at the #rhizosphere6 on the legacy of rhizosphere. An important and often overlooked topic on what stays in the soil after the roots!

When studying rhizosphere processes, tools do help. Dr. Frederik van der Bom’s talk “From roots to resilience: can rhizosphere diversity shape future agroecosystems“ shows some nice root-rhizosphere tools/platforms in #UniCopenhagen. #Rhizosphere6

Day2 of #rhizosphere6 conference. Just listened to such an engaging talk by @katiefield4.bsky.social that I even forgot to take a photo. Great science uncovering the role of fine root endophytes, the #mycoromycotina. #MFRE, let's go!

Next plenary speaker is @ehannula.bsky.social Interactions between organisms in the rhizosphere 🤩

If you are at #rhizosphere6 and interested in fine root functional traits, go talk to @elsaelsam.bsky.social from @zalf.bsky.social. If you (like me - tearfully) miss out on this event, check out the paper in the thread below 😉

Switching to Lecture Theatre 5 in #Rhizosphere6 to listen to @jonkampouris.bsky.social from @agmicro-lab.bsky.social. But don't take it from me, check out the paper here: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Have to admit: for #DBG2025 @unituebingen.bsky.social we cannot offer similar location than #rhizosphere6 in Edinburgh 😅 We give our best to fill the impressive halls here with some impressive outcomes: Thanks Sara for unraveling the role of #root hairs in mobilizing #phosphorus from alkaline #soils

Next up at #rhizosphere6: @elsaelsam.bsky.social takes us on a journey about the extensions of the Root Economics Space! 🤩

We're in Lecture Theatre 4 now at #Rhizosphere6 - Efficient Rhizosphere for Resource Use. Marie Spohn starts us off with results from long-term field experiments to understand nutrient limitations

Our own @fredebak.bsky.social presents his work leveraging machine learning #rhizosphere6

Using terrible soil (almost the desert!) for finding rhizosphere traits for phosphorus uptake #rhizosphere6

In "The role of trade-offs between #niche breadth and fitness in #microbial adaptation to fluctuating environments » Prof. Cecile Gubry-Rangin says: "🦠 generalists have greater fitness following an env. change, except after an extreme change when specialists perform better" #Rhizosphere6 🧪

On my way to Edinburgh for my first Rhizosphere conference - #Rhizosphere6! Very happy to share our work with a talk on Tuesday and looking forward to meeting other fellow researchers and hearing about all the exciting projects in the programme!! 🌱🦠 www.rhizo6.org

Impressive venue for plenaries at @edinburghup.bsky.social Looking forward #Rhizophere6 day1

In her 🗣️"Towards an understanding of #root #microbiome assembly in model 🌱 and #crops ... studies using complex bacterial communities » Prof. Simona Radutoiu says "bacterial isolates prefer colonizing their natural hosts". www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Rhizosphere6 🧪 #PlantScience

School’s out and I’m at #Rhizosphere6 in Edinburgh! Excited to hear some exciting research!

Rhizosphere 6 is about to start in beautiful McEwan hall in Edinburgh! #rhizosphere6

Do you know the #history of the international society of #root #research new section on the website with a personal recollection www.rootresearch.org/history #ISRR

The final programme for #Rhizosphere6 is now available—download it here: 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1iv5T... Take a look and plan your conference. If you’ve not already registered there’s still time and day rates are now available : www.rhizo6.org

#roots #barley #PlantScience

If you have a strong interest in plant physiology and root biology and if you hold a MSc in plant science, crop science, biology, or related field, we have an interesting job offer! ➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/3dwsjv96

Starting our big summer screen 2025 to see if in-field measured #roots phenotypes are reproducible in lab #translationalscience #barley @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social pot in soil and pouch growth assays, tracking #roothairs, #seminalroot #rootangle etc

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: Roots to Regenerative Agriculture🌱 👉 buff.ly/jv8snrh #PlantScience

🤓Did you catch the ISRR Spring Newsletter? If not, you can read it here, to find out the latest on all things #Roots www.rootresearch.org/newsletter #Rhizosphere #PlantScience

Hear the latest BSSS Podcast - Soil Matters - which looks at the impact of Regenerative Agriculture on soil health soils.org.uk/soilmatters/...

Gwen hosted Rahul Bhosale from University of Nottingham this week to visit and give an @IntBarleyHub Seminar on Root Gravitropism

& finally, we are looking for 4-year #phd student to identify the #root traits that most influence #water uptake dynamics using in silico #modeling. The PhD will be co-supervised by B Muller, from the INRAE. 🧪🌱💡 #joboffer #plantscijob #phd Job offer here www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2zg4q...

We are also looking for 3-year #postdoc to work on the in silico prediction of root ideotypes for drought resistance across Europe. The Postdoc will be co-supervised by Dr. Pierre Martre, from the INRAE 🧪🌱💡 #joboffer #plantscijob #phd #Drooght004 Job offer here www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6oww2...

We are looking for a fully funded 2-year #postdoc to work on the development, validation, and deployment of a new multiscale root modelling pipeline. 🧪🌱💡 #joboffer #plantscijob #phd #drooght003 Job offer here www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4spy4...

🧪🌱💡 #PlantSciJob Are you passionate about #robust cropping systems? Do you want to explore how #plant #roots impact water flow across different scales? I am thrilled to say that we have 4 open positions (2 #PhD, 2 #postdocs) @UCLouvain (BE) for the EU project DROOGHT. More: drooght.github.io