Excitedly showing the conetainer trajectory to our department research assistant 😜 What a weird person I've become.

Happy to report that I have a new paper out in PLOS Biology, journals.plos.org/plosbiology/.... Some very interesting findings on plant-fungal mutualistic feedbacks from my PhD work I am excited to finally get to share.

Holiday =) And uncharacteristically beautiful Dutch weather!

Sampling some soil for our greenhouse experiment assessing mycorrhizal response in native vs. non-native grassland species! @niooknaw.bsky.social

Nice visit earlier this week to @vuamsterdam.bsky.social to visit @tobykiers.bsky.social and @vkokkoris.bsky.social; thanks for having me!

We're pleased to welcome @camilledelavaux.bsky.social to the New Phytologist Board of Advisors! Camille is the winner of the 2025 New Phytologist Tansley Medal for excellence in plant science. www.newphytologist.org/news/new-phy...

Visiting the @westerdijkinst.bsky.social yesterday was really fun! So so many cultures and storage methods. Looking forward to working together soon!

Things got real. We bought an apartment in lovely Wageningen!!😍🏡🎉 @dancoviello.bsky.social

@invam.bsky.social collection, prairies, and AMF all featured in the awesome article Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I am honored to have received the 2025 Tansley Medal @newphyt.bsky.social! Thank you to everyone who pushed, challenged, and supported me along the way to complete the underlying work.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal is @camilledelavaux.bsky.social! Read the #Editorial by Slater & Dolan 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience @niooknaw.bsky.social 🧵1/2

Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026! I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴 There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/

Great visit at @ibotcz.bsky.social again with collaborators. And such a nice visit around Prague this afternoon ✨

New study from @mvanderheijden.bsky.social lab, showing that many commercial mycorrhizal inoculants are snake oil. So important for this data to be published! Between this, @lizkoziol.bsky.social and Matt Salomon’s work… well I think we make a strong point. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I am on the website! 🎉https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/employees/camille-delavaux

First short introduction to @niooknaw.bsky.social before I officially start Monday! Even more excited to become part of the community 🌱

Hello! I’m recruiting three graduate students (MS or PhD) to start in summer or fall 2026 . Projects are broadly focused on the ecology, restoration, and management of rangelands, deserts, and forests. Please share! Lab website: functionalrestoration.nmsu.edu

🌿 New paper by @camilledelavaux.bsky.social shows how naturalised nitrogen-fixing #plants are more likely and abundant on islands compared to mainlands, especially on remote islands.

🚨 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

🚨FEW DAYS TO GO!🚨 The submission deadline for the Call for Symposia for #ICOM2026 is October 15th! Form and submission details here: icom2026.org/symposia/

Top find of the day in Wageningen 🤩

Here we go. First night train as we move to Wageningen, Netherlands! @dancoviello.bsky.social 🐈🐈‍⬛ 🚆

Last Swiss mountain trip a success! @dancoviello.bsky.social

After almost 5 years, we are leaving Zurich🇨🇭for Wageningen 🇳🇱 T-2 weeks! @dancoviello.bsky.social

Ever since my InfoFlora course last week, I'm spotting neophytes all over Zurich 🌱 Fun, but also not...

Thrilled to see the INVAM fungal collection—and our dedicated curators—featured in the Fall issue of @sierramagazine.bsky.social Preserving the world’s largest library of mycorrhizal fungi to power ecosystem restoration, science, and sustainable ag. 🦠🌱🌍 🔗 digital.sierramagazine.org/publication/...

What a beautiful exhibit by the Lausanne botanical garden on peat bogs, with some ericaceous plants and even mention of their mycorrhizal fungi! 🍄‍🟫

Huge congratulations to my final @ethz.ch Master's student Linda Muller for completing her thesis! Across three research groups, two cantons, and a lot of bureaucracy, she tested mycorrhizal colonization in three invasive plant species. Spoiler - it is higher in invaded compared to native soils. 🌱🍄

My new paper is out! 🧪🦠 Seven years later: native AMF inoculation improves grassland restoration successional stage, floristic quality index, and diversity, while suppressing weeds: academic.oup.com/femsle/artic... Why microbes matter in restoration 🧵

I am somehow finding myself applying for 4 grants simultaneously. Wish me luck 🌱🍄

Check out our paper "Ericoid mycorrhizal growth response is influenced by host plant phylogeny", now out in Mycorrhiza! Led by Alice Neves, a former Master's student in our group. And amazing cross-european collaborations with @ibotcz.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social and several others!

Bever/Schultz lab micro-reunion at ESA! 🤓 @invam.bsky.social

So excited that my Tansley Insight "On the role of mutualisms in plant biogeography: consequences for ecology, evolution, and invasion" is out today!! @newphyt.bsky.social

Off to @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social in Baltimore, Maryland! Join me at my talk on Wednesday afternoon to see what we have learned about drivers of plant diversification on islands worldwide!

🚨 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫!  The Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute is offering two specialised courses for professionals and researchers in food safety, microbiology, and related sectors. 🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬:  https://wi.knaw.nl/courses

Thanks Europe, for making two week vacations the norm. 🇫🇷

Almost 2 years in the making (plus half a dozen collaborators, just as many student projects, working across other ETH groups, and an ETH career seed grant), but we will soon submit our mesocosm study manipulating plant and ericoid fungal diversity! 🌱🍄 🤓

We are hiring a full time lab technician to assist with several long-term richness/biodiversity/microbe/drought/restoration manupulation experiments at the KU field station. Applications due this week! Please share. Job Posting - Research Technician share.google/GsSTtiW4rIm5...

Dream job in an awesome lab if anyone is looking for a technician position: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

I am so excited to share that I will be joining the Terrestrial Ecology Department at the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) as a tenure track senior scientist this Fall! Impossible without the unwavering support and mentorship of Jim Bever, Peggy Schutlz, Evan Gora, and Maggie Wagner.

What a great speed visit at @ibotcz.bsky.social!!

Pumped to be visiting the Czech academy of sciences with several collaborators from AMF long read sequencing to Ericoid fungi 🤓

Check out our new paper: Origin matters: mycorrhizal growth response and induced resistance to pathogens depend on mycorrhizal and pathogen source, where we show that mycorrhizal induced resistance occurs within native plant species 🌱 @newphyt.bsky.social

SO! proud of Master's student Alice Neves 🎉 Her thesis is now accepted in Mycorrhiza: Ericoid mycorrhizal growth response is influenced by host plant phylogeny!! Such a team effort with Laura van Galen, Martin Vohnik, Martina Peters and several more. Look for it soon!

Slides on slides on slides. Let’s see how much mycorrhizal colonization these non-native plants have (in native and invaded soils)! Massive effort by masters student Linda for her thesis ✨

Finally met Mark van Kleunen last week (after coauthoring a paper back in 2019)! Happy to share the mutualist filter with his Master's course and get to meet everyone 😍

Just submitting this proposal for the 4th time. 🤞

Botany excursion this morning 🌱 I saw a chalk phylogeny and knew it was going to be good.

It's especially times like these that strong, kind and supportive collaborators make all the difference. Thank you ❤️

That moment when a side project that is on it's second year finally starts coming together 🤓