Our #ICOM2024 workshop inspired this fantastic article by @mycorrhizanne.bsky.social from @balachaudhary.bsky.social lab. I wonder what our @icom2026.bsky.social workshop on Analyzing cooperation/adaptation models (also cochaired with Nancy Johnson) will inspire. Join us with J. Hoeksema & J. Bever

No doubt this is the most important paper I have written: “Abundant empirical evidence of multilevel selection revealed by a bibliometric review”. Since Wade 1976, PNAS, we found 280 papers showing natural selection acting at the same time at two levels. www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...

Check out our new paper, Multilevel selection informs context-dependent mycorrhizal functioning! This is my very first first-authored publication, and I worked w some incredible folks to make it happen: @meafkhami.bsky.social @balachaudhary.bsky.social and Nancy Johnson! doi.org/10.3389/frmb...

Check out our new Tansley review on climate, plants, and microbes! I enjoyed working with a team of friendly and knowledgeable scientists. @meafkhami.bsky.social @kerricrawford.bsky.social @aclassen.bsky.social @johnstinchcombe.bsky.social @damianmicroeco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Come check out my talk at #ESA2025 today! I'll be chatting about some of my Postdoc research on mutualisms and how they impact niche breadth and diversification in the Eco-Evolutionary processes session in BCC344 at 1:45pm!

Fungal spores reveal a global climate footprint on microbes' traits! Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts. Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Woke up early enough to enjoy the Moosilauke peak entirely to myself. AND saw some epic alpine species at the summit

It’s alive! Our Mycorrhizal Networks special issue is out in Functional Ecology. Packed with spore-tacular science. A collection that highlights advances, identifies unresolved questions & the future research directions. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

My 2nd dissertation chapter is out in Plant, Cell, & Environment! We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....

“…that's the cool thing about basic science: you just don't know what information or knowledge it will generate in the future” Our new open mycorrhizal fungal trait database is published! Read about our science journey: fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/05...

Hot off the digital presses of the Highlands News-Sun: www.midfloridanewspapers.com/highlands_ne...

Microbial ecologists, do you ever want to quantify the stability of a community over time, or the amount of spatial heterogeneity across sites? Check out FAVA, developed by @maikemorrison.bsky.social. With FAVA, you can quantify compositional variability across many microbiome samples.

Why intraspecific trait variation matters in community ecology www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Compartmentalization drives the evolution of symbiotic cooperation royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Spores from two different AM fungal species, Ac. elegans on the left and Gi. albida on the right. Tell me spore traits don’t affect the ecology of these amazing microbes! #mycorrhiza

Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Two of our papers published in one day! 1) @nature.com Robotics in the service of #Arbuscular #mycorrhizal fungi! Hyphal spatiotemporal growth, biderectional cytoplasmic flows, adaptive trade routes, and a travelling-wave for an optimized symbiosis. Open access link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our best and brightest scientists who sacrifice their own research agendas for the good of science and our nation. My colleagues and friends. We see you.

Starting trade wars to make it easier to take over the government was literally the plot to the Star Wars prequels.

Donald Trump is scrubbing critical health information from government websites. This is staggeringly stupid, anti-science, and will have real consequences. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std...

Email to NSF funded Primary Investigators. BTW, NSF requires us to include a Broader Impacts section in all proposals (and have forever), which is central to how proposals are scored/ranked/funded. Broader Impacts are inherently DEIA. All NSF funded PIs engage in DEIA. Get real.

In Nature: Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My dissertation chapter is in Ecology Letters! We tested microbiome network theory empirically in nature and found central early colonisers significantly (1) enhanced biodiversity, (2) reshaped assembly trajectories and (3) increased recruitment of non-peripheral microbes. doi.org/10.1111/ele....