Ecological and genomic variation in ectomycorrhizal fungal exploration types Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) produce mycelia with variable extension and complexity, which can be classified according to soil ‘exploration types’ (ETs). ETs have received attention as one of the few.....

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thank you for this contribution to "Ecology"!✨

Microbial ecology for all: A vision of accessibility, unity, and responsibility Microorganisms are ubiquitous in nature, representing a significant portion of global biodiversity and playing vital roles in ecosystem functions, biogeochemical cycles, and organismal health. The gr...

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/...

Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference 2026 Abstract Submission Please fill out the following form to be able to present a poster or talk at MEEC 2026, hosted by Eastern Michigan University on March 28-29 (Saturday-Sunday). You will receive an email about abstract...

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...

When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy

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 🌎🦠🧬

Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment - Nature Microbiology This Review discusses the evolution, emergence and expansion of environmental fungicide and antifungal drug resistance.

Reading in journal club

Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

poster for "Rooted in Dialogue". It reads: Ecological Society of America 2025 Rooted in Dialogue: A panel discussion with postdocs on surviving today's research landscape. Monday, August 11, 2025 10:30-11:30 AM, Hilton Key 7 Why you should attend: Firsthand insight from postdocs at public and private institutions nationwide Discussions of risks when postdoc support is cut Understanding disparities across states and disciplines Collaborative solutions for sustaining and diversifying the ecology workforce Join us to engage in a candid dialogue on how to ensure pathways to STEM remain open and equitable for all - and what role you can play in shaping that future. Organizers: Briana Betke, Kylea Garces, Diana Macias, Sandra Mendiola

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!!

Evidence for common fungal networks among plants formed by a Dark Septate Endophyte in Sorghum bicolor - Communications Biology A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute...

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...

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

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 ❣️❣️❣️

See what research at Tennessee universities was defunded in Trump’s federal grant cuts • Tennessee Lookout Among the federally funded grants at Tennessee universities terminated by the Trump administration is one for rural mental health programs.

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...

Whether it’s DARPA creating the original Internet, or an NSF grant funding the origins of Google, or the NIH funding work that led to a miracle cure for a type of leukemia, or NSF funding work that ended up making PCR usable, or Defense research that led to the GPS system that made it possible to have real-time maps on our phones, we all benefit from putting public money towards scientific R&D.

“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...

Absolutely!!! Thank you for sharing!!! 🍄‍🟫💛

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. 🧪🏠

Saving Science, SoCo Scientists Sound the Funding Alarm | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties We were just kids in Sonoma County when we first felt the urgency—from summers filled with thickened smoke and anxious harvests during record-breaking heat. As scientists, we’re trying to do something...

“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 initiates more layoffs amid major agency shake-up The agency will also reassign all remote employees to in-person work at its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters.

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...

lastnsfhistorian YouTube video by Amy Rodgers

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 LastNSFHistorian@gmail.com

Request: Tell how NSF has affected *your* life, even if you're not directly NSF funded yourself.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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

Chapter XII: Award Administration Disputes and Misconduct

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!

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

🧪 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!

4 12x18 inch posters on a brick and concrete wall. The top left is pink and says funding science saves lives, written in microbes, next to a microscope. The one on the right says Biology is bigger than binaries, with a fish, a lily, and a bee. The bottom left says Protecting wildlife starts wtih you, with a bunch of adiorable woodland creatues in yellow, white and black, including an owl, fungi, a... um. weasel? salamanders, butterflies, slugs, and a rotting log. The bottom right says Will our oceans thrive or nosedive the choice is yours, with the ocean represented in a circle, half of which is dead and half of which is alive, including kelp and a mackerel

🚨 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... 🧪🧑‍🔬🧬🖥️🦑