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Posts by Root-Benefit Cost Action
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The student Antonio Gavira completed a research stay at University of Copenhagen, with Dr. Rasmus Kjøller (Fungal Ecology Lab).
🔬 Isolation of root endophytic fungi from avocado and other subtropical trees.
🤝 Advancing plant–microbe interactions
#COSTAction #PlantMicrobiome
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🎥 Couldn't make it to our last Working Group 2 webinar? Catch up now! Dr. Javier Cabrera discusses plant(root)-fungal interactions and how they influence root architecture. (Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Spain). Find the link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GG...
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Our next WG2 Root-benefit webinar is comming!! Next Friday March 27th!! We will have the pleasure to listen two amazing talks by Dr. Javier Cabrera from @CBGP_Madrid (Spain) and Dr. Kalliope Papadopoulou from University of Thessaly (Greece). Link here: conectaha.csic.es/b/raf-k1s-mp...
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Celebrating International Forest Day!!
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Forests don’t grow alone 🌱
Beneath every tree, complex microbial communities support nutrient cycling, resilience, and health.
#InternationalForestDay #SoilMicrobiology #PlantScience #COSTAction
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Science Communication Workshop
A few inspiring days sharing ideas, teamwork, and strategies to improve how we communicate science. Great discussions, collaboration, and new perspectives within the ROOT-BENEFIT COST Action!
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Science Communication Workshop — Day 3 | Wrap-up
We shared conclusions, defined next steps, and outlined the strategy for the ROOT-BENEFIT COST Action communication video. A great collaborative finish to the workshop!
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Science Communication Workshop. Day 2 - Part 3!
Inspiring visit to Meteora and TerraImmersia to learn about new approaches to presentation and immersion in science communication. Many new ideas emerging!
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Science Communication Workshop. Day 1 - Part 2!
After building a strong knowledge base, it was time for the challenge: In groups, we explored four topics to identify the key elements of effective science communication. What a great starting day!
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Science communication workshop. Day 1 - Part 1!
Yesterday we began with kind introduction to scientific communication by Ivana Martins (bases of SciCom), Luis Morgado (graphic design tools), Leandros Tsiotos (history of SciCom) and Germán Tortosa (comic as SciCom tool). No better staring point!
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📢 On 4 March 2026 (12:00–17:00 CET), the ROOT-BENEFIT COST Action opens its Scientific Communication in Practice session to all interested participants in Larissa, Greece.
Hands-on tools & strategies to communicate science effectively to diverse audiences.
Join us!
zoom.us/j/9615542209...
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📣 Eighth WG2 Root-Benefit Webinar, Part 2!! Dr. Benoit Lefebvre, the chair of the COST, talks about Arbuscular Mycorrhiza symbiosis efficiency!! 🍄 power 🌲 !! @inrae-france.bsky.social
Link here: youtu.be/F8ZhZcH5GQA?...
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📣 Eighth WG2 Root-Benefit Webinar, Part 2!! Dr. Benoit Lefebvre, the chair of the COST, talks about Arbuscular Mycorrhiza symbiosis efficiency!! 🍄 power 🌲 !! @INRAE_France
@LIPME_Toulouse
Link here: youtu.be/F8ZhZcH5GQA?...
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Online Training School on Metagenomics & Metatranscriptomics in Plant Systems!
🌱💻 Expert talks + hands-on bioinformatics training on plant microbiomes.
Limited practical slots. Registration closes 8 March 2026.
Link: www.root-benefit.eu/online-train...
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📢 Registration is now open for the ROOT-BENEFIT Symposium “Beneficial Microorganisms for Soil Health and Agriculture”, held alongside the III Management Meeting at EEZ-CSIC, Granada (Spain), 13–15 May 2026. A forum for knowledge exchange, discussion & networking!
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📢 For those who missed the Eight webinar of WG2 Root-Benefit!! Here is the amazing talk by Dr. Joanna Banasiak from Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, PAS Poznan, Poland at ICHB PAN, check the link!
youtu.be/D48ZQv7yzjg?...
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📢 Do not miss our New ROOT-BENEFIT Webinar!! Next Friday January 30th!!!
We will have the pleasure of having two excellent speakers:
- Dr. Joanna Banasiak (ICHB, Poland)
- Dr. Benoit Lefebvre (INRAE, France)
Join us: conecta.csic.es/rooms/raf-k1...
#plantmicrobe #rootbenefit
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📢 Call for participants: Workshop “Scientific Communication in Practice”, Join us in Larissa, Greece, 4–6.3.26 for a hands-on Work Task meeting to co-create high-impact dissemination tools with science communication experts, video producers, and illustrators/animators
🗓️Apply now!
🔗 shorturl.at/BEu5g
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🎄 Kids & science! ROOT-BENEFIT COST Action invites children to draw how they imagine soil & microorganisms.
Send creations to rafael.morcillo@csic.es
and join our Christmas outreach fun! 🧑🎄🎄🔬🦠
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📢 New review out!
We are pleased to share a new review authored by members of WG2 of our ROOT-BENEFIT COST Action. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the molecular pathways underlying major beneficial root-microbe associations!!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📢 New Root-Benefit!!
Next Friday!!
We will have the pleasure of having two excellent speakers:
- Dr. Margarida Santana (CE3CResearch, Portugal).
- Dr. Adam Ossowicki (@ihsmumacsic.bsky.social, Spain)
#plantmicrobe #costaction #rootbenefit
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🎉 Do not miss our first Webinar of the second series of WG2 of the Root-Profit COST Action!!
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Had a great time presenting at the latest ROOT-BENEFIT COST Action WG2 webinar youtu.be/NqJJvwWcLOI highlighting our research on #AMF and their endobacteria #MInt @rootbenefit.bsky.social
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🎥 Couldn’t join our last WG2 webinar? Catch up now! Dr. Olga Lastovetsky @OLastovetsky reveals how fungal–bacterial partnerships influence plant health and ecosystem resilience!
#simbiosis #AMF #rootbenefit
youtu.be/NqJJvwWcLOI
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📢 It is tomorrow!!!
The first webinar in our second WG2 series!!
We will have the pleasure of having two excellent speakers:
- Prof. Andrea Genre (University of Turin, Italy).
- Dr. Olga Lastovetsky (University College Dublin, Ireland)
#costaction
conectava.csic.es/B/raf-k1s-mp...
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Root-Benefit WG2 Webinar Series is BACK! 📢
Get ready for the next academic year with top experts in plant-microbe interactions and sustainable agriculture. We're kicking off in October 2025!
🔗 Link to the Seminar Room: conecta.csic.es/rooms/raf-k1...
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DigAgro 2025
Tulln, Austria | December 1–2.
Poster presentation submission deadline: Sept 30
Registration is still open
www.digagro2025.com @rootbenefit.bsky.social @fairagro.bsky.social
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Spotlight on our most recent intern, Eva Fruzsina Felegyhazi (shown here with Dr. Zahid) from Eötvös Loránd University and with grateful support from @rootbenefit.bsky.social– Eva has been learning about DNA sequencing for a collaborative project. As we say in Scotland, Haste Ye Back!
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Happy International Microorganism Day to everyone celebrating it around the world! At Root-Benefit Cost Action, we strongly believe in the importance of microorganisms in improving our agriculture and our lives!
#imd2025 #microorganism #Agriculture
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