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i sincerely think it's pretty awesome that so many of his videos are "look at this important but invisible aspect of city gov that can help you, isn't it great?"
we really need it as an antidote to reflexive reagan-era "how dare the government try to improve life for regular people" attitudes
Holy shit. This is like if a foreign country bombed MIT. Sharif University is the top science and engineering institution in Iran, and one of the top in the world. Absolutely unconscionable www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
NSF LTER program “archived”.
LTER=“Long Term Ecological Research”.
This program has been incredibly successful, incredibly frugal for what they accomplish, and…of course…targeted by evil know-nothings.
My heart is breaking.
We all know #fungi are the dominant microbial #eukaryotes in #forest #soils… or are they really?
In our new paper, we revisited 51 forest metatranscriptomes from 4 European and North American forest regions - and found that protistan predators outshine fungi in activity!
I am excited to share my first lead PhD paper out now in #AJB @botsocamerica.bsky.social We studied the fungal symbionts of a critically endangered tree cultivated ex situ for conservation. 🧵 doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
New study on honeybee gut microbiota!
It shows how priority effects allow first-arriving strains to dominate their niche, creating unique microbial profiles even in identical environments. Cool Study!
@aiswarya.bsky.social, @pengellab.bsky.social, @dmf-unil.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/isme...
Hi all. I am very excited that after 6 years I finally got my phylogenetic comparative methods book and online exercises online. Feel free to use and share. The book is here: nhcooper123.github.io/pcm-primer/. Note that it is not finished, we had to abandon it before the sunk costs fallacy broke us
Postdoc (2 years) in mycorrhizal fungal biogeography & species distribution modelling @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Work with large-scale metabarcoding data and modelling.
Deadline is 30th April
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Fig. 2 Definitions of the major technologies discussed in this paper.
Fungal ecology in the age of 'omics
A #ResearchReview by Shelton et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Life's a continuum of organisms - from independently mobile bits of genomes, through viruses, to organelles, to barely non-organellar symbiotes, to cells. That are mostly not independent either.
Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute!
Please re-post!
🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲
👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest
This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity!
Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚
🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
💫 I am recruiting a postdoctoral candidate for a 3-year position starting in summer 2026 to work on the role of extracellular RNA (eRNA) in interspecies interactions.
I was interviewed by Catherine Polz for her Plant Kingdom podcast! Listen for more about pitcher plant and sagebrush leaf microbiomes 🧪 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1...
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in plant evolutionary ecology/genetics!
My lab in the Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to start Fall 2026.
We study plant adaptation, using weeds as model systems.
#Postdoc #EcoEvo
Pls RT!
The Goldberg lab at UCLA is hiring one or more postdocs. Flexible start date.
We develop methods to study population genetics of humans, our primate relatives, and our pathogens.
www.goldberglab.org/join
Photo of a few square inches of tree trunk. Growing on the tree trunk are several grey lichens (growing flat on tree), a lichen that looks like a bunch of tiny egg yolks, and a bright red fungus that looks like a half dozen or so round/oval red blobs.
A few square inches of tree trunk. At least 4 species of lichens (Parmelia, two Physcia species and Caloplaca) plus Red Tree Brain Fungus. #lichen #fungi #fungifriends.
Fig. 1 Schematic diagram of stomatal and associated leaf traits hypothesized to influence leaf microbiome assembly.
#Viewpoint: Do stomatal traits modulate leaf microbiome assembly?
Busby et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue #PlantScience
Given that clonal biofilms of single bacterial species rapidly diversify into niche specialists, how do biofilms of multiple species evolve? Below is the TLDR to a🧵 w/pub links, h/t to @mozammel.bsky.social 🇦🇺 & Henriette Lyng Roder lab 🇩🇰 for extending our single-species work in clever ways!👇🏻
A line graph showing NSF grant awards made through 2/27/26 for fiscal year 2026 compared with grant awards for fiscal years 2021-2025.
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)
Directorates to follow
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In case you missed it: our review titled "Spatial structure: shaping the ecology and evolution of microbial communities" is out! 🚨
Let me hit you with some highlights on why spatial structure matters. (and why you should care!)
Sharing is appreciated 🙏 🧵👇
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
Wrapping up a productive week: very glad to have contributed to this review on how spatial structure shapes microbial ecology and evolution, led by @marcelbaecker.bsky.social, @bedutilh.bsky.social, @bramvandijk.bsky.social and many others. doi.org/10.1093/fems...
I am seeking a postdoc to join my group at UCLA -- ideally the candidate would have some experience in either population genetics or microbes/microbiome (computational background needed). We have a range of projects and are happy to tailer to your interests. Please dm/email me if interested.
How do bacterial pangenomes evolve, what controls their dynamics, why do they exist?
Fitting a mechanistic model to 450 species from allthebacteria.org suggesting fast vs slow gene exchange (i.e. amount of MGEs) is a major differentiating factor, correlated with phylogeny rather than lifestyle
🦠 How do microbes arrive together, and why does it matter for #microbial #diversity?
👉 Read the paper: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Published in @plos.org Computational Biology
🎉 Congratulations to authors Loïc Marrec & Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social @sib.swiss
