Colin Averill
@colinaverill.bsky.social
Founder and CEO at Funga PBC
Affiliate Scientist at ETH Zürich's Crowther Lab
co-founder and advisor at SPUN
mycorrhizal ecology, microbiome science, natural climate solutions and carbon removal!
Affiliate Scientist at ETH Zürich's Crowther Lab
co-founder and advisor at SPUN
mycorrhizal ecology, microbiome science, natural climate solutions and carbon removal!
Really excited to host Dr. Susan Cook-Patton tomorrow. Susan is one of the top scientific voices on natural climate solutions, continuously pushing new analyses that help us understand the potential of natural climate solutions, as well as their limitations.
This webinar is free and open to all!
This webinar is free and open to all!
💥 TOMORROW, August 7th @ 10am Central Time, the Nature Conservancy’s Lead Reforestation Scientist, Dr. Susan Cook-Patton, will be presenting her research to Team Funga and the broader Funga-verse. This is a virtual event, open to all. To RSVP, click the link below.
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August 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Really excited to host Dr. Susan Cook-Patton tomorrow. Susan is one of the top scientific voices on natural climate solutions, continuously pushing new analyses that help us understand the potential of natural climate solutions, as well as their limitations.
This webinar is free and open to all!
This webinar is free and open to all!
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🚨 Last day to submit is THIS Wednesday, July 30, at 11:59pm Eastern Time (03:59 UTC)! 🚨
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July 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🚨 Last day to submit is THIS Wednesday, July 30, at 11:59pm Eastern Time (03:59 UTC)! 🚨
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Who lives underground?
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Who lives underground?
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.
Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.
Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵
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Ecosystem Engineers at Risk: Underground Maps Reveal 90% of Mycorrhizal Fungal Biodiversity Hotspots Lie Outside Protected Areas
Read at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ecosystem Engineers at Risk: Underground Maps Reveal 90% of Mycorrhizal Fungal Biodiversity Hotspots Lie Outside Protected Areas
Read at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read at: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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After a bit of a hiatus, Funga's speaker series is back, and we are so excited to be starting with The Nature Conservancy’s Lead Reforestation Scientist, Dr. Susan Cook-Patton!
July 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
After a bit of a hiatus, Funga's speaker series is back, and we are so excited to be starting with The Nature Conservancy’s Lead Reforestation Scientist, Dr. Susan Cook-Patton!
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Super cool talk by @colinaverill.bsky.social on the effect (and manipulation) of soil microbiome (mycobiome) on growth of forests.
Basically doing for forests what fecal transplants do for managing C diff
Basically doing for forests what fecal transplants do for managing C diff
May 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Super cool talk by @colinaverill.bsky.social on the effect (and manipulation) of soil microbiome (mycobiome) on growth of forests.
Basically doing for forests what fecal transplants do for managing C diff
Basically doing for forests what fecal transplants do for managing C diff
Y'all if you read a great scientific paper or see a great talk, consider writing the author and tell them you think it's awesome. It's really easy, it builds relationships, and you probably make their day.
May 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Y'all if you read a great scientific paper or see a great talk, consider writing the author and tell them you think it's awesome. It's really easy, it builds relationships, and you probably make their day.
Measuring enhanced rock weathering is hard, but essential for quantify its CDR potential. Best practice is to measure soil pore water alkalinity with lysimeters - and this is very hard.
New work by Gregory Jones and Bonnie Waring finds a much simpler way! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
New work by Gregory Jones and Bonnie Waring finds a much simpler way! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Utilizing soil centrifugation for accurate estimates of carbon dioxide removal via enhanced rock weathering
Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a promising CO2 removal (CDR) strategy that aims to accelerate the natural process of silicate weathering to increase soil pore water alkalinity and sequester CO2. Ho...
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March 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Measuring enhanced rock weathering is hard, but essential for quantify its CDR potential. Best practice is to measure soil pore water alkalinity with lysimeters - and this is very hard.
New work by Gregory Jones and Bonnie Waring finds a much simpler way! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
New work by Gregory Jones and Bonnie Waring finds a much simpler way! www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
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If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...
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Soil Inoculation: Does it work?
YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
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March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If you missed today's webinar on soil inoculation, check it out on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8cd...
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Earthshot Labs is hiring! If you are a remote sensing scientist with experience using satellite observations for advanced forestry applications, take a look and consider applying. It is a fantastic team on a mission to restore and protect forests worldwide.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
Earthshot hiring Senior Geospatial Data Scientist in United States | LinkedIn
Posted 10:47:19 PM. Apply here: https://forms.gle/WE7uZyKW1ysmzdh39Earthshot is a climate tech company focused on…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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March 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Earthshot Labs is hiring! If you are a remote sensing scientist with experience using satellite observations for advanced forestry applications, take a look and consider applying. It is a fantastic team on a mission to restore and protect forests worldwide.
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/40...
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📣GSBI Speaks is back again in one week! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here: buff.ly/UgQ3EeA
Learn more here:
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March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here: buff.ly/UgQ3EeA
Learn more here:
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March 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
📣GSBI Speaks is back again in one week! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here: buff.ly/UgQ3EeA
Learn more here:
buff.ly/TnwGnHF
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here: buff.ly/UgQ3EeA
Learn more here:
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📣GSBI Speaks is back again in March! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
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Learn more here:
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March 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📣GSBI Speaks is back again in March! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
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Learn more here:
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We're hiring an early career data scientist at Funga @funga-pbc.bsky.social! Austin TX based. We use ML to integrate forestry observations and fungal microbiome datasets, to better understand how to restore forest fungal biodiversity.
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Ecological Data Scientist
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March 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're hiring an early career data scientist at Funga @funga-pbc.bsky.social! Austin TX based. We use ML to integrate forestry observations and fungal microbiome datasets, to better understand how to restore forest fungal biodiversity.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/funga/jobs/4...
job-boards.greenhouse.io/funga/jobs/4...
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📣GSBI Speaks is back again in March! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
February 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
📣GSBI Speaks is back again in March! Join us to learn about soil inoculation 🦠🍄
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
March 19, 2025, 9:30 MDT, 11:30 EDT, 15:30 GMT, 16:30 CET
Register here:
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more here:
www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/webinar-23-s...
Been reading up on the "super donor" framework in medical microbiology FMT work. So much relevance for soil transplant work that considers the provenance of donor ecosystems. This review has been particularly helpful.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The Super-Donor Phenomenon in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has become a highly effective bacteriotherapy for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. Meanwhile the efficacy of FMT for treating chronic diseases associat...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Been reading up on the "super donor" framework in medical microbiology FMT work. So much relevance for soil transplant work that considers the provenance of donor ecosystems. This review has been particularly helpful.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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[1/3] The Arbor Day Foundation's Impact Fund was developed to invest in leaders and startups working to grow what's possible with trees. We are thrilled to share that ADF has partnered with Funga, to explore what is possible with soil biodiversity restoration!
www.arborday.org/news/arbor-d...
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February 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
[1/3] The Arbor Day Foundation's Impact Fund was developed to invest in leaders and startups working to grow what's possible with trees. We are thrilled to share that ADF has partnered with Funga, to explore what is possible with soil biodiversity restoration!
www.arborday.org/news/arbor-d...
www.arborday.org/news/arbor-d...
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📣 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Are you a researcher exploring the underground? 🍄
Apply to become an Underground Explorer. Gain funding and support from our thriving community of myconauts.
Help us spread the word.
🗓️ Deadline: 21 March
👉 Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3CludWr
Apply to become an Underground Explorer. Gain funding and support from our thriving community of myconauts.
Help us spread the word.
🗓️ Deadline: 21 March
👉 Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3CludWr
January 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📣 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Are you a researcher exploring the underground? 🍄
Apply to become an Underground Explorer. Gain funding and support from our thriving community of myconauts.
Help us spread the word.
🗓️ Deadline: 21 March
👉 Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3CludWr
Apply to become an Underground Explorer. Gain funding and support from our thriving community of myconauts.
Help us spread the word.
🗓️ Deadline: 21 March
👉 Find out more and apply: https://buff.ly/3CludWr
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Check out this great general review in Nature on “Fungal impacts on Earth’s Ecosystems - by the CIFAR consortium. @mrccmm.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @microbita.bsky.social @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Check out this great general review in Nature on “Fungal impacts on Earth’s Ecosystems - by the CIFAR consortium. @mrccmm.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @msgerc.bsky.social @microbita.bsky.social @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social
Really enjoying this piece led by @DrSuzanneSimard pushing back on the criticisms of common mycorrhizal network research. Highly reccommend!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/for...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/for...
Frontiers | Opinion: Response to questions about common mycorrhizal networks
Common mycorrhizal networks (CMNs) are networks of mycorrhizal fungal hyphae held in common by at least two plants (Horton 2015;Rillig et al. 2024) and were ...
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February 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Really enjoying this piece led by @DrSuzanneSimard pushing back on the criticisms of common mycorrhizal network research. Highly reccommend!
www.frontiersin.org/journals/for...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/for...
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Wonderful visit at Funga in Austin, TX
Thanks @colinaverill.bsky.social for the tour and the great conversations on fungi and the future of forestry!
Thanks @colinaverill.bsky.social for the tour and the great conversations on fungi and the future of forestry!
December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Wonderful visit at Funga in Austin, TX
Thanks @colinaverill.bsky.social for the tour and the great conversations on fungi and the future of forestry!
Thanks @colinaverill.bsky.social for the tour and the great conversations on fungi and the future of forestry!
Attending @agu.org 2024 or in the DC area? Join us for our CDR Happy Hour, cohosted with Kateri, on December 12! This event is free but space is limited so please RSVP at the link below if you plan to attend. #AGU24
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AGU CDR Happy Hour
Join us for our AGU CDR Happy Hour on Thursday December 12, hosted by Funga and Kateri.
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December 8, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Attending @agu.org 2024 or in the DC area? Join us for our CDR Happy Hour, cohosted with Kateri, on December 12! This event is free but space is limited so please RSVP at the link below if you plan to attend. #AGU24
www.eventbrite.com/e/agu-cdr-ha...
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Hello,
I think we need a starter pack on mycorrhizal ecology, don't you think?
I started on one, who did I miss...
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I think we need a starter pack on mycorrhizal ecology, don't you think?
I started on one, who did I miss...
go.bsky.app/bqwe5h
Mycorrhizal ecology
Join the conversation
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November 16, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Hello,
I think we need a starter pack on mycorrhizal ecology, don't you think?
I started on one, who did I miss...
go.bsky.app/bqwe5h
I think we need a starter pack on mycorrhizal ecology, don't you think?
I started on one, who did I miss...
go.bsky.app/bqwe5h
Beautiful photo essay documenting how we're scaling soil microbiome restoration at Funga PBC
www.funga.earth/post/evans-i...
www.funga.earth/post/evans-i...
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Beautiful photo essay documenting how we're scaling soil microbiome restoration at Funga PBC
www.funga.earth/post/evans-i...
www.funga.earth/post/evans-i...