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A rare gift in science is the ability to conjur a question so that its potential answer is brought into focus.
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
January 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A rare gift in science is the ability to conjur a question so that its potential answer is brought into focus.
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
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🚨#ICOM2026 Registration is now OPEN🚨
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💰Early bird rates are available until April 12
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January 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
🚨#ICOM2026 Registration is now OPEN🚨
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#ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
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Global Russula sequence analysis refines biogeographic patterns and host associations
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Global Russula sequence analysis refines biogeographic patterns and host associations
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The latent presence of Cryptostroma corticale (causal agent of the sooty bark disease) is widespread among French sycamore maple populations. Host density and water deficit seem to drive the silent spread of the pathogen. See our paper: doi.org/10.1111/ppa.... @umr-iam.bsky.social
Widespread Latent Presence of Cryptostroma corticale in Sycamore Maple in France
Increasing drought events promote forest disease emergence, exemplified by Sooty Bark Disease (SBD) of Acer pseudoplatanus caused by Cryptostroma corticale. Across six French regions, the pathogen wa....
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The latent presence of Cryptostroma corticale (causal agent of the sooty bark disease) is widespread among French sycamore maple populations. Host density and water deficit seem to drive the silent spread of the pathogen. See our paper: doi.org/10.1111/ppa.... @umr-iam.bsky.social
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Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026!
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026!
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
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Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications
Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Big congratulations to our five @umr-iam.bsky.social scientists featuring in the 2025 Global Ranking of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 🏆 prepared by Stanford University:
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Big congratulations to our five @umr-iam.bsky.social scientists featuring in the 2025 Global Ranking of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 🏆 prepared by Stanford University:
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome
Cao et al. find that the biocrusts on the Great Wall establish a unique microhabitat,
enhancing microbial abundance, diversity, and stress resistance while reducing metabolic
pathways linked to biodet...
www.cell.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Meet @icom2026.bsky.social
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Meet @icom2026.bsky.social
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
Analong chuanjieensis
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Analong chuanjieensis
Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increasing Prevalence of Plant‐Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change
This research examines seeds sampled from historic herbarium specimens to look for changes in the presence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. These specimens from t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science
Davis and Choisy review how scientific understanding of medicinal plants will be revolutionized
by integrating and synthesizing concepts and methods from the diverse fields of Evolutionary
Ecology, Mo...
www.cell.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity
Medicinal plants have been integral to human cultures for millennia and have played a central role in the development and expansion of societies.1 The…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Join us!
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Join us!
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
It’s nice to meet Prof. Laurent Philippot and Dr. Chunkai Li at the Joint Conference of the 1st ISME Asia Forum and 2025 CAME.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It’s nice to meet Prof. Laurent Philippot and Dr. Chunkai Li at the Joint Conference of the 1st ISME Asia Forum and 2025 CAME.
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers
Floral scents are complex blends of volatile compounds, yet the influence of floral scent chemodiversity, the richness, evenness, and functional disparity of phytochemical compounds in shaping inter.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond phylogeny: phytochemical diversity as a unique metric for biodiversity in the Gentianales - Richard‐Bollans - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Beyond phylogeny: phytochemical diversity as a unique metric for biodiversity in the Gentianales - Richard‐Bollans - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Finally out! 🥳
📖 Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and soil health
Check our chapter on #multiomics for sustainable agriculture! 🧬👩💻
www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...
📖 Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and soil health
Check our chapter on #multiomics for sustainable agriculture! 🧬👩💻
www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...
Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health
Soil Microorganisms for Plant Growth Promotion and Soil Health provides readers with an overview of plant growth-promoting microorganisms and their...
www.sciencedirect.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Finally out! 🥳
📖 Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and soil health
Check our chapter on #multiomics for sustainable agriculture! 🧬👩💻
www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...
📖 Soil microorganisms for plant growth promotion and soil health
Check our chapter on #multiomics for sustainable agriculture! 🧬👩💻
www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780443...
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Weekend read 🤓
"How to harness the effects of exudates and microbes that support beneficial plant–plant interactions for sustainable agriculture"
"How to harness the effects of exudates and microbes that support beneficial plant–plant interactions for sustainable agriculture"
#Intercropping & #CropRotation are ancient #agricultural practices that increase yield & #DiseaseResistance in #crops. This Essay discusses the role of plant-derived metabolites & microbes in these systems and how they can contribute to #SustainableAgriculture @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4op7k6W
October 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Weekend read 🤓
"How to harness the effects of exudates and microbes that support beneficial plant–plant interactions for sustainable agriculture"
"How to harness the effects of exudates and microbes that support beneficial plant–plant interactions for sustainable agriculture"
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🚨Symposia application deadline EXTENDED!🚨
The #ICOM2026 organizing committee are now accepting applications for symposia until Friday, the 31st of October.
Form and details here ⬇️
icom2026.org/symposia/
The #ICOM2026 organizing committee are now accepting applications for symposia until Friday, the 31st of October.
Form and details here ⬇️
icom2026.org/symposia/
ICOM2026 – Call for Symposia
Call for Symposia The Call for Symposia at ICOM2026 is open! Download Application Form below Deadline for submission: 15 October 2025 Decision: 1 November 2025 ICOM2026 will host a series of sympos…
icom2026.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨Symposia application deadline EXTENDED!🚨
The #ICOM2026 organizing committee are now accepting applications for symposia until Friday, the 31st of October.
Form and details here ⬇️
icom2026.org/symposia/
The #ICOM2026 organizing committee are now accepting applications for symposia until Friday, the 31st of October.
Form and details here ⬇️
icom2026.org/symposia/
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New paper!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species
Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species Despite Mixed Effects at Smaller Scales
Aim Mountain ecosystems are experiencing increased invasion of non-native plants. These increases in non-native species put mountains at risk of biotic homogenisation and a reduction of biodiversity...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New paper!!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Global Homogenisation of Plant Communities Along Mountain Roads by Non‐Native Species
Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions - Afkhami - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions
Plant microbiomes have the potential to mitigate the impacts of climate change, yet both the complexity of climate change and the complexity of plant–microbe interactions make applications and future...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions - Afkhami - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🌟Call for Papers: Genomics of Symbiosis🌟 I am a guest editor for BMC Genomics. Looking forward to your exciting manuscripts on all types of symbiosis on earth including symbiotic fungi and their hosts! 🌿🍄 biomedcentral.com/collections/... #BMCgenomics
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🌟Call for Papers: Genomics of Symbiosis🌟 I am a guest editor for BMC Genomics. Looking forward to your exciting manuscripts on all types of symbiosis on earth including symbiotic fungi and their hosts! 🌿🍄 biomedcentral.com/collections/... #BMCgenomics