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CRAG @cragenomica.bsky.social · 6d

🌱 Join us tomorrow for the seminar by Isabel Laforest-Lapointe (@ilafores.bsky.social) from the Sherbrooke University

👀 Don't miss it!

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Peter Moffett @moffettpeter.bsky.social · 23d

This work thanks to a fantastic group of grad students, including @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social @antoinepelletier.bsky.social @s-gauthier.bsky.social, 3 @usherbrooke.bsky.social undergrad coop students and collaborators Rosaëlle Perreault and @ilafores.bsky.social

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Peter Moffett @moffettpeter.bsky.social · 23d

Now out in @newphyt.bsky.social from @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social. We investigated the link between induction of chloroplastic ROS and the production of SA in defense and its suppression by effectors, as well as the importance of ABA in this phenomenon
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Aug 16

Everything Evolves: Why Young Scientists Should Read Beyond the Literature

As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a…

Everything Evolves: Why Young Scientists Should Read Beyond the Literature

As scientists, we are trained to read papers, and lots of them. We learn to scan abstracts, dissect methods, and critique results. Yet sometimes, stepping outside the narrow corridors of peer-reviewed literature can offer a much-needed breath of intellectual fresh air. That’s exactly what I found in Everything Evolves, the latest book by my colleague at UdeS: Mark Vellend.

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 24

Offre de MSc avec @pbbeauregard.bsky.social Mirella Aoun et moi #agriculture #durable #écologie #microbienne

Open MSc position #sustainable #agriculture #microbial #ecology

Un partenariat entre Bishop's University & @usherbrooke.bsky.social

C'est le temps d'appliquer! 🕐🤩

Time to apply! 🕐🤩

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

👏 Big congrats to Sophie & thanks to the funding sources! #NSERC #CRSNG #FRQ #CRC @centre-seve.bsky.social

Thanks to all collab. & orchard partners who made it possible.

🔗 Read the full paper: rdcu.be/ewlVc

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#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology
#OpenScience

Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities

Scientific Reports - Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

This work supports a One Health approach to agroecosystem management.

Microbiome research needs to move beyond one-off studies.

Our work sets a precedent for reproducible, scalable designs in plant microbial ecology.

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our study highlights the benefits for longitudinal, multi-site designs in plant microbiome research.

It shows that reproducibility is not a given, even in the same system.

To harness microbiomes for biocontrol & sustainable farming, we must account for spatiotemporal variation.

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

In our results, site & time are the strongest drivers of bacterial community structure for both years.

Yet their relative influence shifts between years, according to the discrepancies in the abiotic conditions in May.

Organic orchards had lower alpha diversity than conventional ones.

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

We sampled apple trees across 6 orchards (3 organic, 3 conventional) in Québec over 2 years (2022–2023).

We looked at both leaves & flowers to capture seasonal & spatial variation.

This 📖 has been led by Sophie since her final BSc year at @usherbrooke.bsky.social, when she was an intern.

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

🌱 Plant microbiomes are expected to be key on our path towards sustainable agriculture.

But many studies of plant microbiomes are limited in scope and rarely repeated.

We asked:

***How reproducible are the phyllosphere bacterial community patterns across space and time?***

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our latest study led by Sophie Boutin (from @usherbrooke.bsky.social) just dropped in Scientific Rep. @natureportfolio.nature.com

We explored how site & time shape bacterial communities on apple tree leaves & flowers

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🔗 rdcu.be/ewlVc

#Microbiome
#Phyllosphere
#PlantScience
#Agroecology

Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities

Scientific Reports - Reproducing plant microbiome research reveals site and time as key drivers of apple tree phyllosphere bacterial communities

rdcu.be

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Maydianne Andrade @widowweb.bsky.social · Jul 12

A pleasure to have time and space to share data that can anchor these conversations in the evidence. Thanks to organizers for the invitation.

Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 8

Starting day 2 with a 💥

President's Award for Societal Engagement by @widowweb.bsky.social

"I don’t think of you as Black” and other Misconceptions about Equity, Merit & Systems Change

📸Full house!

#CSEE2025 @csee-scee.bsky.social @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social

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Martin @bibiz94.bsky.social · Jul 12

Dans @ledevoir.com, ce matin. 👌

#polqc #eduqc

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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · Jul 11

Another great @csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social in the books! My 10th, and it just keeps getting better. Special thanks to @ilafores.bsky.social and Jérémy Fraysse for organizing a great symposium with so many fabulous colleagues! #CSEE2025

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Last #MicrobialEcology talk of the day!

@annamob.bsky.social talks about How to build a microbiome to “breed” better plant-inoculants

Microbiome breeding can be unpredictable!

#CSEE2025
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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · Jul 9

🍃Please/svp attend the 2025 AGM/AGA de la SCÉÉ at Lac Mégantic-Memphrémagog at 17h00.

💡Come see what your Society is up to and keep our business moving forward.

Venez voir ce que votre Société fait et faire avancer notre entreprise.

See you soon! à bientôt!
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

See the work here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Nutrient Enrichment and Connectivity Jointly Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity

It is increasingly important to understand the response of freshwater communities and ecosystems to fertilizers given their widespread usage and the propensity for these fertilizers to runoff into riv...

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Haha so happy he is here! His project is very interesting 🎉💪

And we get to see you in Sherbrooke this fall for #BISP #MicrHub 🤩🎉

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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Final speaker!

Akhil Kholdwadala from the lab of @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social

Nutrient Enrichment & Connectivity Shape Bacterioplankton Diversity

#CSEE
#Microbialecology
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Prof. @enviromics.bsky.social is next:

Plastisphere Microbiome - An ecological niche shaped by the city

Microplastics are organic molecules that can act as sponges for microbial inhabitants and pollutants

#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
@csee-scee.bsky.social
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Now Jean-Baptiste Leducq from ULaval talks about:

The Hyphomicrobiales dark matter in the phyllosphere

#Phyllosphere
#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Next is Abdul-Rahman Adamu Bukari from Aleeza Gerstein’s lab

Global phylogenomic diversity of Candida albicans from diverse ecological niches

#MicrobialEcology
#CSEE2025
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 9

Last Day of #CSEE2025

We are launching our 🦠Ecology & Evolution Symposium with a talk by @monaparizadeh.bsky.social from Calgary

Early-Life Gut Microbiome Dynamics in Rural Infants: Microbial Succession and Environmental Impacts

#MicrobialEcology
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Prof. Isabelle Laforest-Lapointe @ilafores.bsky.social · Jul 8

And that is a 🌯 for the plant-microbe symposium!

Thank you to Morgane & @mycocentriq.bsky.social for organizing!

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