I wrote down my rules on how to Science. I hope you find it useful!

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Reading in journal club: A call for model microbial communities, something I have been thinking about for a couple of years. An editorial by George A. O'Toole in J. Bact. #microbiome journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in Nature Plants nature.com/articles/s4147… A short 🧵👇

A Microbiology lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher! Please reach out to the contact listed in the post or feel free to share with people interested!

Rhizobia–diatom symbiosis fixes missing nitrogen in the ocean nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are looking for a visionary and motivated leader to lead our department. Don't hesitate to contact us if you need any information. The priority deadline for this position is June 13, 2024

Glad to see this published! We looked at natural variation of immunogenic epitopes across 1,000s of bacteria. Experiments also revealed intrabacterial antagonism - a nonimmunogenic epitope blocks perception of immunogenic forms encoded in a single genome. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Khokhani Lab and Ranjan Lab organized a fun and educational outreach event "Tiny Friends and Foes of Soybeans" for 5th graders this Spring! More than 200 students participated in the event Ashish Ranjan, PhD @UMNPlantPath CFANS University of Minnesota

Our minireview "Expanded trade: tripartite interactions in the mycorrhizosphere" just got published in mSystems 😇journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

We're hiring! For Fall 2025, Assistant/Associate Professor in the area of Microbe-Plant Interactions.

The biology and chemistry of a mutualism between a soil bacterium and a mycorrhizal fungus: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work designing new proteins that can neutralize viruses, target cancer cells, and more. Read more from @uwmedicine: go.uw.edu/2024NobelPrize #NobelPrize #GoHuskies

Too many books about writing are assumed to be for humanists alone. I'm delighted that *Academic Writing as if Readers Matter* just got reviewed in *Science*. Thanks to Jonathan Wai for his thoughtful take. #writing #HigherEducation #phdchat

I enjoyed sharing insights on bacteriology at the 2024 APS Schroth Faces of the Future (Honorable Mention) webinar today together w/ Navjot Kaur Ruchika Kashyap Rishi Bhandari Aastha Subedi Devanshi Khokhani! Thanks APS (Dominika Kuzlak-Swanson) for this opportunity and everyone who attended.

New research led by F Dini-Andreote shows that volatiles emitted by plants can mediate changes in neighboring plants' rhizosphere microbiota, favoring helpful bacterial colonization! 🦠🍅🌱 microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

🚨New research alert! Dive into our latest study published in mSystems 🧬Virulence is not directly related to strain success in planta in Clavibacter nebraskensis. #Microbiology #SystemsBiology @UMNPlantPath CFANS Matthew Moscou @mollyveregee Cory Hirsch journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

Preferential nitrogen and carbon exchange dynamics in Mucoromycotina “fine root endophyte”-plant symbiosis cell.com/current-biolog…