Some of the work I have been doing over the last 2.5 years of my PhD; habitat surveys; glasshouse trials; DNA sequencing; quenda tracking Murdoch University

Perfect weather for bandicoot tracking Tenaya Duncan Natalie Grassi

🥁Meet Tom Mansfield (Tom Mansfield), PhD candidate Murdoch University. Tom will be presenting on "The effects of Phytophthora dieback infestations on resident fungal communities". #ESASCBO2022 See program for details: kaigi.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebs…

Young me never would’ve expected to be collecting #truffles 🍄 Alongside being important mycorrhizal fungi, truffles provide food for bandicoots! #quenda #wildoz #phdlife

Come see me speak at #ESASCBO2022 from 11-1 today! I’ll be discussing how Phytophthora dieback impacts native fungi of the jarrah forest.

.Tom Mansfield talking about the effects of Phythopthora on native plants in Western Australia. #ESASCBO2022

Our first #WorldSoilDay session next week features members of the ARC Training Centre for ARC Training Centre for Healing Country discussing their research and projects as an interactive panel 💬 We look forward to seeing those who have registered next week, and apologies to those who missed out!

Proud to have been awarded the CSIRO L&W Science Excellence Award! I still don’t know basic math though…

After a great four years, I’ve submitted my PhD thesis! “Cascading impacts of the plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi to mycophagous quenda (Isoodon fusciventer) and native fungi” I’m extremely proud of this work and had a lot of fun working on it 😁

I've had one of my PhD chapters published only a day after I submitted the thesis! This paper shows alarming findings that keystone Australian trees may not be recruiting succesfully in forest long-infested with a Phytophthora plant pathogen. doi.org/10.1111/aec.13…

I finally got to wear the floppy hat! Thanks Rachel Standish for a great four years 😁 #phdlife