Paper just accepted in Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐! “Vineyard maturity increases arbuscular mycorrhizal and decreases plant pathogen fungal relative abundance in bulk soil across a 1000 km Chilean gradient” by Marín, C; Dittrich, F; Vasar, M; Gaínza-Cortés, F; Silva-Flores, P; Aguilera, P

The most significant step in the history of fungal conservation is taking place as we approach the UN Convention on Biological Diversity #COP16. The governments of Chile & UK are co-launching a pledge calling on the Parties of the CBD to prioritise fungi theguardian.com/environment/20…

Today, at 11:15 COT, don't miss this Instituto SINCHI 🇨🇴 panel on underground biodiversity. Note that this panel will feature our resident tropical ectomycorrhizal expert Adriana Corrales. This is great lineup and a super important topic! #COP16

Great piece in Forbes about how SPUN is using ML technologies to document underground systems - and why this matters for fungal conservation. So proud of Giuliana Furci Fungi Foundation as they advocate for the Fungal Pledge at #COP16. forbes.com/sites/danielad…

Now at #COP16 with Clara Peña & Daniel Castro (Instituto SINCHI 🇨🇴) Adriana Corrales (SPUN) and myself. Soil biodiversity team at #COP16

Join us on October 29th at the iconic Museo La Tertulia for a series of side events to #COP16. We’ve partnered with the MOTH Project to highlight how nature itself can teach us the way forward in biodiversity protection. All events are free, register here: shorturl.at/Lg2a8

Are you an international student? 🌍 Graduating soon and feeling confused about the OPT or CPT process? 🎓 You don’t want to miss this episode! We break it all down to help you navigate your path to success in the U.S. 💼✨ youtu.be/u5QodJP9eU0?si… open.spotify.com/episode/4yaAcO…

I'm excited to announce our latest New Phytologist paper, which explores the role of the poplar SWEET1c glucose transporter in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, a result of our long-standing collaboration with Prof. Feng Zhang from Lanzhou University. 1/n nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Are you attending #COP16? Stop by the Biodiversity Technology and Innovation Expo to visit our booth from October 27 - 29. We will be showcasing the technology we are using to map underground fungi, and explaining why these fungi are crucial to biodiversity and climate goals.

🐛🍄#Ectomycorrhizal associations may play an under-recognized role in determining future terrestrial C capture by mediating #herbivory & the ability of #plants to compensate for herbivory in an increasingly C-enriched world Benton Taylor besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Preparing to attend the event to advocate for fungal conservation at #COP16!!. So lucky to be here with such stellar crew 🍄🍄🍄🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫❤️❤️❤️ Giuliana Furci Toby Kiers Merlin Sheldrake and Cosmo Sheldrake go Fungi!!

Mycorrhizal Types Regulate Tree Spatial Associations in Temperate Forests: Ectomycorrhizal Trees Might Favour Species Coexistence - Mao - 2024 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

New #opensource graph clustering package has just been launched for reproducible research 🚀 The {ig.degree.betweenness} #RStats pkg implements the new Smith-Pittman clustering algorithm. Pkg + preprint: buff.ly/40wUydM

Super cool new paper in Functional Ecology lead by Emily Magkourilou showing how plant pests influence the movement of fungal-acquired nutrients & plant-fixed carbon through mycorrhizal networks - we were really excited by what we found! Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/1365-2… 🧵(spoilers)

For 2 years now with Dani Soto Adriana Corrales SPUN & Concejo de Pueblos Atacameños we have been working on mapping the mycorrhizas of the driest place on 🌏, following indigenous expertise/interests. Excited to deliver results next week! cesar-marin.com/wp-content/upl…

🚀Thrilled to announce our new Science Magazine perspective on #holobiont #biology! 🎉 💡Read how considering host-microbe interactions, can revolutionise food production, conservation, medicine and more.🦠🌾🧬 Paper 👇 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 🧵👇 Danmarks Grundforskningsfond Globe Institute

The study proposes a conservation protocol that regulates climbing and preserving pristine cliffs by setting limits on the number of routes and defining acceptable levels of change as climbing intensity increases.  Read the article here 👉 i.mtrbio.com/jwyrahnyai

Inside the Atacama Desert: uncovering the living microbiome of an extreme environment journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.11…

I spent 8 days with my SPUN expedition in the last remnants of the Amazon forest in the state of Maranhão. Great time and lots of soil samples to understand how the AMF community changes when we impact the forest.

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