Can you name the most abundant species on this earth? This #FellowFriday, we celebrate the work of Prof Linda Blackall (加肥🐱) whose passion for microorganisms has helped solve a wide range of real-world problems.

Check our global Meta-Analysis on Seed Microbiota that just came out in New Phytologist 🎉 We identified the core and flexible seed microbiota across 50 plant species 🦠 We built an open database of 3190 seed samples 🌿 from 28 countries 🌎 with 5 marker genes 🧬 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/C…

Watch out for several exciting new bioinformatics research positions at WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) over the coming weeks

New paper! Showing that nature restoration can be done while minimising land-use change. This means we don’t need to plant a #trilliontrees, displacing people and food systems, we need to restore degraded ecosystems… 1/2 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Do you want to work with awesome people on awesome mushrooms? Check out this rare PhD opportunity to work on the native Australian waxcaps with the Save our Species program, Western Syd Uni and the NSW Mycology Herbarium. westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/sc… @NSWenviromedia Western Sydney U - HIE

Introducing one of this year’s #EurekaPrize finalists – Fungimap Inc. 🍄 This incredible team have observed and mapped thousands of new fungi species. Find out more: bit.ly/3SjDqlu Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Board RBG Victoria Uni of Adelaide ScienceGovAu Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

Win a free signed copy of ‘The Age of Seeds’ by @Fmmcmillan 📗. This story of seed longevity sheds light on the future of biodiversity. Just follow us, like and retweet by 9 Sept and you’ll be in the running to win! T&C apply 👉 seedpartnership.org.au/age-of-seeds-g… Thames & Hudson Australia

#VicBioCon23 brings exciting panel discussion with exemplary panellists e.g. ARC Laureate Fellow Prof. Madeleine van Oppen (@spectacularia), her research focuses on protecting coral-reefs using assisted evolution approaches. Join for this discussion University of Melbourne.

Did you know: the iconic #Protea flowers of #SouthAfrica sustain a miniature ecosystem? #Ophiostomatoid fungi were discovered in these structures in the 1980s by Mike Wingfield. After decades of study, we finally have a good idea of how the system works. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🌱🍄 Mycorrhizal fungi are important for soil and plant health 🌿🌍 Surprisingly, we're still in the dark about the fungal communities in Australian agro-ecosystems! 🤔 That's why we're conducting a nationwide soil survey to identify and map these amazing fungi. 🧪🌾 We need

Prof Madeleine van Oppen @‌spectacularia and @‌Justin_Maire from the School of BioSciences discovered some surprises in their newest study on bacteria in coral - including a cluster related to chlamydia. Tap to learn more in #UniMelbPursuit ➡️ unimelb.me/433FjXV

Are you a scientist or start-up developing cutting-edge #science & innovation on how to use #fungi for nature-based solutions? 👉 Apply until 5 Sep for #TheFutureIsFungi Award & win 10'000€, mentorship, and access to network and visibility Learn more at futureisfungi.org

#ESAus23 SYMPOSIUM: Unravelling the underground: new insights into plant-soil ecology from diverse fields 1115-1130 - Heatwaves and drought - How will Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi help conserve our native communities? Shae Jones will talk about AMF and extreme climate stress.

New article from lab-to improve understanding of seed biopriming approach as a valuable tool in achieving sustain- agriculture & successful ecosystem restoration in Microbial Biotechnology (MBT) in collaboration with Dr. Anukool Vaishnav @ChaoXiong12 Prof. Hongwei Liu & colleagues ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EXQUHBAR…

📢I am excited to recruit 2 PhDs for a DECRA funded project at the University of Melbourne! Project 1: Spatial metabolomics and extreme environment corals. Project 2: Multi-spatial omics on the coral-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis 🪸1/3

Want a read that’ll have you rooted to your seat? 📖 Our AJB special issue is now live, featuring research from the '21 Australasian Seed Sci Conference! 🌏 This open access issue shares stories from rainforests to reconstructed soils. CSIRO Publishing 🔗 publish.csiro.au/BT/issue/11248

The cannabis #seed #microbiome The paper highlights the impact of breeding, which may lead to the loss of beneficial bacteria. I wonder if there is a link to plant chemistry. buff.ly/3PY8HdJ Carolina Lobato Isabella Kögl Tomi Cernava Gabriele Berg

The Great Aussie Fungi Hunt 2025 is on! Join citizen scientists across Australia to improve our understanding of fungi when you upload your photos and observations to iNaturalist here: inaturalist.org/projects/the-g… Happy hunting...