The April issue is live! Articles on genome size as a trait for plant-microbe interactions (cover image), human-#gut protein-protein interactions, endogenous #retroviruses, colistin-resistance genes, predatory bacteria as biocontrol agents, & more! cell.com/issue/S0966-84…

Tomorrow is the last day you can submit your abstract for the 2024 ECS symposium, it's a welcoming & inclusive environment to present your work, even if it is for the first time! See what one of last years attendees said. Abstract submission here: ow.ly/Tx2i50ReeqK

New! Abstracts for posters deadline: 30th April- #Biodeterioration #biodegradation #metagenomics #CulturalHeritage #bioarcheology Omics & Heritage workshop, dedicated to metagenomics and metabolomics applied to study & conservation of Cultural Heritage.. omicsheritage2024.org

Fungi: Web of Life, narrated by Björk, is coming to non-IMAX cinemas across the UK via the Demand platform. These scheduling screenings will only go ahead if a minimum number of tickets are sold. Please book & share if you are keen! uk.demand.film/fungi-web-life/

Workshop for PhD students on biominerals (30 June - 4 July, 2025)!

70% of the earth’s surface is water, so for Earth Day we are getting submerged!! Today’s find is an underwater mushroom, discovered by Jonathan Frank. Psathyrella aquatica has a strong stipe, anchored to a depth of 1.6 feet, and it uses air bubbles to disperse spores! #EarthDay

We have an open call for event proposals for InternationalMicroorganismDay 2024! Taking place on Tuesday 17 September, find out how to become an Event Organizer here: internationalmicroorganismday.org/blog/call-for-…

📢📢📢There are 15 days left to submit an abstract to our Biennial meeting! systass.org/events/biennia… We will NOT be extending deadlines again, so make sure to register! tinyurl.com/yc2bpchm We look forward to seeing you at Reading this June (19-21)!

We're sequencing the DNA from a large portion of our precious Fungarium specimens and making the outputs #openaccess for all, with a new grant from Defra UK! 🍄🧬 Why does it matter? Hear from project lead Ester Gaya 👇 kew.org/read-and-watch…

🚨 New Mycology Project! Kew Science and Natural History Museum are embarking on an initiative to reveal the vast diversity of fungi. This project will focus on sequencing the collection's type specimens - Not sure what fungal type specimens are? Don't worry we've got you covered... 🧵

Save the date for UK Fungus Day 2024! 🍄What will you be doing on 5th October? Let us know if you're planning an event, preparing some fungus-inspired art work, taking some photos, or anything else... ukfungusday.co.uk

Excited to announce the beta release of our new MicrobiomeDB R package! This package is intended to be companion to our MicrobiomeDB website and provides convenient, programmatic access to all of our curated 16S and shotgun metagenomic datasets. #microbiome #rstats #dataviz

#AntifreezeProteins (AFPs) help organisms survive in extreme cold environments by preventing ice formation. ❄️ A review in @AMI_JAMJournal explores the diversity of microbial AFPs and their potential applications in #Biotechnology. 🦠 academic.oup.com/jambio/article…

Is highly cited equivalent to high impact, importance, or societal relevance? Take a look, and decide for yourself! doi.org/10.3114/sim.20… #BibliometricAnalysis #fungi #HighlyCited #WebOfScience #100MostCitedGenera Pedro Crous

#Microbiomes play a major role in #Health and #Ecology. A review in @AMI_JAM Journal explores the potential of synthetic microbial communities in understanding and manipulating ecosystems for various purposes, such as therapeutics. 🦠 academic.oup.com/jambio/article…

Bespoke strategies of Paxillus involutus to extract potassium from div... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Natural History Museum Science NHM Minerals NHM Botany . We are very exited that the transcriptomic and imaging analysis led by Flavia The Royal Society is published!

The fungus Paxillus involutus modulated gene expression according to potassium accessibility from minerals and upregulated genes in K-depleted conditions. doi.org/10.1016/j.funb… DiSBA-CNR CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche BMS Fungal Biology Research Natural History Museum Science Geomicrobiology UK

Come and visit the AMI journal team at #ISME19 to get your Sustainable Microbiology water bottle! Just retweet this post and follow AMI_SMI, then stop by booth 5 😊

Fungi are key players in several extreme environments. We present the most comprehensive and updated analysis of metagenomes from global extreme environments focusing on fungal taxonomy and function. #Fungi #Extremophiles #Metagenomics sciencedirect.com/science/articl…