Amanda Rawstern
@arawstern.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Pittsburgh in Ashman lab. I study plant-microbe interactions and microbial ecology.
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Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments
#microbiology #microbes #MicroSky
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#microbiology #microbes #MicroSky
@natecoevo.nature.com
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Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reveals that closely related microorganisms tend to inhabit similar communities across all major environments and phyla. The authors term this phenomenon ‘community conservatism’, extending...
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January 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Community conservatism is widespread across microbial phyla and environments
#microbiology #microbes #MicroSky
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#microbiology #microbes #MicroSky
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(1/8) 🚨Thrilled to share our new research, now published on the cover of @science.org ! 🌳🦠
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 13, 2026 at 11:53 PM
(1/8) 🚨Thrilled to share our new research, now published on the cover of @science.org ! 🌳🦠
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We discovered that tree #Bark — largely regarded as inert — hosts vast #Microbial communities that actively interact with the atmosphere. 🧵👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New paper up - inspired by the periodic table of the elements, we attempted to organize bacterial diversity in genome-inferred trait space academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
Constructing a “periodic table” of bacteria to map diversity in trait space
Abstract. Despite an ever-expanding number of bacterial taxa being discovered, many of these taxa remain uncharacterized with unknown traits and environmen
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January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New paper up - inspired by the periodic table of the elements, we attempted to organize bacterial diversity in genome-inferred trait space academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Lariviere lab at UMiami is recruiting PhD students! Incoming students will join us in studying host-microbe interactions in the honey bee gut, using molecular and genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
#Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky #PhDOpportunity #AcademicJobs
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Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases | Science
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases | Science
Although metagenomic sequencing has revealed a rich microbial biodiversity in the mammalian gut, methods to genetically alter specific species in the microbiome are highly limited. Here, we introduce Metagenomic Editing (MetaEdit) as a platform ...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases | Science
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“Bin Chicken” is now published in Nature Methods! It substantially improves genome recovery through rational coassembly 🧬🖥️. Applied to public 🌍 metagenomes, we recovered 24,000 novel species 🦠, including 6 new phyla.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @rhysnewell.bsky.social
🧵1/6
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@benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @rhysnewell.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“Bin Chicken” is now published in Nature Methods! It substantially improves genome recovery through rational coassembly 🧬🖥️. Applied to public 🌍 metagenomes, we recovered 24,000 novel species 🦠, including 6 new phyla.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @rhysnewell.bsky.social
🧵1/6
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @rhysnewell.bsky.social
🧵1/6
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November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Newly published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social, we look within seeds of historic herbarium specimens for changes in the prevalence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Newly published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social, we look within seeds of historic herbarium specimens for changes in the prevalence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#PhD Position: Interested in the evolutionary and ecological impacts of whole genome duplication?
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Join Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman @drtialynn.bsky.social
and I at the U. of Pittsburgh, to test what drives the competitive outcomes between diploids and #polyploids
Details: shorturl.at/nQ8UW
Check out our new Tansley review on climate, plants, and microbes! I enjoyed working with a team of friendly and knowledgeable scientists.
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@damianmicroeco.bsky.social
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Unraveling complexity in climate change effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions: mechanisms, resilience, and future directions
Plant microbiomes have the potential to mitigate the impacts of climate change, yet both the complexity of climate change and the complexity of plant–microbe interactions make applications and future....
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October 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Check out our new Tansley review on climate, plants, and microbes! I enjoyed working with a team of friendly and knowledgeable scientists.
@meafkhami.bsky.social
@kerricrawford.bsky.social
@aclassen.bsky.social
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.social
@damianmicroeco.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@meafkhami.bsky.social
@kerricrawford.bsky.social
@aclassen.bsky.social
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.social
@damianmicroeco.bsky.social
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Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
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Come check out my talk at #ESA2025 today! I'll be chatting about some of my Postdoc research on mutualisms and how they impact niche breadth and diversification in the Eco-Evolutionary processes session in BCC344 at 1:45pm!
August 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Come check out my talk at #ESA2025 today! I'll be chatting about some of my Postdoc research on mutualisms and how they impact niche breadth and diversification in the Eco-Evolutionary processes session in BCC344 at 1:45pm!
Come check out my presentation on what community properties can predict microbiome resistance to drought today! #ESA2025 COS 015 BCC 336 3:30-5:00
August 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Come check out my presentation on what community properties can predict microbiome resistance to drought today! #ESA2025 COS 015 BCC 336 3:30-5:00
Check out this video of our research on soil microbiomes at Archbold Biological Station!
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August 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Check out this video of our research on soil microbiomes at Archbold Biological Station!
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Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation
#ISMEJournal by @duhitasant.bsky.social et al from @timbarra.bsky.social
with Tom Bell, @kayla-king.bsky.social
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#ISMEJournal by @duhitasant.bsky.social et al from @timbarra.bsky.social
with Tom Bell, @kayla-king.bsky.social
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Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation
Abstract. Most knowledge about bacterial evolution and ecological interactions comes from laboratory studies. One difference between the wild and most labo
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July 24, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation
#ISMEJournal by @duhitasant.bsky.social et al from @timbarra.bsky.social
with Tom Bell, @kayla-king.bsky.social
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#ISMEJournal by @duhitasant.bsky.social et al from @timbarra.bsky.social
with Tom Bell, @kayla-king.bsky.social
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Our guide to bees of Pennsylvania is available for free now, you can order print copy (just have to pay shipping) and/or download PDF from Penn State Extension page: extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn...
For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts
For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Our guide to bees of Pennsylvania is available for free now, you can order print copy (just have to pay shipping) and/or download PDF from Penn State Extension page: extension.psu.edu/bees-of-penn...
For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts
For every one of the 47 bee genera we have beautiful photo(s) and natural history facts
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Fungal spores reveal a global climate footprint on microbes' traits!
Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts.
Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social
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Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts.
Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social
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Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits | PNAS
Climate-driven variation in traits is crucial for predicting ecological responses
to environmental change, yet global patterns and drivers of micro...
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July 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Fungal spores reveal a global climate footprint on microbes' traits!
Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts.
Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts.
Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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I'm jealous of whoever that got to watch hundreds of cat videos to collect data for this study!
July 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I'm jealous of whoever that got to watch hundreds of cat videos to collect data for this study!
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And that is a 🌯 for the plant-microbe symposium!
Thank you to Morgane & @mycocentriq.bsky.social for organizing!
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
#CSEE2025
Thank you to Morgane & @mycocentriq.bsky.social for organizing!
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
#CSEE2025
July 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
And that is a 🌯 for the plant-microbe symposium!
Thank you to Morgane & @mycocentriq.bsky.social for organizing!
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
#CSEE2025
Thank you to Morgane & @mycocentriq.bsky.social for organizing!
@csee-scee.bsky.social
@csee-sceemtgs.bsky.social
#CSEE2025
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Check out our latest review on peptide signaling in beneficial and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions. Signaling peptides are so fascinating! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Signaling peptides control beneficial and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions
This review provides a comprehensive overview of signaling peptides regulating beneficial and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions. It highlights recent a
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July 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check out our latest review on peptide signaling in beneficial and pathogenic plant-microbe interactions. Signaling peptides are so fascinating! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
My 2nd dissertation chapter is out in Plant, Cell, & Environment!
We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....
We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....
June 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
My 2nd dissertation chapter is out in Plant, Cell, & Environment!
We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....
We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....
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Paper just out in @natcomms.nature.com by @alvarordr.bsky.social
Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics - Nature Communications
Soils are usually exposed to multiple global change factors (like warming or contamination by pollutants), but the response of soil communities to combined global change factors is poorly understood. ...
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June 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Paper just out in @natcomms.nature.com by @alvarordr.bsky.social
Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Soil microbial responses to multiple global change factors as assessed by metagenomics
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Florida citrus lands offer hope for habitat recovery
Florida citrus production has been in decline due to widespread citrus greening disease introduced as early as 2004, also known as Huanglongbing (HLB). But is there some lemonade to be
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April 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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