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Our new paper is out in @nature.com
"Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils"
Largest in field assessmnt of pesticide effects on soil life🧬🇪🇺🦠🍄
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @panospanagos.bsky.social @mvanderheijden.bsky.social
"Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils"
Largest in field assessmnt of pesticide effects on soil life🧬🇪🇺🦠🍄
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @panospanagos.bsky.social @mvanderheijden.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Our new paper is out in @nature.com
"Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils"
Largest in field assessmnt of pesticide effects on soil life🧬🇪🇺🦠🍄
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @panospanagos.bsky.social @mvanderheijden.bsky.social
"Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils"
Largest in field assessmnt of pesticide effects on soil life🧬🇪🇺🦠🍄
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @panospanagos.bsky.social @mvanderheijden.bsky.social
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I'm delighted to inform you that our paper "Ecological genomics of saprotrophy to biotrophy transitions in the genus Clitopilus" was published in IMA Fungus. A long standing collaboration with Zhilin Yuan at RISF, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou:
imafungus.pensoft.net/articles.php...
imafungus.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Ecological genomics of saprotrophy to biotrophy transitions in the genus Clitopilus (Fr. ex Rabenh.) P. Kumm. (Agaricales, Entolomataceae)
Transitions between saprotrophic and biotrophic lifestyles represent pivotal evolutionary events in fungal ecology; however, the genomic and physiological mechanisms underlying such shifts remain poor...
imafungus.pensoft.net
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I'm delighted to inform you that our paper "Ecological genomics of saprotrophy to biotrophy transitions in the genus Clitopilus" was published in IMA Fungus. A long standing collaboration with Zhilin Yuan at RISF, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou:
imafungus.pensoft.net/articles.php...
imafungus.pensoft.net/articles.php...
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Did you know that we're looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board? 🌍💭
If you'd like to help shape the publishing landscape of the BES journals, find out more below! 👇
britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you'd like to help shape the publishing landscape of the BES journals, find out more below! 👇
britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Did you know that we're looking for new Associate Editors to join our Editorial Board? 🌍💭
If you'd like to help shape the publishing landscape of the BES journals, find out more below! 👇
britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
If you'd like to help shape the publishing landscape of the BES journals, find out more below! 👇
britishecologicalsociety.org/content/appl...
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The Agricultural Ecology Special Interest Group are excited to invite you to their new monthly online Agro-Ecology Connect coffee mornings, which aim to spark ideas, connections and curiosity within the agro-ecology field.
The first session will run on 31 January, aimed at early-career researchers.
The first session will run on 31 January, aimed at early-career researchers.
January 27, 2026 at 10:03 AM
The Agricultural Ecology Special Interest Group are excited to invite you to their new monthly online Agro-Ecology Connect coffee mornings, which aim to spark ideas, connections and curiosity within the agro-ecology field.
The first session will run on 31 January, aimed at early-career researchers.
The first session will run on 31 January, aimed at early-career researchers.
Unique species interactions determine the decomposition activity of fungal communities - Kaschper - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Unique species interactions determine the decomposition activity of fungal communities
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Unique species interactions determine the decomposition activity of fungal communities - Kaschper - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
"By considering the relationships between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning we can connect small-scale interactions among plants, microorganisms and animals to ecosystem services and planetary sustainability."
Soil biodiversity effects on ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Soil biodiversity effects on ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
"By considering the relationships between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning we can connect small-scale interactions among plants, microorganisms and animals to ecosystem services and planetary sustainability."
Soil biodiversity effects on ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Soil biodiversity effects on ecosystems www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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A rare gift in science is the ability to conjur a question so that its potential answer is brought into focus.
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
January 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A rare gift in science is the ability to conjur a question so that its potential answer is brought into focus.
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
As it is in art.
“There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly”
-G Saunders
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🚨#ICOM2026 Registration is now OPEN🚨
icom2026.org/register/%F0...
💰Early bird rates are available until April 12
🍽️ Conference dinner is included with registration
Join IMS for reduced registration fee 👉 mycorrhizas.org/become-a-mem...
#ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
icom2026.org/register/%F0...
💰Early bird rates are available until April 12
🍽️ Conference dinner is included with registration
Join IMS for reduced registration fee 👉 mycorrhizas.org/become-a-mem...
#ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
🚨#ICOM2026 Registration is now OPEN🚨
icom2026.org/register/%F0...
💰Early bird rates are available until April 12
🍽️ Conference dinner is included with registration
Join IMS for reduced registration fee 👉 mycorrhizas.org/become-a-mem...
#ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
icom2026.org/register/%F0...
💰Early bird rates are available until April 12
🍽️ Conference dinner is included with registration
Join IMS for reduced registration fee 👉 mycorrhizas.org/become-a-mem...
#ICOM2026 #mycorrhiza #IMS @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social
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Global Russula sequence analysis refines biogeographic patterns and host associations
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Global Russula sequence analysis refines biogeographic patterns and host associations
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Noffsinger et al. @chance-est.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The latent presence of Cryptostroma corticale (causal agent of the sooty bark disease) is widespread among French sycamore maple populations. Host density and water deficit seem to drive the silent spread of the pathogen. See our paper: doi.org/10.1111/ppa.... @umr-iam.bsky.social
Widespread Latent Presence of Cryptostroma corticale in Sycamore Maple in France
Increasing drought events promote forest disease emergence, exemplified by Sooty Bark Disease (SBD) of Acer pseudoplatanus caused by Cryptostroma corticale. Across six French regions, the pathogen wa....
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The latent presence of Cryptostroma corticale (causal agent of the sooty bark disease) is widespread among French sycamore maple populations. Host density and water deficit seem to drive the silent spread of the pathogen. See our paper: doi.org/10.1111/ppa.... @umr-iam.bsky.social
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Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026!
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Abstracts are open for #ICOM2026!
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
I can’t wait to spend a week immersing myself in all things #mycorrhiza in beautiful Cairns 🌴
There are so many symposia to choose from - go and have a look! icom2026.org/symposia/
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Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry - Nature Communications
Organisms vary in their nitrogen and phosphorus content, shaping ecological and evolutionary processes. This study shows that nitrogen deposition is a consistent global factor associated with plant an...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Thrilled to share our new #stoichiometry paper on the environmental correlates of plant and animal stoichiometry. This was a fantastic collaborative work supported by #idiv www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Big congratulations to our five @umr-iam.bsky.social scientists featuring in the 2025 Global Ranking of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 🏆 prepared by Stanford University:
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Big congratulations to our five @umr-iam.bsky.social scientists featuring in the 2025 Global Ranking of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 🏆 prepared by Stanford University:
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
Aurélie Deveau, @fmartin54.bsky.social, Pascale Frey-Klett, Annegret Kohler and Nicolas Rouhier.
👏👏👏 🍾🥂🎉
The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome
Cao et al. find that the biocrusts on the Great Wall establish a unique microhabitat,
enhancing microbial abundance, diversity, and stress resistance while reducing metabolic
pathways linked to biodet...
www.cell.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Great Wall of China harbors a diverse and protective biocrust microbiome: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Meet @icom2026.bsky.social
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Meet @icom2026.bsky.social
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
Plenary speakers!
Dr Claire Veneault-Fourrey - from INRAE (Nancy, France) - will be opening the session "Genomic pathways and regulatory networks: molecular foundations of mycorrhizal adaptation and host interactions"
#ICOM2026
icom2026.org/speakers/
Analong chuanjieensis
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Analong chuanjieensis
Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Increasing Prevalence of Plant‐Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change
This research examines seeds sampled from historic herbarium specimens to look for changes in the presence of beneficial fungal symbionts in response to climate change drivers. These specimens from t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Increasing Prevalence of Plant-Fungal Symbiosis Across Two Centuries of Environmental Change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science
Davis and Choisy review how scientific understanding of medicinal plants will be revolutionized
by integrating and synthesizing concepts and methods from the diverse fields of Evolutionary
Ecology, Mo...
www.cell.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity
Medicinal plants have been integral to human cultures for millennia and have played a central role in the development and expansion of societies.1 The…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The human fingerprint of medicinal plant species diversity www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Join us!
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Join us!
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
Online seminar in the Challenges in Forest Ecology series on Nov. 5th at 4:00 pm
It’s nice to meet Prof. Laurent Philippot and Dr. Chunkai Li at the Joint Conference of the 1st ISME Asia Forum and 2025 CAME.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It’s nice to meet Prof. Laurent Philippot and Dr. Chunkai Li at the Joint Conference of the 1st ISME Asia Forum and 2025 CAME.
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers
Floral scents are complex blends of volatile compounds, yet the influence of floral scent chemodiversity, the richness, evenness, and functional disparity of phytochemical compounds in shaping inter.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Floral scent chemodiversity is associated with high floral visitor but low bacterial richness on flowers - Hanusch - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Beyond phylogeny: phytochemical diversity as a unique metric for biodiversity in the Gentianales - Richard‐Bollans - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Beyond phylogeny: phytochemical diversity as a unique metric for biodiversity in the Gentianales - Richard‐Bollans - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...