Maria Faticov

@mariafaticov.bsky.social

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Ecologist, #microbial enthusiast 🧫🍄 Postdoc at
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

#standwithukraine 🇺🇦

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FdZxWSEAAAAJ&hl=en

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Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

🎉I am very happy to share that I've been awarded the FORMAS Early Career Grant, a 4-year research project starting in 2026! formas.se/en/start-pag...

This was my 2nd attempt for FORMAS, and I’m so grateful to everyone who supported, encouraged, and mentored me along the way 🙏

Career Grant for Early-career Researchers, career age 4–7 years

This call welcomes researchers who have recently received a doctorate or who are at an early stage of their career. You can apply for funding to conduct your own research project, where you formulate ...

formas.se

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Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social · 5d

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature

Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 6d

⚡️Video shows Russian drone killing civilians with white flag, Ukraine opens war crimes investigation.

Russian troops struck two unarmed civilians with an FPV drone near the village of Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk district, according to video footage provided by Ukraine's 77th Airmobile Brigade.

Video shows Russian drone killing white flag-waving civilians and dog, Ukraine opens war crimes investigation

Russian troops reportedly struck on Nov. 3 two unarmed civilians with an FPV drone near the village of Kruhliakivka in the Kupiansk district, according to the video footage provided by Ukraine's 77th ...

kyivindependent.com

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Taylor priest @taylorpriest.bsky.social · 8d

GcMeta - a new global resource of metagenome-assembled genomes and their encoded functions with an easy to use, interactive and searchable website academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

gcMeta 2025: a global repository of metagenome-assembled genomes enabling cross-ecosystem microbial discovery and function research

Abstract. The rapid growth of metagenomic sequencing has generated an unprecedented wealth of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), transforming opportuniti

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DEEMteam_Orsay @deemteam.bsky.social · 8d

This paper has been a must! Great collaboration with @mkrupovic.bsky.social and @yifanzhou.bsky.social, a N&V by a legend of halophilic archaea tinyurl.com/yc3dcv72, and one picture of one of our expeditions to Dallol making the cover of the November issue of @natmicrobiol.nature.com

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 9d

The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation

-in American Naturalist by @stuwest.bsky.social, @annadewar.bsky.social, @ryosukeiritani.bsky.social, Laurence Belcher, and @asgriffin.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

The evolutionary and ecological consequences of cooperation | The American Naturalist: Vol 0, No ja

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 9d

📢Available position: Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution. Application deadline: 20 November 2025. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/384592

Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Overvi...

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 10d

Linking nutrient availability and community size to stochasticity in microbial community assembly

@femsjournals.bsky.social Microbiology Ecology by Berenike Bick et al

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Linking nutrient availability and community size to stochasticity in microbial community assembly

Abstract. Both deterministic (e.g. species-environment interactions) and stochastic processes (e.g. random birth and death events) shape communities, but i

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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) @spun.earth · 10d

What Everyone Should Know About Fungi by Age 15

7️⃣ Mycorrhizal fungi help clean polluted soils by breaking down or immobilizing harmful substances. They act as filters, protecting groundwater & supporting healthier ecosystems.

See the top 10 list (buff.ly/33Ov3UD) and follow for new fungal facts.

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UkraineWorld @ukraineworld.bsky.social · 10d

#Russia abducts #Ukrainian children to destroy the Ukrainian nation

A podcast episode on how Russia destroys Ukrainian families, kidnaps Ukrainian children, including those who have parents, and changes their identity.
🔗 ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...

Support: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

Reposted by Paul Kardol, Maria Faticov, Dajana Radujković

Soil Ecology Group @bes-soilecogroup.bsky.social · 12d

We are happy to introduce the Soil Ecology SIG @britishecologicalsociety.org! Our aim is to connect soil ecology researchers across career stages, facilitating knowledge exchange and collaboration. Check out www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/plan... and feel free to get in touch!

Soil Ecology Group - British Ecological Society

Understanding the vital ecosystem services provided by soil

www.britishecologicalsociety.org

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 12d

✨ Paper spotlight ✨

Mycelial Dynamics in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

(🧵 1/5) Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form vast underground hyphal networks that support plant life.

Fig. 2 Phylogenetically distinct structures produced by the arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal mycelium.

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you, Stefano, for all the support and advice!

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 15d

🍄 This study highlighted the role of mycorrhizal symbiosis in mediating the strength of conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD) and shaping large-scale patterns of local tree species richness🌲

🖥️ Read the full article: buff.ly/dzuV5Fj

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 15d

Thanks!

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The Tattooed Professor @schwessinger.bsky.social · 15d

Interested in Nanopore long-read ITS fungal metabarcode analysis? Our preprint is now out as journal article www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... There is more to do for improving long-read ITS analysis and we hope to advertise a PhD project around this soon.

Benchmarking fungal species classification using Oxford nanopore technologies long-read ITS metabarcodes

The gold standard for fungal classification has long been specimen or culture-based, however, many Fungi display simple morphological characteristics,…

www.sciencedirect.com

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you!

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks, Ihor 😁 we both need luck

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you 🙏

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

💛💙This project is very close to my heart, and I’m excited to start this new chapter 👩‍🔬
Project updates + webpage coming soon! 📊📰

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

🌍 Together with colleagues in Sweden and Ukraine, I’ll combine fieldwork, spatial modeling, and global synthesis to better understand how soil microbial communities respond to and recover (?) from these pressures

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

💥 Military activities can leave lasting ecological scars.
Up to 6% of Earth’s land may already be contaminated or degraded and we still know little about how these stressors affect the microbes that play important roles belowground🌱🧬

Maria Faticov @mariafaticov.bsky.social · 17d

I’ll be returning to @stockholm-uni.bsky.social , this time to Department of Physical Geography, to study how military-induced disturbances shape soil microbial diversity and ecosystem functions and what this means for restoring contaminated landscapes

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Oikos @oikosjournal.bsky.social · 17d

🔄Metacommunity connectance and emergent patterns drive diversity via spatial eco-evolutionary feedback

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#EcoEvolutionaryFeedback #FunctionalDiversity #HabitatChange #Metacommunity #NetworkSize #Connectance #SelfOrganisedPatternFormation

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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 17d

🪵 Bark and wood traits shape deadwood invertebrates differently. Bark traits drives invertebrate diversity only in fine wood in early stage, whereas wood trait effects are longer-lasting, but restricted to coarse wood🌳

🖥️ Find out more: buff.ly/oV00sxK

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 18d

Today, an estimated 1.6 million Ukrainian children remain in territories occupied by Russia. Cut off from Ukraine’s education system, they are exposed daily to Russian propaganda, militarization, and pressure to abandon their national identity.