Justin Stewart
@thecrobe.bsky.social
Ecology and evolution of plant-microbe symbiosis. Mapping mycorrhizal diversity and carbon 🏳️🌈
PhD Candidate – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Data Scientist – Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
PhD Candidate – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Data Scientist – Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
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1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
Research Associate: Plant-fungal interactions
Research Associate: Plant-fungal interactions
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...
3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...
(Pls share!)
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🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄We’re recruiting!!🌿🍄🟫🌱🍄
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
I’m looking for two postdocs and a technician to join my group @sheffielduni.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social to work with me on my exciting @royalsociety.org Faraday Discovery Fellowship project, details for each post as follows:
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🚨Job Alert!🚨Faculty position in #Geochemistry at University of Delaware. Stable isotopes, environmental, critical #minerals, carbon sequestration. #geosciences ⚒️🧪
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
University of Delaware - Details - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Geochemistry
careers.udel.edu
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨Job Alert!🚨Faculty position in #Geochemistry at University of Delaware. Stable isotopes, environmental, critical #minerals, carbon sequestration. #geosciences ⚒️🧪
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
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...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Power of Numeric Evidence in Science Communication
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
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doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Power of Numeric Evidence in Science Communication
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
Ignoring non-English-language studies may bias ecological meta-analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Ignoring non‐English‐language studies may bias ecological meta‐analyses
Ignoring non-English-language literature may bias outcomes of ecological meta-analyses, due to systematic differences in effect sizes between studies published in English and non-English languages.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ignoring non-English-language studies may bias ecological meta-analyses. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Still using 16S/ITS profiling? You might want to reconsider👀
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
High-resolution profiling of bacterial and fungal communities using pangenome-informed taxon-specific long-read amplicons - Microbiome
Background High-throughput sequencing technologies have greatly advanced our understanding of microbiomes, but resolving microbial communities at species and strain levels remains challenging. Results...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Still using 16S/ITS profiling? You might want to reconsider👀
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Our new paper presents pangenome-informed amplicons that provide up to 10× higher phylogenetic resolution than full-length ribosomal markers- while remaining cost effective and scalable!
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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✨ 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.
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.
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
✨ 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.
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.
Reposted by Justin Stewart
Great to see our #ecologyletters paper on seed dispersal to a new island out @ebdonana.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
New study overturns long-held assumptions about how plants spread to islands
A new study from Iceland’s Surtsey island shows that birds carried most of the plants that colonised the island, overturning long-held assumptions in biology that seed or fruit shape and so-call...
www.eurekalert.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Great to see our #ecologyletters paper on seed dispersal to a new island out @ebdonana.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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New paper out 🥳
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
www.science.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
New paper out 🥳
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social
Reposted by Justin Stewart
A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The role of ectomycorrhizal functional diversity in mediating soil carbon cycling under global change
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A fun commentary with @christinakaiser.bsky.social inspired by a very cool paper in New Phyt by @fungidownunder.bsky.social et al. showing that EcM fungal functional traits affect soil C responses to elevated CO2. EcM species and traits really matter!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
do i have the energy to fight a frequentist today?
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 AM
do i have the energy to fight a frequentist today?
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🌳 Big news! My paper “Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization” is now out in Nature Cities! 🏙️🌿
Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization - Nature Cities
Urbanization disrupts oak tree microbiomes by reducing beneficial fungi and increasing plant and human pathogens across leaves, roots and soils, with consequences for tree health, urban climate mitiga...
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🌳 Big news! My paper “Disruption of the oak tree microbiome with urbanization” is now out in Nature Cities! 🏙️🌿
Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Cities are full of life we don’t see, including microbes that live in and on trees.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Reposted by Justin Stewart
A new UN report found that to meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030.
To Meet Pledges to Save Forests Spending Must Triple, U.N. Report Says
Four years after a global pledge to end deforestation, the amount of money going toward conserving and restoring forests is not enough, the analysis found.
nyti.ms
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A new UN report found that to meet various international climate, biodiversity and land restoration goals, annual global spending needs to triple to $300 billion by 2030.
Reposted by Justin Stewart
🧪If you are interested in #microbial growth data, you may have have a look at μGrowthDB; an open repository designed to store, visualize, analyze & share quantitative measurements of species abundances and metabolite profiles from monocultures & communities of known composition.
#microsky #mevosky
#microsky #mevosky
October 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🧪If you are interested in #microbial growth data, you may have have a look at μGrowthDB; an open repository designed to store, visualize, analyze & share quantitative measurements of species abundances and metabolite profiles from monocultures & communities of known composition.
#microsky #mevosky
#microsky #mevosky
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Reposted by Justin Stewart
In #drylands, plants don’t grow randomly — they self-organize into disordered hyperuniform patterns that help them use water wisely & endure extreme aridity. A beautiful hidden logic of nature, revealed in a new @pnas.org study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... including #Maestrelab alumni
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
In #drylands, plants don’t grow randomly — they self-organize into disordered hyperuniform patterns that help them use water wisely & endure extreme aridity. A beautiful hidden logic of nature, revealed in a new @pnas.org study doi.org/10.1073/pnas... including #Maestrelab alumni
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UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ecoevojobs.net 2025-26
docs.google.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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So excited to be representing @spun.earth at the #IUCNCongress! 🌍✨ I’m eager to connect with you and explore how we can integrate mycorrhizal fungi into your conservation strategies. Schedule a time to meet up: www.spun.earth/events/iucn-...
🚨SPUN’S Biodiversity Conservation Strategist, @catiacanteiro.bsky.social will be at the #IUCNcongress presenting our latest mycorrhizal maps to conservation leaders.
Schedule a meeting with Cátia: buff.ly/dy2amO3
Visit SPUN’s event page: buff.ly/aQ7L97Y
Schedule a meeting with Cátia: buff.ly/dy2amO3
Visit SPUN’s event page: buff.ly/aQ7L97Y
SPUN at IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025
www.spun.earth
October 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
So excited to be representing @spun.earth at the #IUCNCongress! 🌍✨ I’m eager to connect with you and explore how we can integrate mycorrhizal fungi into your conservation strategies. Schedule a time to meet up: www.spun.earth/events/iucn-...
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🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🪸🧪 We’re hiring! Join our ERC-funded group at the @hifmb.de in Oldenburg, Germany to explore the cellular origins of photosymbiosis:
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
𝟏 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 + 𝟐 𝐏𝐡𝐃𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.
Deadlines: Oct 29 & Nov 5. Links below.
Questions: nils.raedecker@hifmb.de
#Photosymbiosis #HIFMB #ERC #AcademicJobs
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UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job
Biology - UMass Boston
Biology - UMass Boston
www.umb.edu
October 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
UMass Boston seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in microbial ecology, starting September 1, 2026. Apply by December 1, 2025. Details: http://www.umb.edu/academics/csm/biology #job
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I’m super glad to have the opportunity to be a speaker at LivigData representing the SPUN team! I would love to connect with anyone here that is attending 🙌🏽
⏰ 3 weeks to go until #LivingData2025!
The presentation deadline has been extended to 14 October 🎉
👉If you're a presenter, check inbox for further instructions! ✉️
See you in Bogotá or online! 🌍✨
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
The presentation deadline has been extended to 14 October 🎉
👉If you're a presenter, check inbox for further instructions! ✉️
See you in Bogotá or online! 🌍✨
#DatosVivos2025 @tdwg.org @gbif.org @obis.org @geobon.org #InstitutoHumboldt
September 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I’m super glad to have the opportunity to be a speaker at LivigData representing the SPUN team! I would love to connect with anyone here that is attending 🙌🏽
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Current Conservation just published a special issue on fungal conservation. It is amazingly beautiful and creative, with great content! Don’t miss out on this fascinating exploration of fungi and their vital role in our ecosystems! 🍄🟫 💕 www.currentconservation.org/issues/19-3/
19.3 | Current Conservation
Before their ecological relevance and unique properties were revealed to me, my earliest memory of fungi was as a whimsical toadstool in the background of a fairytale book. Growing up, I also saw them...
www.currentconservation.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Current Conservation just published a special issue on fungal conservation. It is amazingly beautiful and creative, with great content! Don’t miss out on this fascinating exploration of fungi and their vital role in our ecosystems! 🍄🟫 💕 www.currentconservation.org/issues/19-3/
Why is a journal reminding me every week I have a revision due? Like honey I’m aware.
October 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Why is a journal reminding me every week I have a revision due? Like honey I’m aware.
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🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity
Professorship in Biodiversity.
The University of Gothenburg hereby announces a unique and prestigious position – the
web103.reachmee.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!
🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...