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Alma Reyes
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Biology PhD student at UM | Afkhami Lab
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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
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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
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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
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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....
June 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Checked on the article I wrote about Juneteenth in 2023…
”under review”
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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My dissertation chapter is in Ecology Letters!

We tested microbiome network theory empirically in nature and found central early colonisers significantly (1) enhanced biodiversity, (2) reshaped assembly trajectories and (3) increased recruitment of non-peripheral microbes.

doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Central Taxa Are Keystone Microbes During Early Succession
For decades, microbiome network theory has predicted that highly connected ‘hub’ taxa act as keystone species that disproportionately affect their communities. However, this has never been empiricall...
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December 31, 2024 at 8:36 PM