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And you did a great job, and great service to us all!
June 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The forest health crisis is urgent. Let’s invest in building a shared Forest Pathology experimental system. Like yeast for genetics or mice for medicine, forest pathology needs its model organism.

@NewPhyt article: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
#ForestHealth #PlantPathology #ModelOrganisms #Pathobiome
Advancing forest pathology: the need for community‐driven molecular experimental model systems
Forests world-wide are under escalating threat from emerging and invasive fungal and oomycete pathogens, driven by globalization and shifting climate dynamics. Effective strategies to manage the curr...
doi.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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A model system fosters collaboration, reproducibility & innovation. It anchors diverse research—genomics, cell biology, microbiomes—making discoveries scalable & impactful. It's not about replacing fieldwork, but accelerating insight.
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Developing a model for forest pathology means choosing tractable pathogens & hosts, building genetic tools, infection assays, and community standards—just like in crop research.
June 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Model organisms like Arabidopsis, Magnaporthe, and Ustilago transformed biology & agriculture. Forest pathogens, with their complex life cycles, long-lived hosts, & ecological nuance, need similar tools—built for trees.
June 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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5/ The expedition didn’t end in the field. Most of the team then travelled to 🇿🇦 to join the Mycobiomics meeting at #FABI, continuing discussions & strengthening international networks in fungal research @ms-fungi.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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4/ From forest floors to lab benches to conference halls, this collaboration is a powerful reminder of how global partnerships drive science forward, especially in uncovering the hidden world of fungi. 🍄💡
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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3/ Each day ended with lab sessions: processing samples, exchanging techniques, and diving deep into the shared passion for fungal diversity. These moments of collaboration were as valuable as the time in the forest. 🔬💬✨ @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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2/ Hosted by Josphat Matasyoh (@EgertonUniversity), the team explored multiple sites to collect soil, mushrooms, and insect- & plant-associated fungi in one of East Africa’s richest biodiversity hotspots. 🌱🌿🪲 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM