Adam Frew
@frewecologist.bsky.social
Lecturer in Mycorrhizal Ecology at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment | arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | (He/Him) 🏳️🌈 | Editor @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social & A/Editor @funecology.bsky.social | on Dharug land | www.frewlab.com
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🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🌟 I’ve recently moved to The University of Manchester!
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
I'm advertising several PhD projects on plant–microbe interactions 🌱🦠🪲
🧪🖥️ Projects span experimental to computational. Diverse supervisory teams, collaborating across the UK Plant Microbiome community.
Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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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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I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
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@newphyt.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
@newphyt.bsky.social
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128 authors - 1 message:
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
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October 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
128 authors - 1 message:
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization - Marín - PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Thanks @cmarin.bsky.social @thegsbi.bsky.social for leading!
Another successful night of pretending I might sleep again someday
October 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another successful night of pretending I might sleep again someday
Does the Pacific Koel intentionally attempt to wake up toddlers before sunrise when you’ve finally got the baby to sleep?
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
October 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Does the Pacific Koel intentionally attempt to wake up toddlers before sunrise when you’ve finally got the baby to sleep?
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
not loving that predawn coo-eee every night.
Our little family got bigger.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
September 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Our little family got bigger.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
A happy big sister, and happy—but tired and a bit stressed – dad and papa.
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Ecology (definitely) matters!
Check out this beautiful book that also features our committee member @frewecologist.bsky.social interview!
Part 5 Forgotten species: species that are often overlooked
The pivotal role of mycorrhizal fungi – Dr Adam Frew
👏👏👏
Check out this beautiful book that also features our committee member @frewecologist.bsky.social interview!
Part 5 Forgotten species: species that are often overlooked
The pivotal role of mycorrhizal fungi – Dr Adam Frew
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ICYMI We're publishing a book! 🦜
Across 30 essays and stunning imagery, Australian ecologists share their feelings and thoughts about why nature truly matters.
The book is available for pre-order through @csiropublishing.bsky.social now: www.publish.csiro.au/book/8205
#ecology #WildOZ #nature
Across 30 essays and stunning imagery, Australian ecologists share their feelings and thoughts about why nature truly matters.
The book is available for pre-order through @csiropublishing.bsky.social now: www.publish.csiro.au/book/8205
#ecology #WildOZ #nature
September 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Ecology (definitely) matters!
Check out this beautiful book that also features our committee member @frewecologist.bsky.social interview!
Part 5 Forgotten species: species that are often overlooked
The pivotal role of mycorrhizal fungi – Dr Adam Frew
👏👏👏
Check out this beautiful book that also features our committee member @frewecologist.bsky.social interview!
Part 5 Forgotten species: species that are often overlooked
The pivotal role of mycorrhizal fungi – Dr Adam Frew
👏👏👏
Most of us use rDNA for community analyses of AM fungi. Intragenomic variation in rDNA of AM fungi can be pretty huge, depending on the region.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The pitfalls of rDNA‐based AMF identification: a comparative analysis of rDNA and protein‐coding genes
Intragenomic polymorphism of rDNA in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) has been largely overlooked in ecological and taxonomic studies, and the reliability of nuclear rDNA regions for species ident.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Most of us use rDNA for community analyses of AM fungi. Intragenomic variation in rDNA of AM fungi can be pretty huge, depending on the region.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species - Vahter - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species
This study investigates how agricultural disturbance influences arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal diversity, biomass, and community niche structure.
Utilizing niche concepts, we show that the AM fu.....
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September 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Agricultural disturbance reduces arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity and biomass by excluding specialist species - Vahter - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
5 day old baby turned away from medicare urgent care clinic because no medicare card was available.
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
5 day old baby turned away from medicare urgent care clinic because no medicare card was available.
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
What 5 day old has their medicare card?
Thanks @markbutlermp.bsky.social
Nice to such cool and down to earth leaders in research get supported!
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
Incredibly honoured & excited to be awarded one of the @royalsociety.org's new Faraday Discovery Fellowships - this means SO much, huge thanks to everyone who has contributed, supported, & encouraged. Loads of mycorrhizal research @sheffielduni.bsky.social to come!🤩 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...
Exceptional research leaders awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships | Royal Society
Seven pioneering researchers have been announced as the first recipients.
royalsociety.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Nice to such cool and down to earth leaders in research get supported!
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
And of course to see mycorrhizal research supported in this way!!!!
All hail the mycorrhizal majesty! @katiefield4.bsky.social
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🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology
The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...
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August 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🍄 UGA Plant Pathology is hiring TT faculty in Mycology/Fungal Biology/Fungal Ecology at the Asst/Assc level! Please pass along this opportunity to anyone you know who may be interested. I'm on the search committee and happy to answer questions. 🍄 www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
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Spent last week at the microscope 🔬✨, and seeing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi up close for the first time—hyphae, arbuscules, vesicles—was absolutely mind-blowing. Small but mighty partners of plant roots 🌿. Sharing a few of my favourite shots.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi
#Mycorrhiza #fungi
July 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Spent last week at the microscope 🔬✨, and seeing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi up close for the first time—hyphae, arbuscules, vesicles—was absolutely mind-blowing. Small but mighty partners of plant roots 🌿. Sharing a few of my favourite shots.
#Mycorrhiza #fungi
#Mycorrhiza #fungi
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🧪🌾PAPER - How to investigate interactions between root exudation and soil microbial community composition? 🧫
The group of @rootsofthenorth.bsky.social and collaborators showed now that microdialysis is a suitable tool to simulate exudation.
Read more in BMC Microbiology:
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
The group of @rootsofthenorth.bsky.social and collaborators showed now that microdialysis is a suitable tool to simulate exudation.
Read more in BMC Microbiology:
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Reverse microdialysis of sucrose stimulates soil fungal and bacterial growth at the microscale - BMC Microbiology
Background The rhizosphere is a critical microenvironment that plays key roles in plant nutrient availability, largely due to root interactions with rhizospheric microbes. However, we lack suitable me...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🧪🌾PAPER - How to investigate interactions between root exudation and soil microbial community composition? 🧫
The group of @rootsofthenorth.bsky.social and collaborators showed now that microdialysis is a suitable tool to simulate exudation.
Read more in BMC Microbiology:
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
The group of @rootsofthenorth.bsky.social and collaborators showed now that microdialysis is a suitable tool to simulate exudation.
Read more in BMC Microbiology:
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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Yesterday, our new paper came out, with PhD student Diem Nguyen as first author in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
We found that mycorrhizal fungi can enhance Zn and Fe bioavailability in Australian wheat varieties; we used Synchrotron XFM to look in the aleurone layer:
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
We found that mycorrhizal fungi can enhance Zn and Fe bioavailability in Australian wheat varieties; we used Synchrotron XFM to look in the aleurone layer:
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal inoculation increases the bioavailability of zinc and iron in wheat grain
Bread wheat is an important crop that supplies calories and nutrients to the global population. Enhancing the concentrations and bioavailability of essential micronutrients in wheat is crucial for hu...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Yesterday, our new paper came out, with PhD student Diem Nguyen as first author in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
We found that mycorrhizal fungi can enhance Zn and Fe bioavailability in Australian wheat varieties; we used Synchrotron XFM to look in the aleurone layer:
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
We found that mycorrhizal fungi can enhance Zn and Fe bioavailability in Australian wheat varieties; we used Synchrotron XFM to look in the aleurone layer:
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia
Motivation Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are central to plant nutrient acquisition, soil carbon dynamics, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their biogeography remains incompletely characterised, pa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
sampling soils in some amazing spots in Australia!
This is down by the Otways in victoria
This is down by the Otways in victoria
July 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
sampling soils in some amazing spots in Australia!
This is down by the Otways in victoria
This is down by the Otways in victoria
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What does colonisation tell us? Revisiting the functional outcomes of #root colonisation by arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi
A #Letter by @frewecologist.bsky.social 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
A #Letter by @frewecologist.bsky.social 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
July 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What does colonisation tell us? Revisiting the functional outcomes of #root colonisation by arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi
A #Letter by @frewecologist.bsky.social 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
A #Letter by @frewecologist.bsky.social 👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia
Motivation Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are central to plant nutrient acquisition, soil carbon dynamics, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their biogeography remains incompletely characterised, pa...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com
We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year!
Thanks to all collaborators
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Great to see this mammoth effort by
@frewecologist.bsky.social et al finally published!
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia - Frew - 2025 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@frewecologist.bsky.social et al finally published!
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia - Frew - 2025 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Great to see this mammoth effort by
@frewecologist.bsky.social et al finally published!
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia - Frew - 2025 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@frewecologist.bsky.social et al finally published!
AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia - Frew - 2025 - Global Ecology and Biogeography - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🧪🌾 VACANCIES - Are you looking for a postdoc or group leader opportunity?
Come and work with us at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se 🌱!
🍀 We have currently several job openings available. Take a look on our homepage and apply:
www.upsc.se/jobs.html
#PlantSciJobs #plantscience #hiring
Come and work with us at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se 🌱!
🍀 We have currently several job openings available. Take a look on our homepage and apply:
www.upsc.se/jobs.html
#PlantSciJobs #plantscience #hiring
July 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🧪🌾 VACANCIES - Are you looking for a postdoc or group leader opportunity?
Come and work with us at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se 🌱!
🍀 We have currently several job openings available. Take a look on our homepage and apply:
www.upsc.se/jobs.html
#PlantSciJobs #plantscience #hiring
Come and work with us at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se 🌱!
🍀 We have currently several job openings available. Take a look on our homepage and apply:
www.upsc.se/jobs.html
#PlantSciJobs #plantscience #hiring
Welcome lunch and registration kicking things off at the New Phytologist symposium here in Tartu @newphyt.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Welcome lunch and registration kicking things off at the New Phytologist symposium here in Tartu @newphyt.bsky.social
Tartu! I forgot how beautiful a city it is.
July 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Tartu! I forgot how beautiful a city it is.