Brilliant picture

Thank you, Dirk-Jan! We indeed enjoyed it with our Birmingham-Leiden collaboration group!
(Not tapas but restaurant part)

-with @marccamb.bsky.social @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social and María Negre Rodríguez

You watched it!

Thanks for posting!

And thanks to the team members for delivering this huge project! @cenococcum.bsky.social @alejandra1909.bsky.social @marccamb.bsky.social

🌳 Trees are not alone. Their microbial partners matter!
📄Feedback and comments welcome!
🔬Huge thanks to our funders! BBSRC, NERC, DEFRA and Scottish Government

Understanding how tree microbiomes respond to environmental change and disease is key to predicting future impacts—and to developing microbiome-based strategies for tree health and resilience.

We also looked at trees with Acute Oak Decline (AOD)—a complex disease driven by abiotic and biotic stressors. The stem microbiome was most affected, showing reduced species richness and altered function.

We assembled 1657 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from oak-associated bacteria, archaea, and fungi. This is a major resource for future tree microbiome research 🌱🧬