Join us at #EGU26 in Vienna for our session SSS4.2 on microbial physiology, co-organized with @jpausch.bsky.social and @aguilart.bsky.social, featuring @edithhammer.bsky.social as Invited Speaker - meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
Deadline for abstract submissions is 15th of January.
Deadline for abstract submissions is 15th of January.
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Join us at #EGU26 in Vienna for our session SSS4.2 on microbial physiology, co-organized with @jpausch.bsky.social and @aguilart.bsky.social, featuring @edithhammer.bsky.social as Invited Speaker - meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
Deadline for abstract submissions is 15th of January.
Deadline for abstract submissions is 15th of January.
Reposted
As a writer, teacher, AE, and reviewer, i share lots of their views. We need to work together to improve the system.
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system
Journals and funders are trying to boost the speed and effectiveness of review processes that are under strain.
www.nature.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
As a writer, teacher, AE, and reviewer, i share lots of their views. We need to work together to improve the system.
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The peer-review crisis: how to fix an overloaded system www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Happy to share this big piece on saprobic fungal traits and soil carbon cycling. Great collaboration in the SPP SoilSystems @dfg.de , with Damien Finn, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Denise Vonhoegen, @mrillig.bsky.social and many others contributing to the study. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
What are all these soil fungi doing? Complex carbon use ability as a predictive trait for fungal community functions
Fungal communities in soil play important roles in decomposition processes and soil organic carbon cycling. These communities are tremendously diverse, making it challenging to assign relevant functio...
www.biorxiv.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy to share this big piece on saprobic fungal traits and soil carbon cycling. Great collaboration in the SPP SoilSystems @dfg.de , with Damien Finn, Sören Thiele-Bruhn, Denise Vonhoegen, @mrillig.bsky.social and many others contributing to the study. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Looks like a very useful tool, congrats to the group of Fernanda Pinheiro. A parallel R package would be nice :)
Translating microbial kinetics into quantitative responses and testable hypotheses using Kinbiont www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Translating microbial kinetics into quantitative responses and testable hypotheses using Kinbiont - Nature Communications
In this work, authors present Kinbiont, which combines dynamical models with explainable machine learning to streamline data analysis and support theoretical formulation in microbiology.
www.nature.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Looks like a very useful tool, congrats to the group of Fernanda Pinheiro. A parallel R package would be nice :)
Reposted
Systematic pairwise co-cultures uncover predominant negative interactions among human gut bacteria
-in BMC Microbiome
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
-in BMC Microbiome
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Systematic pairwise co-cultures uncover predominant negative interactions among human gut bacteria - Microbiome
Background Understanding pairwise bacterial interactions in the human gut is crucial for deciphering the complex networks of bacterial interactions and their contributions to host health. However, the...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Systematic pairwise co-cultures uncover predominant negative interactions among human gut bacteria
-in BMC Microbiome
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
-in BMC Microbiome
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
This is awesome work on fungal lignin breakdown. And I like this "simplified" overview graph of lignin breakdown. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cross-kingdom comparative genomics reveal the metabolic potential of fungi for lignin turnover in deadwood - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study uses comparative genomics and phylogenetics to analyse the distribution and evolution of key enzymes involved in the catabolism of lignin-related aromatic compounds in the bacterial and fun...
www.nature.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is awesome work on fungal lignin breakdown. And I like this "simplified" overview graph of lignin breakdown. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted
📢✨ONLINE FIRST!✨
How do anthropogenic drivers influence @soilbiodiversity change? Find out here!
@bartoszbartk.com @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @mrillig.bsky.social @christianristok.bsky.social @doreenbabin.bsky.social Jörg Römbke, Frank Galante, Christina Lachman
soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
How do anthropogenic drivers influence @soilbiodiversity change? Find out here!
@bartoszbartk.com @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @mrillig.bsky.social @christianristok.bsky.social @doreenbabin.bsky.social Jörg Römbke, Frank Galante, Christina Lachman
soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
June 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
📢✨ONLINE FIRST!✨
How do anthropogenic drivers influence @soilbiodiversity change? Find out here!
@bartoszbartk.com @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @mrillig.bsky.social @christianristok.bsky.social @doreenbabin.bsky.social Jörg Römbke, Frank Galante, Christina Lachman
soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
How do anthropogenic drivers influence @soilbiodiversity change? Find out here!
@bartoszbartk.com @eisenhauerlab.bsky.social @mrillig.bsky.social @christianristok.bsky.social @doreenbabin.bsky.social Jörg Römbke, Frank Galante, Christina Lachman
soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
Reposted
Systematic mapping of experimental approaches to studying common #mycorrhizal networks in arbuscular mycorrhiza
#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#LatestIssue
#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#LatestIssue
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Systematic mapping of experimental approaches to studying common #mycorrhizal networks in arbuscular mycorrhiza
#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#LatestIssue
#Review by Anika Lehmann and @mrillig.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#LatestIssue
Alptekin et al. suggest glomalin is a carbohydrate - glomalose. I wonder how this is different from EPS?
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
From glomalin to glomalose: unraveling the molecular identity of the MAb32B11 antigen
Glomalin, a substance produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, has well-documented benefits for plant and soil health, including water retention and soil aggregation. Glomalin quantification h...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Alptekin et al. suggest glomalin is a carbohydrate - glomalose. I wonder how this is different from EPS?
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Raunkiæran shortfalls to trait ecology. Great read on the limitations of trait concepts, and solutions. Led by Francesco de Bello
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Raunkiæran shortfalls: Challenges and perspectives in trait‐based ecology
Trait-based ecology, a prominent research field identifying traits linked to the distribution and interactions of organisms and their impact on ecosystem functioning, has flourished in the last three....
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The Raunkiæran shortfalls to trait ecology. Great read on the limitations of trait concepts, and solutions. Led by Francesco de Bello
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Very important topic on the functional significance of AM root colonization
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What does colonisation tell us? Revisiting the functional outcomes of root colonisation by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Click on the article title to read more.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Very important topic on the functional significance of AM root colonization
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted
Exciting postdoc opportunity with Milda Pucetaite and us in the Soilchip group: Become the spectroscopy expert in our multimodal fungal recognition project within our interdisciplinary VR research environment:) lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...
Postdoktor i utveckling av Ramanspektroskopi av jordmikrober
Särskild ämnesbeskrivning Jordmånen är grunden för vårt samhälle och vår livsmedelssäkerhet, men den är fortfarande en av de sista domänerna i vårt moderna liv som teknologiseras. Jordmikr
lu.varbi.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Exciting postdoc opportunity with Milda Pucetaite and us in the Soilchip group: Become the spectroscopy expert in our multimodal fungal recognition project within our interdisciplinary VR research environment:) lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...
And congratulations to Yongxing Cui to this global analysis of microbial nutrient limitations, just published in @pnas.org Thank you for the fun collaboration
New paper out in @pnas.org by lab member Yongxing Cui et al. w/ @drlimnology.bsky.social, @manudelbaq.bsky.social & many others 🍾🧪
Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms | PNAS
The availability of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) is essential for soil microbial
activity and growth, yet global patterns of N and P limitation ...
www.pnas.org
May 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
And congratulations to Yongxing Cui to this global analysis of microbial nutrient limitations, just published in @pnas.org Thank you for the fun collaboration
In case somebody is still here, getting really quiet in blue skies..
There is some new research on EPS production under different resource conditions in bacteria and fungi, led by Rebeca Leme Oliva. Great collaboration with Rainer Joergensen bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
There is some new research on EPS production under different resource conditions in bacteria and fungi, led by Rebeca Leme Oliva. Great collaboration with Rainer Joergensen bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Constituent of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by a range of soil bacteria and fungi - BMC Microbiology
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by soil bacteria and fungi are crucial for microbial growth and provide many functions for the soil and its microbes. EPS composition may depend on mi...
bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In case somebody is still here, getting really quiet in blue skies..
There is some new research on EPS production under different resource conditions in bacteria and fungi, led by Rebeca Leme Oliva. Great collaboration with Rainer Joergensen bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
There is some new research on EPS production under different resource conditions in bacteria and fungi, led by Rebeca Leme Oliva. Great collaboration with Rainer Joergensen bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Wind dispersal shapes fungal communities, especially mushroom forming species. Nice study design by Peter Pellitier and @mykophile.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Wind Patterns Influence the Dispersal and Assembly of North American Soil Fungal Communities
Wind is the primary vector of fungal spore dispersal. We document that windflow patterns, both the direction and magnitude, exhibit a significant influence on the composition and diversity of soil fu....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Wind dispersal shapes fungal communities, especially mushroom forming species. Nice study design by Peter Pellitier and @mykophile.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When thinking about soil microbial necromass composition and biomarker significance, having good knowledge of microbial cell wall composition is crucial.
Another great review on the fungal cell wall by Neil Gow
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Another great review on the fungal cell wall by Neil Gow
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fungal cell wall biogenesis: structural complexity, regulation and inhibition
The cell wall is the defining organelle of filamentous and yeast-like fungi. It is responsible for morphology, biotic and abiotic interactions and its…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
When thinking about soil microbial necromass composition and biomarker significance, having good knowledge of microbial cell wall composition is crucial.
Another great review on the fungal cell wall by Neil Gow
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Another great review on the fungal cell wall by Neil Gow
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted
The AmazonFACE project is offering post doc scholarships, based in Manaus, Brazil!
April 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The AmazonFACE project is offering post doc scholarships, based in Manaus, Brazil!
Reposted
Fungal mycelia are finally getting the spotlight they deserve! And how could they not? Their morphology is just stunning! We tracked our friend Absidia sp. forming this intricate exploratory mycelium, showcasing unique elongation and branching patterns #fungi #mycelium #networks
March 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Nice take on SynComms by Delgado-Baquerizo et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Integrating ecological and evolutionary frameworks for SynCom success
Use of synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) is a promising approach that harnesses nature-based solutions to support soil fertility and food security, mitigate climate change impacts, and restor...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Nice take on SynComms by Delgado-Baquerizo et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted
Interesting proposal to classify ectomycorrhizal fungi along a continuum from miners to absorbers. 👇🍄 An inspiring read, so much potential for studies testing this trait spectrum! 🤓 🧪🌍
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Interesting proposal to classify ectomycorrhizal fungi along a continuum from miners to absorbers. 👇🍄 An inspiring read, so much potential for studies testing this trait spectrum! 🤓 🧪🌍
So true
I wrote a blogpost about the value of looking at your study organisms 12 years ago!
franciskadevries.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/t...
franciskadevries.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/t...
To observe or to extract? Different methods for studying soil organisms
Interest in characterising soil communities is booming, fuelled by the growing recognition that soil biota govern processes of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycling – processes that underpin the deli…
franciskadevries.wordpress.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So true
Reposted
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should we all be evaluating how we can better measure AM fungal colonisation?
It should be very informative right? But is it? Probably depends what you're after.
How well does it predict plant outcomes?
Should we all be evaluating how we can better measure AM fungal colonisation?
It should be very informative right? But is it? Probably depends what you're after.
How well does it predict plant outcomes?
Contrasting common measures of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal root colonization
Estimating the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi relies entirely on indirect methods, meaning all measures are associated with some variabilit…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Should we all be evaluating how we can better measure AM fungal colonisation?
It should be very informative right? But is it? Probably depends what you're after.
How well does it predict plant outcomes?
Should we all be evaluating how we can better measure AM fungal colonisation?
It should be very informative right? But is it? Probably depends what you're after.
How well does it predict plant outcomes?
Reposted
RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...
Reposted
I proudly present a new review paper of my group that just came out in Trends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
with Leonardo Ona and Shryli Shreekar
Disentangling microbial interaction networks
Open access link:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
with Leonardo Ona and Shryli Shreekar
Disentangling microbial interaction networks
Open access link:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I proudly present a new review paper of my group that just came out in Trends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social
with Leonardo Ona and Shryli Shreekar
Disentangling microbial interaction networks
Open access link:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
with Leonardo Ona and Shryli Shreekar
Disentangling microbial interaction networks
Open access link:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Such an amazing study 👍
This massive collaboration led by Loreto Oyarte Gálvez & @cbisot.bsky.social spans several disciplines (mycology, robotics, biophysics, evolutionary biology), 28 researchers across several labs (AMOLF, VU, SPUN, Princeton) & many (many) years of work.
See video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOUh...
See video here www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOUh...
Exploring “A travelling-wave strategy for plant–fungal trade”
YouTube video by SPUN
www.youtube.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Such an amazing study 👍