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Tom Shimizu
@thomasshimizu.bsky.social
Group Leader, AMOLF Institute
Professor of Physics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
https://amolf.nl/research-groups/physics-of-behavior
Join us in Amsterdam as a #postdoc to explore the inner workings of #mycorrhizal #fungi using cutting-edge #fluorescence #microcopy, #robotics, and #machinelearning in Amsterdam.

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📅 Application Deadline: 15 May, 2025

Video by Rachael Cargill & Joe Togneri
April 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Huge thanks to @kellykrause.bsky.social of @nature.com for this wonderful creation, @cbisot.bsky.social & Loreto Oyarte Gálvez for animating data, @cosmosheldrake.bsky.social for the perfect underground soundtrack, and @tobykiers.bsky.social and @spun.earth for orchestrating this all with Kelly.
March 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
+Humbled by how beautifully this animated version of this week’s @nature.com cover captures two major themes of our paper – mycorrhizal fungi and the ‘wave nature of life’.
March 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Excited(!) we got fungi front and center in the news cycle this week through this @nytimes.com piece – no mean feat at any moment, but especially during these turbulent times. Kudos to all the scientists/artists that contributed compelling visuals (individual credits at the end of the NYT piece):
March 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Many of these stellar scientists are now on Bluesky:
@rachaelcargill.bsky.social
@thecrobe.bsky.social
@anilevetu.bsky.social
@vkokkoris.bsky.social
@tobykiers.bsky.social
Check the paper for the full list of amazing researchers that contributed to this study.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
+A truly interdisciplinary effort spanning biophysics, robotics, fluid dynamics, ecology & evolution, and a wonderful collaboration of 28 authors across several labs (AMOLF, VU Amsterdam, SPUN, Princeton, ENS Lyon, ESPCI Paris). Led by first authors Loreto Oyarte Gálvez and @cbisot.bsky.social .
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
+Our paper now out in @nature.com. We designed and built at AMOLF a robot that maps & tracks fungal networks as they trade nutrients with plants. We discovered how fungi build and operate hyper-efficient 'supply chains' for underground ecosystems.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM