Toby Kiers
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Toby Kiers
@tobykiers.bsky.social
Executive Director http://SPUN.earth
Society for the Protection of Underground Networks
Professor Evolutionary Biology (VU, Amsterdam)
Mycorrhizal Fungi, Evolution of Cooperation, Symbiosis
http://tobykiers.com
Fungi are extraordinary at solving complex problems.

Incredible to see their strategies highlighted in @nytimes.com by @alanburdick.bsky.social

The article is a visual journey of what we have been documenting in the lab over last few years with our imaging robot

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/s...
March 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Our newest research in @nature.com

We built a robot (!) to track plant-fungal trade networks. By following half a million fungal highways & nutrient flows within them, we discovered how plants & fungi build hyper-efficient supply chains

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📹 @sasaspacal.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Soil isn't just underground. With the help of networks of mycorrhizal fungi, soils are formed even on the most vertical cliffs.

Underground Explorer Felipe Morales Armijo is working w/@spununderground.bsky.social to map vertical fungi across the cliffs of Mexico.

Happy World Soils Day.
December 5, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Calling all myconauts. Excited to have joined BlueSky to share our work on the structure, trade & nutrient flows of mycorrhizal networks.

Video time lapse of root (red) & mycorrhizal network (light blue) over 300hrs
December 2, 2024 at 2:41 PM