Mycology and Microbiology Center

New fungal phylum-level system, with red font indicating novel taxa and size taxonomic diversity.

Fungal phylum-level classification update now available! Used "innovative taxonomy" to describe >100 taxa, from species to phylum, based on long reads, characteristic nucleotides and env-samples.
mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1616...

#fungi #taxonomy #PacBio #classification #eDNA

📢Are you attending the Living Data 2025 next week?

@isabelrfernandes.bsky.social will present the preliminary results from #FUNACTION.

www.livingdata2025.com/program.html...

Find her during the week if you want to know more about our project and activities to conserve #aquaticfungi.

The team at our research site in the alps

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

🧬 New at Eukaryome: the Online Sequence Identification Tool is now live!
Submit sequences directly on the site and get instant taxonomic identification — no downloads needed.

Come find us at eukaryome.org

#eukaryome #bioinformatics #taxonomy

Proud moment for MMC: a member presenting her work to the world 🌟🧬

Who lives underground?

Find out now in our new paper published in @nature.com.

Key finding: 90% of predicted mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots lie outside protected areas.

Read here: buff.ly/WmDqAP3 🧵

PhD Funded Position in Computational Microbial Biotechnology at CNB Madrid, Spain Apply for a fully funded PhD position in computational microbial biotechnology at CNB Madrid. Join the AMBIZIONE project and contribute to cutting-edge research in synthetic microbial communities.

PhD Funded Position in Computational Microbial Biotechnology at CNB Madrid, Spain

Apply for a fully funded PhD position in computational microbial biotechnology at CNB Madrid. Join the AMBIZIONE project and contribute to cutting-edge research in synthetic microbial communities.

ERC grant will support placement of tens of thousands of previously unknown fungi on evolutionary tree Leho Tedersoo, Professor of Mycorrhizal Studies at the University of Tartu, has received the Advanced Grant from the European Research Council to systematise and describe members of the 95% majority o...

Read more from here: ERC grant will support placement of tens of thousands of previously unknown fungi on evolutionary tree ut.ee/en/news/erc-...

We’re thrilled to share that @tedersoo.bsky.social has secured an ERC Advanced Grant! 🎉 One of Europe’s top research honors—huge congratulations from all of us at Mycology and Microbiology Center! 🙌 #ERCGrant #AcademicExcellence

Yesterday, we had the chance to present our proposal to the Estonian Environmental Board and Climate Ministry: 29 more fungal species for protection, in addition to the ~40 already listed. My favorite: Rigidoporus crocatus—locally common in wet alder forests, globally rare. Our responsibility!

Image of three people wearing a blue, an orange and a green T-shirt. The design on the shirts is the same by featuring the logo for MMC and some fungi and tiny creatures, e.g. bacteria on the chest.

🍄🧫 You might spot us more easily now…

The Mycology & Microbiology Center has new T-shirts!

Whether it’s fungi in the forest or microbes in the lab, we’re all about the small things that matter. Keep an eye out! We will be in Helsinki next week for the #EcologyOfSoilMicroorganisms2025

Balancing biodiversity, carbon, and profit with pathogen risk: Effects of felling age and thinning in spruce forests Global forestry is balancing multiple societal needs, including carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation, in addition to timber production. …

Paper out in Journal of Environmental Management: How we manage forests today shapes what is possible tomorrow. We show that thinning may undermine long-term goals for carbon and biodiversity in boreal spruce forests.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PhD in Plant-Microbe Interaction – Fully Funded at University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) 🌿 Position Summary: Join the University of Amsterdam (UvA) for a fully funded 4-year PhD exploring the molecular interaction between lettuce and the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae. You’ll investigate effector gene function in host-pathogen systems, contributing to solutions for lettuce wilt disease—an urgent global agricultural challenge. This interdisciplinary project is part of a collaboration between UvA, Utrecht University, and industry partners.

PhD in Plant-Microbe Interaction – Fully Funded at University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)

🌿 Position Summary: Join the University of Amsterdam (UvA) for a fully funded 4-year PhD exploring the molecular interaction between lettuce and the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae. You’ll…

Postdoctoral Job in Plant-Microbiome Chemical Communication at University of Amsterdam Join the University of Amsterdam as a postdoctoral researcher exploring chemical communication between plants and their microbiome. Work on groundbreaking eclepin research, plant resilience, and sustainable agriculture. Apply by June 8, 2025.

Postdoctoral Job in Plant-Microbiome Chemical Communication at University of Amsterdam

Join the University of Amsterdam as a postdoctoral researcher exploring chemical communication between plants and their microbiome. Work on groundbreaking eclepin research, plant resilience, and sustainable…

A vital partnership: Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth. Fungi receive carbon that plants fix through photosynthesis, while plants gain access to nutrients and water. Scientists know much more about the aboveground world than the subterranean ecosystem.

Most land plants team with mycorrhizal fungi to survive. This ancient partnership has helped both plants and fungi thrive over much of Earth.

Learn more on #EarthDay: scim.ag/4cMgplJ

MarieCurie postdoc co-applications on offer in University of Tartu, Estonia:
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development

Photograph of the living wall at Oecologicum, University of Tartu.

Join us for our Editor-in-Chief Symposium: Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life, hosted by Maarja Öpik!

🗺 Tartu, Estonia
📅 8–10 July 2025

💡 Abstract and travel grant deadline: 12 May

🔗 www.newphytologist.org/symposia/eic

#PlantScience

EUKARYOME new release now available eukaryome.org/download/ This time special on early diverging fungal lineages and nucleariids. Also EUK sequences with all metadata available. Will also be available via UNITE soon.

Postdoc in plant-microbe interactions and microbial ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Agroecology - Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Aarhus University

A postdoc position in Aarhus University now officially available for applications:
international.au.dk/about/profil...

New Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) in the Biological Station in Roscoff. "The position is focused on the ecological, evolutionary, and functional roles of marine fungi, crucial to understanding our oceans"
www.sb-roscoff.fr/fr/2025/02/2...

Custom PhD positions in my team: High-quality motivated candidates are welcome to design their doctorate research topic for a project competition in the University of Tartu, Estonia. Keywords: bioinformatics, biodiversity, fungi, metagenomics, databases, mycorrhiza, DNA-based taxonomy, biogeography

The Impact of Oil Palm Plantations and Pastures on Benthic Prokaryotic and Fungal Communities in Tropical Streams The expansion of oil palm plantations and cattle grazing lands has a detrimental impact on freshwater ecosystems, causing ecological degradation and biodiversity loss in the tropics, although litt...

While oil palms and pastures alter tropical stream microorganisms, riparian buffers offer a lifeline. 🚑💧 Saving biodiversity could depend on protecting these green corridors.

🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/fwb....
#eDNA #FreshwaterBiology #conservation

Memory card game developed by #FUNACTION members is now available to all!

Enjoy! 🍄💧

Share widely!
#aquaticfungi #conservation

Winter nature challenge. ❄️ Today, the view is a lot less winter wonderland-like ...
River Emajõgi in Tartu, Estonia on Monday, January 13th, 2025. Photo by J. Lees.

❄️ Postdoc position in Arctic terrestrial ecology ❄️

If you're interested in Arctic plants, fieldwork and multi-site syntheses, please apply! You'd be replacing me and joining a lovely and dynamic team at University of Edinburgh. DM me with any questions!

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A researcher on a boardwalk in a DANK hawaiian forest on Molokai.

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...

Were you recently awarded a PhD in biology/mycology? Are you interested in #fungaltaxonomy? Apply for this two-year #postdoc fellowship at Charles University in Prague. Get in touch with Dr. Ondřej Koukol to discuss projects <ondrej.koukol@natur.cuni.cz> natur.cuni.cz/en/research/...

The Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP) at the University of Tübingen invites applications for an Independent Junior Group Leader (m/f/d) position. We seek a new colleague who will establish a vibrant and competitive research program in any research area of experimental Plant Molecular Biology. We expect the successful candidate to contribute to the excellent scientific environment by her/his/their proven scientific record, interactions with the research groups of the ZMBP, and participation in existing and planned larger research consortia like CRCs and excellence cluster initiatives. The position is vacant as of March 1st, 2025 and initially limited to 6 years. The ZMBP provides lab space with full equipment, funding for staff, start-up money, an independent annual budget, shared equipment funds and mentoring. For more information see www.zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de. Informal inquiries to any research group are welcome. Applications including a CV, publication list and research program should be sent before December 8th, 2024 to: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Nürnberger vw@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de

Job alert 📢
We are looking for a new Independent Junior Group Leader in plant molecular biology at the ZMBP in Tübingen! 🌱
Submit your application by December 8th as a single pdf
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A newly discovered fungal species emerges from the open pages of a scientific book, surrounded by various lab journals and books, with research tools scattered around. The image highlights the connection between scientific discovery and publishing.

🍄📖 Do high-impact journals lead to more fungal species discoveries? Think again! Low or even no-impact factor journals contribute significantly! Let's value research quality over impact metrics in funding and hiring decisions! Read more @MycoKeys: mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/136048

On Friday, we’re broadcasting a #FEMSMicrobiolEcol webinar on Microbial Impacts of #ClimateChange! #MicroSky #Microbiology #Microbes #science

Join us if you can: fems-microbiology.org/fems-microbi...