Justin Stewart

Job alert! Lectureship in field ecology at University of Reading with a special focus on plants.

📣 12 open postdoc positions in @ceplas.bsky.social !! www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...

We @teamthomma.bsky.social look for a postdoc on The Secret Lives of Soil-Borne Fungal Pathogens: Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Intermicrobial Interactions in Soils (see project 4)

Thank you! Now on to more fungal work !

This work was funded by MiCRop - Microbial Imprinting for Crop Resilience and SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)

Much of this research is now published and available via my website www.thecrobe.com or on Google Scholar.

I am now a Postdoctoral Fellow at SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks where I am building on this research to understand how mycorrhizal fungi impact global ecosystems @spun.earth

I am deeply grateful to my reading and defense committee including @frantecol.bsky.social , @ciskaveen.bsky.social , @mrillig.bsky.social , Gerlinde De Deyn, @ehannula.bsky.social , and Joscha Beninde, and to my mentors and advisors @tobykiers.bsky.social , James Weedon, @vkokkoris.bsky.social

During this, I conducted a series of research chapters to bridge those scales. I combined robotics, microscopy, DNA sequencing, greenhouse and global field sampling, satellite data, and remote sensing. These diverse datasets were harmonized using machine learning, and advanced statistical modeling.

Most plants on Earth live in close association with soil microbes. These microbes supply plants with substantial amounts nutrients and play a major role in drawing carbon into soils. Because these relationships are so widespread, understanding their spatial distrobution is vital.

Soils are among the least explored ecosystems on Earth. At the same time, the soil microbiome has been described as one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet.

Last week, I successfully defended my PhD in evolutionary ecology titled "Mapping plant–microbe symbiosis across spatial scales."

🏘️ Survey of 10,462 people in 33 European countries shows unequal access to urban forests & parks. Younger people & women visit more, but travel time, poor links & few amenities limit use. This new paper calls for inclusive urban planning that serves all.

📖Read the full paper here➡️ buff.ly/5HHCKsP

Thank you again for joining us in Holland and being in my defense committee. Was a super day!

Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Economics Postdoctoral Researcher in Biodiversity Economics

Open Postdoctoral Researcher position in Biodiversity Economics for a new collaboration between @rececochange.bsky.social and Environmental and resource economics group @helsinki.fi
DL 18 February

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Excited to share that a chapter of my PhD is now out, just two weeks before my defense.

Our study shows that agricultural expansion into native forests and grasslands drives strong biodiversity loss in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across the Andes.

Paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution Postdoctoral Researcher in Statistical Ecology and Evolution

Postdoc in statistical ecology & evolution! Develop models bridging evolutionary theory with empirical data on sex differences in immunity and life history. Apply now!
#postdoc #statistics #evolution #academicjobs #ecology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

These results suggest that grid sizes should be optomized for the reserarcher's questions, and consider the resolution of underlying data.

This work was led by @peleg.bsky.social and Dennis Weaver.

Grids are common in spatial analyses but the effects of pixel size/ orientation are rarely tested.

In our new paper we tested ~400 grid sizes/orientations with heat and landcover data in NYC. Grid size, but not orientation impacts summary statistics.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.

Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?

Ectomycorrhizal fungi recruit hyphae-associated bacteria that metabolize thiamine to promote pine symbiosis Abstract. Ectomycorrhizal fungi form symbiotic relationships with a wide range of terrestrial plants, acquiring carbohydrates for themselves and promoting

Ectomycorrhizal fungi recruit hyphae-associated bacteria that metabolize thiamine to promote pine symbiosis
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#TansleyReview: Mycelial dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi

Vasilis Kokkoris 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Congrats!!

Thesis accepted. Now just to defend!!!

SPUN is #hiring 👉 spun.bamboohr.com/careers

We're looking to fill the following positions:

1. Fungal Molecular Ecologist
2. Designer
3. Communications Assistant

Apply now and share with your networks 🌍

#Careers #Fungi #ScienceJobs #ScienceCommunication #Mycology

FLIM analyses of the fungal and plant structures.

An arbuscular mycorrhiza from the 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Summary also available in French and Spanish.

@nhm-london.bsky.social #PlantScience

Excited for this!

Please Reviewers. If you have a comment and see it was answered later in the paper, go back and remove your comment.

1. Postdoc in plant-fungal interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

2. Postdoc in molecular plant-microbe interactions: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

3. Research technician: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici...

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