Isabel Fernandes (she/her)

1. You love aquatic fungi
2. You never heard about them but are curious
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I would love to connect with you! 🍄💧🤗

Find me next week during #livingdata2025.

Let's talk about #aquaticfungi #conservation.

@funaction.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social

⭐Stakeholders engagement was defined as a top priority⭐

In particular with stakeholders willing to share their samples/data to be reanalysed for assessing #aquaticfungi #biodiversity.

📢 That could be you?

Please fill our questionnaire👇
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Lets work together! 🤝

@biodiversa.eu #MoSTFun consortium had a hybrid mid-term meeting in Barcelona.

Fruitful discussions about what was achieved so far and the priorities for the second half of the project (see below👇).

#aquaticfungi #monitoring #biodiversity

If you feel you're missing out - which you are! - it's not too late to sign up at aquatichyphomycetes@gmail.com and join @jandbio.bsky.social @zimingwang.bsky.social and others on alternate Wednesday evenings. @funaction.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk

A number of questions were raised which we will cover at future meetings, including: how to isolate living spores and grow them in culture; how to collect aquatic hyphomycetes from leaves; and how to DNA barcode these tiny fungi. Plus we'll be getting tips to improve our identification skills.

Six different aquatic hyphomycete spores: Clockwise from top left - Alatospora accuminata, Articulospora tetracladia, Tetracladium setigerum, Tetracladium marchalianum, Neonectria lugdenensis and Tricladium splendens. Dyed with cotton blue.

We had a thoroughly enjoyable, and very informative, first meeting of the online #AquaticHyphomycete group yesterday. @isabelrfernandes.bsky.social gave us methodology and tips for collecting and fixing foam samples.

Together with @fayrnhawk.bsky.social and other colleagues we are starting TODAY online sessions about #aquatichyphomycetes.
Interested in knowing more about this beautiful group of aquatic fungi?

Send your message to aquatichyphomycetes@gmail.com.

Looking forward to exchanging with YOU! 💧🍄

Older people care increases the gender gap in academia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Older people care increases the gender gap in academia

Older people care increases the gender gap in academia 👇

"At the institutional level, older care is an ‘invisible’ problem, for which interviewees reported not getting any support from
their institutions."

There is work to do!

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Important and timely 👇

"Remote-Control Science in Ecology: A Hidden Face of Scientific Neocolonialism"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I'll be there presenting our project @funaction.bsky.social and would love to meet you.

19.3 | Current Conservation Before their ecological relevance and unique properties were revealed to me, my earliest memory of fungi was as a whimsical toadstool in the background of a fairytale book. Growing up, I also saw them...

This is a beautiful volume in the Current Biology magazine about Fungi with gorgeous illustrations! highly recommended 🧡 🍄🍄 🤩 www.currentconservation.org/issues/19-3/

integrating fungi in policy for a sustainable future | Current Conservation Current Conservation integrating fungi in policy for a sustainable future

One of the articles was written by myself, @adricorrales.bsky.social, @tobykiers.bsky.social and Kelcie Walther @spun.earth, with illustrations by Manvi Vakharia. I'm so thrilled with the outcome! www.currentconservation.org/integrating-...

19.3 | Current Conservation Before their ecological relevance and unique properties were revealed to me, my earliest memory of fungi was as a whimsical toadstool in the background of a fairytale book. Growing up, I also saw them...

Current Conservation just published a special issue on fungal conservation. It is amazingly beautiful and creative, with great content! Don’t miss out on this fascinating exploration of fungi and their vital role in our ecosystems! 🍄‍🟫 💕 www.currentconservation.org/issues/19-3/

Well done @huzefaraj.bsky.social 🎉

Thanks for bringing this news species of #aquaticfungi to our knowledge!
We are one species closer to knowing the estimated 2.5 millions existing species of #Funga.

#fungi #biodiversity #conservation

Indianapolis Zoo Grant Fungi Discovery Two Indianapolis Zoo grant recipients and a team of Conservation Coordinators with the Global Center for Species Survival have discovered an entirely new kind of freshwater fungus in Indiana.

🚨🚨🚨 We found a new genus of aquatic fungi right here in Indiana! 🚨🚨🚨

Learn more in this blog post! 👇

First workshop of the citizen science campaign on sampling glacier fungi in Lyngseidet, Norway was a success with professional glacier guides and good discussions. Sampling kits were distributed.
@mostfun.bsky.social @eirikafi.bsky.social #magicmountainlodge
#attmankanguide

Well done @kristelpanksep.bsky.social 🤗🧬

What an exciting collaboration! I'm looking forward very much to exchange experiences with the highest number of people.

Still time to join. Contact @fayrnhawk.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

#aquaticfungi #monitoring #biodiversity #conservation #aquatichyphomycetes

Researchers Andreas Bruder, and @isabelfernandes.bsky.social from SUPSI in Switzerland, and @jandbio.bsky.social and @zimingwang.bsky.social from SLU in Sweden will be supporting the group.

Aquatic hyphomycete spores from Parc Natur Penglais. Including: Anguillospora crassa, Tricladium splendens, Neonectria lugdeunensis, Tetracladium marchalianum and Articulospora tetracladia. Dyed with cotton blue.

A new Zoom-based chat group focussing on #AquaticHyphomycetes will be starting on 8th October. Join us in the evening (BST) to chat and learn about this fascinating group of fungi. Contact me at aquatichyphomycetes@gmail.com if interested. @britmycolsoc.org.uk @funaction.bsky.social

Big day at #SEFS14 in Bolu, Türkiye! 🌍

Our session on #AquaticFungi and Microorganisms in a Changing World was a hit — and two student talks took home best presentation awards! 🎖️🎉

Huge thanks to all the speakers + attendees for making it an inspiring, fungi-filled success. 💧🍄

#MoSTFun #FUNACTION

What an exciting day at SEFS14 in Bolu, Türkiye!

The Special Session on #AquaticFungi /Microorganisms in a Changing World was a huge success and even resulted in two graduate student awards for best SEFS14 oral presentations! 🎖️

Thanks to the speakers and audience for a truly fantastic session! 💧🍄

Women, Water, and the Climate Emergency: Art and Science for Bringing Ecofeminism to Society Click on the article title to read more.

It is a true privilege to work with such an inspiring group of people. See our last article: Women, Water, and the Climate Emergency: Art and Science for Bringing Ecofeminism to Society
doi.org/10.1002/lob....

#MUAC #AUMENTA #SocAigua #Gender&ScienceAIL #art&science

A big hurray to my former PhD student Diana Graça for winning the Prize UC-Life Sciences 2025 – Biology with her paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc....

It was a lot of work, and she totally deserves this! Congratulations! 🎉 🎉

News in Portuguese: www.uc.pt/fctuc/dcv/no...

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🚨Breaking news🚨

I started a new chapter in my career, as Researcher at the Institute of Microbiology of SUPSI, in Switzerland.

And I get to still work with my absolute favourite organisms: Aquatic Fungi. 💧🍄

Let's keep bringing #aquaticfungi to the spotlight! 🤗

#conservation #FUNACTION #MoSTFun

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Help us implementing conservation and monitoring of #aquaticfungi. 💧🍄

Fill the Better Together Survey 👇🏻

And share it among your colleagues interested in conservation and monitoring of #aquaticfungi. 💧🍄

Will the future of biomonitoring include #AquaticFungi?

Thanks to @biodiversa.eu, @funaction.bsky.social Coordinator @jandbio.bsky.social and @mostfun.bsky.social ECR Marina Pastor engaged with national funders, policy makers & industry representatives in Barcelona last month to support this goal.

YouTube video by FUNACTION Aquatic Fungi Diversity 2025

Did you miss our webinar "Aquatic Fungi Diversity 2025"? You attended but want to see it again and share with your network?🍄💧

The video is now available:
youtu.be/JowOyvd_Sks?...

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#aquaticfungi #conservation