Geoff Zahn

Just about to push a big update to our R package TaxSEA where we've spent a lot of time collating data from the BacDive database so it's readily usable in a metagenomics analysis. See example below from the HMP IBD data. #metagenomics #bioinformatics #microbiome #microbiota

Definitely interested in how you parsed the BacDive stuff! I've found the R API to be really tricky to pull info from

Picked this randomly for "Saturday morning cartoons" years ago thinking it would be cute and fun.
Ruined my month.

Also recommend "When the Wind Blows" for another fun movie night

A database of AM fungi of Australia. Incredible resource and publication. Congrats to all the authors.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our paper mapping plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity correlations is out! Relationships are weak at the global level, but both positive and negative at smaller scales. Plants are not always proxies for fungi — fungi need their own conservation focus @spun.earth @ethz.ch
doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Awesome!

Y'all, I just did this and it was total bliss, a terrifyingly immersive write-a-thon, full of excellent people, massively educational... And I wrote a whole-ass draft from scratch! 5 stars.

Biodiversity is in crisis—so let's act smarter 🌍

💧🍄 Aquatic fungi are key yet overlooked. Help us bring them into conservation & monitoring plans.

Take our quick survey (10–15 min)
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#biodiversity #conservation #monitoring #aquaticfungi

Annual grass invasion is associated with differences in the community structure and abundance of biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Abstract. Interactions between biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi may increase plant resilience to environmental stress in native grasslands.

New paper out from the Cheeke Lab led by @raeberner.bsky.social with @balachaudhary.bsky.social & Geoff Zahn. Congrats Rae!
academic.oup.com/femsle/advan...

Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits | PNAS Climate-driven variation in traits is crucial for predicting ecological responses to environmental change, yet global patterns and drivers of micro...

Fungal spores reveal a global climate footprint on microbes' traits!
Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts.
Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Yay! My amazing undergrad, Austen Miller, has finally joined science bluesky. Give him a follow: @greenwoodthegreat.bsky.social
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He does cool #microbiome work, already knows how to bioinformaticize, and will be looking for PhD programs soon.

Had such a lovely and productive meeting in Madison! #msafungi25

Come check out my talk today (last slot of the agro-eco session) to hear about restoring soils #MSAFungi25

#MSAFungi25 off to a great start. Too many cool sessions to choose from so I might just sit here instead

National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...

I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.

We are seeking information, expertise, & advice, to support inclusion of aquatic fungi into Conservation & Monitoring.💧🍄

Take our quick survey (10–15 min)
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Soon available in more languages: linktr.ee/FUNACTION_EU

#biodiversity #conservation #monitoring #aquaticfungi

Coastal Virginia is so hot and muggy my legs are sticking together and I could.not.be.happier after the "longest winter of my life!"

Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution The purpose of these awards is to provide support for students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs with a plan to perform research in ecology and evolution. While we will consider all projects in ecolo...

Any students want to apply for this to study microbiome assembly processes with simulations and microcosms?? Hit me up!

www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...

Busy making "A field guide to Eastern mushrooms at cycling speed"

Marine Fungi are found everywhere in the ocean. They are recyclers, a goldmine of compounds and symbiotic with other marine life. I chat about Marine Fungi in the BBC programme 'Secrets of the Sea'. Follow the link 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... @thembauk.bsky.social @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social

Very cool. Very important!

My old stomping grounds. Have fun!

(c) Discriminatory prohibited boycott means refusing to deal, cutting commercial relations, or otherwise limiting commercial relations specifically with Israeli companies or with companies doing business in or with Israel or authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of Israel to do business. The term discriminatory prohibited boycott also includes an academic boycott of Israel in which an educational or research institution enacts or implements restrictive policies, or otherwise participates in activities having the object or effect of restricting ongoing or potential academic, educational, or research institutions. Notwithstanding any restriction on the applicability of other NSF rules and regulations, the requirements in paragraph (c) applies to both foreign and domestic institutions receiving funding from the NSF.

(a) By accepting the award, recipients are certifying that: (i) They do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws; and (ii) They do not engage in and will not during the term of this award engage in, a discriminatory prohibited boycott. (3) NSF reserves the right to terminate financial assistance awards and recover all funds if recipients, during the term of this award, operate any program in violation of Federal antidiscriminatory laws or engage in a prohibited boycott.

🚨🚨 Alarming NSF policy update

By accepting an NSF award, an institution now must say it's:

1. Not engaging in boycotts of Israel (yes really)

2. Not advancing or promoting DEI in violation of anti-discrimination laws

Announced via a footnote today: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/gc1-ma...

🚨🚨🚨 Webinar alert!

Come celebrate International Day of Biodiversity with us & learn all about #aquatic #fungi!

@protectspecies.bsky.social @iucnfungi.bsky.social @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social @funaction.bsky.social @mostfun.bsky.social @shoalorg.bsky.social

Q: is climate change research gonna be funded as before?
A: NSF covers a wide range of research areas
😑

Currently in an NSF Intuit meeting and.... It's Orwellian. Like talking to a broken chat bot.
"Should we use 15% indirect?"
"Please refer to the new priorities document."
"It's not clear, can you just tell us?"
"Please refer to the new priorities document."

EukFunc: A Holistic Eukaryotic Functional Reference for Automated Profiling of Soil Eukaryotes The soil eukaryome constitutes a significant portion of Earth's biodiversity that drives major ecosystem functions, such as controlling carbon fluxes and plant performance. Currently, however, we mis...

Looking for a database to functionally assign your 18S (terrestrial)data to trophic groups? Look no further! Our article is published here: doi.org/10.1111/1755... and you can find the database here as a R package: github.com/lentendu/Euk... #soils #eukaryotes #protists #fungi

"species" 😏

How ugly can you make a fasta file?
Collaborator gave our class a fasta in a word doc, so we're returning our gene predictions similarly!

This was fun. Maybe sponges are a good way to monitor marine #fungi from the water column! Nature's nuclepore filters 😀
Congrats @valeriomazzella.bsky.social