Brooke E. Sykes, Ph.D.

Postdoc Development of a Microbial Volatile Database We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to develop and curate a comprehensive microbial volatile database within the framework of an interdisciplinary project at the Netherlands Inst...

Are you looking for a #postdoc that combines #bioinformatics with #microbial #ecology, metabolomics and data integration?
NIOO is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to develop and curate a comprehensive microbial volatile #database.
Respond by 13 March: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...

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NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26)

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Mesquite 4 beta released! Many new features, esp. phylogenomic. Check out the trailer and longer video on the home page: www.mesquiteproject.org, and use the download link there to get a copy.

Feedback welcome! Ask and discuss on our new Google Group (groups.google.com/g/mesquite-p...).

Plant and soil biodiversity sustain root mycorrhizal fungal richness under drought stress Abstract. Mycorrhizal phenotypes arise from interactions among plants, soil biota, and environmental factors, but disentangling these drivers remains a key

Plant and soil biodiversity sustain root mycorrhizal fungal richness under drought stress

-in @ISMEJournal

academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Starship giant transposable elements cluster by host taxonomy using k-mer-based phylogenetics Abstract. Starships are a recently established superfamily of giant cargo-mobilizing transposable elements in the fungal subphylum Pezizomyotina (phylum As

Our recent paper is out where we propose kmer-based phylogenetics for fungal Starship TEs (which are unalignable as highly variable). We think it could help with spotting bonafide HGT events (and suggest direction of transfer?)
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...
@mcmullan0.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

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University of Arizonas text alert system today:

~10:00: beware of bee swarm on campus

~10:10: watch out for the bees, but they’re being taken care of

~10:45: bees are still there, it’s not great

~11:00: the bees have expanded their conquest

~11:45: please refer to the UofA as UofBee

Please share. 🙏
I'm searching for an RA to join my group this fall. 1-year fixed term, with the possibility for extension depending on funding. Suitable to a post-bacc or masters interested in plant genomes, epigenetics, or reproductive biology.
DM, email, or comment with questions.

ooo this looks excellent. Excited to read in more detail.

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🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸

Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Heck yeah. Congrats!!

Join us in Amsterdam to explore the inner lives of mycorrhizal fungi using robotics, fluorescence microscopy & machine learning.

Work at AMOLF w/ @thomasshimizu.bsky.social + more

📅 Application Deadline: 15 May, 2025
Advert here: amolf.nl/wp-content/u...

Photo (!) @vkokkoris.bsky.social

Hi Folks! Myself and the Barberan Lab at U of A are still looking for a PhD student to work on an NSF funded project exploring effects of fire and invasion on soil microbes. We are looking for someone to start in Fall! SOON! Email me if you are interested! PLS Repost!

@EsaSeeds

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🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS 🌱

The #AJB announces a call for papers for a special issue, “Plant Resilience and Conservation for a Changing Climate,” led by guest editors J. Rentsch, E. Stacy, C. Mackenzie, J. Boyd & V. Negron-Ortiz.⁣
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Deadline for proposals: May 30, 2025.

bit.ly/3GcyMUG

Oak seedings

Juncus growing in the nursery.

📣Job Announcement!
California Botanic Garden, the largest garden dedicated to #CAnativeplants, is seeking a Nursery Manager to join our team! To view the position click the link: drive.google.com/file/d/1MGcA...
Please share! 🌱

The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary.

Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).

RP please!
gzahn.github.io

Not really my announcement to make--I am but a lesser co-author--but IQ-TREE 3 has just been released!

(Most credit to Minh Bui and @roblanfear.bsky.social and their labs)

ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

NatureServe hiring Lead Mycologist in Arlington, VA | LinkedIn Posted 5:17:01 AM. About NatureServeFor 50 years, NatureServe has been the authoritative source for biodiversity data…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

🚨🍄 NatureServe is just hiring a Lead Mycologist for the first time! This position will have a major impact on fungal conservation in North America! So excited for what's coming! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/le...

Lichens in situ.

#Viewpoint: Flexible or fortified? How #lichens balance defence strategies across climatic harshness gradients

Inger K. de Jonge, et al. 👇

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

#LatestIssue

First 1,000 fungi on IUCN Red List reveal growing threats - IUCN Red List Gland, Switzerland, 27 March 2025 (IUCN) – The number of fungi species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ has surpassed 1,000, confirming that deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban ...

Today's update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes the first 1,000 fungi on the list, revealing growing threats from deforestation, agricultural expansion and urban development. You can read the news release here. 🌍🧪🍄

iucn.org/press-releas...

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...

Wow, really well done. Excited about this. Congratulations!

Employment | New York Botanical Garden Find out what employment opportunities are available at The New York Botanical Garden.

Come work with us! The New York Botanical Garden is hiring a Curator at the Assist. or Associate level. Profile: a productive and FUN Mycologist or Cryptogamic Botanist. Happy to talk to candidates about how wonderful one of the best botanical research centers is, easy.
www.nybg.org/about/work-w...

Zachary Lewis on LinkedIn: Laboratory Research Technician We have open positions for a lab manger and a laboratory technician. Applications from displaced federal employees are welcome. Lab manager position:…

Two open positions for a lab manger and a laboratory technician. Applications from displaced federal employees are welcome.

Lab manager position: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/410...
Lab tech position: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/391...

Please email zlewis@uga.edu if you have questions

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I’m on the market! 🎉

What do I do?
-I develop research questions and applied biotechnology to understand and disrupt insect symbioses.
-I coordinate international teams to tackle interdisciplinary global challenges.
-I train mycologists, entomologists and insect pathologists.

We're searching for a postdoc to study insect-microbe symbiosis in our lab at UNC Chapel Hill. Application can be found here: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/295...

A thallus-forming N-fixing fungus-cyanobacterium symbiosis from subtropical forests Fungus lives within cyanobacterial sheaths in a thallus-forming symbiosis, named “phyllosymbia.”

Wow, they found fungal hyphae inside the sheaths of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria! Usually with these types of symbiosis it's the other way around, with bacteria growing inside their host. This is supercool!🧪

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...