#MicrobialEcologist working at the Instituto de Ecología #INECOL 🇲🇽.
Interested in #PlantMicrobeInteractions, #SoilEcology, #Microbiomes, #Biocontrol, #Biogeochemistry, #EcosystemServices, #WomenInSTEM.
New papel from the lab! 🥳
Third chapter of our amazing PhD student Rosaura Alfaro-García on the effects of #Phytophthora cinnamomi on the 🥑 #rhizosphere#microbiome.
We're gaining insights on the #Phytophthora#pathobiome!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1nvqg8jaVh...
X Mexican Ecology Conference
Quite a busy Monday with the organisation of the "Rhizosphere Ecology" symposium. 🦠🍄🪱
We talked about virus, microbes, nematodes and earthworms. A great place to reconnect with many colleagues and friends!
Glad to see this paper in print: Comparative genomics of dark septate endophytes: shedding light on the enigmatic lifestyle and biology of DSEs - Csíkos et al.
A #JGI#1KFG project
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#OurNewPaper in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
(@asm.org): Ségolène Bouche et al. Comparative study of the effects of different carbon substrates on acidification-driven mineral weathering by Pseudomonas 🦠🧫🧬
#ForestSoils#GeoMicrobiology#MineralWeathering#Bacteriadoi.org/10.1128/aem....
2 artículos de divulgación de nuestro grupo salieron recientemente en el Boletín de la Sociedad Científica Mexicana de Ecología 🎉🙌
#CienciaMexicana
𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗼𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀: 𝘂𝗻𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼́𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀
www.flipsnack.com/8D6766CC5A8/...
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📄 Read our paper in Conservation Letters:
With Knowledge Comes Responsibility: Increasing Conservation Scientists’ Impact in a Time of Global Crises
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What changes could help you increase your impact?
It's 2026 and diversity is still an issue in mycology, and probably beyond.
17 invited plenary & keynote speakers for IMC13, only 2 are women (<12%). There are 0 Latin-American speakers, & 2 from Africa (I'm including @kamounlab.bsky.social in this count).
www.imc13.kr/html/?pmode=...
"Rhizobia are old friends of plant biology. They still have plenty to teach us. The next surprise may come from a cowpea nodule in the Sahara. I want the scientist who collected it to be the one who finds it." @getgenome.bsky.social
I just published: Rhizobial Treasure Hunts
From the Swiss Alps to the Sahara, new twists in an old symbiosis - and new opportunities to discover them.
kamounlab.medium.com/rhizobial-tr...
Reference lists can reproduce inequalities in scholarly publishing. A simple equity check can help reveal how much our citations rely on paywalled, APC-based, or more accessible publishing routes. Read more at: peeer.net/2026/09/18/a...#BetterPublishing
Let me get this straight. There's a title. There's a commentary article. There's an abstract. There's a set of bullet point highlights. There's a graphical abstract. AND YOU STILL THINK I NEED YOUR AI AGENT TO SUMMARIZE THE ARTICLE FOR ME?
Thrilled to have got hold of this super useful book by @martin-nunez.bsky.social !
It will make a great gift to celebrate the upcoming PhD confirmations of my students 👌
" Forêt – ce pays qui se referme derrière vous dès le premier pas, avec ses troncs répétés à l’infini, son silence qui n’est pas l’absence de bruit mais une autre qualité du monde, et cette impression persistante que quelque chose vous a regardé passer sans se montrer. "
We're hiring 🔬🌱🦠 We're looking for someone with confocal microscopy expertise to join our work on plant–microbe interactions @thesainsburylab.bsky.social .
A whole new suite of genetically encoded reporters + 3D spatial gene expression tools like PHYTOMap and more.
Please share!
📣 VACANCY: Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Researcher - Tatsuya Nobori group @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social
Join the team to work on work on live-cell and 3D spatial imaging of plant–microbe interactions 🔬🌱
📍Norwich, UK
⏰ Apply online by 14 Sept 2026
Apply here: www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...
🫛🦠 RESEARCH 🦠🫛
Host sanctions result in the collapse of bacteroid populations and lead to premature nodule senescence. Peas cannot selectively punish strains within mixed nodules, instead sanctioning the whole nodule - Underwood et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...#PlantScience 🧪
New paper from lab in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Sustainability
A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls.
Fewer than 25% of hotspots for soil microbial genetic resources fall within designated protected areas
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new meta-analysis on how #biochar decreases soil nutrient leaching is out! 🥳
Applying Biochar With Fertilisers Decreases Nitrogen and Phosphorus Leaching and Improves Phosphorus Availability: A Meta-Analysis
A great collab' with our Griffith University colleagues 🤝
doi.org/10.1111/gcbb...
That's a wrap for #MeeHubs2026!
Today at the Morelia hub: plenary talk by Ana Escalante on bridging the gap between diversity and function in soil microbial communities
To conclude today's session at Morelia, we had a great discussion panel on omics for microbial ecology, the need for creativity and ecological questions, as well as experimental validation of predictive and inference models.
That's a wrap for #MeeHubs2026!
Today at the Morelia hub: plenary talk by Ana Escalante on bridging the gap between diversity and function in soil microbial communities
That's a wrap for #MeeHubs2026!
Today at the Morelia hub: plenary talk by Ana Escalante on bridging the gap between diversity and function in soil microbial communities
What, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵
#MEEHubs2026#MEEHubs26
If you want to keep MEEHubs alive and see it back in 2028, consider being an organizer yourself!
Please fill out this very short survey by scanning the QR code or clicking here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
What, is it over already? MEEHubs2026 concluded just minutes ago. It's been a blast, and here are some stats for you: 711 registrations, 241 posters, 71 talks, 3 days, participants from 32 countries. Bye from all the hubs 🩵🩵🩵
#MEEHubs2026#MEEHubs26
Esmeralda López Lozano on microbiomes as crucial players of #OneHealth in goat-grazed agrosystems.
Goats were actually "interviewed" for their feeding preferences! 🐐
Last but not least, a discussion panel on microbiomes and microbial inoculants for agricultural sustainability.
That's it for the day at #MeeHubs2026 Morelia!
Fantastic talks and discussions today at #MEEHubs2026
Plenary talk by Dr Esperanza Martínez from CCG-UNAM on small molecules as currency in plant-microbe interactions
Followed by SynComs from maize seeds by Dr Jorge Rocha from CIBNOR, with beautiful phenotype images of bacterial synthetic communities
#MoreliaHub#MEEHub26
The next few sessions were hosted by Chernihiv, Morelia, and Montreal. That's excellent science spanning 9h of time difference! #MEEHubs2026
Sad you missed out on one of these talks? Don't worry! They're all recorded so you can view whenever you want!
3 days of Microbial Ecology and Evolution, starting tomorrow! 🤩
#MEEHubs2026meehubsmorelia2026.org
Of you' re attending from another hub, check our online poster on multiomics to elucidate the effects of #Phythophthora on the 🥑 #microbiome and #metabolome (no. 171). #microsky
🎙️ Hace un par de semanas salió el nuevo episodio del podcast " Del suelo al Cielo", en el cual participé para hablar de raíces, exudados radiculares e interacciones 🌱-🦠
🎧 Disponible en Spotify!
open.spotify.com/episode/10zc...
New preprint led by @logansuteau.bsky.social !
What really drives the success of seed-applied multi-kingdom SynComs ?
-> Strain selection matters more than assembly strategy
-> SynComs can reshape native bacterial communities via recruitment from soil and network integration
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all!
Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
New #preprint from the lab!
"Root rot by Phytophthora cinnamomi shifts the composition and structure of avocado rhizosphere fungal communities"
doi.org/10.64898/202...
🚨The program for MEEHubs2026 is now online, as is more detailed information about the hubs! Check it out at meehubs.org and register‼️
Less than a month before the conference kicks off! 🦠
June 2026 newsletter highlighting a few of @getgenome.bsky.social recent activities and opportunities.
Remember, you can find this and our previous newsletters here getgenome.net/network
1/3 Taken yesterday, I had to share these beautiful images
🌳 The roots of scots pine with mycorrhizae of the saffron milk cap (Lactarius deliciosus). The swollen orange root-tips are actually the fungus forming a sheath around the root - a symbiotic structure for the exchange of resources.
New paper from the lab- From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology- in @natureportfolio.nature.com journal Nature Communications. Led by Hanna Koch & Angela Sessitsch