Katie Field

Incredibly honoured & excited to be awarded one of the @royalsociety.org's new Faraday Discovery Fellowships - this means SO much, huge thanks to everyone who has contributed, supported, & encouraged. Loads of mycorrhizal research @sheffielduni.bsky.social to come!🤩 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

The innovations presented in this #SpecialIssue make clear that solutions to many of our most pressing global challenges lie beneath our feet. www.newphytologist.org/news/from-in... #PlantScience @katiefield4.bsky.social @jurriaanton.bsky.social @frewecologist.bsky.social

From innovation to integration: Plant and soil sciences for people and planet An introduction to a Special Issue by @katiefield4.bsky.social, Yolima Carrillo, Stuart A. Campbell, @jurriaanton.bsky.social and @frewecologist.bsky.social 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PlantScience

Plants, People, Planet is 7 today! 🎂 We've shared some highlights from our seventh year 👇 www.newphytologist.org/news/plants-... #PlantScience @katiefield4.bsky.social @christhorogood.bsky.social

Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do... www.schornacklab.net

So much fun to record this with Tabby, really looking forward to future episodes! listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/wood-... or search (+ subscribe) ‘That’s Science’ on all podcast platforms 🤩

📨 Plants, People, Planet is delighted to announce Open Letters! We invite groups of experts to present bold and succinct calls to action to those in positions to elicit and enact change. Find out more about the new format 👇 www.newphytologist.org/news/announc... #PlantScience

If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Professor Katie Field (@katiefield4.bsky.social) from our School of Biosciences, has been awarded an £8 million, ten-year The Royal Society Faraday Fellowship! 🙌 sheffield.ac.uk/science/news...

We're seeking a new Senior Editor! ⏰ Are you... 👉intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management? 👉a clear communicator who enjoys working as part of a team? 👉committed to maintaining high editorial standards? More info 👇 bit.ly/4lPzaIx

Steak for breakfast anyone?

Pina colada flapjack is an absolute WIN 🍹🍍🥥

🔎 We are looking for new associate editors to join our Biological Flora team! 🌱 Do you have expert, comparative knowledge of one or more aspects of diverse species of vascular plants? 📑 Can you provide detailed & authoritative reviews of submissions? 👉 More info: buff.ly/ulefHX6

Heading to Birmingham for the @newphyt.bsky.social #NGS25 meeting - repping @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social 🌱👥🌍 programme looks GREAT and can’t wait to meet everyone 🤩 - and you can stream online for free over the next few days. www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...

Our latest paper just came out in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social! 🌱🍄‍🟫💊 I really enjoyed every part of this truly interdisciplinary and collaborative effort led by @carterlj.bsky.social on the impacts of emerging contaminants in soils on plant-fungal symbioses. Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

Such a fantastic time over the last few days in Tartu 🇪🇪 at the @newphyt.bsky.social symposium to celebrate Maarja Öpik’s appointment as EiC. Super enjoyable and inspiring meeting! 🤩🦠🍄🌱🌍

I’m absolutely delighted to be taking on the role of deputy EiC for @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social! 🥳

Early start but excited to be heading off to Tartu today for the @newphyt.bsky.social symposium ‘microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life’ www.newphytologist.org/symposia/eic...

I did not want to like this… and yet… here we are…

Tom Parker @hutton.ac.uk and I wrote for @theconversation.com discussing why it’s important to find out what’s out there in terms of mycorrhizal fungi following a the revent review in @currentbiology.bsky.social by the @spun.earth team. Read it here: theconversation.com/most-plant-f...

This week we publish our latest concepts special and it’s a cracker. I did the piece on the wonders of symbiosis www.newscientist.com/article/2483... With orchid intel from @katiefield4.bsky.social

Plants remember stress! The PlantMemo project, led by ‪@jurriaanton.bsky.social‬, has secured an ERC Advanced Grant for an exciting project decoding how stress “memories” boost plant resilience—paving the way for hardier crops. 🔗 www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/... #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #ERC

Super plenary talk by @frantecol.bsky.social in the beautiful McEwan Hall today - the huge, long-term experiments she’s running highlight how important a longer term approach can be for getting meaningful data from field-based research 🤯

Thrilled—and deeply grateful to the European Research Council, the LS9 panel & 10 reviewers—for awarding me an ERC Advanced Grant! Excited to work with collaborators @utrechtpmi on plant stress memory @PPS_UoS @sheffielduni @erc.europa.eu 🌿 #ERCAdG #PlantScience #Epigenetics #Microbiome

Excited to be heading to Edinburgh today for Rhizosphere 6! 🦠🍄‍🟫🌱

What’s in a name? The case for standardised nomenclature for mutualistic Mucoromycotina ‘fine root endophytes’ academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... "...to improve clarity, consistency, and distinguish them from 18 similar fungal groups."

We are looking for a research ecologist to join the Board of @britishecologicalsociety.org. This influential role will help to set the strategic direction and priorities of the Society. Deadline 30 June with the role to start in December.

Fantastic news for PPS Sheffield! Huge congratulations to jessdunn.bsky.social and Alex on winning prestigious #BBSRC Fellowships! Excited to see the innovative work they produce over the next few years! bit.ly/3RRbh6f @sheffielduni.bsky.social #Fellowship #Research #Bioscience #Sheffield

Applications open for our International Dual PhD Awards in Plant & Soil Sciences! Train in world-class labs across @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social and spend time at both institutes. bit.ly/4375M8D #PhDopportunity #PlantScience #SoilScience #Sustainability #AcademicSky

Check out these exciting opportunities for a dual award PhD in plant and soil sciences 🤩 at @sheffieldpps.bsky.social and @westsyduhie.bsky.social: www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/... each PhD project will involve at least 1 year spent at each institution - pls repost 🙏

What if plants could pick their own fungal protectors?! ⚔️🌱 We're looking for a PhD student for a unique dual award PhD. Based at Western Sydney Uni & spend 12-18 months at University of Sheffield. You will work with me and with Profs Katie Field, Scott Johnson, Jeff Powell, and Jurriaan Tonn.

@katiefield4.bsky.social Just listened to you on Curious Cases on BBC Sounds, then this came up in my feed. 🍄

It was so much fun to chat fungi with @fryrsquared.bsky.social and @daraobriain.bsky.social on the latest episode of Curious Cases - listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

Check out an exciting diversity of research, reviews, and opinion articles in our @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social special collection on *Agricultural Biotechnology*. 🧪 🌱 With @cavycavs.bsky.social & Phil Macnaghten nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

I'm looking for a mycorrhiza-motivated PhD student to start this project, fully funded by a Rank Prize Lord Selborne Scholarship, in October 2025 - please contact me via email for more information and forward on to potentially interested people... www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Plz Repost. We @slcuplants.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social are looking for a postdoc with proven protein biochemistry & cell biology expertise & strong interest in plant processes targeted by Phytophthora effectors. (apply before 2 April) [Image: Alex Guyon] www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50570/

**CLOSING SOON** Special issue on "Multi-Organismal Approaches to Understanding Mycorrhizal Functioning Editors: David Johnson, Alan Wanke & Joanna Weremijewicz Deadline: 31st March 2025 Manuscripts welcomed, please contact us (bit.ly/JXBissues) #JXBspecialissues 🌱 🌿 🧪 #plantscience (1/2)

Professor Thorunn Helgason (@luehea.bsky.social), BES trustee and co-founder of our ELM network, has written a blog post for International Women's Day 2025. 🌱 Read it here: buff.ly/U18Xtlt

👏"Celebrating the achievements of women in science is a powerful tool - visible role models can inspire future generations & reinforce the idea that success in science is not limited by gender" - @katiefield4.bsky.social for #IWD2025 Read the blog👇 functionalecologists.com/2025/03/05/i... 🧪🌎

Velvet shank, King Alfred’s cakes and and turkey tails all fruiting on the same old stump 🤩

Firth court looking shiny bright this morning! #SheffieldIsSuper

A perfect snowy Sunday in #Sheffield ☃️

In other “things I learned today” - puff pastry dug out from the freezer with a use by date of 05-01-2021 will puff up when cooked but it does *not* taste good…

Huh.

Finding an enormous personalised Toblerone on your pillow is an *excellent* start to Christmas Day…

Happy to see this paper, led by Dr. Anika Lehmann in our group, just out online at @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social Systematic mapping of experimental approaches to studying common mycorrhizal networks in arbuscular mycorrhiza 🧪 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...