Sometimes the most useful insights come from what doesn’t work. We tested a dual PRR stack: LORE blocked Ralstonia, while FLS2xl could sense Ca. Liberibacter flg22 but didn’t stop infection. Congrats to @jerrytli.bsky.social and all co-authors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
example mushroom you could be working on!
The team!
Rare taxonomic #mycology job in NZ! Conduct fungal biodiversity & taxonomy research, secure funding, publish outputs. Working with the National Collections. PhD + postdoc experience required 🧪. Apply here: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a...
Can you fool a plant into mis-identifying a beneficial symbiont? Yes you can! Check out our new paper where we use comparative transcriptomics to identify bi-functional signalling hubs controlling pathogenesis and mutualism in Eucalyptus. dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
Jonathan holding a black truffle
It was such a great time a couple weeks ago getting to go to Gulaga Gold Truffles and digging for these amazing fungi as part of the NSW Fungi Feastival!
One year from today, we will be welcoming the @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social mycorrhizal community to the International Conference on Mycorrhiza in Cairns, Australia! Remember to mark your calendar, and keep up to date via the website: www.icom2026.org
Phosphoimage of roots
Mycorrhizal roots
@westsyduhie.bsky.social Romika Shrestha is monitoring uptake of radioactive Phosphorus in pine colonised by different strains of an ectomycorrhizal fungus. Based on the localisation (aqua-yellow coloration), the different strains have different abilities to move this nutrient into their hosts
ECM colonised root cross section. Photo credit Tess McBride
For Australian Domestic students interested in pursuing a PhD in molecular mycorrhizal studies, please consider applying for a scholarship-funded position in my lab (tinyurl.com/jxcdhp3p) - our lab is a diverse group studying plant-microbe interactions from genes to landscapes
Viability stain of root, red is dead, blue is alive
I sometimes smile when automatic Alt Text tries to understand microscopy images. Today it said described this as "a collage of blue and red spots"...or it could be a viability stain of a transgenic root 😆
