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Bea Bock, PhD

@beabock.bsky.social
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Mycorrhizal Ecologist & PhD @NAU | Leading research on common fungal networks, AI for fungal biodiversity, and mycorrhizae in conservation.

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International Mycorrhiza Society @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social · 13h
Paper Spotlight: How far back do arbuscular mycorrhizal associations go? Researchers imaged an arbuscular mycorrhiza in the 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert in Scotland, using fluorescence and Raman imaging. New Phytologist (2026) doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
3/ Built this alongside research on environmental footprint reporting in environmental data science. Preprint here: doi.org/10.33774/coe... Give the package a try and let me know what you think!
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Environmental Footprint Reporting as a Performance Metric in Environmental Data Science
Environmental data scientists often study the environmental impacts of human activity, but it is uncommon for scientists to quantify the impact of their own work on the environment. We performed a rev...
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
2/ CodeCarbonR wraps codecarbon, so you get the same tracking without leaving R or managing a separate Python setup. install.packages("CodeCarbonR") Docs: beabock.github.io/CodeCarbonR/ Please enjoy our excellently-crafted logo for it.
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Track Energy Consumption and Carbon Emissions of R Code
Wraps the Python codecarbon package via reticulate to measure the energy consumption and estimated carbon emissions of R code. Provides a self-contained setup routine that installs codecarbon into a d...
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/ I made a new R package! CodeCarbonR 🍝 is live on CRAN. It tracks the energy use and estimated carbon emissions of your R code, wrap a function, script, or full session and get the numbers back. Python has codecarbon for this, but R hasn't had an equivalent until now.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I know RIP 💀💀
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
When your microbial samples come back with Homo sapiens 🙃🙃🙃
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
@anthropic.com is rolling out watermarks on text created by their Claude models. So curious to see how this works and how it plays out. Will it reduce slop? support.claude.com/en/articles/...
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How Claude marks AI-generated content | Claude Help Center
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Day 1 of ICOM (and my talk) done! Already feeling so stoked and vitalized by all the talks I’ve been attending here. And very grateful for the IMS/New Phytologist Early Career Researcher award to come here 🥰🥰 @icom2026.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The details: 12-month full-time roles (starts Oct 2026) For anyone 18+ with <2 years of work experience Open to all educational backgrounds Partners include marine conservation, food banks, and tech education Apps close July 17! #AI #TechForGood
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Anthropic just launched "Claude Corps," a massive $150M fellowship placing 1,000 early-career professionals at nonprofits to work with AI. It includes an $85k salary, full benefits, and technical training. Highly recommend checking this out. 🧵 www.anthropic.com/news/claude-...
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Introducing Claude Corps
We’re launching Claude Corps, a national fellowship program for people early in their careers who are passionate about extending the benefits of AI to communities across America.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I was just reading "Skippy Dies" by Paul Murray and a thought about choosing "the most beautiful explanation" stuck with me. In science we are trained to aim for parsimony and the simplest answer. But ecology is messy. Sometimes the simplest answer misses the beautiful one. #PhilosophyOfScience
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Seeing Al Gore speak at #Vanderbilt years ago shaped my view on climate. Rutger Bregman’s new piece applies that framing to AI. "Abandoning the field is not the same as stopping the technology." A great read for anyone in tech or ecology. rutgerbregman.substack.com/p/an-inconve... #AI #EDS
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An Inconvenient Truth About AI
Twenty years ago, climate denial was a problem of the right. Today, AI denial is a problem of the left. And the consequences could be even more disastrous.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
(2/2) Once again, we find evidence that fungal endophytes (non-mycorrhizal) can actually form common networks and transfer resources between plants. Love it! Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Endophytes #PlantScience
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Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
(1/2) A really cool paper I co-authored just dropped in Scientific Reports! It was an absolute honor to help with the experimental design on this project alongside Philipp Waschk, Mark Anthony, and the rest of the team. Check it out here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Fungi
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Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Thanks, Justine!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My goal is to ramp up our outreach on social media and YouTube to make our research more accessible. I also want to build better feedback loops so we are actively amplifying the topics that matter most to IMS members. Honored to run for a role like this at an org like this :)
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I am running for Communications Director for the International Mycorrhiza Society! 🍄 I would love the opportunity to help continue to modernize how we share our science. #SciComm #Mycorrhiza #Fungi
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Thank you!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Some big news to share. I have officially accepted a postdoctoral fellowship through the ORISE program! Exciting things are ahead, and I am so ready to start this next chapter of my research career. Stoked to get more into the world of fungal genomes 👀 👀 #Postdoc #WomenInSTEM #ORISE
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Sometimes the best way to process big life changes is to go run some whitewater 🤘 It feels wildly unreal to visit places like this in the middle of a desert. Feeling so lucky ☺️ #Packrafting #Whitewater #WorkLifeBalance #FossilCreek #Flagstaff
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A double graduation weekend! 🎓 The undergrad I mentor also walked two Saturdays ago. He recently gave an amazing talk on his research, and seeing his growth as a scientist has been one of the most rewarding parts of my PhD. Incredibly proud! #Mentorship #AcademicSky
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Officially walked for my PhD on Saturday! 🎓✨ It was so special to have my family in town to celebrate together. I wrapped everything up with one final lab meeting last week, too. It is the end of a long and awesome era, but I am ready for the next adventure. 🏔️🌲
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Spending the week in Boulder at the ESIIL AI for Sustainability summit! 🏔️🤖 It is inspiring to be around researchers balancing the tension between sustainable AI and AI for sustainability. More to come! #AI #EDS #ESIIL
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The next generation of fungal ecologists is looking sharp! My mentee is currently running an experiment testing if carbon availability drives Alternaria to switch from pathogen to mutualist in Sorghum. It is a nuanced, difficult question, and he is absolutely crushing it. Proud mentor moment!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I use AI to extract ecological data. Meanwhile, AI is out here extracting my actual face. 🤖😂 An organization recently ran my photo through an AI enhancer before publishing it. A fun(??) digital makeover? Original on the left, AI on the right. Spot the differences!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Trading the computer for the river! 🚣‍♀️🏜️ Heading into the Grand Canyon for a packrafting trip to celebrate my successful PhD defense. Completely off the grid for the next little bit. Wish me luck!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thank you 🥰 excited to be part of it!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Officially a certified Carpentries Instructor! 💻✨ Data science shouldn't be gatekept. Really excited to run official workshops and help more ecologists wrangle their data. @carpentries.carpentries.org
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Aaaaand I am officially on the job market for Summer 2026! I am looking for postdoc or faculty roles where I can keep blending big data and muddy boots. Time to celebrate! 🥂💻🌲
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It is officially Dr. Bea Bock! 🎓🍄 Today I successfully defended my PhD dissertation on plant-fungal symbioses, common networks, and computational ecology. Huge thanks to my advisors, my lab mates, my pratner Kyle, and our two sweet little cat-children for getting me across the finish line.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I am officially defending my PhD this Thursday, March 5th! If you want to hear about AI literature mining, cottonwood drought survival, and the "dark web" of fungal networks, come by! Check the poster for the time. DM me for the Zoom link so we can keep the internet trolls out of the meeting!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Very excited to share that I am heading to CU Boulder this May for the 2026 ESIIL Innovation Summit! 🏔️💻 We will be spending the week focused on AI for Sustainability, Earth embeddings, and open environmental data. Can't wait to collaborate with this community.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Finally gave my digital home a renovation! 🛠️ I moved away from just listing dissertation chapters to sharing actual resources. You can now find my open-source R packages (nanodRop), wet lab protocols, and NLP workflows all in one place. Open science or bust! 🧬💻 beabockm.wixsite.com/bea-bock
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Home | Bea Bock - Studying Plant-Fungal Associations
Researching how plants and fungi associate. Currently searching for Postdoc opportunities. Beatrice Bock (included for searchability).
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
People often assume Arizona is just saguaros and heat. Meanwhile, Flagstaff is doing this. ❄️ The roads are messy, but the coding productivity is high today. Hunkering down with data pipelines now (and dreaming of thawing out in there later). Stay warm, friends!
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César Marín @cmarin.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Press release by @binghamtonu.bsky.social about our @frontiersin.bsky.social in #Ecology & #Evolution rev: “Abundant empirical evidence of multilevel selection revealed by a bibliometric review”. Natural selection operates from molecules to ecosystems. #MLS www.binghamton.edu/news/story/6...
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Beyond ’survival’ of the fittest: Evolution works in teams - Binghamton News
Review of scientific studies shows that natural selection operates on multiple levels
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Predicting forest decline requires us to bridge this gap between above- and belowground biodiversity. As I look at my own cottonwood data, this paper remains a vital benchmark for what’s happening at scale. 🧪📈 #ScienceSky #Mycorrhiza #Populus
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
My favorite findings: AMF become more common with increased temperature, while EMF (diversity and presence) drops off. For trees that rely on EMF, the available and ideal fungal partners might be diminishing.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Returning to Van Nuland et al. (2023) this morning. 🍄 It’s one of those papers that stays relevant because the continental-scale dataset on Populus fungal associations is just that good.
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Above- and belowground fungal biodiversity of Populus trees on a continental scale - Nature Microbiology
This Resource defines fungal diversity of Populus trees and associations with climate variables on a continental scale.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
So kind - best of luck to you too :)
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ESA Latin America & the Caribbean Chapter @esalatamcarib.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📢 A new publication from our team is now out in the @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social BULLETIN! 👉 doi.org/10.1002/bes2... It shows how community, collaboration, & multilingual science are not extras—they are essential for equity in ecology. 🌎 📢Please share to amplify Latin American voices!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thank you :)
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UW–Madison @uwmadison.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
UW–Madison scientists have published new research about the makeup of death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) after learning that its spread across continents has changed the chemistry of the species. 🍄‍🟫
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The Changing Chemistry of Invasive Death Cap Mushrooms
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers just released a groundbreaking study on the same mushrooms behind an uptick in poisonings in California.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Dissertation: SUBMITTED to my committee! 🥂🧬 It’s a strange feeling to finally hand over the document I’ve been living with for so long. Huge thanks to everyone who helped me get to this point. Next stop: PhD Defense! 🦋 #ScienceSky #PhDLife #BiologicalSciences #GradSchool
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Grateful to the New Phytologist Foundation for making this possible. Can’t wait for some great science down under!
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
So excited to announce I've received the ECR Award from the International Mycorrhiza Society! I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia this summer for ICOM as the North American travel award recipient.
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
We discussed his recent paper in @newphyt.bsky.social, linked here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Fluid mechanics within mycorrhizal networks: exploring concepts, traits, and methodologies
Mycorrhizal fungi form hyphal networks for water and solute transport between soil and plant roots. Trait-based research on these organisms typically focuses on spores and resource exchange structure...
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I loved hosting this interview with Dr. Pedro M. Antunes for the South American Mycorrhizal Research Network! We dove into the fluid mechanics of mycorrhizal networks and why biological sciences need more interdisciplinary physics thinking. Watch here: youtu.be/zqaS6ZBimYA
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Pedro M. Antunes on fluid mechanics within mycorrhizal networks
YouTube video by Mycorrhizas
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Bea Bock, PhD @beabock.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
So glad to finally be doing @carpentries.org Instructor Training! The focus on mental models and live coding feedback is a total game changer for how I approach technical workshops in the biosciences. Highly recommend for any researcher! 🧪✨ #Carpentries #ScienceSky #OpenScience
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · 05/02/2026
Link to original study: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
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Automated extraction of fungal trophic modes from literature using BioBERT: an open pilot workflow
Fungi exhibit diverse trophic strategies, ranging from obligate symbiosis to saprotrophy, with some taxa capable of occupying multiple ecological roles. Manually identifying trophic versatility from l...
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RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) journal @riojournal.com · 05/02/2026
A new study led by Northern Arizona University's @beabock.bsky.social demonstrates how a specialised language model called 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 can scan decades of research in minutes to identify fungi, with almost 90% accuracy. Read more about it on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/05/u...
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Using AI to Uncover the Secret Lives of Fungi | Blog
AI holds the potential to automatically identify fungal versatility from the available scientific literature.
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