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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

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/...

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Introducing Pattern Recognition Receptors in Potato Confers Enhanced Resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum but Not a Vector Borne Pathogen

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Bevan Weir @rhizobia.nz · 20/08/2025

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...

example mushroom you could be working on!

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Jonathan Plett @fungidownunder.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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!

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Jonathan Plett @fungidownunder.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

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

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Jonathan Plett @fungidownunder.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

@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

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Jonathan Plett @fungidownunder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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

ECM colonised root cross section. Photo credit Tess McBride

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Jonathan Plett @fungidownunder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

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 😆

Viability stain of root, red is dead, blue is alive

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