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Meike Katharina Heuck

@heuckmeike.bsky.social
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PhD in microbial ecology I mycorrhiza I global change I sustainable agriculture I former Guest Scientist at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

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Justin Stewart @thecrobe.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
~1 billion times the distance from Earth to the Sun. That is approx the total length of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal hyphae in topsoils. These microscopic fungal networks form one of Earth’s circulatory systems moving carbon and nutrients. Out now in @science.org : lnkd.in/eKAsVN_Z
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tcamenzind.bsky.social @tcamenzind.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Come work with me at the Department of Soil Biology in Hohenheim, Postdoc position for three years. I am looking for someone who will support my current line of research and help establish novel methods of molecular soil ecology in the lab. Thanks for sharing. www.uni-hohenheim.de/stellenangeb...
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Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim
Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.
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Christina Birnbaum, PhD 🍃 @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Here goes a bit of shameless self-promotion: If you missed my National Science Week online webinar, it is now available via YouTube. Friends with benefits or frenemies: The role of soil biota in shaping plant responses. youtu.be/B_hnTfg10TM?...
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Friends with benefits or frenemies: The role of soil biota in shaping plant responses
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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia is out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... You can access data summaries via the website www.ausamf.com We have data from 610 sites with data from another 500 locations to be added by the end of the year! Thanks to all collaborators
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AusAMF: The Database of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Australia
Motivation Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are central to plant nutrient acquisition, soil carbon dynamics, and ecosystem resilience. Yet, their biogeography remains incompletely characterised, pa...
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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It’s alive! Our Mycorrhizal Networks special issue is out in Functional Ecology. Packed with spore-tacular science. A collection that highlights advances, identifies unresolved questions & the future research directions. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Mycorrhizal networks: Understanding hidden complexity
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Nicolas Gross @nicolas-p-gross.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Our new paper is out to day in Nature Ecology and Evolution! It is called: Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #FunctionalTraits 🌐 ➕📏 @inrae-france.bsky.social @urep.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @bexplo.bsky.social
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Thresholds of functional trait diversity driven by land use intensification - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Land use intensification is a major driver of biodiversity change and ecosystem functioning. Here the authors identify thresholds of grassland plant community structure and stability in response to la...
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Meike Katharina Heuck @heuckmeike.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Vienna calling & excited to attend #EGU25! If you are interested how seasonality and climate change alter AM fungal responses under different grassland management types, come and see my talk today at 5:20pm in room 0.96/97🍄🌱.
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
📰Published📰 Urbanization alters fungal functional composition in boreal ecosystems by favoring larger-spore fungi & pathogenic fungi 🍄 buff.ly/KN7pOPc 🧪🌍
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Urbanization alters fungal functional composition in boreal ecosystems by favoring larger-spore fungi & pathogenic fungi
Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros, Otso Ovaskainen, Nerea Abrego. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology article which can be found here. We live in a rapidly urbanizing world where cit…
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Dr. Bala Chaudhary @balachaudhary.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Racial affinity groups are under attack. Now is the time to redouble our commitments to these vital organizations that make science better for all. Proud to pen this letter with @khadlily.bsky.social and many @wocineeb.bsky.social colleagues www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protect US racial affinity groups
On its first day, the Trump administration released several executive orders terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, calling them “illegal,” “immoral,” and “discriminatory” (1, 2)...
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Mark A. Anthony @anthomycota.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Most surprising discover of my career to date 😲. Most assume mustard plants do not associate w/ AMF. Our research shows that AMF promote invasive mustard growth without forming arbuscules 🤯. This may be a new pathway in which AMF can enhance plant growth 🍄🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Boost Development of an Invasive Brassicaceae
We show that an invasive, “nonmycorrhizal” Brassicaceae (Alliaria petiolata) can be colonised by AMF, and that this boosts its growth and nutrition even in the absence of classic nutrient exchange ...
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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Western Sydney University PhD scholarship round is now open [Australian & New Zealand citizens|residents only] If you are interested in doing a PhD on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, fungal ecology & related topics then get in touch with me. www.westernsydney.edu.au/schools/grs/...
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Research Scholarships | Western Sydney University
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Camille Truong @camilletruong.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
How do you study invisible organisms, such as fungi, from the environment? We provide a benchmarked meta-barcoding dataset for soil fungi in Australia and Antarctica, combined with +100 predictor variables to fast-track data exploration, research and conservation. rdcu.be/ebCeu
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A curated soil fungal dataset to advance fungal ecology and conservation research in Australia and Antarctica
Scientific Data - A curated soil fungal dataset to advance fungal ecology and conservation research in Australia and Antarctica
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Society for the Protection of Underground Networks (SPUN) @spun.earth · 26/02/2025
Our newest research on plant-fungal trade published today in @nature.com. The work, led by scientists from Vrije Universiteit, Princeton University, SPUN & AMOLF combines robotics, mycology & biophysics to reveal underground supply-chain dynamics. Open access: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A travelling-wave strategy for plant-fungal trade. An image of a microscopic view of fungi. Nature logo.
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Pedro Madeira Antunes @1pantunes.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I’m very happy to share our latest paper on arbuscular mycorrhizal traits. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Enhancing consistency in arbuscular mycorrhizal trait-based research to improve predictions of function - Mycorrhiza
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi (phylum Glomeromycota) are obligate symbionts with plants influencing plant health, soil a(biotic) processes, and ecosystem functioning. Despite advancements in molec...
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Functional Ecology @funecology.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
📰Published📰 Organic farming helps to protect beneficial soil fungi but some less helpful fungi still persist buff.ly/424oqPB 🧪🌍
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Organic farming helps to protect beneficial soil fungi but some less helpful fungi still persist
Meike Katharina Heuck, Jeff R. Powell, Jarrod Kath, Christina Birnbaum, Adam Frew This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Arbuscular mycor…
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Meike Katharina Heuck @heuckmeike.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Are you curious how different agricultural management practices shape AM fungal community structure and function?🍄🌱 Check out our new article in @funecology.bsky.social! Together with @frewecologist.bsky.social , @christinabirnbaum.bsky.social , Jeff Powell & Jarrod Kath doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Organic management shapes AM fungal community structure and function, partially mitigating the negative effects of conventional agriculture
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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
New paper out in Global Change Biology, led by PhD student Meike Heuck, examining if current life history strategy frameworks used for AM fungi are at all useful in agro settings under climate change. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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Evaluating the Usefulness of the C‐S‐R Framework for Understanding AM Fungal Responses to Climate Change in Agroecosystems
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi play a key role in terrestrial ecosystems. However, critical gaps in understanding AM fungal ecology still limit predictions of their responses to global change in a...
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