Today, we strike with sheffielducu.bsky.social due to declining work conditions, pay and pensions for staff. The UCU are fighting to improve the prospects of PGRs. PhD/MRes/MBiolSci students, or anyone who is considering a future in research, join us at Firth Court tomorrow! #ucuRISING

They don't make textbook covers like they used to...

its not everyday you find a schism in reality under the microscope #mycorrhiza

So many picketers! Firth Court, Jessop West, the Arts Tower, and our Running Picket 🏃‍♂️ which went down to visit our comrades at UCUHallam #ucuRISING

*SO* damn excited to share our latest European Research Council (ERC) in New Phytologist - we've isolated, cultured and colonised Trifolium with Mucoromycotina 'fine root endophyte' and THEN show *direct* carbon-for-nutrient exchange nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… @G_Hoysted Besiana Sinanaj #Mycorrhiza

It’s time to peel back the curtains of the struggles of a #NewPI trying to find her way. I was invited to interview for an award that was a great match for my research. Here is me cheesing before the interview… Little did I know how quickly would change... [long] 🧵

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It's only been 1 hour since we advertised this and places are being filled so quickly! Like Glastonbury tickets... 😂 Make sure you sign up soon on the google forms emailed across via university mailing lists. Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil @DRN_Sheffield Molecular and Cellular Biology Molecular Microbiology Sheffield Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

🌸? No, 🍄! #Fungi

first time using ChatGPT

Apologies in advance for not explaining this in any way, but here are the daily standard deviations for Antarctic sea ice extent for every day, 1989-2023, based on the 1991-2020 mean. Each blue line represents the SD's for a full year. Lighter is more recent. 2023 is in red.

The MFRE journey started way before my time, but introducing #iMMM2023 to the genome really felt like a grand unveiling. The next few years of research will be huge for understanding MFREs role in plant communities

This really has me in stitches. Amazing work Besiana Sinanaj. Even captured my luscious lashes...

Amazing news! Well done ShefFood - Sheffield's Food Partnership and those involved! Next up... Gold !

Our review on bacterial-fungal interactions is accepted at Annals of Botany! 🥳 Among the topics we cover are evolution, signalling, biofilms & mycorrhiza helper bacteria. Great leadership from @G_Hoysted and collab with Alex Williams. Figures by Research Figures. academic.oup.com/aob/advance-ar…

Our thoughts on #Mucoromycotina #fungi as a new molecular model for plant-fungal symbioses🌱🍄, online TrendsPlantSci! James Prout's first PhD paper & fantastic collaboration with Alex Williams, Prof. Jurriaan Ton, Sebastian Schornack, Alan Wanke (@alanwanke.bsky.social); European Research Council (ERC) Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil - authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S13…

So happy that our review is out Functional Ecology. Thanks to co-authors Prof. Katie Field, Tim Daniell and Chris Bell as well as to the reviewers! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…