@VMerckx

Mycorrhizal networks, Group Leader of @UnderstandEvo @Naturalis_Sci, Associate Prof. @IBED_UvA, Co-founder of @BINCOnpo, Science board of @diploidgenomics

 Leiden, Netherlands
mycoheterotrophy.com
Joined October 2013
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Moving to the other side 🦋
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Maksim Kitsak@mkitsak18 Oct 2024
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@VMerckx is talking about carbon transfer in plants! @NetSciNL @TUeindhoven
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Daisies in isolation 🌼🌻🏝️ Asteraceae is the most diverse plant family on oceanic islands and home to many spectacular island radiations. We explore the macroecology, drivers of diversity, and id many undiscovered radiations. 📰Paper in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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➡️Our new🪳🦟🐛🌱🍃SPECIES INTERACTION NETWORK critique & analysis tips! Let's debate & let us know if you disagree! Ask for PDF via [email protected] A Critical Evaluation of #Network Approaches for Studying Species #Interactions | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/4fph7q0
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Sofia Gomes@SofiaIFGomes12 Aug 2024
Excited to share the first manuscript 👇 of PhD candidate Kostas Georgopoulos @SilvaNova_NNF showing that root nodule density in alder trees decreases with increasing age of forest plantations. 🌳 @LeidenBiology @novonordiskfond sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Plenary Session 1️⃣ continues with our Keynote Speakers and Lightning Talk Presenters. Join us in the Hall A at 11:45 and don’t miss it out! @mycorrhiza_ims
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The @ERC_Research MIXOTROPH team in full force, mapping mycorrhizal interactions in tropical forests 🌳 🍄
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The forest keeps on giving 🌳🍄
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And finishing up! Just in time to get to #ICOM12
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📢Two tenure-track researcher positions are available in our institute! ✨🧬🔬 More information: naturalis.nl/en/about-us/job…
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📢 Voor het bouwen van de nieuwe eDentity infrastructuur zijn we nu op zoek naar een ervaren Programma Manager! Wil jij een sleutelrol spelen bij het opzetten en operationaliseren van deze onderzoeksinfrastructuur? 👇 naturalis.nl/over-ons/werken…
Vincent Merckx@VMerckx8 Nov 2023
🔥🔥🔥A leap forward for biodiversity monitoring in the Netherlands!!! I am proud to announce that under my lead @Naturalis_Sci was awarded 18.5M€ to build a large DNA metabarcoding facility for rapid identification and monitoring of biodiversity (1/6) rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nie…

14 Nederlandse onderzoeksfaciliteiten krijgen € 184 miljoen ondersteuning | Rijksoverheid.nl

Verschillende Nederlandse Toegepaste Onderzoeksorganisaties (TO2) en Rijkskennisinstellingen krijgen € 184 miljoen financiering voor 14 hoogwaardige en toekomstbestendige faciliteiten voor onderzoek....

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New Phytologist@NewPhyt25 Apr 2024
📢 Announcing our latest SPECIAL ISSUE! Mycorrhizal research now: from the micro- to the macro-scale 📚 ow.ly/9PjG50RnNWi 🍄 The #mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers 🍄 Microbe-dependent and independent nutrient acquisition 🍄 The #hyphosphere core #microbiome
Cover of New Phytologist 242:2. View of the soil mycorrhizal community in a hypothetical forest dominated by oak species associated with different types of mycorrhizal fungi that form separate underground networks (MN) that may possibly be used to transport amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, signaling microRNAs or peptides and hormones.

ALT Cover of New Phytologist 242:2. View of the soil mycorrhizal community in a hypothetical forest dominated by oak species associated with different types of mycorrhizal fungi that form separate underground networks (MN) that may possibly be used to transport amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, signaling microRNAs or peptides and hormones.

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Plant communication encompasses both aboveground and belowground interactions. A new #SciencePerspective argues for more research on what happens belowground, which has thus far received less exploration. scim.ag/6II
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Nature Plants@NaturePlants23 Apr 2024
New Perspective: "Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web" rdcu.be/dFvnV "The prevalence and potential functions of common mycorrhizal networks have been increasingly capturing the interest of science and society, sometimes leading to hyperbole and misinterpretation."
Vincent Merckx@VMerckx22 Apr 2024
Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in @NaturePlants nature.com/articles/s41477-0… A short 🧵👇

Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web

Nature Plants - In this Perspective, Vincent Merckx and colleagues discuss an important but overlooked aspect of mycorrhizal interactions, mycoheterotrophy, in the context of recent arguments about...

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Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy? theguardian.com/environment/…

Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

The long read: In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence?

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Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in @NaturePlants nature.com/articles/s41477-0… A short 🧵👇

Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web

Nature Plants - In this Perspective, Vincent Merckx and colleagues discuss an important but overlooked aspect of mycorrhizal interactions, mycoheterotrophy, in the context of recent arguments about...

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We believe that the autotrophy–mycoheterotrophy continuum of mycorrhizal plants provides a functional framework to address this important question, and will help to advance the debate in a constructive manner 🌳🍄
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That's it! Thanks to @SofiaIFGomes, @DeyiWang4, Cas Verbeek, Hans Jacquemyn, Franziska Zahn, Gerhard Gebauer, and Martin Bidartondo @IBED_UvA @LeidenBiology @kuleuven_fwet @unibt @imperialcollege @KewScience
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