@frewecologist

Group Leader at Umeå University | Lecturer in Mycorrhizal Ecology @westsyduhie | arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi | (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈 | on Dharug land

 Sydney & Umeå
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Joined December 2015
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arbuscular mycorrhiza, ectomycorrhiza, ericoid mycorrhiza
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Interesting. . . Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaf127

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Adam Frew retweeted
ICOM2026@ICOM2026Feb 10
IMS Research Awards 2026 – Nominations open! 🏆 Eminent & Mid-Career Awards 🗓 Deadline: 15 March 2026 🏆 Early-Career & Student Awards (Publication) 🗓 Deadline: 31 March 2026 🏅 Awards presented at ICOM 👉 mycorrhizas.org @mycorrhiza_ims #Mycorrhiza
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She can’t sit up on her own, but she makes good coffee!
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ICOM2026@ICOM2026Jan 29
IMS Research Awards 2026 – Nominations open! 🏆 Eminent & Mid-Career Awards 🗓 Deadline: 15 March 2026 🏆 Early-Career & Student Awards (Publication) 🗓 Deadline: 31 March 2026 🏅 Awards presented at ICOM 👉 mycorrhizas.org #IMS #Mycorrhiza @mycorrhiza_ims
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ICOM2026@ICOM2026Jan 28
ℹ️Plan ahead for travel to Australia 🛂ALL non-Australian citizens must have a visa ⏰Visa app's should be made 6-8 weeks before travel 🌴Cairns is a popular holiday destination in July 🛌Book accommodation early icom2026.org/visa/ icom2026.org/accom/ @mycorrhiza_ims
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Congratulations to the winners from the Plant-Soil Symposium at the @EcolSocAus conference last week generously sponsored by the @BritishEcolSoc. Thank you for supporting the fantastic research being led by these student researchers in plant–soil ecology in Australia! A🧵..
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アーバスキュラー菌根菌の樹枝状体。 か細い菌糸ですが、これはFREではなくAMF
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.@EcolSocAus conference is already next week! Our symposium "Functional biodiversity and bold insights from plant-soil ecology" will be on Wed (Nov 26) afternoon 130-530pm. Cracker talks on 🔥❄️⛰️🚱🧬🫧🌿🐮🌾🍄 (did you guess them?!) esa2025.org.au
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New article in the @BioFunLab @IRNAS_CSIC @Geoderma_Jrnl Our study highlights mycorrhizal-associated belowground economic spectrum mediate microbial life-history strategies. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Led by Ruiqiang Liu/with @KaiyanZhai @frewecologist
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Database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia - AusAMF Communities of soil AM fungi in Australia were previously represented by 32 sites onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Includes data from 610 sites, with 500 more added by next year. See processed data ausamf.com

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,...

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Database of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Australia - AusAMF Communities of soil AM fungi in Australia were previously represented by 32 sites onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Includes data from 610 sites, with 500 more added by next year. See processed data ausamf.com

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,...

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What does colonisation tell us? Revisiting the functional outcomes of #root colonisation by arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi A #Letter by Adam Frew 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/… #LatestIssue @wileyplantsci
Fig. 1 Figure showing plant responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation across four plant species.

ALT Fig. 1 Figure showing plant responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation across four plant species.

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Wei Fu@MycoChina13 Jul 2025
Excited to share our new perspective article in @SoilBiolBiochem! 🎉 Many thanks to @starchencn, @pine12072006, @mrillig, and the reviewers.
Matthias C. Rillig@mrillig12 Jul 2025
New paper out in SBB: Harnessing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities for ecological restoration: a conceptual framework Nice collaboration with the lab of @starchencn, including first author and current postdoc in our group in Berlin, @MycoChina. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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After 6 years of work (since ICOM Mérida 2019) with #NancyCollinsJohnson our “Functional team selection as a framework for local adaptation in plants and their belowground microbiomes” is out in @ISMEJournal! #Holobiont #NicheConstruction #Mycorrhiza doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wraf1…
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Hei Umeå! Morning run didn’t disappoint.
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Understanding function from AM fungal colonisation Adam Frew @frewecologist 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Figure showing plant responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation across four plant species.

ALT Figure showing plant responses to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation across four plant species.

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New article in the @BioFunLab @IRNAS_CSIC @plantandsoil Our work highlighted the distinct roles of above and belowground litter inputs in shaping soil microbial structure and functions link.springer.com/article/10…? Led by PhD student @Hongzhe252120 with/@ManuDelBaq @frewecologist

Contrasting effects of above and belowground litter inputs in shaping the soil microbiome worldwide

Plant and Soil - Microbes are the primary decomposers of litter, yet how above and belowground litter inputs contribute to soil microbial structure and function remains unclear across global...

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Plant-soil ecology !!!!! Now is the time to submit your abstract for ESA2025, for our symposium: "Beneath the brink: functional biodiversity and bold insights from plant-soil ecology" Generously sponsored by Functional Ecology @FunEcology esa2025.org.au/call-for-abst…
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🧬🌍 Soils hold secrets to ecosystem function, resilience & restoration. Our symposium uncovers the functional role of belowground biodiversity. Microbes, fungi, feedbacks, and more.
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