Dr Sydney Glassman
@sydneyglassman
Microbial ecologist. Fungal ecology PhD. Mushroom enthusiast :) Associate Prof in Microbiology and Plant Pathology at UC Riverside. She/her.
Achievement unlocked: Tenure ✅😊 thanks so much to all of my teachers, professors, mentors, advisors, family, friends, colleagues, collaborators, and mentees who helped me get to this point. The Glassman lab lives on!#thefutureisfungi #tenure #science #fungi 🍄🦠🔥🌲
Pine-fungal co-invasion alters whole-ecosystem properties of a native #eucalypt forest 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… by @crvietorisz et al. @WileyPlantSci @JakeNash012 @microsigs #ectomycorrhizal #fungi #leaflitter Illustration by Corinne Vietorisz
Biodiversity hotspots of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are located in other parts of the world: at low and high latitudes. And these important symbiotic partners of crops and trees deserve more protection! See nature.com/articles/s4158… and @globalfungi.
New Glassman lab paper out led by my PhD student Arik Joukhajian examining AMF of Eastern Joshua tree across seasons and in roots vs soils #fungi #science #publication #proudPI …icro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…
Glassman lab at the @UCRiverside undergraduate symposium supporting our super star undergrad Daniel! Great work!
This is super cool our article was one of the top 10 cited papers in @Mol_Ecol from 2023! Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… #TopCitedArticle @wileyinresearch
You can now download the entire community matrix for ~83,000 samples (with metadata) and ~75,000 fungal taxa with just one click! Explore the GlobalFungi database.
The GlobalFungi team is happy to announce that data downloads are now available from GlobalFungi (globalfungi.com). No matter if you are interested in fungal genera, species or species hypotheses, you can now get their sequence counts in all samples at once.
New paper from the lab-
New paper in journal of Sustainable Agriculture & Environment- Harnessing Bacterial Potential to Reduce Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Agricultural Soils led by Waqar, @Prof_Braj_Singh Geilfus & Yaning onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
My co-PI @StevenDAllison is looking for a postdoc to complete the modeling aspects of our @doescience funded research predicting how microbes contribute to nitrogen cycling changes after fires! Please apply! #AcademicTwitter #job recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09456
🔥Incident Updates (1/16/2025 PM) #PalisadesFire fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025… * Pacific Palisades (LA County) * 23,713 acres, 27% contained #EatonFire fire.ca.gov/incidents/2025… * North Pasadena and Altadena (LA County) * 14,117 acres, 55% contained #HurstFire (FINAL)…
🚩 Critical Fire Weather Alert 🚩 Southern California is facing critical fire weather through Wednesday. Life-threatening winds and dangerously low humidity are forecast for much of Southern California - from Ventura to San Diego - creating a significant risk of rapid fire…
New Glassman lab paper led by my former PhD student @Pulido_Fabi! Some of you may remember the Stirling Ultracold freezer saga of 2020. Well.c we made lemonade out of lemons! If this happens to you don’t rush to throw everything away. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…
My department is hiring an agricultural disease modeler! #AcademicTwitter #jobs aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02021
My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990 #jobs #AcademicTwitter #fungi #mushrooms
tidyplots Time to say goodbye to ggplot2?🫡 "a significant reduction of code complexity" vs ggplot2 cran.r-project.org/web/packages/t… @JanBroderEngler bioRxiv 2024 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
The ggh4x package is an extension for ggplot2 that enhances the flexibility of creating complex and customizable visualizations. It adds extra functionality, allowing users to build more sophisticated plots with less effort. Opportunities and advantages of using ggh4x include:…
mOTUs online database provides web-accessible genomic context to taxonomic profiling of microbial communities academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…
Bring your data visualizations to life with animation! The gganimate package extends ggplot2 by adding animation capabilities, making it easy to create dynamic and engaging plots that reveal patterns over time or across categories. ✔️ Dynamic Storytelling: Transform static…
Heartbreaking news. Serious question: how do we get more sustainable funding for precious resources like this? cbc.ca/amp/1.7360805