Martin Grube
@symbiodeme
wants to know what keeps life going
Getting ready for the first Symposium of Alpine Lichenology Programme: parcopan.org/wp-content/upl…
Soils in mountain ecosystems above the treeline fulfil critical functions and make essential contributions to life on land - a review #soil #alpine #bacteria #biogeography #cryptogams #fungi #lichens #microbialdiversity #protists #invertebrates onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
A nice and informative vademecum about lichens - including beautiful illustrations - fits in the smallest handbags #lichens #symbiosis #bibliophilous

Lichens sing when they are thirsty #lichens #acoustic #ultrasonic #symbiosis #cavitation #desiccation academic.oup.com/jxb/article-ab… (Image: F. Schumm)

New online! A genomic perspective on fungal diversity and evolution nature.com/articles/s4157…
Withstanding radiation may not be enough for life on exoplants and in general, but tolerance on Earth is outstanding #lichen #radiation #tolerance #symbiosis liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/as…

🚀 Excited to share our new review published in Trends in Plant Science, coauthored with Dr. Victor Hugo Moura de Souza & Dr. Katharina Schiessl! 🌱 From hosts to parasites: Hormones driving symbiosis-induced de novo organogenesis 👉 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S13…
Fungal-morphed plant zombie (left) and uninfected form (right) #Uromyces #fungi #Euphorbia #morphogenesis #thelastofus

🤔 Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Hijacking and integration of algal plastids and mitochondria in a polar planktonic host: Current Biology cell.com/current-biolog…
Let’s keep exploring the latest issue of the International Lichenological Newsletter and focus on the section "Lichens and Lichenologists at #IMC12". Read the full report at ial-lichenology.org/wp-content/upl… #Lichenology #congress #networking #lichens 👇
Beautifully written texts in a new book about cryptogams #lichens #bryophytes #mosses #sciencewriting

Really interesting morning at the #Lichen microbiome workshop @unibirmingham with talks so far from Martin Grube, Nathan Christmas and now @GBerg_ubt @BIFoRUoB @UoBbiosciences
Common symbiotic signalling pathway not essential for formation of functional mutualisms with endophytic fungi | bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
I enjoyed teaming with Garima, Francesco and Marnix to write this @NewPhyt piece ... Breaking into nature's secret medicine cabinet: lichens – a biochemical goldmine ready for discovery nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…