What’s in this quarter’s newsletter?

We are happy to present to you our 3rd issue of the IMS quarterly newsletter. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide you with information and recent highlights and news regarding the symbiosis between plants and mycorrhizal fungi.

Included in this publication:

• a list of the top ten mycorrhizal papers from across different disciplines and published in the last 4 months, selected by a panel of experts.
• research commentaries from groups around the world giving background insights into their recently published papers on a new comprehensive database of field and lab-based evidence for plant mycorrhizal association types and associated metadata, global soil biodiversity, ecosystem multifunctionality, and the mycorrhizal symbiosis, and the consequences of soil fungal networks for tree seedling fitness.
• links to YouTube video interviews and a seminar with authors of recent top papers (Jean Carlos Rodriguez-Ramos, Vasilis Kokkoris, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Peter Kennedy).
• Other items include quarterly editorial, a Tools list, IMS news (including membership reminder), important events.

We are looking for PhDs, Postdoc, Researchers and Professors who would like to write a short news article to highlight your own research or an important development in mycorrhizal research field (e.g. themes related to the molecular biology, physiology, ecology, evolution and agricultural relevance of the mycorrhizal symbiosis or the different types of mycorrhizal fungi).

Also, we are searching for nominations (including self-nominations) for YouTube interviews about various aspects of mycorrhizal research (including major research breakthroughs or activities within the mycorrhizal community that have relevance for agriculture, the environment or practical implications).

Please contact the newsletter editor Cesar Marin (cesar.marin@postgrado.uach.cl) for questions, announcements or further information or the selection procedure for articles and YouTube interviews.

We hope you appreciate this newsletter. Please provide feedback for improvements or further suggestions.

Yours Sincerely,
The IMS Board + Newsletter Editorial Board

(Marcel van der Heijden, Francis Martin, Justine Karst, Jonathan Plett, Javier Alvarez Sanchez, Guo Liang Dong, Cesar Marin, Jan Jansa, Melanie Jones, Miranda Hart)