IMS Quarterly Newsletter Now Available – Volume 2 Issue 1 February 2021

WELCOME to the first newsletter for 2021!

What’s in this quarter’s newsletter?

We are very pleased to release the fourth newsletter (Vol. 2, Issue 1) of the
International Mycorrhiza Society (IMS). This is the second  birthday of the
IMS Newsletter!

Many thanks to all who contributed to this newsletter, especially to César Marín, the newsletter editor, and to the topic editors Justine Karst, Jason Hoeksema, and Jonathan Plett.

Many thanks to a wide range of mycorrhizal researchers who have written interesting highlights about their own ongoing mycorrhizal research, and/or to those that have appeared in our YouTube interviews.

Please contact us if you wish to be interviewed or to write a short article for an upcoming IMS newsletter (cesar.marin@uoh.cl).

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 (September to December 2020), selected by a panel of experts.
  • four short research articles/commentaries providing new research insights on themes ranging from molecular ecology, plant invasion, to habitat restoration and signaling in the mycorrhizal symbiosis
  • links to YouTube video interviews — one with Francis Martin on the latest article in Nature Communications, reporting on the evolution of the mycorrhizal symbioses, and an interview with Nahuel Policelli on mycorrhizal invasions.
  • Other items include quarterly editorial, a Tools list, IMS news (including membership reminder), important events

 
Do you have announcements or relevant information for this newsletter,  or are you interested in writing a research contribution?

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 César Marín (cesar.marin@uoh.cl) for questions, announcements, or further information an 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, César Marín, Jan Jansa, Melanie Jones, Miranda Hart)

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