Check out this new publication in Nature led by SPUN (The Society for the Protection of Underground Networks) that Dr. Hynson contributed to. Take home message is that we’re doing a poor job of conserving mycorrhizal fungal diversity.
What’s more fun than field work with kangaroos and hard hats! Not much! This summer Dr. Hynson and the Department of Energy research team FACE-FUN (Free Air Carbon Enrichment and Fungal Underground Networks) went to sample soils and roots in the Euc-FACE – the only dry forest carbon enrichment experiment on the planet. Despite some minor weather-caused set backs, it was a success. We’re now analyzing these samples for changes in fungal communities under CO2 enrichment.
This summer Dr. Hynson in her role as the Director for the Center for Microbiome Analysis through Island Knowledge and Investigation (C-MAIKI) attended the 3rd annual Microbiome Centers Consortium meeting at the University of California Irvine. There, Directors of microbiome centers from across the US meet to synergize the field of microbiome research and chart the future of the field.
Congrats to Renee who just graduated from the Global Environmental Studies program and successfully completed her undergraduate thesis on mosquito-fungal interactions. We’ll miss you!
