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Vincent Merckx @VMerckx

Mycorrhizal networks, Group Leader of @UnderstandEvo @Naturalis_Sci, Associate Prof. @IBED_UvA, Co-founder of @BINCOnpo, Science board of @diploidgenomics

Joined October 2013
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Vincent Merckx@VMerckx
16 Nov 2024
Moving to the other side 🦋
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Maksim Kitsak@mkitsak
18 Oct 2024
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@VMerckx is talking about carbon transfer in plants! @NetSciNL @TUeindhoven
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Lizzie Roeble@lizzie_roeble
27 Aug 2024
Daisies in isolation 🌼🌻🏝️ Asteraceae is the most diverse plant family on oceanic islands and home to many spectacular island radiations. We explore the macroecology, drivers of diversity, and id many undiscovered radiations. 📰Paper in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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🪲@NBluthgen
19 Aug 2024
➡️Our new🪳🦟🐛🌱🍃SPECIES INTERACTION NETWORK critique & analysis tips! Let's debate & let us know if you disagree! Ask for PDF via nico.bluethgen@web.de A Critical Evaluation of #Network Approaches for Studying Species #Interactions | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/4fph7q0
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Sofia Gomes@SofiaIFGomes
12 Aug 2024
Excited to share the first manuscript 👇 of PhD candidate Kostas Georgopoulos @SilvaNova_NNF showing that root nodule density in alder trees decreases with increasing age of forest plantations. 🌳 @LeidenBiology @novonordiskfond sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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12th International Conference on Mycorrhiza 2024@ICOM_12
5 Aug 2024
Plenary Session 1️⃣ continues with our Keynote Speakers and Lightning Talk Presenters. Join us in the Hall A at 11:45 and don’t miss it out! @mycorrhiza_ims
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The @ERC_Research MIXOTROPH team in full force, mapping mycorrhizal interactions in tropical forests 🌳 🍄
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The forest keeps on giving 🌳🍄
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And finishing up! Just in time to get to #ICOM12
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📢Two tenure-track researcher positions are available in our institute! ✨🧬🔬 More information: naturalis.nl/en/about-us/job…
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📢 Voor het bouwen van de nieuwe eDentity infrastructuur zijn we nu op zoek naar een ervaren Programma Manager! Wil jij een sleutelrol spelen bij het opzetten en operationaliseren van deze onderzoeksinfrastructuur? 👇 naturalis.nl/over-ons/werken…

Vincent Merckx@VMerckx
8 Nov 2023
🔥🔥🔥A leap forward for biodiversity monitoring in the Netherlands!!! I am proud to announce that under my lead @Naturalis_Sci was awarded 18.5M€ to build a large DNA metabarcoding facility for rapid identification and monitoring of biodiversity (1/6) rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nie…
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INJ Global@BuildOnINJ
17 May 2024
A Friday afternoon treat! Extremely pleased to share our latest research just published @NewPhyt showing intergenerational transfer of carbon resources between green Dactylorhiza fuchsia #orchids and their protocorms via shared #mycorrhizal connections: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19810 🧵

Photosynthate transfer from an autotrophic orchid to conspecific heterotrophic protocorms through a...

The minute ‘dust seeds’ of some terrestrial orchids preferentially germinate and develop as mycoheterotrophic protocorms near conspecific adult plants. Here we test the hypothesis that mycorrhizal...

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New Phytologist@NewPhyt
25 Apr 2024
📢 Announcing our latest SPECIAL ISSUE! Mycorrhizal research now: from the micro- to the macro-scale 📚 ow.ly/9PjG50RnNWi 🍄 The #mycorrhizal symbiosis: research frontiers 🍄 Microbe-dependent and independent nutrient acquisition 🍄 The #hyphosphere core #microbiome
Cover of New Phytologist 242:2. View of the soil mycorrhizal community in a hypothetical forest dominated by oak species associated with different types of mycorrhizal fungi that form separate underground networks (MN) that may possibly be used to transport amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, signaling microRNAs or peptides and hormones.

ALT Cover of New Phytologist 242:2. View of the soil mycorrhizal community in a hypothetical forest dominated by oak species associated with different types of mycorrhizal fungi that form separate underground networks (MN) that may possibly be used to transport amino acids, carbohydrates, fatty acids, signaling microRNAs or peptides and hormones.

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Science Magazine
@ScienceMagazine
24 Apr 2024
Plant communication encompasses both aboveground and belowground interactions. A new #SciencePerspective argues for more research on what happens belowground, which has thus far received less exploration. scim.ag/6II
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Nature Plants@NaturePlants
23 Apr 2024
New Perspective: "Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web" rdcu.be/dFvnV "The prevalence and potential functions of common mycorrhizal networks have been increasingly capturing the interest of science and society, sometimes leading to hyperbole and misinterpretation."
Vincent Merckx@VMerckx
22 Apr 2024
Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in @NaturePlants nature.com/articles/s41477-0… A short 🧵👇
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The Guardian Long Read@gdnlongread
23 Apr 2024
Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy? theguardian.com/environment/…

Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

The long read: In the past 10 years the idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread currency. But have these claims outstripped the evidence?

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Our perspective: Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web, just published in @NaturePlants nature.com/articles/s41477-0… A short 🧵👇

Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web

Nature Plants - In this Perspective, Vincent Merckx and colleagues discuss an important but overlooked aspect of mycorrhizal interactions, mycoheterotrophy, in the context of recent arguments about...

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We believe that the autotrophy–mycoheterotrophy continuum of mycorrhizal plants provides a functional framework to address this important question, and will help to advance the debate in a constructive manner 🌳🍄
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That's it! Thanks to @SofiaIFGomes, @DeyiWang4, Cas Verbeek, Hans Jacquemyn, Franziska Zahn, Gerhard Gebauer, and Martin Bidartondo @IBED_UvA @LeidenBiology @kuleuven_fwet @unibt @imperialcollege @KewScience
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