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Asymmetric and uncertain interactions within #Mutualisms

#AsymmetricInteraction | #HostSanction | #EvolutionaryRate | #Cheater

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtad042

I’m very excited to be headed to Portland for #esa2023 If anyone would like to meet up for coffee or a meal and chat #mutualisms #CommunityEcology #syntheticEcology #PUIs or really anything

Hello, my name is Otti and I am a lecturer at Newcastle university (UK). My research is in the #biophysics and #mathbiology of #microbes (#mathmodelling & #experiment). I have a particular interest in swimming microalgae and bacteria (#microswimmers) with application to sustainable #biotechnology. I have also worked on algal-bacterial #mutualisms between #soil species. I teach #mathematics to #engineering students, and am interested in #maths, #physics and #science #education and #outreach.

This weeks #MutualismsOnMain is an interaction that first got me interested in mutualisms! Ant-acacia mutualisms are a protection type interaction where the ant provides the plant with defense against herbivory while the plant provides a home and usually some food. These mutualisms are powerful—in some cases vastly shaping forest structure and communities! 📸 https://www.flickr.com/photos/kafka4prez shared under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
#ants #acacia #mutualisms

I’m going to post a regular series highlighting different #mutualisms each week. In this weeks #MutualismsOnMain let’s meet a fungal group I’m so enamored with right now. Epichloë are endophytes living in grass hosts. They provide the plant with protection from herbivores by producing a range of intense alkaloids. One neat feature of this microbe: vertical transmission! Plants can pass down their epichloë to their offspring.

Hi! I’m a #queer postdoc working on multispecies #mutualisms and all things #community #ecology. I’m building synthetic mutualistic networks with plants and AMF fungi 🍀🍄 The other half of my work relates to increasing #belongingness and #inclusivity in #STEM, currently starting a living learning community for 1st-yr bio students from under resourced backgrounds. I’m excited to build community here!
Will toot(!?) about mutualisms, inclusive pedagogy & centering diverse voices
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