Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life

Microbes as hidden or prominent players in plant life

New Phytologist Foundation

This Symposium brings together leading researchers whose work considers how plant life is impacted by microbes at all levels. The Symposium showcases research spanning the complete scope of New Phytologist: from how plant evolution and adaptation is impacted by microbes to the role of microbes in plant physiology and development, and from the influence of microbes in plant–environment functions to the use of microbes in transformative plant biotechnology, we explore all facets of the complex plant–microbe world.

DatesTuesday, July 8 to Thursday, July 10 2025
Speakers
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Keith Lindsey
Kalle Olli
Michał Bogdziewicz
Lorinda Bullington
David Johnson
Ivika Ostonen
Petr Kohout
Zigmunds Orlovskis
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Stem cell regulators of root behaviour
Jul 8
Durham University

Stem cell regulators of root behaviour

Keith Lindsey, Durham University
Decadal trends in phytoplankton community composition and seasonality
Jul 8
University of Tartu

Decadal trends in phytoplankton community composition and seasonality

Kalle Olli, University of Tartu
Trees struggling to reproduce as climate shifts
Jul 9
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Trees struggling to reproduce as climate shifts

Michał Bogdziewicz, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Bark beetle—fungi symbioses reshape nutrient dynamics, fungal decomposer succession, and decay rates in ponderosa pine
Jul 9

Bark beetle—fungi symbioses reshape nutrient dynamics, fungal decomposer succession, and decay rates in ponderosa pine

Lorinda Bullington, MPG Ranch
Microbial-plant interactions regulate soil organic phosphorus turnover and uptake
Jul 9
Lancaster University

Microbial-plant interactions regulate soil organic phosphorus turnover and uptake

David Johnson, Lancaster University
Back to the roots: belowground biomass as a primary carbon source for soil microbes
Jul 9
University of Tartu

Back to the roots: belowground biomass as a primary carbon source for soil microbes

Ivika Ostonen, University of Tartu
Harnessing global databases to understand fungal ecology: lessons from GlobalFungi and GlobalAMFungi
In preparation
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology

Harnessing global databases to understand fungal ecology: lessons from GlobalFungi and GlobalAMFungi

Petr Kohout, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Microbiology
Underground biological internet: common mycelial networks in inter-plant signalling and resistance to pathogens
Jul 9
Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

Underground biological internet: common mycelial networks in inter-plant signalling and resistance to pathogens

Zigmunds Orlovskis, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
Invader-driven changes in soil fungal communities and consequences for restoration
Jul 9

Invader-driven changes in soil fungal communities and consequences for restoration

Ylva Lekberg, MPG Ranch, Missoula, USA