Jake Nash

Excited to share a newly published Current Biology primer on fungal endophytes that I was fortunate enough to get to work on with collaborators. We review the ecology, evolution, and plant interactions of above- and below-ground fungal endophytes sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I am excited to share a new paper that I have the honour and pleasure of working on with Carlos Pardo de la Hoz. We found changes in the metabolism and development of lichenized 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤 when compared to free-living 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤 lineages: academic.oup.com/ismej/advance-…

Oomycetes are an important part of the biodiversity of ecosystems and include many important plant pathogens. Our new study explores how climate change could influence the diversity and composition of these communities sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Pine-fungal co-invasion alters whole-ecosystem properties of a native #eucalypt forest 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… by @crvietorisz et al. @WileyPlantSci @JakeNash012 @microsigs #ectomycorrhizal #fungi #leaflitter Illustration by Corinne Vietorisz

Pine invasion into a native eucalypt forest resulted in distinct changes to soil properties and microbial communities. Surprisingly, the pine-specific suilloid fungi were prevalent even in the roots of eucalypts, demonstrating the possibility for novel fungal symbioses

Excited to share a new paper in New Phytologist that I got to work on as part of a field course in pine-fungal co-invasions in Australia led by Jason Hoeksema with a dream team of collaborators. Vietorisz, Nash, Siggers, et al 2025: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

So pleased that my first chapter of my dissertation was published yesterday! Click here to learn more about common fungal networks formed by dark septate endophytes: nature.com/articles/s4200…

New paper: poplar species vary in their dual-mycorrhizal associations and it changes through plant development. And some surprises from the elusive dark septate endophytes as well 🫥 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@Bea_m_Bock Thanks Bea 🙂

@JakeNash012 Congrats Jake!

New preprint from my thesis work: rhizosphere microbial communities that seem relatively stable can actually have fluctuations in metabolic activity of community members biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Herbariums are so so important to biodiversity science. And on a personal note I am devastated that Duke does not value the science that me and my colleagues do washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

@julianaalma @SoilBiolBiochem Great review! I work on the Populus fungal microbiome and see lots of Helotiales. Mostly Hyaloscypha finlandica

Do you see tons of #Helotiales fungi in your 🌱 microbiome data? 🤔Wonder what they are doing ? 🙇‍♀️Wish someone had identified ALL plant-beneficial lineages? 🥳Then, it’s your lucky day! Check out our meta-analysis out in @SoilBiolBiochem sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🧵 below

THE RESULTS ARE IN, and we think you’ll like them: We WON 1873-80! That’s a 96% majority!

Emphatic win for the Duke Graduate Student Union

Had a great time presenting my research at the @MSAFungi conference this year and getting to see so many other amazing talks!

Today, $24k grad workers @UMich greeted their millionaire president @UMichPrezOno out on the picket line 🙋🏽🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏾‍♀️

Today, Stanford graduate workers have announced our intent to unionize! Follow along and join us in solidarity as we fight to make Stanford a fair and safe workplace by giving graduate workers a real voice in our wellbeing. Stanford works because WE do! #StanfordGWU #SGWU

Our group is hearing-ready! Currently standing room only in here 😇

Tomorrow, our hearing with the National Labor Relations Board starts. We know Duke is just delaying us from having an election, but we're going to show out anyway to let them know we're more united and committed to winning a union than ever. Want a ride? DM us!

🚨TODAY: We're filling the inbox at unionelection@duke.edu to tell them to respect our WORK and our right to UNIONIZE! 🚨 Email script below👇👇 Join us !!!!!!!!!