Olga Lastovetsky

Hiring Alert! My lab(labofpie.org) is looking for BS/MB-level research assistants to study fungal-bacterial competition. Come join us if you are interested! ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en/recruitment…

Most researchers collect data first, then wonder why nobody reads their papers. Start with the story. The data comes after.

Beautiful collection of fungal #endophytes isolated by 3rd year UCD #microbiology students during lab practicals this term. These came from ivy leaves collected on the @ucddublin campus @UCDSBES #fungi

🎥 Couldn’t join our last WG2 webinar? Catch up now! Dr. Olga Lastovetsky @OLastovetsky reveals how fungal–bacterial partnerships influence plant health and ecosystem resilience: youtu.be/NqJJvwWcLOI #simbiosis #AMF #rootbenefit

Soapbox science is under way! The rain has stopped and 12 amazing speakers are talking about their research on the streets of Dublin (South King street, next to Luke Kelly statue 13.00-16.00) @SoapboxSciIRL

This Saturday 14th June come watch 12 amazing scientists discuss their research on the streets of Dublin 🧬 🧪 🧫 @UCDSBES @UCDEarth @SoapboxSciIRL @ucddublin

Understanding function from AM fungal colonisation Adam Frew @frewecologist 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Get ready for some fantastic science on the streets on 14th June 2025 near Luke Kelly statue,Dublin. 🧪🔬 So excited for #SoapboxScience! This initiative brings incredible research to everyone. #RCSI #UCDAgri #BioEnvSci @RCSI_Irl @agriculture_ie @ucdagfood @UCD_SBBS @UCDSBES

Get ready for some fantastic science on the streets on 14th June 2025 near Luke Kelly statue,Dublin. 🧪🔬 So excited for #SoapboxScience! This initiative brings incredible research to everyone. #RCSI #UCDAgri #BioEnvSci @RCSI_Irl @agriculture_ie @ucdagfood @UCD_SBBS @UCDSBES

Get ready for some fantastic science on the streets on 14th June 2025 near Luke Kelly statue,Dublin. 🧪🔬 So excited for #SoapboxScience! This initiative brings incredible research to everyone. #RCSI #UCDAgri #BioEnvSci @RCSI_Irl @agriculture_ie @ucdagfood @UCD_SBBS @UCDSBES

🌱🔬 Many congratulations to UCD Assistant Professors Olga Lastovetsky and Ekin Ozer, whose research projects have been funded under Research Ireland’s 'Frontiers for the Future’ Programme. The projects are among 23 that will share in a total of €23.6 million awarded to tackle major societal challenges, such as AI, healthcare, agriculture, energy, and transport. The Frontiers for the Future Programme funds high-risk, high-reward research programmes and innovative, collaborative research with the potential to deliver economic and societal impact. Their funded projects are: 🔹 Dr Olga Lastovetsky, UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science Project: AG-MICRO: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture through Microbe-Microbe and Microbe-Plant interactions (Awarded €805,963.60) 🔹 Dr Ekin Ozer, UCD School of Civil Engineering Project: Harmonizing Nonhomogeneous Crowdsourcing Data and Formulating Citizen Incentives towards Self-Governing Bridge Monitoring (€631,914.20)

PhD Opportunity Alert! I am seeking a highly motivated candidate for a PhD position in my group (#MIntLab), to work on the topic of Plant-Microbe interactions! Please help spread the word! 🍄🧫🌱#fungi #AMF #bacteria #PhDPosition #ResearchOpportunity #ScienceJobs

Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Openings for 10 faculty positions within UCD Science, including our school!

A study links the rise in the use of the herbicide glyphosate to reduced birthweight and reduced gestational length in humans. According to the authors, the findings conflict with US EPA claims that glyphosate presents no health risks. In PNAS: ow.ly/Hsa350ULsBH

#AcademicX #AcademicChatter #PeerReview

#DYK mycorrhizal fungi live entirely underground, intertwined with the root systems of host plants?🌱 These incredible fungi boost water and nutrient absorption and play a vital role in carbon storage, making them true climate heroes! 🍄 via @OneEarth

Realising the promise of AMF biofertilisers through more applied research 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… #Commentary by Salomon and Watts-Williams highlighting the recent work by Koziol et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… @myco_research @WurzelKosmos

Seeing the world as an academic that only stays for the length of the conference

Conservation of symbiotic signaling since the most recent common ancestor of land plants | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…