Ji Zhang

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Hi all! "Quick data vis" now has its own designated repository and no longer listed under "Online R learning"! Please find the link to the new repo below, if we have used/starred Online_R_learning. Quick data vis: github.com/cxli233/Quick_…

I'm excited to announce our latest @NewPhyt paper, which explores the role of the poplar SWEET1c glucose transporter in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, a result of our long-standing collaboration with Prof. Feng Zhang from Lanzhou University. 1/n nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

According to @ecolo_ji, I look like a professor at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the upcoming documentary The Fabulous World of Fungi, soon to be aired on @FranceTV #mycorrhizalnetworks #woodwideweb

Diversity of Mycorrhizal Types Along Altitudinal Gradients in the Tropical Andes doi.org/10.1111/geb.13…

Unexpected westward range shifts in European forest plants link to nitrogen deposition science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Divide and conquer: using RhizoVision Explorer to aggregate data from multiple root scans using image concatenation and statistical methods doi.org/10.1111/nph.20…

SimpleMetaPipeline: Breaking the bioinformatics bottleneck in metabarcoding doi.org/10.1111/2041-2…

✨Visual Fungal Omics Exhibition✨ My visual data artwork is featured at OIST Art in Science Display! 🍄 Fungi play a crucial role in Earth’s carbon cycles. Through my art, I transform data into stunning visuals to highlight their importance. @OISTedu groups.oist.jp/orc/art-scienc…

What determines transfer of carbon from plants to mycorrhizal fungi? doi.org/10.1111/nph.20…

🚀 Excited to announce #PhyKIT 2.0 has been released! 📊PhyKIT is a multi-tool for #evolutionary informatics with 46 functions! ⏩In 2.0, nearly all functions were rewritten to be faster and more memory-efficient 📨Help shape PhyKIT - new feature requests are welcome

“The acquisition of microbial plant cell wall-degrading enzymes coincided with the main independent origins of specialized herbivory in beetles.”

Microbial bases of herbivory in beetles cell.com/trends/microbi…

Born 150 years ago, every week, this old twin-beech tree tells me about its life: its adventures, loves, lost friends, wars, and the history of the people who have been around it, as well as tales of the creatures it hosts. I’m writing the book of its life …

(1/3) We are hiring, please RT! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/234260 The Biology Department at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor faculty position in Biological Data Science.

Two new chapters from my free online book in human genetics out this weekend! These complete Part 3 of the book, on human population structure and history: 3.3: Human prehistory [separate thread] 3.4: Ancient DNA: a genetic time capsule [this thread] web.stanford.edu/group/pritchar…

“The black oak is an umbrella species for fungi: one single plant can be partnered with hundreds of species of fungi. The plant can't survive without the fungi & the fungi can't survive without the plant.” @adri_corrales33 Great article on our expedition! bit.ly/4eeCTvv

Modern microbiology: Embracing complexity through integration across scales cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

#TansleyReview Photodegradation in terrestrial ecosystems Austin and Ballaré @amytaustin @BallareCL 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

New study from our team is out. microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… @UMR_IAM. Microbial colonisation rewires the composition and content of poplar root exudates, root and shoot metabolomes. Many congrats to my friend Felix Fracchia on a wonderful work !!