Luis Saona

Dates are now confirmed for the 2025 SMBE Satellite Meeting in Chile: Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation and Experimental Evolution. Join us in Puerto Varas for the latest advances in evolutionary biology. Link: smbechile2025.cl 📅: 6-8 October 2025 📝 Deadline: July 31

In short, we uncovered a fascinating story of fungal resilience at the forest edge. Want the details on methods, data, and climate implications? Check out our paper in @ISMEComms and let us know your thoughts! @LiliNucleo @FcocubillosR @chroporto @pablovilla81 @Ju_A_Vianna

By spanning multiple latitudes, altitudes, and seasons, we captured just how adaptable Patagonian treeline fungi can be. Seeing these clear changes in composition underscores the importance of considering both climate and site-specific factors when studying microbial communities.

We’ve been exploring the hidden diversity of fungi in Patagonian treeline forests. But why does it matter? Because these microorganisms are crucial for soil health, plant growth, and ecosystem resilience—especially under extreme environmental conditions. l1nq.com/wg9mh

Sampling Day #2 Laguna Robalo

This week we are sampling the southernmost forest in the world 👀 primary Nothofagus forests together w/ ⁦@lsaona⁩ to isolate wild yeasts ⁦@ibiochile⁩. Amazing trip (30 hrs ferry 😅). Worth every minute of the experience ⁦⁦@ExperienceCape⁩ ⁦@fqybusach⁩

🦠 mañana @pablovilla81⁩ estará online en coloquio ⁦@_SoMiCh⁩ Temuco hablando acerca de su investigación FONDECYT Inicio y en ⁦@ibiochile⁩ acerca de comunidades microbianas. Por qué estudiar los organismos en comunidades y no por si solos? 👇

Please SAVE THE DATE!! @SMBEmeetings Regional Meeting in Puerto Varas, Chile. October 6th-8th 2025. We'll have great keynote speakers and invited guests. Stay tuned for + info, soon to come. (pisco sours upon arrival)

Busy morning at #Icy2024 where we showed our work ⁦@ibiochile⁩ on S. chiloensis (⁦@Tomas__P⁩’s work) and in paralell ⁦@lsaona⁩ on changes in fungal communities across Patagonia ⁦@LiliNucleo⁩ 😅😅 🌳🌳 Took some time to mention el Trauco and Caleuche!

Wohooo! Our renovation proposal on Studies in the Limit of Life in the Andes has been GRANTED 😁✅✅ More yeast & Nothofagus & Monito del Monte studies to come. @LiliNucleo 😍 @lsaona @chroporto

🍺Beer Pre-print Alert! How are brewing traits inhereted after hybridization? How frequent is heterosis? How lineages impact different phenotypes? We solved these and many other questions by generating dozens of novel lager hybrids in the following MS 👇 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

🔬Our recent study sheds light on the intricate interplay between geology and biology in Laguna Verde, emphasizing the vital role of Cyanobacteria in this extreme ecosystem. Dive into the geomicrobiological secrets with us! 🌐onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… #Microbiology #Geology

Y’day we had our yearly lab day out, to relax, chat, summarise 2023, drink melon and wine, and celebrate life & science. 2024 will bring much more from this team! 😍🍻🏅@ibiochile @LiliNucleo

Lab meeting with @chroporto, who will be showing us his results about the diversity of yeast isolates obtained from Nothofagus forests. @FcocubillosR

@Ju_A_Vianna @Daly_noll Gracias Juliana!!! A seguir adelante con todo!! 💪 Felicitaciones a Daly también 🤩

Felicitaciones @Daly_noll @lsaona 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Postdoc!

El Litio y los Salares son de alto interés para el @GobiernoDeChile, por lo que gracias a instrumentos ya existentes, buscamos conocerlos y entenderlos mejor. 👉🏼 Es por eso que abrimos el concurso #AnillosdeInvestigación en #LitioySalares, que busca generar conocimiento y capital humano en esta área específica y que la Estrategia Nacional del Litio estima prioritarias 💡 🔸️ Ciencias Sociales y Desarrollo Territorial en Litio y Salares. 🔸️ Ecología y Biodiversidad en Salares, y su conexión con la Producción del Litio. 🔸️ Ingeniería y Geología en Litio y Salares. Postulaciones y más información en anid.cl