PhD student | Soil microbial ecology | Afkhami Lab | University of Miami | DoD SMART Scholar | Dartmouth ‘24 🍄
Anne Katula
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Woke up early enough to enjoy the Moosilauke peak entirely to myself. AND saw some epic alpine species at the summit
Check out our new paper, Multilevel selection informs context-dependent mycorrhizal functioning! This is my very first first-authored publication, and I worked w some incredible folks to make it happen:
@meafkhami.bsky.social @balachaudhary.bsky.social
and Nancy Johnson!
doi.org/10.3389/frmb...
My 2nd dissertation chapter is out in Plant, Cell, & Environment!
We use a model legume to assess how plant host genotype and microbes non-additively interact to shape plant growth and disease ecology.
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/pce....
No doubt this is the most important paper I have written: “Abundant empirical evidence of multilevel selection revealed by a bibliometric review”.
Since Wade 1976, PNAS, we found 280 papers showing natural selection acting at the same time at two levels.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
It’s alive! Our Mycorrhizal Networks special issue is out in Functional Ecology.
Packed with spore-tacular science.
A collection that highlights advances, identifies unresolved questions & the future research directions.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fungal spores reveal a global climate footprint on microbes' traits!
Incorporating microbial traits improves predictions of biogeographic shifts.
Fun project w @balachaudhary.bsky.social @smriti-pehim-limbu.bsky.social @sturmer.bsky.social @aguilart.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Check out our new Tansley review on climate, plants, and microbes! I enjoyed working with a team of friendly and knowledgeable scientists.
@meafkhami.bsky.social
@kerricrawford.bsky.social
@aclassen.bsky.social
@johnstinchcombe.bsky.social
@damianmicroeco.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Come check out my talk at #ESA2025 today! I'll be chatting about some of my Postdoc research on mutualisms and how they impact niche breadth and diversification in the Eco-Evolutionary processes session in BCC344 at 1:45pm!
Our #ICOM2024 workshop inspired this fantastic article by @mycorrhizanne.bsky.social from @balachaudhary.bsky.social lab.
I wonder what our @icom2026.bsky.social workshop on Analyzing cooperation/adaptation models (also cochaired with Nancy Johnson) will inspire. Join us with J. Hoeksema & J. Bever
“…that's the cool thing about basic science: you just don't know what information or knowledge it will generate in the future”
Our new open mycorrhizal fungal trait database is published! Read about our science journey:
fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/05...
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi form widespread, ancient, and critically important symbioses with plants, but their functioning and beneficial effects are ...
Natural selection is based on the concept of differential reproduction between entities, often characterized as a struggle between individual organisms. Howe...
