Science Associates
Press coverage around SPUN and mycorrhizal fungal networks.
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Joana Castro
Affiliation
University of Minho
Location
Portugal
Research Description
I'm a Portuguese Ph.D. student. Since 2019, I've been working with metabarcoding to study microbial communities associated with plants. My current interest is the mycorrhizae helper bacteria-ectomycorrhizal fungi-tree symbiosis. Using cultural methods, long-read sequencing, and other omic techniques, I aim to identify soil microorganisms capable of improving mycorrhization.