School of Life Sciences' Friday Seminar

April 24, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Mānoa Campus, Zoom Only - See details at https://manoa.hawaii.edu/lifesciences/friday-seminar-information/

"The Forest Mycobiome in the Era of Global Change" - Speaker: Dr. Claire Willing, Assistant Professor School of Environmental and Forest Sciences & Burke Museum, University of Washington * Abstract: Underground fungal communities are fundamental to life on Earth. Quietly below the forest floor, these fungi act as ecosystem engineers, controlling nutrient availability and carbon storage in forests. What is more, plants are never found in nature without their microbiomes and their communities can play critical roles in plant physiology and function. Just as explorations human mycobiomes have revolutionized our understanding of human health, forest mycobiomes represent a critical axis of forest health, especially in a changing climate. In this talk, Dr. Claire Willing will highlight some of her group's research investigating how forest fungi are impacted by global change and what shifts in forest fungal communities could mean for forests in a changing climate.


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