Ali was awarded a J. E. Weaver Competitive Grant from The Nature Conservancy for her research proposal “Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, blanketflower (Gaillardia aristata), and phosphorus: the relationship between a prairie plant species of special concern and its mycorrhizal communities at the regional scale.”
Ali was awarded the Cross Ranch Fellowship and an Environmental & Conservations Sciences Fellowship at NDSU, which she will use to fund her research assistantship for Spring 2020.
From 10-14 August, Ali and Laura attended the 87th Annual Conference of the Mycological Society of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Ali presented a poster of her Master’s research:
Importance of phosphorus and AM fungal communities in performance of blanketflower, Gaillardia aristata, across the northern tier
A. Long, D. Prischmann-Voldseth, L. Aldrich-Wolfe North Dakota State University
Y. Lekberg MPG Ranch, Florence, Montana
Laura presented results of Libby’s thesis and on-going research on coffee root fungi:
Trophic skew in belowground fungal communities of cultivated coffee and native Rubiaceae
L. Aldrich-Wolfe and E. Sternhagen, North Dakota State University
S. Vink University of Groningen, Netherlands
Congratulations to Ms. Elizabeth Sternhagen for earning her Master’s degree in Environmental & Conservation Sciences from NDSU. Excellent work, Libby!
So excited to finally officially welcome Alison Long to the lab. Alison joined us for the field season in Summer 2018 and is already well-launched on her Master’s project in Environmental & Conservation Sciences investigating the effectiveness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal transport of phosphorus by soil communities from high and low phosphorus sites.
From 16 – 21 July 2018, Libby attended the 11th International Mycological Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico and presented a poster of her research for her Master’s thesis.
Fungal communities on roots of Costa Rican coffee (Coffea arabica) and native Rubiaceae species
E. C. Sternhagen and L. Aldrich-Wolfe North Dakota State University
S. N. Vink University of Groningen, Netherlands
Interested in plant-fungal interactions, community ecology and the day-to-day life of a scientist? Email Laura Aldrich-Wolfe or drop by her office, 318 Stevens Hall, to find out how to get started working in the lab.
We are delighted that John Baggerly has joined the lab. He will be working on his Master’s degree in Environmental and Conservation Science examining the functional roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for co-occurring plant species in two contrasting grassland sites. Welcome to life belowground!
Congratulations to Libby Sternhagen on being awarded the Robert H. Levis II Cross Ranch Fellowship in recognition of her excellent work to date on her Master’s thesis in Environmental Science and Conservation at NDSU.
Laura traveled to Prague, Czech Republic July 28th-August 4th to give a talk at the Ninth International Conference on Mycorrhiza.
The coffee agroecosystem highlights possible non-host drivers of diversity in AMF communities
Laura Aldrich-Wolfe, Katie Black, W. Gaya Shivega, Eliza L.D. Hartmann, Peter G. Johnson, Riley D. McGlynn, Logan C. Schmaltz and Rebecca J. Asheim
Great to meet up with three great scientists – Lyn Abbott, Lauren Waller and Ylva Lekberg – along the way.
