Bea Bock
@beabock.bsky.social
Plant-fungal associations | PhD candidate | Northern Arizona University
So excited to announce I've received the ECR Award from the International Mycorrhiza Society! I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia this summer for ICOM as the North American travel award recipient.
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
So excited to announce I've received the ECR Award from the International Mycorrhiza Society! I’ll be heading to Cairns, Australia this summer for ICOM as the North American travel award recipient.
I loved hosting this interview with Dr. Pedro M. Antunes for the South American Mycorrhizal Research Network!
We dove into the fluid mechanics of mycorrhizal networks and why biological sciences need more interdisciplinary physics thinking.
Watch here: youtu.be/zqaS6ZBimYA
We dove into the fluid mechanics of mycorrhizal networks and why biological sciences need more interdisciplinary physics thinking.
Watch here: youtu.be/zqaS6ZBimYA
Pedro M. Antunes on fluid mechanics within mycorrhizal networks
YouTube video by Mycorrhizas
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I loved hosting this interview with Dr. Pedro M. Antunes for the South American Mycorrhizal Research Network!
We dove into the fluid mechanics of mycorrhizal networks and why biological sciences need more interdisciplinary physics thinking.
Watch here: youtu.be/zqaS6ZBimYA
We dove into the fluid mechanics of mycorrhizal networks and why biological sciences need more interdisciplinary physics thinking.
Watch here: youtu.be/zqaS6ZBimYA
So glad to finally be doing @carpentries.org Instructor Training! The focus on mental models and live coding feedback is a total game changer for how I approach technical workshops in the biosciences. Highly recommend for any researcher! 🧪✨
#Carpentries #ScienceSky #OpenScience
#Carpentries #ScienceSky #OpenScience
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
So glad to finally be doing @carpentries.org Instructor Training! The focus on mental models and live coding feedback is a total game changer for how I approach technical workshops in the biosciences. Highly recommend for any researcher! 🧪✨
#Carpentries #ScienceSky #OpenScience
#Carpentries #ScienceSky #OpenScience
Reposted by Bea Bock
Link to original study: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
Automated extraction of fungal trophic modes from literature using BioBERT: an open pilot workflow
Fungi exhibit diverse trophic strategies, ranging from obligate symbiosis to saprotrophy, with some taxa capable of occupying multiple ecological roles. Manually identifying trophic versatility from l...
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Link to original study: doi.org/10.3897/rio....
Reposted by Bea Bock
A new study led by Northern Arizona University's @beabock.bsky.social demonstrates how a specialised language model called 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 can scan decades of research in minutes to identify fungi, with almost 90% accuracy.
Read more about it on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/05/u...
Read more about it on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/05/u...
Using AI to Uncover the Secret Lives of Fungi | Blog
AI holds the potential to automatically identify fungal versatility from the available scientific literature.
blog.pensoft.net
February 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
A new study led by Northern Arizona University's @beabock.bsky.social demonstrates how a specialised language model called 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓 can scan decades of research in minutes to identify fungi, with almost 90% accuracy.
Read more about it on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/05/u...
Read more about it on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/02/05/u...
Reposted by Bea Bock
🌱 IMS Early Career Researcher Travel Award 🍄
Congrats to Beatrice M. Bock USA
🏆 North America awardee
Supported by The New Phytologist Foundation @newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports her participation with oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
Congrats to Beatrice M. Bock USA
🏆 North America awardee
Supported by The New Phytologist Foundation @newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports her participation with oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
February 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
🌱 IMS Early Career Researcher Travel Award 🍄
Congrats to Beatrice M. Bock USA
🏆 North America awardee
Supported by The New Phytologist Foundation @newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports her participation with oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
Congrats to Beatrice M. Bock USA
🏆 North America awardee
Supported by The New Phytologist Foundation @newphyt.bsky.social
This award supports her participation with oral presentation at #ICOM2026
#Mycorrhiza
Reposted by Bea Bock
In our review of CMNs, water stood out as a resource that might be transferred between plants via fungal connections. This new study provides further support (and in DSEs!). Nice expt by Bea Bock et al 👍 Great to see new research.
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Evidence for common fungal networks among plants formed by a Dark Septate Endophyte in Sorghum bicolor - Communications Biology
A lab experiment shows that Dark Septate Endophytes can form common fungal networks between plants, increasing biomass and enabling water movement, suggesting that non-mycorrhizal fungi may contribute...
www.nature.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In our review of CMNs, water stood out as a resource that might be transferred between plants via fungal connections. This new study provides further support (and in DSEs!). Nice expt by Bea Bock et al 👍 Great to see new research.
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
doi.org/10.1038/s420...