Justine Karst 🇨🇦
@j-karst.bsky.social
Associate Professor, U of Alberta. President of the International Mycorrhiza Society.
I study the mycorrhizal ecology of forests. Less hype, more hyphae.
I study the mycorrhizal ecology of forests. Less hype, more hyphae.
Where are you headed?
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Where are you headed?
Ditto for ectos!
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ditto for ectos!
Happy birthday!!
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Happy birthday!!
I don't want to encourage procrastinating but you can keep the puns rolling!
November 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don't want to encourage procrastinating but you can keep the puns rolling!
Those are great puns!
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Those are great puns!
Perhaps this 'fact' needs a little revising?
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Perhaps this 'fact' needs a little revising?
These are all lab studies. I'm not clear how they demonstrate 'fungi transport water from deep in the soil to plant roots'? I agree that they show that water flows through mycorrhizal fungi to roots.
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
These are all lab studies. I'm not clear how they demonstrate 'fungi transport water from deep in the soil to plant roots'? I agree that they show that water flows through mycorrhizal fungi to roots.
This article shows an increase in hype in sci literature
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘Our striking results demonstrate …’: Persuasion and the growth of academic hype
Academics today are working in a time of intense pressure in research publishing, with greater expectations, more explicit incentives and fiercer comp…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This article shows an increase in hype in sci literature
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Can you please share the studies that support this post? Thanks
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Can you please share the studies that support this post? Thanks