October 2024
A new cohort of students join the lab for their internships. Julian Hage, Dylan Vonhoff and Giona Veronese will write their literature thesis with us. Heidi Talib and Gaur Singh will carry out their research projects. Welcome!!

September 2024
Our work on plant pathogens doubling as insect mutualists will be supported by an ERC Starting grant. We are thankful to the European Research Council for their support! More information here.

June 2024
Our work describing genome architechture in Escovopsis, and the evolution of their biosynthetic gene clusters is out in mSystems. This work was a labour of love and we are happy to see it out in the wild!

June 2024
Last days in the lab for Alice, Ellis and Ole, who have been working on their literature and bachelor theses. It’s been great working with you all. We wish you good luck for all your future endeavors!

May 2024
We are thankful to the Lucie Burgers Foundation, which has generously funded our fieldwork to Panama to study insect behavior!

May 2024
Our research has been recommended for funding by the Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen foundation! We are very grateful for their support as we continue studying the genomic features of symbiotic Fusarium spp. associated with tortoise leaf beetles.

April 2024
Why are there so many beetle species? Great question! Hassan Salem and I, with other colleagues, chatted with journalist Lesley Evans about this. Check it out in Knowable Magazine (en español aquí). Photo by Udo Schmidt.

February 2024
Marilou Fliniaux, a Master student in Ecology and Evolution just started her Master’s thesis project with us. Welcome, Marilou!

January 2024
Lotte de Jeu joins the group as Lab Manager. Welcome, Lotte!!

September 2023
And so it begins! The Berasategui Lab on Fungal Ecology and Symbiosis is up and running! Looking forward to all things science!

June 2023
Wrapped up another successful field season in Panama. Once again surrounded by the best mutualists: the members of the Mutualisms Research Group and Donald Windsor!

May 2023
In September, I will begin a new adventure as an Assistant Professor in the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. If you are interested in research within the Fungal Ecology and Symbiosis lab, reach out!