📢 We are hiring! 📢 We have two exciting positions we are recruiting for at the moment, see 🧵 Please help us by sharing to your network or tagging anyone you think might be interested! synchronicityearth.org/careers/#oppor… #conservation #LondonJobs

Dark taxonomy on a small island: 115 new species of fungus gnats from Singapore; of course, with proper molecular & morphological diagnoses; 25% increase of known Oriental fauna; Thousands of spp to come! tinyurl.com/5frk5pux ICZN Entomological Collections Network Sergei Tarasov 🇺🇦 Dimitri Forero

Awesome team and mentors for my MSc

Once upon an island: A rare peek into Singapore’s past straitstimes.com/singapore/once…

🚨 Our fifth State of the World's Plants & Fungi report is here! 🌱🌍🍄 The findings of over 200 scientists shed light on the patterns in plant and fungal diversity, the gaps in our knowledge, and how we can work together to fill them! Join us 👉 kew.org/sotwpf #SOTWPF

Recently, I was approached by The Linnean Society of London to write a short piece on my life in relation to Wallace’s birth bicentenary. Would like to thank many people and organisations who influenced this piece. You can read more at linnean.org/our-publicatio… Vol 39, no 2, September.

We're looking forward to welcoming you all here at Kew and online at 12:15 BST today as the State of the World's Plants and Fungi Symposium kicks off! #SOTWPF Missed out on registration? Don't worry, join us live on YouTube! 👇 youtube.com/live/5sY-5J7MV…

doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2… First first author publication! Here, we highlighted knowledge gaps in root traits in the Paleotropics. Hence, future studies should focus on specific root traits depending on geography to understand plant responses to regional impacts of global change.

Inspiring talk by Prof Leo Tan who greatly contributed to the education, scientific and environmental scene. Left with great admiration for someone who stood firmly on science, and his progressive ideas & beliefs during a more authoritarian & rapidly developing Singapore.

A bit late to the party…was hanging out with the coolest youth conservationists at the The Earthshot Prize ceremony. And reconnected with some fantastic fungi along the way:)

Happy to share that our commentary on integrating belowground processes to improve restoration success is finally out! 🥳 Biotropica This is a consolidation of ideas from ATBC 2022 involving belowground researchers working across all of the tropics! doi.org/10.1111/btp.13…

Tropical acorns next to its ectomycorrhiza partner. Never thought I will see it in Singapore😭🌰🍄

After three years, finally saw my Bulbophyllum ‘Lion King’ opened today:)

🌍✨Interested in research about conservation, climate change and people? I'm looking for potential PhD students to join me at Asian School Of The Environment! DM me for more info! 🌱🔬 #PhD #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #ResearchOpportunity #ConservationScience

Chanced upon a local Cordecyp Graveyard🐜🍄🪦 Gotta watch out for those spores 🧟‍♂️🧠

Programme now available! Looks an exciting line up! 8th Global Botanic Gardens Congress ⁦National Parks Board⁩ ⁦Botanic Gardens Conservation International⁩ #SBGScience 8gbgc.sbg.org.sg/Site/Programme