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S.T. West

University of OxfordORCID 0000-0003-2152-3153Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 3 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1

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E. Toby KiersiD· 2 shared Bianca Turcu· 1 shared Christophe GodiniD· 1 shared Chunhui HaoiD· 1 shared Corentin BisotiD· 1 shared Félix KahaneiD· 1 shared Kai-Kai Lin· 1 shared Laurence J. BelcheriD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Cooperation shapes bacterial niche breadth evolution and patterns of diversification

Chunhui Hao, Naoki Konno, Makoto Ito, Laurence J. Belcher, Wataru Iwasaki, S.T. West

The paper investigates how cooperation genes influence bacterial niche breadth evolution and diversification patterns across 25,785 species, finding positive correlations and effects on speciation/extinction rates.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 3, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Carbon-phosphorous exchange rate constrains growth of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks

Corentin Bisot, Loreto Oyarte Gálvez, Félix Kahane, Marije van Son, Bianca Turcu, Rob Broekman, Kai-Kai Lin, Paco Bontenbal, Max Kerr Winter, Vasilis Kokkoris, S.T. West, Christophe Godin, E. Toby Kiers, Thomas Simon Shimizu

The paper quantifies carbon and phosphorus fluxes in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis using robotic imaging and machine learning, finding that exchange rates constrain fungal growth strategies.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 6, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics

The evolution of signalling and monitoring in plant-fungal networks

Thomas W. Scott, E. Toby Kiers, Stuart Andrew West

The paper examines the evolutionary stability of plant signaling in mycorrhizal networks and proposes two alternative explanations for observed defense upregulation in connected plants.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jan 21, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology