sounds scary! mGem: Submarine #mycology—an analog to astromycology | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students! caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist Applications due Dec 1 Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)

#Fungi in the gut #microbiome ( #mycobiome) are somewhat neglected. This study of gut fungal profiles across natural populations of humans & non-human primates, by @symbionticism.bsky.social &co, reveals significant fungal cospeciation patterns in #hominids @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/46LX4zD

💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert

Checkout our new preprint with the @rokaslab.bsky.social!: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Please check out our updated version of this preprint - now with even more transposable elements! 🧬🦠 No really, we added in a few more analyses about TEs and further compared Mycetohabitans to related bacteria, plus other treats. @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

An apt comment from Harold Varmus in this piece: ‘Running a lab is not like running a clothing store, where if your sales are down you can bounce back. You are dealing with highly trained people and projects which, when stopped for a short time, are ruined.’

Dept of Plant Biology at UIUC hiring in any subdiscipline of Mycology and/or Plant-Fungal Interactions tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. Apply by Oct 31, 2025. For complete details including salary and benefit information, visit go.illinois.edu/PlantBiolfac...

New short paper from our lab @currentbiology.bsky.social, in which we discover of a new mode of cell motility for choanoflagellates: flagellar gliding. www.cell.com/current-biol... - A 🧵

Delighted that our work on the Sanctuary Starship #transposon is now published! A big thanks to all co-authors, especially to the ever-amazing @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social for her mentorship! doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

It will always amaze me how we can visualize the location of our protein of interest inside a cell. This is possible thanks to fundamental science, as scientists studied how a species of jellyfish generates light. 🍄: Aspergillus fumigatus

Our study on a mycovirus that boosts fungal virulence is now out — and beautifully covered in this Behind the Paper piece by Amariliz Rivera Huge thanks for capturing the heart of the story so thoughtfully. @natmicrobiol.nature.com rdcu.be/eB9yg

Spread the word 😃 Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱

Prices are up just in time for back to school. Thanks, Donald Trump.

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🔬 #imageoftheweek: Aspergillus fumigatus is a common mould found in soil, compost & indoors. Most people breathe it in daily & for those with weakened immune systems, it can cause serious illness. Drug-resistant strains are an emerging threat. 📸 Kevin Mackenzie, Mark Stappers, Tina Bedekovic

A little more than 2 weeks to apply for a Postdoc position in our lab @leibniz-hki.de 👇🏻

Just a few more days to apply! ⏰

My MCDB dept is accepting applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level! Applications Due by October 15, 2025 We welcome applications from all areas of physiology and neuroscience, spanning molecular, cellular, systems, and organismal levels. lsa.umich.edu/mcdb/news-ev...

I’ve had a lab for less than 3yrs. In that time the costs of many science reagents have grown faster than inflation. I ordered an antibody today that I paid $383 for in 2023- today with a good promotion, I paid $467. Tariffs on top of that. Other easy examples: Grids are up about 30% Gloves up 25%

My very first post on here. I am stoked to share lab's latest paper led by @ethantolman.bsky.social. Ethan developed a highly scalable pipeline to differentiate between various gene flow models, including ghost introgression in phylogenomic datasets. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Join UGA Fungal Biology Group! Dept of Plant Path is recruiting for a tenure track Asst or Assoc Prof in Fungal Biology/Mycology, especially interested in computational biology and comparative, population, or functional genomics of plant pathogens www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445.... Materials

Midwest microbiologists -- check this out

Cells can form patterns within themselves just like embryos do. How? Connie Yan's new preprint shows how the anterior-posterior cytoskeleton pattern in Stentor is dictated by regionalized scaffolding proteins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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We are recruiting two Research Associates! Funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social , join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent) www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Deadline: 1st October

Sometimes, knocking out a gene isn't a good way to figure out the function of that gene ... In our new @jcellsci.bsky.social paper, we report potent transcriptional adaptation by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) in response to CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deletion of the important polarity protein CDC42 🧵⬇️

“When you don’t have steady state funding, people can’t plan for the future,” Vazquez said. “If people can’t plan for a future, then no one has a future.”

🧫 Today's #ImageOfTheWeek is a dual species biofilm featuring Candida glabrata (pink) & Staphylococcus aureus (gold). These dense biofilms are resistant to antifungal drugs, making treatment extremely challenging. 📸 @orlandorosss.bsky.social & @seanaduggan.bsky.social #AMR #fungi #research

"That ‘somebody,’ who is Black, was selected not because of research excellence, but because of race. I was denied the chance to compete — so were other academics who might have been qualified." This quote infuriates so fucking much. Why? Cus people have said this shit about me to my face.

LMAO THIS GUY: "This isn’t a political stunt or publicity grab." 🙄

Are you an early-career biologist or ecologist who would benefit from an invited seminar? Would you like to come to UMaine next fall or spring to give a talk? Leave a brief comment with some info about what you do. I'm co-hosting our seminar series again, and am filling out our rosters.

This is an excellent explainer for why the multi year funding model is going to kill academic science as we know it. Please read!! ☹️

Only a couple of weeks till the @eseb2025.bsky.social conference! I’m so honored to be one of the keynote speakers, and incredibly excited about the amazing scientific program and the opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones! #eseb2025

Last week to apply for TWO PhDs with me and amazing supervisors at University of Birmingham The Last Of Us - www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Understanding pathogen diversity in maternal and neonatal populations - www.findaphd.com/phds/project... I’m on holiday so can’t answer queries though

I shouldn’t be surprised but JFC developing more equitable faculty hiring practices really broke some people’s brains

“To support that goal of a healthy future, it is essential that funders who have worked to broaden participation in science maintain those commitments...whether or not they describe this as ‘DEI’ they should be at least as courageous about pursuing this goal as their grantees are”

"To retreat from [diversity, equity and inclusion] is to close the door to possibilities for better science and a better future. This is not the time to step back. It’s unquestionably the time to step forward." @anthrofuentes.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Going to a conference and hope someone posts about your talk? Make it easy for the posters!! Tips: 1. Include your handle at beginning and end 2. Make clear what is published/not 3. Have a conclusions slide with key message 4. Highlight new preprint or publication if relevant #AcademicSky 🦠🧪🧬

Future of NIH in the hands of five senators. Write to them if you are in PA -McCormick WV - Moore Capito ME - Collins AL - Britt LA - Cassidy

Genome Sciences is looking for a Director of Departmental Computing. This is a rare opportunity for someone interested in leading our excellent IT team, building and maintaining computational infrastructure, and working closely with our faculty and labs uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidat...

2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People @jobadd.bsky.social @joshuawolf.bsky.social et al doi.org/10.1093/cid/...

Since many reinstatements come from the lawsuit filed by Democratic Attorneys General, the distribution of reinstated grants is likely skewed against "Red" states more than the terminations themselves.

Join our team! Two Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow positions available in Prof. Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann's lab. Deadline 30.06.25 👉 Antifungal Immunity Research: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... 👉 Fungal Cell Wall Research: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

Disseminated histoplasmosis affects HIV patients, with 553 cases (2.8/1,000 person-years) in France (1992-2021). Incidence: 9.41 in French Guiana, 0.76 in Guadeloupe. Death rates declined due to antiretrovirals. 🌍💊##idsky

A groundbreaking advancement in the detection of mucormycosis has been achieved by MRC CMM's Prof Chris Thornton & his collaborators! Discover more at news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

We are back! 🔬👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Mark your calendars, TCM 2025 is happening September 15th at the Trent Semans Center! 🧠✨ Get ready for an incredible lineup of speakers including Dr. Kris DeMali, Dr. Rae Cho, and Dr. Stefanie Redemann. 🗓️ Registration opens July 7th, don’t miss out! #TCM2025

Marine fungi culture collections (such as the one we have at @thembauk.bsky.social) are helping unlock the possibility for finding new solutions to many of the world’s biggest challenges 🌊🍄=💊🥓🪲 @uk.theconversation.com @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu 👉 theconversation.com/marine-fungi...