EffectorGeneP: accurate gene annotation in pathogen genomes from infection transcriptomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.04.722827v1

Excited to share our new preprint on two haplotype-phased genomes of poplar rust 🧬 !

I'm so grateful for this journey 👩‍🎓! Thank you @sebbyrust.bsky.social and @ccilelorrain.bsky.social for your guidance, and to all the inspiring people who help me reach higher and keep moving forward 🦋

Happy Barbara Day, happy #TransposonDay2025 to all that celebrate! Every day we get to work on transposons is such a privilege and joy, and I will never not be amazed by these jumping weirdos -the neutral, the bad and the good. Share some black walnut brownies with your friends today!

Excited to share the first PhD preprint of @iglavincheska.bsky.social — now on bioRxiv! We explored the 3D genome of Zymo and found: 🧬 Rabl-like conformation 🧩 Accessory chr tethered to core centromeres 🏰 Self-interacting domains and boundaries with insulator motifs www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to share our latest preprint 🥳 Historic transposon mobilisation waves create distinct pools of adaptive variants in a major crop pathogen @danielcroll.bsky.social #TESky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#OurFridaySeminar: Lisa Beguinet studies the #Poplar #fungi interface and tries to understand how do #ectomycorrhizal fungi and #endophytes interact. PS: Who is who on this AI-generated image of the #IAM team?

#OurFridaySeminar: Elodie Muller shows that prevalence of #Cryptostroma corticale (causing #SootyBarkDisease of #Maple trees) in asymptomatic sycamore maples is larger than expected in France #TreeHealth #ForestPathology #UrbanTrees

🔥 Exciting news! The first Symposium on Repeat-Induced Point mutations is happening June 30 – July 1 at the University of Neuchâtel🇨🇭! 🔹 Want to join? Register here > forms.gle/XWTd4gJAXZSx... 🚨 Limited spots available! So first come, first served! 🔹 More info > crolllab.github.io/ripm2025/

Friday = Seminar 🥳 Elsa Hilaire is going to talk about soil decomposition 🍄🍂 @umr-iam.bsky.social

Congratulations to all the award winners at #ecfg17 🍄🍄🎉🥳

@jessstapley.bsky.social covering the history of QTL mapping in Zymoseptoria tritici done by the Plant pathology Group of ETH Zürich 🧬🧬 #ecfg17

Great talk @iglavincheska.bsky.social, exploring the impact of DNA methylation variation on the 3D genome structure of Zymoseptoria tritici! #ecfg17

Next, @fungage-lab.bsky.social on one of my favorite topics: starships 🚀 first, covering the discovery of unprecedentedly large mobile elements in Podospora. Shout out to @loreament.bsky.social, here with us in spirit #ecfg17

Best news of the day --> starbase.serve.scilifelab.se There is a starship db available ! 😊 #ecfg17

I'm learning so much about TEs! Josje Romeijn asks if TE defense mechanisms are so good... How do TEs stick around? Could Horizontal Gene Transfer 🧬📨🧬 be the answer? They found 5518 potential horizontal TE transfer events across 1348 species! #ecfg17

What can we learn about extreme (and not so extreme) adaptation from Rhodotorula? From food 🍛 to space flight 🚀. And dishwashers 🍽️ and deserts 🏜️. The pink 🩷 yeast are widely distributed. 400+ new genomes reveals new weirdly large genomes.. Hybrids? Duplications? 🤷🏽‍♀️ #ecfg17 @hyphaltip.bsky.social

My personal science hero, Barbara McClintock, has had a couple shout outs already at #ECFG17 🍄 Amazing to see how much we're learning about transposable elements in fungi!

Jumping back into jumping 🦘 genes 🧬 with Emma Corre Rust fungi have big genomes... Could TEs be to blame? Read more here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #ecfg17

Well done @emma--c.bsky.social for presenting the large, full of TEs genomes of rust fungi ✨🧬✨ #ecfg17 @sebbyrust.bsky.social

Microbiomes can impact the interaction between plants 🌾 and fungi 🍄 Ultimately, can they breed for a healthy wheat microbiome #ecfg17 Read more: www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/16...

Ready for #ECFG17 ! 🍄🇮🇪

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are proud to have so many brilliant female scientists in our #IAM department! 👩‍🔬🎓🍄🦠🧫🔬🌳🌲📊 We must never give up on #equality, #diversity & #inclusion 💪 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM @inrae-france.bsky.social @univlorraine.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Silvia on successfully defending her PhD! Excited to see what comes next in your scientific journey!

Dive into the massive genomes of plant pathogenic rust fungi! 🌿🍄 Our study reveals how ancestral & recent bursts of transposition have shaped these remarkable genomes. 👏 Congrats to @Emma______C on her 1st PhD paper! 🙌 @SebbyRust, Emmanuelle Morin www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...