AI slop is making it harder for me to find useful information. Here's the ScienceDirect overview of "Fungal Metabolism":

I’m looking for folks to send me specimens of golden oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus citrinopileatus) collected from natural areas all over North America. I need specimens from everywhere other than Wisconsin: 2/n pringlelab.github.io/gom_communit...

We have an opening for postdoctoral training! Please apply by 15th August 2025 for full consideration. Here is the ad: hittinger.genetics.wisc.edu/People/Join/...

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.

@pjboynton.bsky.social advertises our upcoming special issue about the #Yeast2025 conference in Paris

Hi Friends, what's a HELPFUL way of responding to someone who brags that they don't vote? I encountered someone IRL who did this yesterday (a stranger), and couldn't think of a productive response

Still working on that #ASMicrobe poster? This is your yearly reminder to write microorganism names correctly: genus is capitalized, species is not, and the whole thing should be italicized. You’re welcome @asm.org #Microbe2025 #ClinMicro #ASMMicrobe

Want to know more about the ecology of wild yeasts, their association with oak trees, temperature, and rainfall? Read the latest by @chloehbk.bsky.social and @javo-pinto.bsky.social

In the latest #Yeast research article of the series #FantasticYeasts, Pei-Jie Han, Feng-Yan Bai & team describe a new yeast species isolated from a Chinese forest: Saccharomycopsis yichangensis, that can prey on Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other yeasts 😲 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Inquiry deadline TOMORROW!

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

When I was younger, I believed that if I didn't understand a piece of writing, the fault was likely my own, and I needed to improve my thinking or reading skills. What I've learned since then is that many influential or acclaimed thinkers are just not very good writers.

This is very bad news.

I completely agree with everything the crab museum folks say here about dragging biology into judging trans and nonbinary people. Thank you!

Women in the UK face being banned from female toilets and other spaces. This is a disgusting assault on human rights and female dignity. Share if you agree!!

New post doc opportunity in our team at Kiel University in the north of Germany. We are looking for a motivated molecular biologists to unravel plant-microbe interactions in grasses. Please see: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/... More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de

Check out my latest paper on fitness costs and benefits of hosting a killer virus if you're a yeast in the forest! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hi everyone! "Yeast" is looking for its next journal cover for the upcoming 2025 issues. If you have beautiful yeast images that you would like to see on our front cover, please send them to [email protected] Have a nice day 🙂

Join the second Evolutionary Rescue workshop at the Max Planck Institute, Plon, Germany from June 30 to July 3, 2024. Registration is free until March 15. More info: https://workshops.evolbio.mpg.de/event/128/. #workshop

Curious of what's in your miso soup? In the latest research article of the series #BuddingTopics , Tomoo Ogata & collegues explore the genomic structures of haploid and allodiploid Zygosaccharomyces strains isolated from miso. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In the latest review of the series #ecoYeast , @mrtrni.bsky.social , @lumoralesr.bsky.social & collegues describe the yeasts associated with agave fermentations and how they adapted to live in this challenging environment

ISME supports students and postdocs to further develop their academic knowledge and skills in a host institution outside of their country of study. Submit your application by 31 March 2025. 🔗https://isme-microbes.org/isme-scholar-mobility-fund-call-for-applications/ #MicrobialEcology #microbes

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob 2 Doctoral researchers: Ecohydrology, Ecophysiology, Isotopehydrology 📍 @uni-freiburg.de together with @simonhaber.bsky.social 📆 Start: 1 July 2025 📆 Deadline: 31 March 2025 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

I am reeling from the cuts at NSF- a close friend and colleague, who was an outstanding PO and absolute asset to the evolutionary biology community, was just fired. This is simply because he COULD be- he was still in the 2 year probationary period after changing jobs at NSF. Goddamn it.

Some work I'm doing with undergraduate Natalie Moore was featured on Wheaton's website recently! wheatoncollege.edu/news/explori...

I've been seeing devastating closures of USDA labs this week, and thinking about all the messaging I usually give microbiology and mycology undergrads on the importance of public science, with the USDA as a clear example. (1/9)

The lawsuit alleges the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

Really nice discussion here about how biologists can BOTH use words like "male" and "female" in their work AND ALSO engage with sex as non-binary, often in very interesting ways. I also sincerely appreciate Bolnick's emphasis of our moral responsibilities when working with human beings.

Hi everybody! The Yeast journal is finally on Bluesky! Follow us to keep updated on the latest research articles, reviews and special issues on #Yeast biology and more! 🙂

Watching the superbowl off-and-on between answering e-mails this evening... It's remarkable how two of the ads I've seen so far (Pfizer and ChatGPT) directly (inadvertently?) highlight the importance of federal funding for basic research on the technology we're enjoying or anticipating enjoying.

Applications for MEME are open! It's a research- and mobility-oriented Evolutionary Biology Master's Programme, where students have the opportunity to visit 4(+2) different universities in two years. Please spread the word! www.evobio.eu #EvoBio

If you have been affected by the fires in LA, or are concerned about your ability to keep precious Drosophila strains going during the latest funding crisis, we will host your strains as a backup. Please email me. Please amplify. If you are also able to host fly strains, add your name as well.

I'm seeing folks posting about NSF pausing operations or sending stop-work notifications to PIs (I haven't received one, despite having two active proposals). Please be very careful about what you post and share. Vet information first. Cite sources. Maintain credibility via information hygiene.

Any yeast people or evolutionary biologists who can help me untangle a semantic conundrum? In a yeast sexual cycle, two haploid cells fuse to form a diploid zygote. If one of the haploids has an endosymbiont (say, a plasmid), which the zygote inherits, is this vertical or horizontal transmission?

In my family, we have a tradition called, "Deck the Galls!" We look for galls on our decorated tree and rear them out. If you have a tree, or outside-to-inside plant for any holiday, consider turning it into a science project. #gall #citizenscience #holidays #christmastree #entomology (1/2).

Are you looking for fungi funding? 🍄 We’re offering up to £3 million per award to research how fungi adapt to their environment. Understanding this could have powerful benefits for human life and health. Apply by 28 January ⤵️ wellcome.org/grant-fundin...

My department at Wheaton College Massachusetts is looking for a part-time lab tech to support Microbiology and other lab courses! If you know anyone in the Providence/SE Massachusetts area who's looking for this kind of position, please pass this on! jobs.wheatoncollege.edu/postings/4432

1/3 🌍 We're hiring! The Medical Systems Biology Lab at Kiel University is looking for a passionate #PostDoc in #Metabolic #Microbiome #Modeling. Join us at one of Europe’s microbiome research hubs and push the boundaries of microbiome science! @kieluni @UKSH_KI_HL 🔗 jobs.uksh.de/job/Kiel-Pos...

Chemist Rachel Fuller Brown was born #OTD in 1898. She co-discovered the antifungal nystatin while doing research for the New York State Department of Health, hence the name. (1/2) 🧪 👩‍🔬 Image: Smithsonian Institution

Wanted to signal boost this toolkit! A very important resource!

Super cool! Reminds me of the months I spent thinking about the S. cerevisiae crabtree effect! Fun to think about rate of metabolism (of different types) as evolving, and what kinds of selective pressures are relevant.

Interested in how antibiotics in the marine environment can affect marine mammals and the ecosystem? Check out this funded #PhD opportunity with myself at Bangor University. Info about the project & how to apply can be found here www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/resear...

We had fun thinking about the future of fermented foods in this review for @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

When I was 7 this line was like watching cap pick up thor’s hammer

Happy rotten pumpkin season 🎃. The lolipop shaped sporangiophores of Rhizopus stolonifer visible with a camera phone zoom in.

Some cool work from the pitcher plant microbiome community!!!

I am so proud of Wheaton student Kelsea Palm (who's not on Bluesky, but agreed for me to use her name), who is perfecting the art of serial dilution! Please join me in admiring her plates!

It's been pretty dry around here, with very few mushrooms, but I saw these beautiful inky caps at work today. Caught them right at the right time!

Check out a new preprint from my time working with @estukenbrock.bsky.social, Rahul Unni, and Onur Kavlak! It's easy to think about viruses as "bad", but they can be mutualists, pathogens, and/or commensals. We found this with yeasts in the forest. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...