I'm super excited that our photo of Xylaria was selected for the cover of the August issue of #mSystems! journals.asm.org/toc/msystems... This complements our recent article on the secondary metabolism of xylarialean fungi (Franco et al., 2025 vol. 10, e00468-25). @ernestofranco.bsky.social

Excited to have our paper out in #mSystems. Pairwise co-cultures of only 7 xylarialean strains yielded >6k unique metabolites vs. 2k from monocultures. High richness reflects an abundance of interaction-specific metabolites. Work led by @ernestofranco.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Postdoc opp at Smith College w/ Laura Katz (start 01-Apr-2025) smithcollege.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/smithc... Genome evolution in microeukaryotes focusing on bioinformatic analyses diverse amoebae, incl species sampled from extreme envs. ?s: [email protected]. Appl review begins 15-Feb-2025

Our new preprint is out! A genomic and metagenomic dive into the diversity of microbial carbonic anhydrases. Huge thanks to the amazing team who made this possible! @you-wren.bsky.social @laurameredith.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to share our latest preprint! 'Hyperdiverse, bioactive, and interaction-specific metabolites produced only in co-culture suggest diverse competitors may fuel secondary metabolism of xylarialean fungi'. Deeply grateful to the U'Ren Lab @you-wren.bsky.social and JGI team. tinyurl.com/u32xdpx9