🎉 Congrats to Aaron Mitchell of @universityofga.bsky.social for receiving the 2026 George W. Beadle Award! He has advanced molecular mycology—from studying Saccharomyces cerevisiae to developing tools for Candida albicans. Read more: buff.ly/B4MXp5Q

2026 Fungal Genetics Conference was a great opportunity to learn about a very broad range of fascinating fungi, and to catch up with friends and collaborators. Thanks to the Genetics Society of America for hosting the conference and arranging for so many “blue sky” days (😀). #Fungal26

Symposium honoring Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jeremy Thorner entitled “Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Very Model of a Modern Model Organism”. Monday March 23, 2026 from 9a-6p in Berkeley #yeast #modelOrganism Registration still open! mcb.berkeley.edu/cdp-symposium

We are deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of David Botstein, a towering figure in modern #genetics and a foundational force behind SGD. www.yeastgenome.org/blog/in-memo... #yeast #modelOrganism

Interested in how fungi respond to reactive oxygen species? Read our lab’s new review article recently published in MMBR: A Roadmap to Chemically Reactive Species: how diverse oxidants affect Candida albicans and other fungi. doi.org/10.1128/mmbr...

Tenure track Asst. Prof position Dept. of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Stony Brook University Aging or infectious diseases Candidates who seek to understand aging or infectious diseases at the molecular or cellular level are encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/171941

Asst. Prof. position Microbial Pathogenesis Stony Brook University The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the areas of virology, microbiology, and host-pathogen interactions. apply.interfolio.com/173203

Associate Professor position- virology Stony Brook University The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stony Brook University invites applications for an Associate Professor tenure-track faculty position in the areas of virology and microbial pathogenesis. apply.interfolio.com/173140

The 2025 class of the Molecular Mycology course is off to a fantastic start!

The 2025 Molecular Mycology course at the Marine Biology Lab in Woodshole MA is off to a great start! Fantastic lectures so far by Damian Krysan, Aaron Mitchell, Tamara Doering, (and me). Next up is Rob Cramer!

Happy to share our new publication. We adapted a proximity labeling method (TurboID) for Candida albicans and identified new eisosome proteins. Some new proteins (e.g. Ker1) mediate stress resistance and hyphal growth. Many new candidates remain to be studied academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

This paper from our lab reports on a protein kinase (Cwr1) in Candida albicans that resists cell wall stress. Interestingly, Cwr1-GFP was found in dynamic patches in the plasma membrane. Sometimes they co-localized with eisosomes; sometimes they were outside. journals.asm.org/doi/full/10....

Terrific turnout for the Stand Up for Science rally in New York City yesterday.

Very interesting paper discussed at our lab journal club this past week describing mechanisms of pathogenesis for Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus that causes white nose syndrome that is killing bats in North America. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Grad student in our lab Kara Swenson successfully defended her PhD dissertation today! The title is: Antioxidant pathways that protect the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans during infection.

Another of the interesting eisosomes paper our lab discussed this past year. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One of the most interesting eisosomes papers we discussed in our lab journal club this past year. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Did you know that our bodies make bleach (hypochlorous acid) to kill infecting microbes? Our studies showed that bleach quickly kills the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans by disrupting the plasma membrane, the critical lipid barrier surrounding the cell. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

New mechanisms for how plasma membrane eisosome domains regulate cell wall morphogenesis. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...