imafungus.pensoft.net/article/1723... Global population genomics redefines domestication and clinical diversity in the Aspergillus flavus–oryzae complex. Our new paper w/ @balintnemeth.bsky.social finally online in IMA Fungus! This has been a long journey, the first idea of this global phylogeny...

"Despite their rarity, yeasts likely play disproportionate roles in nutrient cycling, plant growth, and host interactions". A global synthesis of #yeast in microbiomes

An incredible agART - agar art from PhD students Andrea Harmath and @balintnemeth.bsky.social, depciting our lab's activities in #yeast research from fermentations to bioinformatics :)

As many of us 🎁 things up for the year, make sure all your ℹ️'s are dotted- and all your #yeast emojis are downloaded! If you haven't yet, make sure to add the emojyeast collection to all your 📱💻🖥️⌚️ mayaschuldiner.wixsite.com/schuldinerla... Thanks to the amazing Schuldiner lab for these!

The discovery and patterns of the underlying long-standing mild-effect mutator alleles in S. cerevisiae populations. #Saccharomyces #YeastEvolution

Wow! Population-scale chemical response revealed by a barcoded yeast collection. #Saccharomyces

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Phylogenomic diversity of clinical #Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the prevalence of probiotic-derived isolates in a tertiary care center - our new paper in collab with @renatokovacs1.bsky.social , with PhD students @balintnemeth.bsky.social and Andrea Harmath! #yeast

I'm honored and excited to participate in the The Human Frontier Science Program's Grant Writing Masterclass in Prague! It is great to be in this beautiful city, with the recent snow the Czech Academy of Sciences' Vila Lanna building looks fantastic!

I first tried U Fleků and both of their house beers after arriving to Prague

The paper Margo Samorokov and I wrote for Brewery History Journal on Estonian farmhouse brewing is now available online, in case anyone is interested. www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...

Riding the train from Budapest to Prague for a grant writing masterclass, so far a really good experience! Can't wait to see the city for the first time! #lablife

We are having a great time at NCSU with students @balintnemeth.bsky.social and Andrea Harmath, meeting with the Crook Lab and @alexandraimre.bsky.social over probiotics, with Ignazio Carbone at CIFR over Aspergillus, and soon with the @caitismuheil.bsky.social Heil Lab over yeasts! Wonderful place!

We arrived to Raleigh, N.C. with my PhD students @balintnemeth.bsky.social and Andi, visiting collaborators including @alexandraimre.bsky.social and exploring the city! Here at Wye Hill Brewing.

A photo I have been planning to make for a long time, at the Natural History Museum of London :) #Darwin

My first ever English cask ale in London. We are visiting The Old Swan after Churchill Arms! Tasting an Old Golden Hen and an Abbot Ale!

The new issue of #Yeast is out ... with a surprise 😄! This issue marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of our journal, in 1985. To celebrate this achievement, we made a brand new cover with the most beautiful #Yeast front pages 😍 Happy birthday Yeast!!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10970061...

#Fungi living in the body play an important role in #health ... | #microbiome | #gut | #microbes | #mycobiome | #diet | Via @theconversation.com

Phylogenomic signatures of repeat-induced point mutations across the fungal kingdom #Fungalevolution

Wow! Massive new #Saccharomyces resource and super interesting paper "From genotype to phenotype with 1,086 near telomere-to-telomere #yeast genomes"

Oral Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome and Subsequent Risk for Pancreatic Cancer #mycobiome #yeast

May she journey forever amongst the imperishable stars.

Recently I revived my experimental sourdough culture from the -80C freezer and started refreshing it every day. The khachapuri made with it tonight looks quite good:) #yeast

The emerging roles of non-Saccharomyces #yeasts in fermented foods and human health - new minireview from @alexandraimre.bsky.social !

Reproductive Isolation due to Divergent Ecological Selection Is Accompanied by Vast Genomic Instability in Experimentally Evolved #Yeast Populations! #fungalevolution #Saccharomyces new paper from @stelkens.bsky.social

Another traditional brewer has left us. Harald Storli died earlier this week. I visited the family in 2014 and it was an unforgettable experience. Harald is a great loss not just for family and friends, but also for Norwegian brewing culture. www.garshol.priv.no/blog/297.html

Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in #yeast evolution! #Saccharomyces

#yeast #fungalevolution

Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation #Fungalevolution

Our latest review on the effect of tyrosol in yeast has just been published. 🔥🔥🔥🍄 link.springer.com/10.1007/s002...

Congratulations to @balintnemeth.bsky.social on his talk on thousands and thousands of #Saccharomyces genomes!

We arrived in Szeged for the annual miniconference of the Hungarian Genetics Society! My PhD student @balintnemeth.bsky.social will present about the #Saccharomyces Compendium and I have a poster about integrating #yeast research into BSc lab classes at the University of Debrecen :)

This is going to be a very nice hop harvest:)

Wow! Very interesting new analysis on #mycobiome. #yeast Kazachstania forms a causal relationship with cardiovascular disease risk in a mendelian two-sample randomization analysis!

"Did alcohol facilitate the evolution of complex societies?" Very interesting thread on a new paper!

Finishing up two manuscripts while brewing a gruit with smoked malts and some fresh hops. Most of the hops I will harvest a few days later :)

Finally, our new -80°C freezer arrived! This is our #yeast lab now, two small rooms for my research group (one half-time and one full-time PhD-student, @balintnemeth.bsky.social, many BSc and MSc-students, and me). Looking forward to start the new semester with them very soon!

Made a nice focaccia with my #yeast experimentally evolving in wheat sourdough:)

Thrilled to share that the final chapter of my PhD with @rokaslab.bsky.social is now out in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉 Read it to find out how population structure impacts pathogenicity in Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that infects humans 🧪 rdcu.be/eAToj

A fantastic natural red from Tenerife, Bodegas La Araucaria 2020 Listán negro, a typical local grape variety. I asked and the winery doesn't use yeast cultures and relies on naturally occuring #yeast

group.szbk.u-szeged.hu/minikonf/ We just registered to the Genetics mini-conference in Szeged! If you are based in Hungary, the deadline is today, there is still some time:) @balintnemeth.bsky.social will present on Saccharoymces phylogenomics, and I'll show our student #kveik and #mead projects.

Jose Paulo Sampaio & Ana Pontes review the biology of #yeast domestication - not just #Saccharomyces!

The Saccharomyces Genome Resequencing Project 5 (#SGRP5) will be presented by @litinice.bsky.social at #ICYGMB32 in Paris 🇫🇷, while I'll be at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona 🇪🇸. If you're around, come say hi - always happy to chat about genomics!

bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Our new paper about the #yeast Sugiyamaella novakii, which was described from Hungary, and its mycotoxin tolerance, with a highly continuous ONT-assembled genome!

Tenerife has an old and traditional wine culture with great local grape varieties and wineries also open for current consumer demands. Curiously, only some 4 genomes of #Saccharomyces yeasts have ever been published from Macaronesia, all from Azores. Hopefully we can change that soon in a collab!

Vacation on the beautiful Tenerife with a little #Fungi themed visit to Luis Quijada at the Universidad de La Laguna! It was great to finally meet in-person!

Wow 1000+ Brettanomyces genomes, not just from Belgium and not just from lambic! Awesome, can't wait to check the details on these #yeast s. With recent advancements from two different groups on Lachancea, more and more domesticated yeast have their population structures uncovered, not just Saccharo

Time to ship some yeast around. The samples of #42 and #45 from Latvia are going to the NCYC now that I have paperwork for them. And a possible new farmhouse yeast from Telemark is going to @pflieglerlab.bsky.social to see if it really is farmhouse yeast.

1of2 At home again after a wonderful, inspiring, and overall awesome #Evol2025 in Athens, Georgia! It was great to meet new people, to talk and meet with friends and collaborators @alexandraimre.bsky.social @caitismuheil.bsky.social and to hear great talks on yeasts, evolution, and science overall..

If interested in #yeast phylogenomics, come to my talk on the Compendium of #Saccharomyces at #Evol2025 today at 2:30pm!

SSE Presidential Address at #evol2025!