The plot thickens; a non-host is not always a non-host and the fungal immune system dynamically interfaces with endobacteria. Gorgeous paper! Congrats to Thomas Gassler and colleagues, I have many many questions and hope to discuss them in person with you at Asilomar 2026

We had so much last weekend hosting Mycology Field Day at the Peavy Arboretum. This collab w @osubpp.bsky.social @coforegonstate.bsky.social & Noah Siegel hosted >70 fun guys/gals for a day of mushroom collections & ID workshops

GTDB release 10 is out, with new criteria for data QC and ANI based species delineations. When will we figure this out for fungi? Were workin on it... academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

A striking Coprinus patch on the OSU campus

A belated thank you to @mycomile.bsky.social for visiting us at OSU. He gave a beautiful seminar and we had an epic foray w tide pooling to celebrate. #OSUMycology #beavernationn

Postdoc Hayden Johnson in my lab captured these amazing macros. We’re having fun culturing Pilobolus from horse dung in mycology this fall

Registration open for #Fungal26 genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/ at Asilomar.

job alert: UC Davis is looking to hire a 9 month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mycology in the Department of Plant Pathology. More details below, for full consideration submit by 1 December 2025 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

I need your help to promote the careers of our next generation of scientists and leaders. Im generating a list of awards for as part of my new role chairing BPPs award committee.

Are you interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis?" Apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...

Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students! caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...

Postdoc opportunity in the Kelliher lab at UMass Boston focused on how fungal circadian rhythms interact with nutrients in the environment and cellular metabolism. personal recommendation for the mentor being smart and kind! apps due 25 Oct, more info below

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Andreas Guerrero who just passed his prelims! Wahoo

Excited to host UG Charles Bruder through the Launching Undergraduate Research Experiences (LURE) program in the OSU College of Science to undertake research related to genomic structure of R. microsporus this fall. More at

The Oregonian published on truffles in the PNW today, and gives a shout out to the OSC herbarium #beavernation #ORMycology www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...

It started as a master thesis project by Markus Hiltunen, and ended up in this publication in Science. What a fun project to work on! Thanks Markus - and all other coauthors, too, for a great team work! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined). Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions. apply.interfolio.com/171625

Very excited to announce launch of brand new journal npj Fungal Science! As EIC I'm joined by a fantastic board of academic editors from across the mycology field. You can learn more about the journal scope and submit your work here: www.nature.com/npjfungalsci/

We are so excited to see this book come out soon! @fungaljess.bsky.social contributed to the edible/medicinal mushrooms section. Its fungal biology, applications, and implications targeted at teens and young adults. As our future leaders they need to understand how awesome and helpful fungi are 🍄🍄🍄

Michigan State University, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship. eeb.msu.edu/initiatives/...

📣We offer a #PhDPosition in a trilateral program “Future Proofing #Plants to a Changing Climate" with Martina Ried-Lasi (funded by @dfg.de, @ukri.org-BBSRC, NSF, USDA-NIFA). 🔗More: www.ipb-halle.de/en/career/jo... 📅Apply now! #PlantSci #SciJobs #PlantSciJobs #PhD #PlantBiology #BiologyPhD

Faculty Search Alert! The Division of Microbiology & Immunology at @UUtah is growing! We're hiring at all ranks in the tenure track—join a cutting-edge, collaborative research community in stunning Salt Lake City. utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186... #AcademicJobs #Immunology #ScienceCareers

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Scholarships are available to attend the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting in Jan 2026! Want to be considered? Submit your abstract by 16th Sept. Links and details in post below 👇🧪 #KSFungalPath2026 #immunosky

*JOB AD*: interested in doing a postdoc in microbial metabolomics? Passionate about natural products mass spec? Come join the group! Informal enquires welcome! Closing Date: 19 August 2025 jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring!

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

Amino acid competition shapes Acinetobacter baumannii gut carriage: Cell Host & Microbe www.cell.com/cell-host-mi... #MicroSky

🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome. 💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia 📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025 🌍 Int’l applicants welcome! Application link below. #microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky

Are Bacterial Processes Dependent on Global Ribosome Pausing Affected by tRNA Modification Defects? 🦠 =>processes evolutionarily tuned to be sensitive to translation speed eg: motility, iron homeostasis, leader peptide attenuation (ex: trp). #rnasky #microsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Theory of host-microbe symbioses: Challenges & opportunities Discussion on mathematical modeling of microbial symbioses with 3 noted areas requiring advancement: nested ecology w/in host or holobiont, holobiont population dynamics & symbiont-mediated speciation www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Waste as an antibacterial weapon: Elgrail & Glickman highlight work showing methylglyoxal, a metabolic byproduct of glycolysis, is part of macrophage arsenal limiting L. monocytogenes & MTb but is countered by pathogen methylglyoxal detoxification enzymes www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Amino acid competition shapes A. baumannii gut carriage Acinetobacter baumannii uses ornithine to compete w/ microbiota & persist in gut. Amino acid supplementation & differences in diet promote A. baumannii gut colonization in mice & humans @laurenpalmer.bsky.social‬ www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

John Bennett tells a penicillin reminiscent discovery story of finding a Streptomyces species that has antifungal properties against key pear pathogens. The genome for this strain is a mixture of linear and circular contigs. Strep culture filtrate can inhibit post harvest fungi. #PlantHealth2025

Maria Purnamasari introduces an oomycete causing root rot in peas. Can beneficial bacteria be used for control? To do so, we need to test ways that microbes are communicating/contacting. Director co-culturing of Pseudomonas with Aphanomyces shows attachment & feeding of 🦠 #PlantHealth2025

I'm excited to announce our new biorxiv preprint, wherein we investigate the evolution of the weirdest genetic locus I've ever seen! Behold the tgr genes of the social amoeba, which mediate self/non-self discrimination during facultative multicellularity 🐅 🧵 1/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks to truffle dogs, genomics & the Oregon State University (OSC) herbarium, a team of scientists led by Ben Lemmond have identified a new truffle species native to the PNW, Leucangium cascadiense 📍 #Oregon #Mycology #Truffles #OSUHerbarium #FungalFriday #Cascadia 🐶🍄

We are in need of part time UG researchers in the herbarium this coming school year! Apply at jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/171... this is an opportunity to learn about specimen curation and mycological research in the OSC herbarium 🌱🍄🌴

Novel Research in Biological Artificial Intelligence: Expressions of interest and nominations for a Max Planck Director to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social. More information: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

🚨 #JobAlert. please share: The DRESDEN-concept Genome Center (DcGC) 🧬 @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social is looking for the new Head of Facility! 🗓️ Deadline for applications: August 11 More information here ➡️ tud.link/fz5hr8 @tudresden.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de

E. coli, but with only 57 codons! Honey, who shrunk the genetic code? By @carlzimmer.com quoting @akosnyerges.bsky.social about work from Jason Chin's lab at the MRC LMB. "There’s a lot more in genomes than we thought. We are still not great at designing biology.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...

How predictably does complex trait adaptation proceed over space and time in wild populations? doi.org/10.1093/evle... Now in @evolletters.bsky.social by @skylerberardi.bsky.social, @paulrschmidt.bsky.social et al. 📷: Dr. Rush Dhillon

So delighted that the #LTEE landed in my podcast feed today! Great job as always @relenski.bsky.social ! Don’t miss this one! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

My department @utoronto.ca (www.utm.utoronto.ca/biology/) is hiring a molecular biologist in any field (e.g., ecology, evolutionary biology, etc.). Please encourage any excellent finishing PhD students, postdocs or assistant professor to apply here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Mississa...

Happy to share our new paper out today in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social in collaboration with @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social @akihisaosakabe.bsky.social about how evolution can do big things with small changes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My colleagues at Nature Biomedical Engineering @natbiomedeng.nature.com are hiring an associate or senior editor. Ideal applicant will have expertise in immunology, immunotherapy, or immuno-oncology. Please feel to ask me questions! springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions available in our group are now online. Deadline August 25th. 🧪Immunologists, apply in link below. 🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Extra kudos and thanks to all the staff at NIH and NSF and other federal funding agencies for working extra hard in very small windows of opportunity to get grants reviewed and funds released before the attention-addled federal policies change again (on an hourly basis).

Interesting publication on constraints & opportunities for a transition to alternative forest management strategies in Sweden. Major constraints: conservative traditions & inadequate advisory services Opportunities: increasing interest among forest owners & potential regulatory support from the EU

We wrote a review on the free nucleotide pool as a central playground in human, bacterial, and plant immunity – now out in Nature Reviews in Immunology www.nature.com/articles/s41... Was fun to write this piece with Dina Hochhauser! Here is a thread to explain the premises 1/