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Be my colleague!! I’m so excited about this search. We are seeking a plant-microbe ixns scientist who uses a systems approach to understand the plant microbiome at any spatial or temporal scale: from molecules and cells, to populations and ecosystems, nanoseconds to decades

Here is something to distract you from the gloom: What can metagenomics tell us about the taxonomic composition of lichen symbioses? A peer-reviewed version of our analysis of >400 lichen metagenomes from around the world is now out in PLOS Biology. 1/12 doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Toxoplasma gondii infection of neurons alters the production and content of extracellular vesicles altering astrocyte phenotype and ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_micrbio

Excited to share our recent work on the power of RNA to encode physical information and how this can be embedded in the genetic code biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

My cousin and his kids focusing on recovering in altadena gofundme.com/f/Help-Ryan-an…

We’re excited to share a major review published in nature by CIFAR’s Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities program members!🍄 It examines the fungal threats facing civilization and investigates opportunities to use fungi to combat these threats. Read: nature.com/articles/s4158…

Sarah Gurr Lab Mat Fisher Arturo Casadevall Anuradha Chowdhary Christina Cuomo Lillian Fritz-Laylin Neil Gow Hailing Jin James Kronstad Kyla Ost Rebecca Shapiro Neta Shlezinger Jason Stajich Eva H. Stukenbrock Cowen Lab

Excited to share my latest paper on the role of calcineurin in cytokinesis in a critical human pathogen. It started with a genetic screen to identify mutants that are resistant to calcineurin inhibitors, which led us to a very unexpected place. A short 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

I enjoyed teaming with Garima, Francesco and Marnix to write this New Phytologist piece ... Breaking into nature's secret medicine cabinet: lichens – a biochemical goldmine ready for discovery nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

We are ready to recruit new postdocs to join our team at MPI Biology Tübingen! Please help us spread the words. Thank you!!! 😊

Oof, just realized that this July is the 10 year anniversary of the release of Bioinformatics Data Skills. Writing my book was one of the most fun, difficult, and rewarding things I’ve done. Can’t believe it’s been a decade; now I feel old 🥲

Our paper on #biosynthetic genes coding for ribosomal #peptides is out now: rdcu.be/ekux7! We present the 1st report of #RiPP-BGCs presence & diversity in #lichens. Spoiler: they’re ubiquitous & make up ~15–20% of #BGCs. #secondarymetabolites #fungi #genomeMining

Recently, we found out that our R01 funded through PAR-22-241 was withdrawn by NIAID News as NIH no longer prioritizes research programs related to DEI. This has been devastating news for our young research group, and we are now trying to scram together for a path forward 🧵1/12

Want to support us? Tell the NIH to (at least) reinstate ESI status to new PIs whose grants were withdrawn. Let your representative know that meritious research that would move us forward is being defunded. Tell your peers about this! Raise awareness. Please help us! 12/12

⚡️ Attn anyone interested in algal genomics and lichen symbiosis! ⚡️ New preprint: a near chromosome-level assembly of Trebouxia sp. A48 (member of T. decolorans species complex), the photobiont of Xanthoria parietina. 1/5 #lichen #alga #genomics biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

😻 HUGE NEWS! We've done it! One of the "Magnificent 8" – key missing lineages for understanding animal origins – is ALIVE in our lab! Previously just DNA whispers, Maop 2 could now open a new chapter for research. 📖 We will soon formally "introduce" it to the scientific world.

Meet Matt Kasson, one of our plenary speakers! Dr. Kasson (WVU Mountaineers) focuses on fungal-arthropod interactions, biological control of invasive plants and pathogens, and the biology and ecology of historic and emerging diseases of forest trees. Register today for #CFN25.

🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨 The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠 Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… 1/15 🧵

Please repost: We have a postdoc position in Fungal Cell Wall Research to study the Malassezia-host interaction interface in the context of atopic dermatitis. ⁦MRC Centre for Medical Mycology⁩; ⁦ECMM⁩; ⁦ISHAM⁩ For more details, visit: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

We have a 3-year postdoc position in our group at the HIFMB to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change. Please see the official job ad here and spread the word: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/2002…