Hi #microbiomesky and #mevosky and also #phagesky maybe? Some of us want a microbiome journal club to catch up on microbiology/evolution related microbiome research. Monthly@15:00 CET/09:00 EST/18:30 IST or so Please text my LMU email address if you're interested (not typing it here to avoid spam)

Lavisha Parab@lavishaparab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Does anyone know of an online microbiome journal club? I'm interested in joining one. More along the lines of evolution and microbiology than immunology or human effects #mevosky #microbiomesky

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Today is the last day to apply to our open PhD position working on plant-associated above-belowground fungal microbiomes across the Galapagos! Based at the amazing @niooknaw.bsky.social 🌱🍄

PhD: Biogeography of plant-associated fungi on the Galapagos islands

In this project, you will investigate the biogeography of above- and belowground fungi associated with several Scalesia species. We aim to develop an integrated view of diversity and distribution of t...

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📣 Postdoc opportunity in the StatDivLab (aka the Willis Lab) at the University of Washington. Amy Willis is doing the some of the most exciting/impactful work in microbiome biostats right now. Highly recommend. Job ad below👇 apply.interfolio.com/188571

Related: if you know a great undergrad interested in grad school (or if YOU are interested), & they'd like to work in fungal biology using population genomics to study pathogenicity and genome plasticity, please encourage them to reach out! See annehatmaker.com/contact/ for more info on how

Annie Hatmaker, Ph.D.@annemakerofhats.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I shared on LinkedIn already, but I wanted to post here as well since I've got a different audience: I will be joining the Department of Plant Pathology at the @universityofga.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor on Aug 1!! I will keep studying #Aspergillus & #Fusarium that infect plants & humans 🥰

First R package generated almost entirely by Codex (just for fun). It is an incredibly important tool that you can't live without. #mycofam #rstats github.com/gzahn/ggshroom

💧🍄 Didn't get to join us live for our Celebration of @BiodiversityDay 2026? It's not too late to learn from our four speakers on topics of freshwater and marine fungi! Check it out online and be inspired! 💧🍄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsyG...

Aquatic Fungi Diversity 2026

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Somebody has been submitting a lot of HPC jobs

I'm hiring a postdoc to lead sedimentary aDNA reconstructions of alpine plant biodiversity as part of a broader project exploring the mechanisms of alpine plant resilience. Come join a collaborative team working in beautiful places! Bonus: postdocs at UMaine are unionized!

We are hiring @umichmicroimmuno.bsky.social ! Tenure-track assistant professor position in our Microbiology and Immunology department. We are especially looking for someone working in bacterial pathogenesis

On David Attenborough’s 100th birthday 🎂 🎉, I recall the 2019 Red List workshop in the building named after him in Cambridge, UK, that inspired me to launch MyCoLAB. From 91 to 195 Red List fungal assessments in one week — and 1,302 today. Thank you for the inspiration, Sir David ❤️

End of the year lab party was scheduled to be a celebration of failure and mediocrity, but we all just got big wins all year 🥰 So grateful to the team

If anyone would like to do PhD work in my plant-soil-microbe & restoration ecology lab at WSU, please email me about this opportunity. Apps due by June 30

Simons Foundation@simonsfoundation.org · 3mo ago

Now accepting applications for our 2027 Simons Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution! These awards support students entering U.S.-based Ph.D. programs to conduct #ecology and #evolution research. Deadline is June 30, 2026: bit.ly/4umYKZd #science

Penn State Biology is hiring! We have an opening for a tenure-line faculty position in plant biology - if you'd like to pursue awesome science in a supportive and interdisciplinary community of researchers, consider applying! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Plant Biology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group was presented at the Conference Fungal Conservation in Europe: Evidence to Action (lnkd.in/eAf88AEW) by @isabelrfernandes.bsky.social. It was a great opportunity to highlight the work being done towards #aquaticfungi #conservation💧🍄‍🟫 📸 @zimingwang.bsky.social

Thrilled for my first funded project in my new lab! Now I just gotta actually do the damn thing 😳 reviverestore.org/ai-guided-mi...

Field work day!

Description of the new Marine fungus that kills harmful algae Full article: Algophthora mediterranea, gen. et sp. nov.: Novel dinoflagellate- and diatom-infecting generalist marine chytrid from the Mediterranean Sea share.google/VdemEElvkl7c...

Algophthora mediterranea, gen. et sp. nov.: Novel dinoflagellate- and diatom-infecting generalist marine chytrid from the Mediterranean Sea

This study describes a novel parasitic fungus that infects the benthic and epiphytic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata during a coastal microalgal bloom in the Mediterranean Sea. Microscopic obse...

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1/🧵 Major milestone unlocked for mycology! 🍄 We just published a massive genomic resource in 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚, releasing 2,695 complete circular mitochondrial species assembled from public data This single dataset nearly 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐒 📈the known mitochondrial diversity of the Kingdom Fungi rdcu.be/eYZ2h

Disperal ecology meets fungi! It is more than just spores people! Check this paper led by ECR @sarahcuprewich.bsky.social and Kristin Barbour! Fun collab supported @cu-esiil.bsky.social One hundred unanswered questions on the dispersal ecology of fungi url: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

One hundred unanswered questions on the dispersal ecology of fungi

Abstract. Fungi comprise millions of species that play numerous varied roles in Earth’s natural and managed ecosystems, engaging in a multitude of positive

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In Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, faster-than-light travel is enabled by math based on restaurant bills. I propose that numbers in collaborative grant budgets follow the same rules of non-determinism. I just can't.

Come join the TIDAL team if you like big data parasitism, growing weird fungi, or pretending to model random noise! (Also folks who are into translating ecology into policy) cdsp.wm.edu/about/news-e...

At the Forest’s Edge: New Research Uncovers How Microbes Shape Ecosystem Resilience

Microbes are everywhere – on your skin, in your gut, in the soil beneath your feet, even floating in the air you breathe. Most people think of microbes in simple terms: some make you sick, while other...

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Upon this rock, I will build my church.

Talia Backman@taliamycota.bsky.social · 6mo ago

TIDAL lab origins, 2026!🍄‍🟫🌊🧚‍♂️

What fungi live in the leaves of Pando, the massive aspen clone in Utah, USA? And how do they vary across the spatial extent of this 43 hectare clonal plant? Find out in this article in our latest issue of Fungal Ecology: doi.org/10.1016/j.fu... (photo by US Forest Service)

Sunrise commute and supercomputer. Two good things.

I love this.

New paper is out with the amazing @greenwoodthegreat.bsky.social We used the largest tree on Earth (Pando) to test edge effects on microbial assembly without the background noise of host genetic variation! authors.elsevier.com/a/1mPqy6ExPy...

And for my next trick, a scrap-wood centrifuge!

Talia Backman@taliamycota.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I asked my PI for tape dispensers and this shows up the next day 🍄‍🟫 @geoffzahn.bsky.social

I'm hiring a postdoc to work with myself, Dr Jim Lyons and the entire NOAA Firebird team on the adaptive management part of our larger project focused on the impacts of prescribed fire on Gulf Coast wetlands Accepting applications until Feb 15th blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/19...