You're probably already doing science advocacy — you just might not call it that. Our new commentary (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) makes the case that every scientist has a role, and that advocacy takes many forms. Find and embrace yours! @natcellbio.nature.com @vfarm15.bsky.social

Every scientist has a role in advocacy - Nature Cell Biology

In this Comment, we call on scientists to share their stories. Through casual conversation or prepared presentations, with images or essays, scientists can advocate for their research and reach taxpay...

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Worth a read www.science.org/content/blog...

The Assault On Science Funding Continues

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PhD position in my group for entry in October 2026. Round 3 of the @nrpdtp.bsky.social BBSRC competition. Please RT👇 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...

Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_S26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership

What makes a plant killer lose its edge? This project will investigate why fungal pathogens lose virulence when they are grown in laboratory culture away from their host plant. Use cutting-edge…

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The mycobiont of the lichen Xanthoria parietina produces the siderophore ferrichrome which enables iron acquisition and nutrient exchange with its algal photobiont. Great collaboration with my group & @metalichen.bsky.social led by Hubertus Haas 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PhD project on Blast Fungus host pentration open in my #Proteomics group at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for an October 2026 entry. Collaborative project with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social. Deadline: 30th July. Open to Home Fee status applicants. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/inv...

Investigating host penetration by the rice blast fungus (MENKE_S26DTP3) | Doctoral Training Partnership

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The WHO today published a new blueprint to help countries respond to the increasing burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of global health’s most underestimated and neglected threats. www.who.int/news/item/30... @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social

New WHO report outlines critical steps to confront fungal disease and antifungal resistance

The World Health Organization (WHO) today published a new blueprint to help countries respond to the increasing burden of fungal disease and antifungal resistance – one of global health’s most underes...

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Our new paper was, by definition, an adventure: stepping outside of our comfort zone, embracing the unknown, and engaging in activities where the outcome is uncertain. Includes discovery of a new species and working with a Native American tribe to name it… 🧵👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Comparative Analysis of Stress Adaptation in the Yeast Microbiome of Cactus

Yeasts and related fungi isolated from cacti or nearby non-cactus plants were characterized phenotypically and genomically, revealing differences that hint at modes of adaptation to the cactus host.

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Our newest review on septins as makers & breakers of membrane contacts in J Neurochem Fun writing with new PhD grad (and FASEB Septin Conference A/V Assistant Extrordinaire) TJ Holt Thanks @mcmurraylab.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social for input. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Septins in the Middle—Makers and Breakers of Membrane Contact Sites

Septins are a family of GTP-binding proteins that assemble into heteromeric oligomers and polymers, associating with specific membrane domains and organelles according to their subunit composition. G...

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Big surprise just out from our lab. Transcriptome from A. fumigatus conidiophore made at 50C is upregulated for MAT1-1. Why is this sexual master regulator up in asexual development? Maybe priming future progeny for survival? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Temperature during Aspergillus fumigatus conidiophore development primes spore transcriptome for asexual, parasexual or sexual development

Aspergillus fumigatus is a thermotolerant saprobe found in soils and plant debris worldwide and an important pathogen of humans causing two million deaths annually. A. fumigatus makes abundant asexual...

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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 🥰

So proud to see this story finally out!🎉 We added new data since our previous preprint—transgenic barley plants with an engineered immune receptor that fights off two fungal pathogens at once. Short 🧵 and link to the original preprint thread on X👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Molecular mimicry of a pathogen virulence target by a plant immune receptor

Plants and animals respond to pathogen attack by mounting innate immune responses that require intracellular nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) proteins. These immune receptors detect pathog...

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Peer-reviewed version of our study led by @aliceeseola.bsky.social first seen on @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social showing the exquisite level of control of organelle trafficking & autophagy exerted during plant infection by the blast fungus. Thanks to all co-authors. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Synchronous spatiotemporal control of autophagy and organelle trafficking is necessary for infection by Magnaporthe oryzae

The blast fungus forms a force-generating appressorium for plant infection. Eseola et al. show how individual spore cells adopt distinct fates, trafficking organelles to the appressorium or undergoing...

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Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Antifungal resistance is growing – will new treatments turn the tables?

Trials of drugs to fight deadly resistant infections are advancing, but they might fall victim to overuse of agricultural fungicides just like their predecessors.

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It is no surprise that contamination leads to incorrect conclusions in population genetics studies. @audreykward.bsky.social, @mcmomany.bsky.social, @dbensasson.bsky.social caution that even low-level contamination has a greater impact on analyses than expected. More in #G3journal: buff.ly/kYFXQfM

The X-linked Septin6 strikes in the immune system!

Casanova Lab@casanovalab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

X-linked SEPTIN6 deficiency as a novel cause of syndromic T cell deficiency ! X-linked SEPTIN6-related congenital neutropenia and B cell deficiency rupress.org/jhi/article/...

A new study from our group, led by Iris Eisermann, of the septin interactome during appressorium development, revealing many new interactors and significantly widening the biological function of septins in fungal pathogenesis. 👇 @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

bioRxiv Cell Biology@biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A stage-resolved map of dynamic septin interactions required for infection by the rice blast fungus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.02.716073v1

Really grateful to all co-authors who made this possible 🙏 Neha Sahu @mariselagarduno.bsky.social Paul Derbyshire @frankmenke.bsky.social Weibin Ma @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social Happy to hear any thoughts or feedback! 🌱🍄

Consider this: In a nation with a population approaching 349 million, the participation of 8 million people means that more than one of every 50 U.S. residents joined a No Kings rally. Stat seen on @usatoday.com

POV: You made history by joining the LARGEST protest in United States history! #NoKings Use the energy’s from today’s historic day to meet your neighbors (if safe) and start a group chat on Signal. The most important resistance work is hyper localized 🤝 #WeSayNoKings

No ICE. No war. No Kings. #nokings

Atlanta is showing up to say no ICE, no war, No Kings. #NoKings

Crowd of about 200 for #NoKings Protest in tiny, conservative Watkinsville, GA

NEW YORK CITY #NoKings

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑@50501movement.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Holy New York.

Hard to convey the size of the crowd at Seattle #NoKings - there are thousands more behind me.

#NoKings Boston where thousands came to say no to Trump and a second time no to monarchy! Let’s go!

No Kings march happening now in NYC drawing an estimated 100,000 people, completely flooding 7th Avenue. Comment from march lead Jay Walker of Rise & Resist and Murad Awadaweh of @thenyic.bsky.social, who says folks should go to nyc.me/newyorkforall to help protect immigrant NYers.

HAPPENING NOW: ❌👑 Thousands of people in DC are marching to Fort McNair where Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, and other leaders of this regime are living #NoKings #NoKingsDC

Happy and honored to be part of JCB's newest editorial board additions. Looking forward to new and exciting cell biology!

Journal of Cell Biology@jcb.org · 4mo ago

JCB is pleased to introduce the newest members of our editorial board. We are grateful to these and all of our board members for their contributions to JCB and service to the cell biology community. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

Our programme for May 7th (Manchester and online) is now live - in-person registration open until April 21st! Lots of great speakers including @mcmomany.bsky.social @aoifeodriscoll.bsky.social @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social @jon-otter.bsky.social www.fungalamr.org/post/f1amr-s...

F1AMR Scientific Meeting May 7th 2026: Live Programme

What? F1AMR Network Scientific Meeting When? Thursday May 7th 2026Where? University of Manchester, UK At this fully hybrid event, we will hear presentations from colleagues in research, industry and t...

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Our military is fighting a war Americans don't want, secret police are kidnapping and killing our neighbors, and the regime is trying to suppress the vote in the midterms. Silence isn't an option. Join us on Saturday to make No Kings Day big, loud, and inescapable: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...