From Nov 1, I am helping managing the new #MSCA #DoctoralNetwork MiCCrobioTAckle. This is a very interesting funding scheme, strong in research and training of PhDs. Feeling a bit jealous of the students that will have such a great opportunity! 😀

Here, Jordana Oliveira makes a deep dive into TEs diversity in #AMF and uncovers fascinating features about their evolution and functionality 😮 Congratulations on another excellent work, Jordana! 😀

Emergency bulletin! 14 journals have co-published an urgent call for the deployment of microbial solutions against climate catastrophe, by Raquel Peixoto et al. nature.com/articles/s4156…

5th Symposium on Fungal Genetics Île de France is just starting. Thanks to our sponsors #Univ_paris_cite #IJMonod #SFGenetique #institutpasteur #cnrs

We're looking for a full professor Plant Breeding (Kiel University, Germany). The position comes with good labs, glasshouses, technical and administrative staff and one or two permanent postdoc positions to be filled freely. Questions? Feel free to contact me!

Come by next week to visit our lab! 🦠🍄 We will show you adorable microscopy pictures, you can play multiple games (for kids and adults), and even win something! 😍

Delighted that the final version of our Candida parapsilosis outbreak + MLST creation manuscript is out now in The Lancet Microbe! doi.org/10.1016/j.lanm…

Join us for the #Colletotrichum Workshop at #ECFG17 in Dublin on 2nd March 2025! Explore the latest on genetics, evolution, host-pathogen interactions, and more. More details: ecfg17.org/ecfg17-satelli… #FungalGenetics #fungi #genetics Michael Thon @[email protected] Katsuma Yonehara (米原克磨) ECFG17 - 17 European Conference on Fungal Genetics

Job alert! We have an open technician position in our lab Leibniz-HKI, please spread the word! jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Technisch…

Looking forward to co-organize the concurrent session on “Microbial Infection Strategies (Pathogens & Non-pathogens)” with Armin Djamei at #2025ISMPMI. Excited to meet all #MPMI 🌱🦠🍄 friends in 🇩🇪. A list of all exciting concurrent sessions here 👇ismpmi.org/Events/2025Con…

There are emerging risks that should be addressed decades before they become technically possible. It's a responsible position to take as a scientist which was my motivation to be a co-author of the study with Jonathan D G Jones to help evaluate potential risks to plant life.

Highly dynamic supernumerary mini-chromosomes in a Magnaporthe oryzae strain biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Got an early Christmas present this year with our new paper being out in mBio 🤩 We found a subcluster within the fumonisin gene cluster responsible for self-protection: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

Fascinating insights into #Fusarium oxysporum! A new study by Michael F Seidl and colleagues leverages reference-free pangenome variation to uncover the #evolution of accessory chromosomes highlighting their role in host specificity & horizontal transfer. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Join our team Leibniz-HKI as Technical Assistant - application deadline closing soon! 📣

New year, new look!🙌🏻 The #BIDlab website just got a makeover! 👩🏻‍💻 Check it out and explore what we’re up to: singlecell-vilhena.website2.me #newPI #extracellularvesicles FAU Erlangen-Nbg

🤝A warm welcome to #Microbiologist Prof. Dr. Sarela García-Santamarina. She is adding a new facet to the Universität Jena and Leibniz-HKI research profile with the newly founded Deep Microbiome Metabolomics department.👩‍🔬🦠

We hope everybody had a good start into the new year! 🎆✨️ We are excited to announce that we had three (!!) successfull PhD defenses shortly before christmas! We all are unbelievably proud 🥹❣️- congratulations to Dr. Jakob Sprague, Dr. Sophie Austermeier, and Dr. Rita Pforte!!!

Soil fungus #Mortierella alpina fights nematodes with bioactive #malpinins, disrupting their feeding. A step toward eco-friendly worm control for sustainable farming? 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽@LeibnizIPHT, Universität Jena & Balance of the Microverse Read the original publication in J. Am. Chem. Soc.: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…