Thank you to organisers Eleanor Caves Eleanor Caves, Sonke Johnsen Sonke Johnsen & Lorian Schweikert Lorian Schweikert and all who attended this week's Workshop 'Vision 2024: Building Bridges in Visual Ecology'. biologists.com/workshops/june… #BiologistsWorkshops

Spent the afternoon foraging for and learning about myco friends! Led by the fearless Prasanth ft. Andrew Swafford Asiya Gusa José Vargas-Muñiz, Ph.D. Ksenia Krasileva

Please RT widely! Everyone interested in #conservation of #Fungi are mostly welcome. A great opportunity to discuss how we can take the first steps towards Red Listing #aquaticfungi. All details for registration 👇

More evidence of human pathogenic fungi acquiring drug resistance from agricultural use of fungicides with same modes of action. See highlight of work from Michelle Momany and Marin Talbot Brewer labs👇

MS student Seth is a little worried his poster is out in a dark corner #SMBE2024 . If you are interested in using Machine Learning to link genotype and phenotype, head to the dark side! Also preprint! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Mycology postdoc fellowship support mmptp.mgm.duke.edu Postdoctoral Positions in the Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program (Tri-I MMPTP) at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University

New method paper from our lab: KO in choanos made easy. This has been a game-changer for us and we hope it will be useful to others biorxiv.org/content/10.110… As a bonus, we report the first evidence of the Hippo pathway controlling multicellular size in a non-animal - see below!

Our review on the photobiology of Phycomyces is online. Light reception of Phycomyces revisited: several white collar proteins confer blue- and red-light sensitivity and control dynamic range and adaptation | Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Zach Konkel built CLOCI to detect gene clusters based on the signatures of their evolutionary processes. Not just secondary metabolite clusters...all kinds of clusters. And of course we present fun new horizontal gene cluster transfers. academic.oup.com/nar/advance-ar…

Our lab was awarded an R01 to study how the fungal septin cytoskeleton contributes to anti-cell wall drugs in Aspergillus fumigatus! In the long term, this knowledge will help us improve existing antifungal therapies! 1/2

📣 Davidson College is seeking a tenure-track evolutionary biologist with genetic and/or genomic expertise 📣 Please pass this on to anyone with a passion for teaching, mentorship, and research. I'm happy to answer questions! #Evolution2024 #SMBE2024 …ci-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

⭐️ Big news! HHMI is investing $300+ million in 26 new #HHMIInvestigators from 19 US institutions. These top scientists will drive groundbreaking research in diverse fields, from neuroscience to immunology to structural biology & beyond. Welcome to HHMI! hhmi.news/4df2eVs

This is the parasitic fungus Arthrophaga myriapodina, which causes infected millipedes to climb to an elevated spot before death! This one fell from its ferny perch and landed on its back allowing the fungus to prosper and sporulate in between segments on its underside!

Happy #MicroscopyMonday! Last week I ran a workshop for high school students UMass Dartmouth, where we looked at pondwater on microscopes. Everyone then made a "Pondemon" card for an organism they identified, using pictures they took! Here's a small sample- printable set coming soon...

Our (w/Andrew Swafford, Ethan Garner, and Lillian Fritz-Laylin) review "Actin network evolution as a key driver of eukaryotic divesification" is out now in J Cell Science! doi.org/10.1242/jcs.26…

🚨NEW WEBSITE🚨 sites.google.com/view/iucn-ssc-… Take a look to know more about the group, its members, and activities developed. Please share widely! #aquaticfungi #conservation #IUCNSSCAquaticFungiSG IUCN SSC Fungal Conservation Committee IUCN SSC Marine Conservation Committee (MCC) FW Conservation FUNACTION MoSTFun Global Center for Species Survival

Scientific colour maps: yes!—But when and what not to do with them? 👉doi.org/10.1002/cpz1.1… including resources for researchers, science communicators, software developers, publishing editors, and University faculty! Dr Grace Shephard Philip Heron #DataVisualisation #UseBatlow

One of my hobbies = watercolor doodles. Here are some fun amoeba morphologies!

🚨 Exciting news! My latest research on Mycodiplosis fly larvae and rust fungi is published! We screened over 5,000 rust specimens globally and built the first 5-gene phylogenetic tree of Mycodiplosis. Check out our groundbreaking findings: academic.oup.com/jinsectscience…

Special thanks to Jasmine Nirody for all her wonderful work, and to Tom Richards for all the support and discussions. 50 days’ free access: authors.elsevier.com/c/1jlO9_LsQSQE… Biorxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…