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It is May, which means that this month’s Medical Mycology Trainee Seminar Series is soon! Our next meeting is Thursday, May 11th, at 4 pm 4 pm London Time (3 pm GMT, 5 pm Central Europe Time, 11 am Eastern Standard, 8 am Pacific Standard, 11 pm in China). 1/13

Our first speaker is Theresa Wacker, Theresa Wacker, a PhD candidate from the University of Exeter, UK. 2/13

Theresa Wacker Theresa will tell us about fascinating but devastating chytrids: “The role of transposons in genome expansion and two-speed genome architecture of amphibian-infecting chytrids.”3/13

Our second speaker is R. Blake Billmyre, PhD, Blake Billmyre, currently of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA, but who will soon be starting his own lab at the University of Georgia! 4/13

Blake Billmyre Blake will present on “High-throughput genetics, essential gene discovery, and antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans.” 5/13

Sam Campbell from SaraH Zanders 🎃💀 at Stowers Institute speaking about meiotic drive at #KUCG23

Veiled chameleon genomics with Natasha Shylo from Stowers Institute at #KUCG23

Cleaning out the freezer and packing up the house means our last smoking project in KC. Pork butt rubbed with mustard hot sauce.

Not on our KC bucket list but Rory insisted (bronchiolitis) on a return trip to Children's Mercy yesterday that prevented us from attending SaraH Zanders 🎃💀 going away party. Discharged after an overnight stay and back to trying to eat everything.

Got a few things to unpack... #firstday

Already did! Fungal colleagues, please sign the open letter in support of all the databases in the Eukaryotic Pathogen, Vector and Host Informatics Resource (VEuPathDB), which includes #FungiDB. Thanks! #Cryptococcus #Aspergillus #Candida

Great to see this out! Round Lab and I highlight recent advances in mycobiome impacts on health and disease. It’s an exciting time by to be working on commensal fungi!

Colleagues (PIs only) that work with fungi… help is needed to ensure the continued funding of the VEuPathDB project (including FungiDB). Sign this letter of support: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1z…

First toothpicks, first plates!

Anyone have a favorite source for buying ClonNAT without paying in organs/firstborn children? I knew it was pricey but getting some serious sticker shock here.

Excited that we can still get hatch chiles out in Athens!

First lab meeting in the books!

I haven’t been very active on here lately but wanted to hop on to share my recent paper! This was a departure from my Drosophila work in the Hawley lab. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Abstract submission for the Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes, Interactions and Symbiosis is now live! Abstracts: Feb. 9 Registration: Mar. 8 Fees include your meals and hotel Join us in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain Sept 30-Oct 5. tinyurl.com/cgue2024 #CGUE2024

#MycoTalks this week - don't miss out! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Blake Billmyre RokasLab EvolutionVU