The growing threat of nontuberculous mycobacteria infections the-microbiologist.com/features/the-g…

How to pick the right lab for a postdoc if you want to stay in academia. [based on my experience in the US and partly Europe] 1. Make a list of possible groups in advance. Meet their students & postdocs at conferences. Listen to their feedback. Get opinions from the faculty in

Check out this amazing special issue of Current Biology . The editorial from Joe Heitman nicely sets the scene and there are some spectacular reviews from many mycologists. I am glad to have been part of this, including in the 'MyShroom' section! cell.com/current-biolog…

The Journal of Fungi Young Investigator Award is open for nominations! 🏆 🧬Prize: CHF 1000 + free publication + e-certificate For early-career researchers (<10 yrs post-PhD) 🗓️ Deadline: 31 Dec 2025 mdpi.com/journal/jof/aw… #Fungi #Mycology #YoungInvestigators #ScienceAwards

When homology fails: lessons from liver-fluke phylogenies DOI: doi.org/10.32942/X24D1C

The next online Asia-Pacific #genetics and #genomics Seminar Series will occur on the 9th of July🧬! Catherine Grueber will discuss her amazing research on preserving biodiversity and ecological resilience using genetic approaches. See the below flyer for details:

GenDivRange: A global dataset of geo-referenced population genetic diversity across species ranges nature.com/articles/s4159…

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Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST70 harboring blaNDM in a migratory Penguin nature.com/articles/s4159…

Pine-fungal co-invasion alters whole-ecosystem properties of a native #eucalypt forest 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… by Corinne Vietorisz et al. @WileyPlantSci Jake Nash Alex Siggers #ectomycorrhizal #fungi #leaflitter Illustration by Corinne Vietorisz

🧬🪦“SRA is the graveyard for sequence data.” Overheard at Speculative Technologies's Nerd Party yesterday.🥳 Sequencing is cheaper than ever, so we generate massive datasets, extract a sliver of publishable insight, and the rest gets buried. It's about time we build a scalable infrastructure

Comprehensive taxonomic identification of microbial species in metagenomic data using SingleM and Sandpiper | Nature Biotechnology nature.com/articles/s4158…

Anthropogenic activity and climate change exacerbate the spread of pathogenic bacteria in the environment | Science Advances share.google/p2crvKWmyYKKp6…

Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment New Review Article by Norman van Rhijn and Johanna Rhodes Read it here: rdcu.be/eyobz nature.com/articles/s4156…

🎉 Our new paper is out in Science Advances! Plants can detect parasitic nematodes. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #PlantImmunity #Nematodes #Arabidopsis #Scienchttps://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adv8896?af=Re

Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain bbc.com/future/article… via BBC Future

Cryptococcosis: update on therapeutics and new targets : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases journals.lww.com/co-infectiousd…

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New online! Methicillin-resistant and susceptible Staphylococcus aureus: tolerance, immune evasion and treatment nature.com/articles/s4157…

Metallo-beta-lactamases, including IMP- and VIM-type carbapenemases, are an ever-growing problem. For the latest insights on IMP & VIM-type carbapenemase genetic diversity, epidemiology and biochemical characteristics, check out this #ClinMIcroRev article: asm.social/2yl