have you ever gazed out at some fungus and wondered what else could be in there?✨ Check out our new Trends in Genetics review on fungal #Starships 101: what we know so far and where we think the field is headed. Great job Andrew and Aaron Vogan 🍄🚀 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jnz5cQbJBL8h

Lab gathered at Boulder Parc for a group climbing activity to celebrate a successful 2024 and the upcoming holiday season! ❄️⛄🎄🎅🎁 A big congrats to Maija, Sumhithaa, and Anusha on their contributions to two published/accepted lab papers, and to Jess on completing her MSc!

Ever wondered how mycologists do fieldwork in winter? ❄️Check out our recent study Rouge National Urban Park, Parks Canada and Greater Toronto Area on aquatic fungi, led by Maija & Sumhithaa in our group, with support from TD Fellowship, CERA NSERC / CRSNG UTSC Biology cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cj…

Researchers describe five #newspecies as part of a study on the diversity of #Acarosporaceae in California. 🔗 doi.org/10.3897/mycoke… #mycology

Meet the recipients of the Fall 2024 DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics & join us in congratulating them👏 These grad students & postdocs receive support to attend a conference or complete lab courses. Read about their research: buff.ly/3Wyb36H

Read about new work from Prof. Wang's lab Yan Wang ⬇️

Thank you for the highlight! U of T Scarborough Research & Innovation UTSC Biology

Thrilled to see our paper "Phylogenomic insights into the taxonomy, ecology, and mating systems of the lorchel family Discinaceae (Pezizales, Ascomycota)" released online. An amazing collaboration with Alden Dirks, Tim James and many others ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Wonderful! I would love to see this replicated for all the families of Pezizales

Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

I am elated to share that our PhyKIT protocols manuscript appeared on the cover of Current Protocols🥳🥳🥳 …rentprotocols.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cp…

For those working with Hi-C data and the Arima Genomics workflow, we have rewritten the Arima tools using htslib to speed up the process. Any feedback is welcome: github.com/Genoscope-LBGB…

🔬 New #Preprint Alert! "ClipKIT in the Browser" enables fast, cloud-based trimming of multiple sequence alignments for #Phylogenetics. Perfect for non-experts—no CLI needed! Supports DNA, proteins, and codon data. 🧬Jacob L Steenwyk 🔗 brnw.ch/21wQNuc

I’m on the market! 🎉 What do I do? -I develop research questions and applied biotechnology to understand and disrupt insect symbioses. -I coordinate international teams to tackle interdisciplinary global challenges. -I train mycologists, entomologists and insect pathologists.

Arachnid evolution redefined: Whole-genome duplications and multiple land colonizations phys.org/news/2025-02-a… via Phys.org

Genome evolution of #AMF and filamentous plant pathogens is strikingly similar 🤯 Jordana Oliveira shows that A/B compartments are common in AMF. Within these, TEs locate preferentially near effectors within evolving rapidly genome regions (B-comps)... academic.oup.com/gbe/article/17…

🦟🍄 New publication on mosquito–fungus interactions! Zancudomyces culisetae: a hidden player that accelerates mosquito larval growth and delivers yet-to-be-identified electron-dense particles UTSC Biology U of T Scarborough Research & Innovation University of Toronto Scarborough U of T Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium 👉sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Live in Ontario? Love bugs and forests? I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease. Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions! #Entomology #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies