Checking out Dr Barry Pryors mushroom cultivation research lab at OSU
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Checking out Dr Barry Pryors mushroom cultivation research lab at OSU
Postdoc on AI/biology funded by asanger and DeepMind!
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ne...
New post-doctoral research position in my phage-host interactions (Phi) laboratory in @otagomicroimmuno.bsky.social at @universityofotago.bsky.social New Zealand. The project is focused on defences against jumbo phages. Please share and if interested apply using the link in the comments.
Karl Maasdam joined us on one of my Mycology class trips last fall to document the process. The OSU #mycofam is goin strong
Exciting announcement! My new department is launching a postdoc fellowship in quantitative biology. Fellows will be co-advised by two Bio faculty, one that is quant focused (not me) and one that is not (me???). I would love to co-sponsor a postdoc and build a collaboration so please reach out!
A reminder that we are actively recruiting a geneticist to the Department of Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
careers-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17847/a...
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is funded by the National Science Foundation to create "points of entry" for students interested in research. Students apply from across the country to spend 10 weeks in Bozeman, Montana this summer (May 26, 2026 - August 1, 2026). Admitted students are paired with a faculty mentor, who serves as an advisor for a student's summer project. Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Our program leverages MSU’s unique microbiology expertise, focusing specifically on microbes living with little or no oxygen (like those in the hot springs of nearby Yellowstone). Low oxygen microbes are essential to human and ecosystem health. They influence (or control) such processes as the breakdown of food in the GI tract, removal of toxins from our bodies and the environment, and production of greenhouse gases. They are also models for understanding the origins of life on this planet, and the potential for life on other planets. A key goal of our program is to recruit students from schools with limited research infrastructure. Being in Montana, a state with a vibrant Native American community, we are particularly interested in applications from students at tribal colleges. However, ANYONE with an interest in microbiology - or biology/science in general - can and should apply. If willing and able, please share/tweet/spread the word far and wide. Applications are due February 14, 2026. Full details can be found through our website http://www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University.
www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/
Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.
Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline
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🧵4/4 a big thank you to the NSF staff for holdin it down in DC and for supporting grants 220410 / 2030338. Another thanks to all the coauthors especially students who worked on this project. Everyone got involved from techs/rotation students to grads and postdocs who made the process super fun
🧵3/4 last we sequenced and assembled nanopore genomes for some isolates and found long read sequencing increased genome size by 15.0–17.3 Mb (!!!) including some interesting repetitive content
🧵2/4 we also evaluated temperature dependent growth and found while both groups grow faster in warmer conditions, environmental isolates have greater variability in their phenotypes
🧵1/4 We investigated molecular diversity and endosymbiont status in environmental and clinical R microsporus. We found that clinical isolates are more closely related, and come from a more diverse environmental population that more frequently harbors bacterial endosymbionts
Brandon Stairs masters thesis research is now published in Mycologia!!
‘Genomic analyses of globally distributed Rhizopus microsporus populations indicate clinical isolates derived from environmental diversity reservoirs’
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The plot thickens; a non-host is not always a non-host and the fungal immune system dynamically interfaces with endobacteria. Gorgeous paper! Congrats to Thomas Gassler and colleagues, I have many many questions and hope to discuss them in person with you at Asilomar 2026
We had so much last weekend hosting Mycology Field Day at the Peavy Arboretum. This collab w @osubpp.bsky.social @coforegonstate.bsky.social & Noah Siegel hosted >70 fun guys/gals for a day of mushroom collections & ID workshops
GTDB release 10 is out, with new criteria for data QC and ANI based species delineations. When will we figure this out for fungi? Were workin on it...
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A striking Coprinus patch on the OSU campus
A belated thank you to @mycomile.bsky.social for visiting us at OSU. He gave a beautiful seminar and we had an epic foray w tide pooling to celebrate. #OSUMycology #beavernationn
Postdoc Hayden Johnson in my lab captured these amazing macros. We’re having fun culturing Pilobolus from horse dung in mycology this fall
Registration open for #Fungal26 genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/ at Asilomar.
job alert: UC Davis is looking to hire a 9 month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mycology in the Department of Plant Pathology. More details below, for full consideration submit by 1 December 2025
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Im looking at all levels, undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and all faculty. Im also considering professional societies, clubs, non-profits, national, international, discipline specific, travel, mentoring, anything. thank you in advance! existing databases also very welcome.
I need your help to promote the careers of our next generation of scientists and leaders. Im generating a list of awards for as part of my new role chairing BPPs award committee.
Are you interested in a PhD in the area of "Mechanisms of translational control during embryogenesis?" Apply now for a PhD @mpi-cbg.de! Overview of all participating RGLs: imprs.mpi-cbg.de/5761/researc...
Master's degree position at Towson University with Daniel Caetano on macroevolutionary and phylogenetic comparative methods! Daniel is an awesome human and a great mentor, share with your students!
caetanods.weebly.com/join-the-lab...
Postdoc opportunity in the Kelliher lab at UMass Boston focused on how fungal circadian rhythms interact with nutrients in the environment and cellular metabolism. personal recommendation for the mentor being smart and kind! apps due 25 Oct, more info below
Congratulations to PhD Candidate Andreas Guerrero who just passed his prelims! Wahoo
Excited to host UG Charles Bruder through the Launching Undergraduate Research Experiences (LURE) program in the OSU College of Science to undertake research related to genomic structure of R. microsporus this fall. More at
The Oregonian published on truffles in the PNW today, and gives a shout out to the OSC herbarium #beavernation #ORMycology
www.oregonlive.com/pacific-nort...
It started as a master thesis project by Markus Hiltunen, and ended up in this publication in Science. What a fun project to work on! Thanks Markus - and all other coauthors, too, for a great team work! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
My Department (Biology) at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have an opening for a Tenure Track Cell and/or Molecular biologist (broadly defined).
Please share with your trainees/labmates/friends and reach out if you have questions.
apply.interfolio.com/171625