Michelle Momany

Fungal symbioses: A multiplicity of fungi in the lichen union Increasing evidence suggests that lichens are not just a partnership between one fungus and one alga or cyanobacterium but may contain multiple intera…

New Dispatch article on the multitude of fungal symbionts now being reported in lichens, led by @puginiercamille.bsky.social

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Vacancies Open vacancies in Aspergillus and fungal research Postdoc – Imperial College London, UK Fungal genomics of the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. For informal enquiries please conta…

Asilomar will also be a great time to catch up with international colleagues and network.

Do you have any group openings? Let us know and we can add to our 'vacancies' page ahead of the conference:

aspgrpc.com/vacancies/

Asperfest Next event Asperfest 22 22nd International Aspergillus Meeting March 2026 Asilomar, California, USA 22nd International Aspergillus Meeting Merrill Hall Monday 16th March 19:00 – 22:00 Poster …

With just two weeks to go until the 33rd Fungal Genetics Conference at Asilomar starts, we're happy to reveal the programme for Asperfest, running 16th-17th March:

aspgrpc.com/asperfest/

Will we see you at Asperfest and/or FGC?

I am finally getting around to discussing our preprint "Septins mediate cell-cycle-dependent exclusion of Cdc42 GAP Rga4 from growth sites in fission yeast" by a very talented grad student Justin McDuffie in the Das lab. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/

Low level contamination confounds population genomic analysis Abstract. Genome sequence contamination has a variety of causes and can originate from within or between species. Previous research focused on contaminatio

Thrilled that work from collaborative efforts by the @dbensasson.bsky.social & @mcmomany.bsky.social labs has been accepted by G3 and is available to read now! Population geneticists beware - low-level contamination has greater impact on analyses than you might expect. doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

Lab Research Professional 2 UVA Spiliotis Lab in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia Apply for Lab Research Professional 2 UVA Spiliotis Lab job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia

My laboratory (www.spiliotislab.org) at University of Virginia is hiring a new Lab Specialist.

Looking for candidates with experience in cell & molecular biology, biochemistry, and/or lab management.

Join us in scenic Charlottesville, Virginia!

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Wolf moon, first full moon of 2026.

Happy New Year’s Eve! Took this last night with my new telescope. Coolest Christmas gift ever.

Momany Lab Holiday lunch outing. Bet you can guess which university we are from.

Get ready for a feast of fungal biology at the GRC CMFB conference in Holderness, NH next year. @mrccmm.bsky.social @youngecmm.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @britmycolsoc.org.uk @elainebignell.bsky.social

Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech.
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!

The details and deadlines for the 33rd edition of Fungal Genetics Conference are available! #Fungal26 @Geneticsgsa. Join us! And if you are a #blaster, come to #Magnafest organised by @Frank_Menke @elyogarcia and myself! Come and join us! 🧬🔬🌾🍄

There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Exciting news!

Submissions are now open for the first @ascbiology.bsky.social #MBOC Spercial Issue on #Septins

Submission deadline: April 30, 2026

RT and spread the word at #CellBio2025

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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

JOB ALERT @bertuzzilab.bsky.social is recruiting 2 Research Associates for a project on Mucorales! Very exciting and can definitely recommend working with this group ☺️

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

1.5K views · 48 reactions | Ambrosia beetles and fungi are important and super interesting, but the scientific literature about them includes a lot of wishful thinking. This workshop involved one of t... Ambrosia beetles and fungi are important and super interesting, but the scientific literature about them includes a lot of wishful thinking. This workshop involved one of the most interesting groups.....

This video from @jirihulcr.bsky.social is great for its discussion of ambrosia beetles and fungi but also on how to approach doing research. The summer school looks awesome. www.facebook.com/jiri.hulcr/v... 🪲🍄🍄‍🟫🌳🪾

Micrograph of a fungal cell showing a protein tagged with green fluorescent protein localizing in the nuclei.

It will always amaze me how we can visualize the location of our protein of interest inside a cell. This is possible thanks to fundamental science, as scientists studied how a species of jellyfish generates light.

🍄: Aspergillus fumigatus

Mycoviruses steer fungal fitness Nature Microbiology - A mycovirus drives the fitness of the lung-infecting fungus Aspergillus fumigatus under stress, helping it to survive within immune cells, and thus shaping its pathogenesis.

Our study on a mycovirus that boosts fungal virulence is now out — and beautifully covered in this Behind the Paper piece by Amariliz Rivera

Huge thanks for capturing the heart of the story so thoughtfully. @natmicrobiol.nature.com rdcu.be/eB9yg

New vacancies listed on the AspGRPC website! If you have a vacancy you'd like to advertise, drop us a message

Planning for Asperfest22 in Asilomar, California March 2026 is underway! Don't forget to register quickly as the conference usually becomes oversubscribed

Join UGA Fungal Biology Group! Dept of Plant Path is recruiting for a tenure track Asst or Assoc Prof in Fungal Biology/Mycology, especially interested in computational biology and comparative, population, or functional genomics of plant pathogens www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445.... Materials

“Legendary Fungal Group” aww thanks!

Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus In sexual organisms, inheritance of new mutations is highly dependent on the timing of germline definition. Here, we used the fairy ring–forming fungus Marasmius oreades to challenge the general assum...

Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Aspergillus fumigatus reference strain Af293 carries a mycovirus that boosts heat+oxidative stress resistance and infection fitness. 😲💥

I encourage you to check out Neta's thread and I'm delighted my group could play a small role in this exciting study!!

Geographic distribution and associated mortality of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis among Medicare enrollees in the United States (2008-2015) Invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis are widely distributed in the United States, with certain regions experiencing significantly higher incidences. For invasive aspergillosis, each increase of 5 c...

www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016... 🚨🚨🍄🍄 new research from Washington University Mycoses Group (WUMG) reveals that Invasive aspergillosis & mucormycosis show broad geographic distribution across the U.S. Regions with higher incidence report lower associated mortality. @fungaldoc.bsky.social

Abby Potton is studying morphological heterogeneity of Cryptococcus neoformans in my lab. This image shows the full range of cell sizes, from large polyploid titan cells, to yeast, to the small but mighty titanide, all important for how this fungus causes disease.

A Fungus, Not Its Insect Host, Paints the World Red Lac insects carry a yeast-like symbiont that produces a commercially important bright red pigment, revealing insights about insect-microbe symbiosis.

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John Taylor receiving the John Webster award #BMS2025

I think a lot of people in the community would agree with me when I say John has contributed so much, and influenced the careers of so many. Thank you John!