Applications are OPEN for the 2026 MSA Award Period! Deadline 1 February 2026. New this year is the "Don Pfister Graduate Fellowship Award", for graduate students requiring work in fungaria. msafungi.org/application-... #MSAfungi #mycology
Why does the ocean matter? Let me count the ways...π
We know YOU know... so leave your thoughts in the comments!
To show our appreciation, we're giving away a WHOI membership and free goodies!
πEnter before midnight on Aug 10: go.whoi.edu/oceanmatters-sweepstakes
#OceanMatters #sweepstakes
Aquatic fungi deserve a place in conservation & monitoring ππ
Help shape a better approachβshare your expertise and/or needs in the Better Together Survey (10β15 min)!
π forms.office.com/e/UjCrG1L8YV
#biodiversity #aquaticfungi #conservation #monitoring
The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary.
Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).
RP please!
gzahn.github.io
We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
So excited about this!! Can you add me as well, please?
Thank you everyone who came to see my talk at #ASLO yesterday! Been having such an inspiring time hearing, seeing, and talking about amazing aquatic science!
Also Charlotte has been so beautiful this spring! So much fun exploring with @akrinos.bsky.social and @kjehickman.bsky.social!
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
Custom PhD positions in my team: High-quality motivated candidates are welcome to design their doctorate research topic for a project competition in the University of Tartu, Estonia. Keywords: bioinformatics, biodiversity, fungi, metagenomics, databases, mycorrhiza, DNA-based taxonomy, biogeography
βThe actions of Trump and his billionaire supporters have already begun to generate popular resistance [β¦] in order to best fight for a better future for working people, we will need to develop a political organization, such as a labor party, that is independent of the Democratic Party.β
Fellows are workers βπΌπ
Great job alert!
ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come join us.
Remote OK.
Salary range: $95K-$170K.
Apply here:
boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
A researcher on a boardwalk in a DANK hawaiian forest on Molokai.
RP PLS! IΚ»m hiring 3 postdocs at U HawaiΚ»i to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...
The new outline of fungi and fungus-like taxa is out now. Why do we need to do this so often? Because there are so many fungal species and only about 5-10% have descriptions. New genera, families etc are frequently being added to the tree. π§ͺ π #fungi #mycosky www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
Iβd like to be added to this as well!! Currently researching in marine biodiversity and branching into science policy πͺπΌ
We must mainstream nature. Economy, security, & health depend on nature but current policy development often overlooks nature's critical roles. Siloed approaches are insufficient-integrated policies that consider the interconnections among policy domains are needed www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Please add meβIβm a union organizer for WHOI GSU βπΌ
MIT announced that it would eliminate tuition costs next fall for all undergraduate students whose families earn less than $200,000 per year β following a national movement to try to make higher education more accessible. nyti.ms/3V6GVia
Good Night New England! - Sunset from Boston Harbor!
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity in Evolutionary Biology at the U of Rhode Island. Join us to explore the origin and early evolution of eukaryotes using cutting-edge comparative (meta)genomics and molecular evolution approaches. Applications are due December 15th. Contact me ASAP at laura.eme@uri.edu
Fungi are relevant to policies governing each aforementioned area: humans, land, ocean. Whether in terms of economy, food, medicine, biodiversity loss, conservation, or research, fungi deserve our attention and inclusion in policy decisions.
In the ocean, fungi decompose organic matter, act as plant and animal symbionts, and cycle nutrients. Some fungi have even shown efficient capacity to break down plastic polymers. Interestingly, fungi are ubiquitous across ocean ecosystems!
On land, fungi act as plant pathogens, support plant health and soil ecology, rehabilitate ecosystems, and cycle carbon.
In relation to humans, fungi source medicine, illness, And food (like beer and bread), participate in microbiomes, and are invaluable research subjects.
Fungi are important members of most ecosystems. They decompose organic matter, act in animal microbiomes, form mycorrhizal networks, serve as crops and pathogens, rehabilitate ecosystems, and cycle carbon.
My latest pub explores a few potential implications that fungi could have in policy! If your interested, hereβs a thread πͺ‘π§΅
sciencepolicyreview.pubpub.org/pub/av7npje2...
Happy to share a fun and hopefully useful paper written with my former student, @kjehickman.bsky.social with advice for running a successful undergraduate research lab!
Please share with PUI folks and anyone who has undergrads in their lab.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Iβd like to be added to the feed @danirabaiotti.bsky.social! PhD in progress, hereβs my lab profile: alexanderlabwhoi.github.io/authors/jhic...
Given that COVID-19 is caused by a virus, thatβs very concerning π
