Megan McDonald

Dedicated KC!

The virulence gene ToxB is both amplified and disrupted by transposons in the wheat pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, https://ror.org/051dzs374 Alberta Grain Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commissio...

Our latest pre-print on TE-mediated tandem duplication of the ToxB effector is now online...still a puzzle for us but we think it is in a Helitron! Together with amazing collaborators, Reem Aboukhaddour and Ryan Gourlie #TE #fungi
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Open Positions ERC-funded project on the mechanism of horizontal transfer of entire fungal chromosomes PhD PostDoc

Want to understand how entire fungal chromosomes can be horizontally transferred?
Join us to unravel the mechanism/consequences of horizontal chromosome transfer in a fungal pathogen as part of an ERC-funded project. Postdoc/PhD positions available.
fungal-evolutionary-genetics.de/open-positio...

There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!

Very excited to have our small contribution to the growing Starship field now published @mbio.bsky.social, as always a great peer review process with one of my favorite society journals

Hi Morgan!

Love it!

Research Fellow - School of Biosciences - 104926 - Grade 7 This post-doctoral role is associated with Dr. McDonald’s UKRI Future Leader Fellowship, and will explore the biochemistry of the Starship transposases. These transposases are the enzymes responsible ...

I have extended the deadline to apply for this post-doctoral role to work with me on the Biochemistry of Starship Transposon to this Sunday the 5th of January...original deadline set on a holiday set by HR (not me)! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham Apply for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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We are very excited to finally have this project funded! Lots of genomes to come :)

@unibirmingham.bsky.social PhD opportunity with the RHS "Not so sweet; Investigating the adaptive potential of the generalist pathogen, Honey fungus, under future climates" info warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... supervisors @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social & @jassydrak.bsky.social

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham Apply for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS973/r...

warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

HI old friends! Finally took the leap here to say I have several open positions going in my lab at the moment (and more to come).
1) PhD studentship in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (genomics)
2) Biochemistry Postdoc to understand how Starships move

Check out the links below!

I just logged in here after deciding to leave the other app to post this! And its already done!