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Jon Richards

@jkrichards.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Louisiana State University. Interested in molecular plant-microbe interactions, fungal genomics, and bioinformatics.

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Jon Richards @jkrichards.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Still time to apply! If you know anyone that might be interested, please share and repost. Thank you!
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Jon Richards @jkrichards.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We are recruiting two PhD students to work on an NSF-funded project focusing on the systematics, taxonomy, and comparative genomics of Cercospora! There will be plenty of opportunities to gain field, lab, and computational skills in fungal biology. Please share widely. Thanks!
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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Our @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social is out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... I hope you find it interesting and please share it further!
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A systematic screen for genetic factors underpinning transposon defense systems across the fungal kingdom
Fungal genome sizes exhibit more than a 100-fold variation, largely driven by the expansion of repetitive sequences such as transposable elements (TEs). Genomic defenses have evolved to counteract TE ...
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Jon Richards @jkrichards.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Biology/Data Science! It is a broad search open to all areas of biology that intersect with plant pathology. I'm on the search committee and would be happy to answer any questions. lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
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Assistant/Associate Professor (Computational Biology/Data Science)
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The Tattooed Professor @schwessinger.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our last science contribution of the year Long-read genomics reveal extensive nuclear-specific evolution and allele-specific expression in a dikaryotic fungus www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #mpmi #plantbiology #plantimmunity #plants #fungi. This was led by very talented Rita Tam plus great support
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Long-read genomics reveal extensive nuclear-specific evolution and allele-specific expression in a dikaryotic fungus
Phased telomere to telomere (T2T) genome assemblies are revolutionising our understanding of long hidden genome biology "dark matter" such as centromeres, rDNA repeats, inter-haplotype variation, and ...
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Jon Richards @jkrichards.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
My department is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Biology/Data Science! It is a broad search open to all areas of biology that intersect with plant pathology. I'm on the search committee and would be happy to answer any questions. lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/de...
lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
Assistant/Associate Professor (Computational Biology/Data Science)
All Job Postings will close at 12:01a.m. CST (1:01a.m. EST) on the specified Closing Date (if designated). If you close the browser or exit your application prior to submitting, the application progre...
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Li Zhao @lizhao.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Nicolas Svetec, David Begun, and I wrote a review article about de novo genes. If you are interested in this topic please take a look at this final open-access version at AnnualReviews www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Niklaus Grunwald @grunwald.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This is a wonderful paper by @mfseidl.bsky.social and colleagues doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Pangenome graph analysis reveals extensive effector copy-number variation in spinach downy mildew
Author summary Plant pathogens are known to evolve rapidly and overcome disease resistance of newly introduced crop varieties. This swift adaptation is visible in the genomes of these pathogens, which...
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