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Jorge Amich

@jorgeamich.bsky.social
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Senior Permanent Scientist at the Spanish Mycology Reference Lab. Interested in learning and sharing knowledge about science, research and academic life.

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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Thrilled to share the group's latest publication! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Slavica Janevska @slavi-jan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
📣 Check out this excellent #Postdoc opportunity @leibniz-hki.de which is part of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions #MSCA #COFUND. Consider applying to join my lab if you’re interested in opportunistic infections caused by #Fusarium (research area 5). Call ends 26 May 2026 www.fellows4fungi.eu
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Fellows4FungiMSCA Postdoctoral Network - Leibniz-HKI
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Grant Nickles @grantnickles.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Do you work with the Aspergillus fumigatus model isolates Af293 or CEA10? If so, we want to collaborate with you! In return for your lab's participation we will sequence your strain for free and provide co-authorship on the final paper. Learn more here: asp-fumi-seq-project-2025.vercel.app
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Thrilled to share the new results from the lab! doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Establishing thresholds for azole tolerance and persistence in Aspergillus fumigatus to study their impact on voriconazole treatment in vivo
Antimicrobial tolerance and persistence are phenomena that enable pathogenic microbes to survive for extended periods in the presence of high concentrations of cidal drugs. Current evidence suggests t...
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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
JOB ALERT! 📢 For the scientists who love science communication: we’re hiring at @kurzgesagt.org !🌍 Come join our team, the vibes are impeccable. ✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri... 🔍 Fact-Checker & Researcher (Munich/Berlin/Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/seni...
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Job listing for (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders) | kurzgesagt
Want to work with kurzgesagt? We have an open role as (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders). Apply now to become part of a great team and start an exciting career!
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Luis Ostrosky, MD, FIDSA @drluiso.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We are hiring #IDSky #MedSky @idsainfo.bsky.social careers.uth.tmc.edu/us/en/job/25...
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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases - Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School in Texas, United States | Faculty & Physicians at UTHealth Houston
Apply for Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Non-Tenure Track, Infectious Diseases - Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School job with UTHealth Houston in Texas, United States. Faculty & Physicians...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Thrilled to share the new results from the lab! doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Establishing thresholds for azole tolerance and persistence in Aspergillus fumigatus to study their impact on voriconazole treatment in vivo
Antimicrobial tolerance and persistence are phenomena that enable pathogenic microbes to survive for extended periods in the presence of high concentrations of cidal drugs. Current evidence suggests t...
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Bertuzzi Lab @bertuzzilab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
We are recruiting a Research Tech! Funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social, join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent) Deadline: 5th January www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Mike Bottery @mbottery.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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!
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Bertuzzi Lab @bertuzzilab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
We are recruiting two Research Associates! Funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social , join us to work on Mucorales adaption in collaboration with Becky Hall (University of Kent) www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Deadline: 1st October
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Research Associate (PDRA) in Fungal Infection Biology :Oxford Road
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This paper blew my mind! It can really have massive implications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis - Nature
Imidazole propionate produced by gut microbiota is associated with atherosclerosis in mouse models and in humans, and causes the development of atherosclerosis through activation of the imidazoline-1 ...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Next Tuesday I am giving a @efisg-escmid.bsky.social webinar to explain our proposed definitions for the phenomena of antifungal tolerance and persistence in filamentos fungi, and provide guidelines for their detection and quantification Sign up here if interested👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Toward the consensus of definitions for the phenomena of antifungal tolerance and persistence in filamentous fungi. After registering, you will receive a co...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Well deserved @chownbioinf.bsky.social ! Congratulations!
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 08/05/2025
The Microbiology Society, with the British Mycological Society, is delighted to announce Dr Harry Chown of Imperial College London, UK, as the 2025 Tony Trinci Award winner. Read more here: microb.io/4jUSinB @chownbioinf.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We have updated our database of funding opportunities for Early-Career Researchers (private foundations, federal, international) We have 456 entries, for which we provide $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria, etc. Download this massive database here for free: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I think this is a very important topic, reviewer fatigue How many invitations do your receive per week? For me it's well over ten. New ideas/approaches are needed journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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On improving the sustainability of peer review
The term “reviewer fatigue” has become only too familiar in scientific publishing. This editorial discusses how we can ease the burden on reviewers to make the peer review system more sustainable, whi...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Wow, new antifungal with novel mechanism of action Looks really promising www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A polyene macrolide targeting phospholipids in the fungal cell membrane - Nature
Mandimycin, a polyene macrolide, exhibits strong antifungal activity and possesses a mode of action that is distinct from other compounds of this class.
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Outstanding work! And so many posibiities to use this going forward...
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Aaron Vogan @fungage-lab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Illustration depicting the ways in which fungi can exchange genetic material with each other. Starship mediated HGT is confirmed experimentally in this preprint.
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
En route to #asperfest and @ecfg172025.bsky.social Can you believe it's my first time? I'm excited to see old friends and meet new ones. And of course, for five days of outstanding fungal research!
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"Fungi made Earth’s land liveable..." Such important organisms... so underestimated! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Revealing how fungi build planet-altering ‘road’ networks
Imaging study reveals how fungal networks are constructed.
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Antifungal tolerance and persistence are gaining relevance in fungal pathogens. However, the terminology is unclear, particularly for filamentous fungi. In this Perspective we propose tailored definitions and discuss methods for detecting and studying these phenomena journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Toward the consensus of definitions for the phenomena of antifungal tolerance and persistence in filamentous fungi | mBio
Antimicrobial tolerance and persistence are definitions that describe the ability of microorganisms to survive the action of antimicrobial drugs for extended periods. These phenomena are distinct from...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I thought many will appreciate here. Mini chocolate mushroom cookie 🤤
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Christian Landry @christianlandry.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
We are looking for a postdoc in #EvolutionarySystemsBiology. Exciting science, amazing team, wonderful city! landrylab.ibis.ulaval.ca/research-opp... #evolution #synbio #systemsbiology #genomics
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Research opportunities | Landry Lab
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
This is certainly a very interesting study. Just the terminology is confusing. I'd say "proliferative or quiescent state" rather than "resistant or tolerant" All is done at []s around the MIC But is is interesting to see the cell capacity to adapt the response! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Kelly Zamudio @kzutaustin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Hello All, plz share. Last call for applications for a post-doc position in our lab to study immune function in frogs infected with the fungal pathogen Bd. Deadline is Feb 1, reviews will begin soon after. zamudiolab.org/2024/12/17/p...
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Post-Doc position in the KZLab! Immune responses to pathogen infections in frogs
We are looking for an NSF-funded post-doc in our lab in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. The work will examine immune mechanisms that potentially underlie…
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The Institut Pasteur launches an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders in the application of cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to the exploration of host-microbe, tissue-tissue, or host-environment interactions. research.pasteur.fr/fr/call/call...
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Call for applications 2025 – Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur | Research - Institut Pasteur
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I'm proud to present our latest work We used Nanostring technology to study the expression of sulfur-related genes during infection. We identified potential virulence-relevant factors and characterised one of them, validating it as a novel antifungal target www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The sulfur-related metabolic status of Aspergillus fumigatus during infection reveals cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a promising antifungal target
Sulfur metabolism is an essential aspect of fungal physiology and pathogenicity. Fungal sulfur metabolism comprises anabolic and catabolic routes that are not well conserved in mammals, therefore i...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
I'm proud to present our latest work We used Nanostring technology to study the expression of sulfur-related genes during infection. We identified potential virulence-relevant factors and characterised one of them, validating it as a novel antifungal target www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
The sulfur-related metabolic status of Aspergillus fumigatus during infection reveals cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a promising antifungal target
Sulfur metabolism is an essential aspect of fungal physiology and pathogenicity. Fungal sulfur metabolism comprises anabolic and catabolic routes that are not well conserved in mammals, therefore i...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
How long can I consider myself as a #newPI? A few years have passed by, but I still feel I'm a beginner
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Hoy se ha publicado la convocatoria de recursos humanos de la AESI del ISCIII. www.isciii.es/l/1125030 ¿No habrá por ahí algún/a micólogo/a que tenga interés en solicitar una Sara Borrell para unirse a mi grupo? ¡Contactadme si os interesa!
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darth vader is standing in front of a wall with the words join me below him
ALT: darth vader is standing in front of a wall with the words join me below him
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
In a profession that already requires lots of time investment to be succesful... Non-native speakers are at great disadvantage
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Norman van Rhijn @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
🚨Please share🚨 I’m hiring a PhD student to start Sep 2025 on an exciting project on fungal pathogens🍄‍🟫, soil health and microbiomes, together with dr. Filipa Cox and @knightjar.bsky.social If you have any good candidates, please let them contact me directly. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Such an amazing pair of articles published by Patrick Van Dijck's lab in less than a month!! doi.org/10.1038/s415... doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Collateral sensitivity counteracts the evolution of antifungal drug resistance in Candida auris - Nature Microbiology
Collateral-sensitivity-based drug cycling effectively prevents and impedes the evolution of antifungal drug resistance in Candida auris.
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Jorge Amich @jorgeamich.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just created an account here. Fungal friends, help mw find you!
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