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Teresa O'Meara @teresaomeara.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Bacteriology-Focused Assistant Professor Position in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Michigan Application deadline: August 15, 2026 Come be my colleague!

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Alice Laigle @alicelaigle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📝 NEW PREPRINT It’s with an immense joy that our preprint is finally out and it’s my first first co-author paper!!! 🧬🍄 What is the diversity of 3D genome architectures in fungi? We reconstructed the 3D genome architecture of public Hi-C data from 55 fungal. Preprint: lnkd.in/enxTh2Cm

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Exciting news! After a wonderful four years at @uni-jena.de, I'm excited to announce the next chapter as a group leader at @fzborstel.bsky.social and professor at @uni-kiel.de.

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

New preprint day!! @laurafabre.bsky.social took 1k RNAseq samples and built an atlas of lncRNAs across four Aspergillus species, expanding the gene content of each by up to 20% and discovering a novel modulator of aflatoxin production. w/ @kellerlab.bsky.social.

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Marion Perrier @marionperrier.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Post the best photo you've ever taken of your pet

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Bas E. Dutilh @bedutilh.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

The VEO Group has a position open for a PhD student to investigate Fungi-bacteria interactions in complex communities! Check out this position and many more at the JSMC website 👇👇 www.jsmc-phd.de/admission/va...

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Vacant Positions - JSMC Jena School for Microbial Communication

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Christoph Kaleta @kaletalab.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

The lab of Johannes Zimmermann at Jena University has an opening for a PhD position - exciting research in a highly innovative group: www.jsmc-phd.de/admission/va...

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Bioinfo GenoToul Facility @bioinfo-genotoul.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Voici un tout nouveau cycle d'apprentissage : "Construction and analysis of eukaryotic pangenome graphs". Venez apprendre à construire et analyser un graphe de pangénome pendant 2 jours à partir du 30 novembre à 14h. Infos et inscriptions ici : bioinfo.genotoul.fr/index.php/ev...

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Construction and analysis of eukaryotic pangenome graphs - genotoul-bioinfo

30/11/2026 - 02/12/2026 @ 14 h 00 - 12 h 00 - This training session is organized by the Genotoul-Bioinfo platform. This 2 days long course is dedicated to the construction and the analysis of eukaryot...

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Bram van Dijk 🏳️‍🌈 @bramvandijk.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Phd Position alert 🚨 Join our project ASTRAfun (Adaptation and Starship Traffic in Root-Associated fungi), in which we will use computational models to unveil the hidden dynamics of fungal evolution. It’s not going to be just regular fun. It’s going to ASTRAfun. 🤓 www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

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PhD Position in Computational Modelling of Fungal Evolution

How do giant mobile elements called ‘Starships’ reshape fungal plant pathogens? Help us computationally model their spread and impact in nature and agriculture!

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Lotus Lofgren @lotuslofgren.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Hey #fungal26 our lab is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for an NSF funded project in ectomycorrhizal competition. Come find me for more info! www.lotuslofgren.com/pd2026

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PD ad 2026 — The Lofgren Lab

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Marion Perrier @marionperrier.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My research exchange at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is coming to an end! This stay was possible thanks to the scientist exchange funds grant of @microverse.bsky.social. Here is a thread🧵of thankfulness for my wonderful stay in Michigan!

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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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Francois Sabot @francoissabot.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This tool, available as a GNU GPLv3 one, is available here gratools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ It can extract stats, subgraphs, fasta, count specific nodes and identify specific paths, in an easy and visual way

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For example, GraTools allows to extract sequences or subgraphs, convert graphs into FASTA sequences, and identify shared and specific nodes across samples. Additionally, it provides essential statistics for chromosomes and samples data. With multi-threading support and flexible logging capabilities, GraTools is an efficient solution for pangenome graph analysis.

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Marion Perrier @marionperrier.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Anyone looking for roommates for #Fungal26 in Asilomar? I will participate and I am looking for someone to share a room for the week! I'm a female PhD student, looking to share a room with another female. Please DM me if you'd like to team up with me 😄 Reposts appreciated!

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Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

New preprint: 🚀🧬 Starship in the genome of the lichen fungus Xanthoria. Discovery of giant transposons Starships challenged what we thought we knew about fungal genomes. But what about Starships in #lichen fungi? Let us present Tangerine! 🖥️ 🧪 🦠 🧫 #SymbioSky doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Leibniz-HKI @leibniz-hki.de · 26/11/2025

Funded PhD position 1/9: Explore RNA modification by natural products across species & benefit from the PhD training program ILRS 2.0. Apply by 13 Dec. 🎓 lmy.de/szeVW #PhDOpportunity #ScienceJobs #LeibnizHKI

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Third lab retreat in the books! We once again headed to the city of Eisenach for two days of project presentations, soft skills workshops, and science discussions. We also played the beautiful Mycology board game!

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Dr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Hi Bluesky community - I'm teaching computational genomics again in the Spring term; always happy to have auditors or folks Zoom in. Just have your students email me for deets.

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Toby Baril @tobybarilbio.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start? We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Slavica Janevska @slavi-jan.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

📣 I’m excited to share two open positions in my lab @leibniz-hki.de. For this interdisciplinary project with @luziagyr.bsky.social, I’m seeking (1) an enthusiastic PhD student interested in fungal natural product research and genetic engineering, as well as (2) a technical assistant 👇🏻

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Congrats to the group's first PhD student, the newly minted Dr. Brassington!! Phillip relocated back to Oceania in the period between submitting his dissertation and his oral defense, so we had to make do with a virtual defense, but I am still incredibly proud of him.

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Michael Habig @michaelhabig.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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...

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Open Positions

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

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James Bonfield @jbonfield.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Heads up: ignore samtools dot org, similarly minimap2 dot com and likely others. It's owned by a known phishing site and while the binaries they offer look valid currently (but note they may be serving us different binaries to others), that could change. Ie: it's not us (Samtools team)! Be warned

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Fabio Palmieri @palmierif.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🌱🔥🫁 From compost heaps to human lungs: Understanding how Aspergillus fumigatus has acquired the ability to infect humans Opportunistic fungal pathogens like Aspergillus fumigatus primarily live in the environment, thriving in very diverse ecosystems such as soils and compost heaps.

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Just a few more days to apply! ⏰

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share! More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup

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Slavica Janevska @slavi-jan.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share! jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...

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Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/w/div) in “Microbial Infection Strategies” at Leibniz HKI Jobportal

Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena

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Camille Marchet ⚡ @camillemrcht.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We finished this edition with a delightful keynote by Jean Monlong who guided us through his journey about finding SVs in pangenomes #JOBIM2025 👏🏻

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Daniel Croll @danielcroll.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭? We have several postdoc positions open at the moment! Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

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Emile Gluck-Thaler @mycomile.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We dive into the dynamics of #starships 🚀 in a fungal pathogen to ask: how might these giant #transposons impact human health? We find they drive genome-wide variation, encode clinically-relevant traits and even transpose within the same strain! 🍄🧪 out today in mBio #goteam doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

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Giant transposons promote strain heterogeneity in a major fungal pathogen | mBio

No “one size fits all” option exists for treating fungal infections in large part due to genetic and phenotypic variability among strains. Accounting for strain heterogeneity is thus fundamental for d...

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Balance of the Microverse @microverse.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Big congrats to our Junior Group Research Leader Dr. @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social 🎉 She’s been named a #CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar for her work on fungal pathogens. 👉 Read the full story here: www.microverse-cluster.de/en/news/amel... #CIFAR #GlobalScience

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I am honoured and delighted to join the #CIFAR family as an Azrieli Global Scholar. Looking forward to working with this fantastic community to tackle complex global challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration! cifar.ca/cifarnews/20...

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Are you interested in a postdoc in Germany on fungal pathogen biology, genomics, or antifungal resistance? My Uni (@uni-jena.de) is hosting a free two-day masterclass in June on preparing MSCA Postdoc Fellowships with it as host. If you are interested in writing a fellowship with me, get in touch!

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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...

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Marion Perrier @marionperrier.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

What a day, and what a conference😍It was truly amazing. I learned a ton, got to meet brilliant scientists and made new connections, and even go home with a poster prize! I cannot wait to share my work as a preprint, hopefully soon🤞 Now it's time to get some relaxing time in beautiful Ireland.☘️

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Amelia Barber @ameliabarberphd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We spent a great two days in the National Park Hainich for the 2nd annual Barber Lab retreat. Lots of fruitful scientific discussion and brainstorming about group projects, plus time for socialising and games!

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