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Jason Stajich
@hyphaltip.bsky.social
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I study evolution in fungi using genomics at UC Riverside. He/him. Tongva, Cahuilla, Serrano lands http://lab.stajich.org/

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 23h
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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Rob Patro @robp.bsky.social · 1d
And it's posted! If you're interested and eligible, please consider applying through the UMD portal: umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/j....

If you're a PI working in algorithmic genomics (& you can recommend my lab to your top graduating students ;P), please let them know!
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 13d
Assistant Professor Plant or Fungal
Genomics. Univ of Wyoming. eeik.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Asst Professor - Plant or Fungal Genomics
The Department of Botany and the School of Computing at the University of Wyoming invites applications for a tenure-track position in Plant or Fungal Genomics at the rank of Assistant Professor. We in...
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 15d
thefutureisfungi.awardsplatform.com Future is Fungi startup award applications are open. 🍄
The Future is Fungi Award
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16d
So now the beetles can eat in peace (sans butterscotch-flavored death), the fungus grows in the resin channels, eventually killing the tree & staining the wood blue.

Only one thing can save it: forest fires. But only LITTLE ones.
When Trees Attack, Fungus Can Parry
Genetic analysis reveals why the pine beetle has ravaged so many trees
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16d
The terpenes in resin repel & toxify the beetle while smelling like a candy store.

But the beetle has a secret weapon. A partnership with a 'blue stain fungi'. The beetle has a special structure on their head that stores the fungus.

And the fungus stops the resin by clogging it up.
Summit Outside: the biology behind the lodgepole pine’s blue stain
The term symbiosis comes from the Ancient Greek
www.summitdaily.com
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Cedric Feschotte @cedricfeschotte.bsky.social · 16d
📣 Our department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology to join the @weillinstitute.bsky.social PLS spread the word!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 16d
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology & Fungal Biology, UC Davis. 🍄🌱 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Deadline Dec 1, 2025. 👀 "Primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upper-division lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society"
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
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Reposted by Andreas J. Bäumler, Simon Roux, Neil Pederson , and 2 more

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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · 17d
Please repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist

Applications due Dec 1

Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

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he Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis is seeking applications for a fulltime, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Mycology, with a focus on plant pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi and fungal-like organisms (e.g., oomycetes). We are looking for a highly motivated and creative scientist with a strong background in mycology and/or the biology of fungi and fungal-like organisms that interact with plants. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a world-class, externally funded research program that integrates both fundamental and applied aspects of fungal biology within the context of plant pathology. We welcome applicants pursuing a wide range of research topics related to plant-associated fungi, including but not limited to mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis or symbiosis with plants, population genomics and evolution of fungal plant pathogens, plant-associated fungal microbiomes and plant-microbe interactions, and/or one health approaches to fungal diseases and antifungal resistance. Applicants working in other relevant research areas involving pathogenic, symbiotic, or mycotoxigenic fungi or fungal-like organisms that affect plant health are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have significant opportunities for collaboration with faculty in plant pathology, microbiology, genomics, and agricultural sciences, and to contribute to addressing issues of importance to California’s agricultural and natural ecosystems. The appointee primary teaching responsibilities will be teaching Introductory Mycology, an upperdivision lab class, and SAS 30, Mushroom, Molds & Society, a general education class for non-majors. Additional graduate and undergraduate teaching responsibilities may be assigned based on departmental needs and the candidate’s expertise. The department offers modern instructional facilities, including a newly renovated teaching laboratory.
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Reposted by Ben Bond‐Lamberty, Jason Stajich

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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 17d
Very important paper and resource. Bryophyte genomes expanded by one order of magnitude. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
www.nature.com
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 20d
ExFAB user proposals are now being accepted for our first open call. exfab.engineering.ucsb.edu/call-externa...
ExFAB
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biofoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea, and Bacteria (ExFAB) operates a first-of-its-kind facility, open to industry and academia from across the n...
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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 22d
Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p
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Polly Fordyce @pollyfordyce.bsky.social · 22d
Please apply to our tenure-track faculty position at
@stanford-chemh.bsky.social! We are searching for a new colleague working at the interface between computation and molecular sciences. See post below and pls forward widely!
chemh.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
Faculty Recruitment
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 23d
Assistant Professor (Quantitative Microbe-Plant-Environment Interactions), Dept of Microbiology, Fall 2026 apply.interfolio.com/173345 at University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Position is part of a faculty cluster hire in Bioinformatics, Genomics and Quantitative-based Solutions for Food Security.
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio
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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 23d
Please check out our updated version of this preprint - now with even more transposable elements! 🧬🦠

No really, we added in a few more analyses about TEs and further compared Mycetohabitans to related bacteria, plus other treats. @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Francis Martin, Jason Stajich

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Benjamin Wolfe @benwolfe.bsky.social · 23d
Such a delight to share our work on the evolution of a cheese rind fungus in @currentbiology.bsky.social.

This is the fantastic PhD work of @nicolasleonlouw.bsky.social and resulted from amazing collaborations, a wedding proposal(!), an undergrad course, & more!

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www.cell.com/current-biol...
Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation
Using a unique longitudinal sampling approach, Louw et al. demonstrate how a cheese-associated Penicillium population has adapted in an artisan cheese production facility in Vermont, USA. Adaptation i...
www.cell.com
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Reposted by Simon Roux, Jason Stajich

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Ákos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 25d
Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation

Penicillium solitum over 8 years in a cheese cave => green-to-white shift

@currentbiology.bsky.social from @benwolfe.bsky.social with @kellerlab.bsky.social

www.cell.com/current-biol...
Long-term monitoring of a North American cheese cave reveals mechanisms and consequences of fungal adaptation
Using a unique longitudinal sampling approach, Louw et al. demonstrate how a cheese-associated Penicillium population has adapted in an artisan cheese production facility in Vermont, USA. Adaptation i...
www.cell.com
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 28d
Dept of Plant Biology at UIUC hiring in any subdiscipline of Mycology and/or Plant-Fungal Interactions tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level.
Apply by Oct 31, 2025. For complete details including salary and benefit information, visit go.illinois.edu/PlantBiolfac...
Assistant Professor- Department of Plant Biology
Duties & Responsibilities
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 28d
asm.org/press-releas...
ASM Launches New Food Microbiology Journal
ASM is launching ASM Food Microbiology, a new journal dedicated to advancing research on microbial safety, fermentation, spoilage and biotechnological innovations in food systems.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 28d
Microtubules in Asgard archaea (h/t @lanzen.bsky.social) www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #jcampubs
Microtubules in Asgard archaea
Discovery of heterodimeric, microtubule-forming tubulins in Asgard archaea, the closest known relatives of eukaryotes, reveals snapshots of microtubule evolution.
www.cell.com
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · Sep 8
cifar.ca/cifarnews/20...
CIFAR launches new exploration on “The Future of Food” - CIFAR
A panel of experts is guiding enhanced foresight into challenges and opportunities facing the future of global food systems
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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · Sep 8
The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...
Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions
We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...
jobs.colostate.edu
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Reposted by Elena Litchman, Jason Stajich, Smith

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · Sep 8
🎙️ Job Announcement: Penn State is seeking an ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in MICROBIOLOGY (any subdiscipline) in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Learn more and Join the Microbiome Jubilee: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant Professor in Microbiology
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · Sep 8
Super excited about this new Open Rank tenure-track faculty search for the MSU Plant Resilience Institute. We successfully hired two excellent new faculty in our last search and we are hoping to build on that success with this search. careers.msu.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System - East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Working/Functional Title Assistant/Associate/Full Professor Tenure System Position Summary The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-st...
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Hanna Johannesson @hannajohannesson.bsky.social · Sep 7
We have several open positions in my group, funded from the ERC Grant on the Early Sequestered Germline of Fungi. We search broadly for applicants at both PhD and master-level, with a dedicated interest in fungal evolutionary biology. Please forward and RT!
Find the positions here: su.varbi.com
Lediga jobb vid Stockholms universitet
Jobb
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Norman van Rhijn @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social · Sep 7
JOB ALERT @bertuzzilab.bsky.social is recruiting 2 Research Associates for a project on Mucorales! Very exciting and can definitely recommend working with this group ☺️

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate (PDRA) in Fungal Infection Biology :Oxford Road
The Bertuzzi’s laboratory at the Manchester Fungal Infection is looking for two outstanding candidates be part of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, working on an Wellcome Trust funded project investigating how Mucorales fungi adapt to natural and in-host environments and how stress adaptation drives infection. The posts are available from the 5th of January 2026 on a full-time basis for 3 years, with the possibility to extend.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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Reposted by Jason Stajich, Frédéric Delsuc

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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · Sep 7
High-resolution metagenome assembly for modern long reads with myloasm https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.05.674543v1
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