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Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution
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Biodiversity monitoring of fungi and multitrophic interaction networks at the Biology Centre CAS. Posts by @dhaelewa.bsky.social πŸ„ #mycology #chiropterology #parasitology #teamlaboul πŸ“ΔŒeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice, Czechia
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We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring
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Received GREAT news today. My application for a GAČR Junior STAR grant was successful! An additional five-year grant, with funds to hire PhD students & postdocs. More ads coming soon! #LFEE #CzechScienceFoundation
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Want to read the #OpenAccess article itself? Find it here!

Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird
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#Harmonia #Hesperomyces

@michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be
But what is that slug doing over there?πŸŒπŸ„πŸ€”

Always a good time to promote our paper on #mycophagy (= consumption of fungi by other orgamisms) in invertebrates, a massive global review by former #TeamLaboul member Brianna Santamaria. doi.org/10.3390/jof9...
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Shoutout to my PhD student Libelje Mortier who finalized her first PhD chapter, the #checklist of fungi for Honduras, and submitted it to #MycoKeys! A huge effort with the help of many, including @curataceae.bsky.social and the amazing Meike Piepenbring. #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur πŸ„
This is our former #TeamLaboul member. Please donate if you can! #SlavaUkraini πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
My Ukrainian friend and former student Anna reached out to me with an important request. She is a medical location team member in Sumy region in #Ukraine. She uses a Starlink Mini kit to detect FPV drones. Now she is asking for #donations to help cover monthly costs. Get in touch if you can help! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
Postdoc position available at our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the @czechacademy.bsky.social, Institute of Entomology, ČeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice, Czechia. #LFEE #newPI πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ώ
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I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
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Currently in Warsaw with @jzpawlowska.bsky.social:
- wrote one manuscript
- finished instructions for sampling campaign
- halfway finalizing one grant application
- added the first Belgian fungal records to #FunDive project

And this is only the second day! πŸ’ͺ🏼
Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in ČeskΓ© BudΔ›joviceπŸ™ These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!
Our first #C4inV4 workshop on citizen science ended today! The last day was full of discussions on motivation factors and priorities for citizen science in mycology. So happy with the outcomes of the past three days! #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund
Everything starts small: the first slide of what will become the lab's permanent slide collection at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology. This likely is a #newspecies of bat fly-associated Arthrorhynchus from Papua New Guinea! πŸͺ°πŸ„πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¬ #LFEE
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60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien speciesβ€”a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in ČeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice.
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It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien speciesβ€”a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in ČeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice.
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πŸ“£ Just out: a comprehensive overview of the orders within the phylum Ascomycota, whereβ€”together with @michieldegroot.bsky.social, AimΓ©e Blondelle, MichaΕ‚ Gorczak and @dhaelewa.bsky.socialβ€”we wrote about Laboulbeniomycetes.

➑️ www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...

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A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!
Our workshop on #citizenscience started today, supported by a #VisegradFund grant! First off, @michieldegroot.bsky.social is talking about next-level citizen science on Hesperomyces harmoniae, a microfungus parasitizing the invasive Harmonia axyridis, and our #Beetlehangers database.
It is such a pleasure to be hosting long-time collaborator Helen E. Roy in ČeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice! Looking forward to this lecture and discussions about (next-level) #citizenscience.

To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Welcome to ČeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice, Aneira!
I was finally able to welcome new PhD student Aneira Williams to the lab in person! So excited to work with her on bats and bat-associated parasites and pathogens. She will especially be doing fieldwork in our long-term @opwall.bsky.social site in #Honduras. #LFEE #TeamLaboul
Since today, our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution has a logo, thanks to our postdoc @thereremouse.bsky.social, and microscopes! #LFEE
Our PhD student Aneira Williams participated in the first #FunDive Barcoding Campaign in Warsaw. Together with 17 other participants, she extracted DNA from 216 fungal specimens and prepared 192 samples for Nanopore sequencing! Quite an exciting first week of the PhD! @jzpawlowska.bsky.social
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Taxonomists everywhere, and perhaps especially in the USA: tomorrow is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! I see you, I hear you, we need you!

A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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πŸ“£ Just out in @theconversationca.bsky.social - an article where @dhaelewa.bsky.social and I talk about fungal conservation, knowledge shortfalls, and poorly known organisms!

Thanks to FranΓ§ois Guay and Ruslan I. Mishustin for the beautiful photos!
#TeamLaboul is expanded with a number of bachelor students for a few weeks, working on their thesis research. From left to right: Warre, Danny, Daphne, Michiel, Felix, and our bachelor students Emile, Tine, and Iebe πŸ’ͺπŸΌπŸ„πŸž
Laboulbeniales microfungi are so cool! #LFEE
Some #Laboulbeniales infections can be seen with the naked eye, like this one on a cave beetle! The long and blackish structures on the back of this Aphaenops beetle are thalli of Rhachomyces. #mycosky #LFEE #teamlaboul