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Frances Pitsillides
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Doctoral Researcher at Max Planck Institute for Biology in Tübingen🍃🪲🍄
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 4d
🍄 Today marks #UKFungusDay where we get to celebrate the weird and wonderful kingdom of Fungi.

As well as being fundamental to a healthy ecosystem, and often fascinating to spot, #Fungi can be devastating to plant and animal populations.
A common bracket fungus on the side of a tree Xylaria fungus growing out of a tree stump Small cap mushrooms surrounded by fallen leaves and grass in a woodland
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Alexandra Dallaire @alexdallaire.bsky.social · Sep 3
I’m super happy to present the first discoveries of the RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team, based in Japan 🇯🇵

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A thread 👇
Reductive evolution of the DNA replication machinery in endosymbiotic fungi
The molecular machinery for replicating and repairing DNA accurately is critically important for life and highly conserved across the Tree of Life. Here we show that two major lineages of fungi, Glome...
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Frances Pitsillides @francespi.bsky.social · 22d
Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !

Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄‍🟫

If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Whole genome sequencing of historical specimens from the world's largest fungal collection yields high‐quality assemblies
High-throughput molecular studies of museum specimens (museomics) have great potential in biodiversity research, but fungal historical collections have scarcely been examined, leading to no comprehe...
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Frances Pitsillides @francespi.bsky.social · Sep 3
Hi Danny, I’d really appreciate being added, thank you!
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Frances Pitsillides @francespi.bsky.social · Sep 1
Had an amazing time at #ESEB2025 in Barcelona, learning new science, meeting great people, and presenting my PhD work on genomic signatures of symbiosis in a beetle-associated fungus. Surreal that my poster won 2nd place! Grateful to the #MutualismsLab, MPI Biology & ESEB for the support 🍄🪲
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Hassan Salem @hassansalem.bsky.social · Aug 17
The Tübingen & Amsterdam crews have landed in Barcelona for #ESEB2025! Cooling off with helados before the science (and festivities) begin🍦
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · Jun 12
The scope of #fungi #biodiversity is only beginning to be fathomed.

Every day almost ten new species are described. 🍄🤯

David Hibbett László Nagy and Henrik Nilsson introduce the fungal tree of life. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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All Things Fungi @allthingsfungi.bsky.social · Jan 31
Gibellula sp. 🕷️ #fungifriends
Gibellula sp. - fungus Infecting a spider
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