Gulnara Tagirdzhanova
@metalichen.bsky.social
Postdoc at @deepsthlmuni.bsky.social (Stockholm University)
lichen symbiosis | metagenomics | evolution |
Previously at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. PhD from @ualberta.bsky.social
Personal website: metalichen.github.io
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lichen symbiosis | metagenomics | evolution |
Previously at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social. PhD from @ualberta.bsky.social
Personal website: metalichen.github.io
#StandWithUkraine
she/her
The lab opens in April 2026, and now the new lab website is live, check it out!
metalichenlab.github.io
metalichenlab.github.io
MetaLichen Lab
at SciLifeLab & Stockholm University. Our work focuses on fungal-algal symbioses, known as lichens. How is it possible that multiple microbes - fungi, algae, bacteria - self-assemble into a lichen, wh...
metalichenlab.github.io
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
The lab opens in April 2026, and now the new lab website is live, check it out!
metalichenlab.github.io
metalichenlab.github.io
Some studies analyzed bacterial communities in lichens vs the surrounding environment, and it appears that specific bacteria are in some way 'selected' by the lichen from the substrate (where they are present but rare), and I'd assume this is how it works in most cases
December 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some studies analyzed bacterial communities in lichens vs the surrounding environment, and it appears that specific bacteria are in some way 'selected' by the lichen from the substrate (where they are present but rare), and I'd assume this is how it works in most cases
I'd say it tend to be complicated, in part because of how diverse lichen symbioses are. For some we definitely know that bacteria can co-transmit with the 'main' eukaryotes that constitute the lichen, for others only horizontal acquisition is assumed, but there's a lot of unanswered questions here..
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'd say it tend to be complicated, in part because of how diverse lichen symbioses are. For some we definitely know that bacteria can co-transmit with the 'main' eukaryotes that constitute the lichen, for others only horizontal acquisition is assumed, but there's a lot of unanswered questions here..
glad you liked the paper! @spribille.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
glad you liked the paper! @spribille.bsky.social
Thank you Silvia!
December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thank you Silvia!
Thanks Philipp!
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks Philipp!
Thank you John!
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thank you John!
Thank you and thanks for all your support these years!!
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thank you and thanks for all your support these years!!