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Corrie Moreau @corriemoreau.bsky.social · 19d

UPDATE: The 2025-2026 list of faculty and postdoc positions in ecology and evolutionary biology is out! Be sure to check out this active and helpful community run resources! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ecoevojobs.net 2025-26

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Tiffany Lowe-Power 🌱🦠 @tlowepower.bsky.social · 16d

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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TR Cavallaro @trcava.bsky.social · 18d

HELP WANTED!

Calling all mycophiles in California, Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia!

My research focuses on Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis, pictured below. I need to collect mushrooms from wild and urban areas across its range.

Plz send mushrooms if you find any! I can pay shipping 💜 🍄‍🟫

A rusty-purple mushroom of the Western amethyst deceiver (Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis)

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Aug 31

How is it possible that I only very recently learned about Hexaflexagons?! This is so bamboozlingly delightful! Math is just the coolest.

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Hexaflexagons

Hooraaaay flexagons! Happy October. Historical Note: This video is based on a true story. Arthur H. Stone really did invent the hexaflexagon after playing with…

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Aug 8

…i feel like to answer these questions I need two datasets from one time-period and area: (1) dataset with a lot of samples at one time-point and then, l (2) a dataset with, ideally, the same number of samples, but spread out across a time series

Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Aug 8

Testing for community assembly and membership - if you’re simply trying to detect all the organisms in a place, during a period of time - does it matter if you spread out sampling over time vs. space? Will you observe equivalent variation between samples across time vs. across space?

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sun is shining, birds are chirping, and a colleague just gave me a sack of 💩 (specifically some local alpine rabbit poops) …today is a good day and I officially have the best job ever!

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Aug 7

Dear Microbial Ecologists - has anyone directly tested sampling effort spread out over time vs. space? For example, 100 samples collected at a single time-point, vs. 100 samples collected across multiple timepoints (neither time nor space are significant factors for community assembly/dynamics/etc.)

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Jul 16

@biorender.bsky.social put numbers to the vibes in the US right now... "87% of labs affected or expecting disruption" 💔
www.biorender.com/2025-science...

2025 Report: U.S. Science & Federal Funding Cuts

How 300+ researchers are navigating federal funding cuts in science. This report reveals strategies, challenges, and what institutions are doing to stay afloat.

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · Jun 9

Our newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄‍🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Jul 16

Teaching prep for fall motivated me to revisit the awesome Oral History For Mycology project on YouTube. So many great stories, but shout out to @benwolfe.bsky.social for highlighting this incredible Bray-Curtis ordination from 1969 by Martha Christensen. So cool. So glad we have computers now 😅

Photo of a square wood board with several wood dowels rising up out of the board at various heights and positions

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LaBella Lab @lablabella.bsky.social · Jun 4

We are looking for a Postdoc in the LaBella Lab!

Do you love fungi 🍄, genetics 🧬and bioinformatics 💻 - then this might be a good fit for you!

jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/63307

Applications accepted through July 1

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · May 31

“Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi”🍄🧬 a plot twist in the story of multinucleate filamentous fungi! Really cool and bizarre new work from the lab of Xin Li! @science.ubc.ca @ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.org

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · May 23

Aw jeez, thanks Arif! 🥰

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · May 9

Inaugural Fischer Fire Fungi Lab field trip was a huge success! We collected so many familiar faces (Pyronema, Geopyxis, Tricharina, etc.), learned a bunch about pyrophilous insects, and fell in love with the monsoon-moistened sagebrush/pine forests on the doorstep of BC’s desert landscape. ❤️‍🔥🍄‍🟫

Six happy mycologists standing in a line showing off their favorite finds of the day. In the background is a dry, mostly brown, recently burned forest.

A tacklebox full of mostlt mushroom treasures, plus a few liverworts, a lichen, and some yellow flowers

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · Apr 29

What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers

Thirty three reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career.

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 26

@UBC School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture
@forestry.ubc.ca
@science.ubc.ca
@philross.bsky.social @MycoWorks?!

Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 26

I’m so incredibly proud of Hemi Patel for presenting her Master’s thesis today, and humbled that she chose me to serve on her committee. She cultivated, in rigorous detail, a feasible method for rethinking the way we build, inhabit, and think about architecture using mycomaterials! 🍄

A femme South-Asian (Gujarati) grad student wearing a tan touque sits in front of a laptop and a small audience gathered in black plastic chairs. A projector screen displays the text, “The Roots We Are - Exploring Our Material Entanglement”. Behind the student is an aesthetic arrangement of several sheets of paper containing images and text, below which are 3D examples of mycomaterials in various stages of production.

A collection of zines entitled “Animals”, “Fungi”, “Shrubs”, “Trees”, and “Herbs”. Which complimented the narrative of entangled ecosystem architecture

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 26

I didn’t think it was possible, but I just reviewed a manuscript and I literally have no notes. It’s elegant. It’s concise. It’s crystal clear. I couldn’t even find a typo. Bravo authors!!! I can’t wait to hype up this manuscript once it’s officially published!!

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Noam Ross @noamross.net · Apr 19

🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨

We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!

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NSF Grant Termination Information Collection Form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NSF grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.

We are tracking these grants to increase transparency, organize affected PIs, and facilitate responses, including via litigation. Please share the form as widely as possible with your networks.

We are actively building a pipeline to organize these terminations and will soon have a tracker akin to our NIH grant tracker at https://airtable.com/appjhyo9NTvJLocRy/shrNto1NNp9eJlgpA

WE WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE IDENTITY OF ANYONE WHO USES THIS FORM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. We will keep your identity confidential.

These resources are maintained by Noam Ross of rOpenSci and Scott Delaney of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with input and support from additional volunteers. For any questions, please contact Scott Delaney on Signal (sdelaney.84).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 18

🧵3/3 - “When we reach out across our painful divides and build bridges to those we disagree with, we are insisting, again, that no person is disposable.”

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The Distance We Have to Travel: Snapshot of an Intergenerational Jewish Conversation after October 7th

Letters between an American rabbi and her daughter in the wake of October 7th and the war in Gaza.

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 18

…beyond science, language is fundamental to society, and I am so moved by this exchange of letters between a leftist Jewish activist and her peacekeeping rabbi mother. It’s political at it’s surface, but I’m sharing it here for the exquisite writing and complex compassion for all humanity 🧵2/3

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 18

I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of the words and narratives that we choose to use because language is fundamentally how we communicate data, how we share our observations of the world, and how we connect with each other - there are big implications for scientific integrity and ethics… 🧵1/3

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Nature @nature.com · Apr 15

To combat long-overlooked fungal pathogens, researchers and regulators must embrace innovative science and policy

https://go.nature.com/4jbh96j

High time to tackle drug-resistant fungal infections

To combat long-overlooked fungal pathogens, researchers and regulators must embrace innovative science and policy.

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Monika S. Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social · Apr 16

What a fun way to get a glimpse of my lab! Huge thanks to Conlan, Nicole, Siddharth, and Jag for choosing to interview me about cell-cell communication and Neurospora for their SCIE300 class project! @science.ubc.ca

read & watch here: medium.com/@leotard.tri...

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