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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · Sep 1

I started this #Mycologists Starter Pack, aiming to get all professional fungal researchers on BlueSky in one place. DM if you want to be added.

go.bsky.app/UMrVSsp

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Aug 23

I got my copy this week and look forward to reading it!

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Jessie Uehling @fungaljess.bsky.social · Jul 22

Have you heard about MycoEd yet? A model educational program offering training for students on fungal genome sequencing and analysis. how powerful!! #mycofam #thefutureisfungal

journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

Myco-Ed: Mycological curriculum for education and discovery

Fungi are important and hyperdiverse organisms, yet chronically understudied. Most fungal clades have no reference genomes, impeding our understanding of their ecosystem functions and use as solutions...

journals.plos.org

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Aug 10

Congratulations!!!

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Diversify Microbiology @diversifymicro.bsky.social · Aug 1

Diversify Microbiology is now open to all professionals working in the microbiology field. Nominate yourself at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Diversify Microbiology

This is a self-nomination form, entries submitted on behalf of someone else will be deleted. This list is intended for individuals who have completed a PhD or otherwise are employed in a professional ...

docs.google.com

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jul 26

Dream job in an awesome lab if anyone is looking for a technician position: sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Research Technician - University of Kansas - Job Details

Job Details: A full-time lab/field research technician position is available to support research in the ecology and evoluti

sjobs.brassring.com

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Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · Jul 23

Mark your calendar for the International Monarch #MonitoringBlitz! 🦋

From July 25 to August 3, 2025 you can snap pictures of milkweed plants and monarch butterflies in any life stage - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis or adult - and upload your observations to iNaturalist.

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jul 16

Awesome! Congrats!

Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jul 13

New paper out from the Cheeke Lab led by @raeberner.bsky.social with @balachaudhary.bsky.social & Geoff Zahn. Congrats Rae!
academic.oup.com/femsle/advan...

Annual grass invasion is associated with differences in the community structure and abundance of biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Abstract. Interactions between biocrusts and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi may increase plant resilience to environmental stress in native grasslands.

academic.oup.com

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jul 12

Another fun year at the Oregon Country Fair

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jul 11

Fun times at #MSAFungi2025

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Jessamine Finch, PhD @seedystudies.bsky.social · May 27

Mojave Desert Land Trust is hiring a Field Coordinator with the Mojave Desert Seed Bank! 🫘 #seedjobs

2 positions posted, hiring 1 candidate depending on quals & experience.

Coordinator/Lead – min 1 yr experience, $23-25/hr
Supervisor – 2-5 yrs exp., $25-28/hr

saveplants.org/forums/topic...

Job Opportunity, Mojave Desert Seed Bank Field Coordinator - Center for Plant Conservation

Mojave Desert Land Trust is recruiting to fill a Field Coordinator position with the Mojave Desert Seed Bank! We are recruiting to fill the position of Seed Bank Field Coordinator/Lead – Field Supervi...

saveplants.org

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Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com · May 17

Microbiologists! Check out the the🧵below and then sign up for #BinningSingletons @ #ASMicrobe 2025 in LA! 🧪
binningsingletons.com/singleton/bi...

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · May 7

msoa.mcjobboard.net/jobs/188088

Postdoctoral Position: Soil Microbial Dynamics in Response to Drought and Wildfire

Postdoctoral Position: Soil Microbial Dynamics in Response to Drought and Wildfire The Embedding Molecular Biology in Ecosystem Research (EMBER) project (https://embersci.org/) seeks a postdoctoral r...

msoa.mcjobboard.net

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Geoff Zahn @geoffzahn.bsky.social · Mar 20

The Zahn lab is transitioning into the TIDAL Lab this Fall and moving to the Appl. Sci. Department at William & Mary.

Would love to chat with students interested in doing a PhD at the nexus of microbial ecology and data science (starting 2026).

RP please!
gzahn.github.io

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · Mar 15

Are you a microbiologist looking to move to Alaska? There is an opening for a microbiologist in a clinical lab in Bethel. Only requires a BS. Please share with your networks, they really need to hire someone ASAP.

phh.tbe.taleo.net/phh01/ats/ca...

#AlaskaSky #Microjobs 🧪🦠🔬

Hiring BS Microbiologist, Laboratory - Bethel

View job details and apply now

phh.tbe.taleo.net

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Dr Ecology 🌲 @ecologyphd.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨

The Battelle NPO manages the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) & is hiring a Field Ecologist II.

Tucson, AZ
$19.33-22.74/ hr

🌎🌾🧪🌿🌲🌳🌱🍁🪻🌵🏜️
#PlantScience
#GenerationRestoration
#JobAlert

NEON Field Ecologist II - Instrumentation - AZ in Tucson, AZ | Biology at Battelle

Apply for NEON Field Ecologist II - Instrumentation - AZ job with Battelle in Tucson, AZ. Biology at Battelle

jobs.battelle.org

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thank you! I’ll be in touch soon.

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Feb 4

Does anyone know where to get hairy root cultures of Daucus carota in the US? A grad student in my lab is looking for a source for their mycorrhizal research & can only find suppliers in Canada or Belgium, which are apparently proving difficult for material transfer agreements.

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Jonathan Myers @jamyersecology.bsky.social · Jan 13

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology!

Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥

Applications due Feb. 15

Reposts appreciated!

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jan 11

Have you ever tried the Happy Cow app? It lists the restaurants that serve vegan/veggie food in a given area. I’ve used it in lots of different places across the world - esp. trying to find places to eat while at a conference in an unfamiliar city.

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jan 8

Yes, unfortunately over & over as we went around the class for introductions. But, I’m hoping to get them interested & teach them cool things about microbes.

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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · Jan 6

#Diets affect the gut #microbiome, e.g. red #meat is a driver of #omnivore microbiomes linked to poor cardiometabolic #health, inflammatory bowel #disease, colorectal #cancer & low short-chain fatty acids; #vegan ones are linked to favorable markers: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #plant-based #nutrition

Gut microbiome signatures of vegan, vegetarian and omnivore diets and associated health outcomes across 21,561 individuals - Nature Microbiology

Using 21,561 individuals, the authors present a cross-sectional study of how gut microbiome signatures are associated with dietary intake patterns and with host health outcomes.

doi.org

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Tanya Cheeke @tanyacheeke.bsky.social · Jan 7

Micro 101 for non-majors

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