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Tawanda Proceed Makopa
@tpmakopa.bsky.social
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Scientist: Yeast Enthusiast| Yeast Ecology & Evolutionary genetics| Fermentation Technology| Bioinformatics| Author| Addiction Counselor| Loved by God🙏
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fungialab.bsky.social
🚀We welcome Tawanda Proceed Makopa at
@fungialab.bsky.social, a new PhD student from
BIUST (Botswana), to explore #Yeast #Ecology, #Evolution & #Exploitation for biotech innovation. His passion for bioprospecting, applied bioinformatics, and innovative bioprocessing will enrich our team.
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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flodebarre.bsky.social
Final words of the last #ESEB2025 plenary by @jmappes.bsky.social:
"Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility"
Photo of the final slide of J Mappes's plenary at ESEB Text on the slide: Take-home Natural history matters Ecological reality is complex Fresh ideas matter Be ready to reject your favourite hypothesis Science moves forward when we keep both our curiosity and our humility
August 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
tpmakopa.bsky.social
#HappeningToday #ESEB2025
Poster presentation on the intriguing #phylogenomic diversity of wild #Saccharomyces #cerevisiae strains from Botswana, #Africa... And the exciting way forward😁.
Poster Number: 194
#yeastofSA
August 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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eseb2025.bsky.social
Time is flying at #ESEB2025! Can’t wait for the next days ahead! 🚀
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
tpmakopa.bsky.social
#HappeningNow
At the #ESEB25 congress in Barcelona, Spain that kick started today with special cocktail.. The atmosphere was fantastic and the attendance was huge... Looking forward to an amazing time #evolution #genomics #yeast #saccharomyces #cerevisiae #population #yeastsofSA
August 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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yeastpi.bsky.social
Postdoc position in new area for lab on yeast biodiversity. See www.findapostdoc.com/search/job-d.... Please forward! @ucd-sbbs.bsky.social
PostDoc | Job Details - Postdoctoral fellow level 1 in yeast biodiversity at Conway Institute, University College Dublin
Postdoctoral fellow level 1 in yeast biodiversity at Conway Institute, University College Dublin, listed on FindAPostDoc.com - A jobs site exclusively listing postdoctoral research posts.
www.findapostdoc.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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fungialab.bsky.social
🧬 Microbial Marvels: Biodiversity & Evolution of Yeasts
Top scientists @hittingerlab.bsky.social & @stelkens.bsky.social reveal how yeasts evolve, adapt, and speciate. @uv.es @upv.es Don’t miss this inspiring workshop!
📅 June 16 📍 @iatacsic.bsky.social🔗https://bit.ly/4mytSC2 #YeastScience
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
tpmakopa.bsky.social
"Mo gase ntshe tota tota" Another yeast story from #Botswana... rdcu.be/en4XM
Kindly check out our latest article #valorisation of #Chilopartellus infested #sweetsorghum reeds based on our understanding of #yeast-insect #interactions.
lnkd.in/eC_4QFKc
#hanseniaspora
#candida
May 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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marie-clairehar.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
new preprint on predicting antifungal drug resistance in yeasts is out!
May 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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yeastpapers.bsky.social
Engineered S. cerevisiae construction for high-gravity ethanol production and targeted metabolomics

Full text: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40105951/
#yeast #saccharomyces #micribiology

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March 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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irbbarcelona.org
🧪 Researchers at IRB Barcelona develop the first single-cell map of transcriptomes in yeast. 

✍️ Mariona Nadal-Ribelles, @laia-de-nadal.bsky.social, Francesc Posas et al.

📰 @naturecomms.bsky.social 

➡️ https://shorturl.at/R8i9e

📌DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57600-4

#IRBScience
March 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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stelkens.bsky.social
And now, we also have a 2-year postdoc position in the Stelkens Lab! 🧪 If you are interested in parallel evolution, genomics, yeast, and climate adaptation, this could be for you! Please apply through U Stockholm's job platform here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
March 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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briangibsontub.bsky.social
Why is contamination with diastatic yeasts increasing? An edited version of a Brauwelt article from last year by myself and Nerve Zhou. Our recent research on diastatic yeasts has already answered some of the questions raised in the piece. But more on that later...
www.drinktec.com/en-US/indust...
The diastaticus story
Dr Nerve Zhou, Botswana, and Prof Brian Gibson, TU Berlin, are working with other researchers to track down the global population of diastatically active yeasts.
www.drinktec.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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gillesfischer.bsky.social
The Early Bird Registration & Submission Deadline is approaching: March 28, 2025!
🔗 Register now
premc.org/yeast2025/re...

Don’t wait until the last minute, spots are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

🌟 the list of Outstanding Invited Speakers
premc.org/yeast2025/in...
March 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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gillesfischer.bsky.social
📢 #Yeast2025 News!
Registration and abstract submission are NOW OPEN!
Join us at the 32nd ICYGMB
📅 Save the Date: 21-24 July 2025
📍 Location: Paris @sorbonne-universite.fr
🔗 Submit: premc.org/yeast2025/su...
🕒 Register now to take advantage of the Early Bird fee premc.org/yeast2025/re...
January 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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pflieglerlab.bsky.social
Prepared this overview of #yeast species found in sourdough in Hungary. The rough/wrinkled P. membranifaciens is really strange, possibly an RNA virus infection! #sourdough
January 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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yeastpapers.bsky.social
Improving wine fermentation efficiency of Torulaspora delbrueckii by increasing the ploidy of yeast inocula

Full text: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#yeast
#Saccharomyces
#YeastPapers
January 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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minyaaa.bsky.social
Wow i had no idea about this global sourdough project - it’s super cool! And the link contains a ton of additional resources 🧪🍞
January 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
tpmakopa.bsky.social
To learn more about the #insect-yeast interactions in #southern #Africa and their potential in modern bioprocessing check out this 2024 review paper...
doi.org/10.1002/yea....
#YeastsofSA
#novel
#bioprocessing
#Botswana
Yeast–insect interactions in southern Africa: Tapping the diversity of yeasts for modern bioprocessing
The understudied southern African region could harbor novel insect-associated yeasts with industrially relevant traits that may potentially improve both ancient and modern bioprocessing industries.
doi.org
December 21, 2024 at 11:17 AM
tpmakopa.bsky.social
As we continue to witness first report occurrences of #insects in #southern #African countries (e.g. #Botswana), I wonder which #yeast species they harbor in their guts...
dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir....
#YeastsofSA
#yeast_insect_interractions
December 21, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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maxhaase.bsky.social
Reminder, if you are yeast biologist (species agnostic, just need be single celled and a fungus) please let me know and I will add you to this starter pack.

go.bsky.app/PyUwqLU
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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larsga.bsky.social
Fun side note: check out 15. African beer. This is from African farmhouse brewing. Strains from Ghana, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Chad, Ethiopia, and Madagascar. (And one Italian wine yeast.) So how can this be? Well, it actually makes sense.
November 22, 2024 at 1:38 PM
tpmakopa.bsky.social
My first publication from my MSc… A yeast biodiversity study showing us a microbiological perspective at the marula fruit and elephant intoxication myth.
#Saccharomyces #Brettanomyces #Pichia #Wickerhamomyces #Zygotorulaspora #Candida #Hanseniaspora #Kluyveromyces
#YeastofSA
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
The marula and elephant intoxication myth: assessing the biodiversity of fermenting yeasts associated with marula fruits (Sclerocarya birrea)
A microbial perspective of the marula fruit and elephant intoxication myth, delving into the biodiversity of marula associated yeasts.
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 5:49 AM