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Jason Stajich
@hyphaltip.bsky.social
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I study evolution in fungi using genomics at UC Riverside. He/him.

Tongva, Cahuilla, Serrano lands

http://lab.stajich.org/

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Clement Tsui PhD 🇭🇰 🇨🇦 @clementsui.bsky.social · 3d
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Long‐read sequencing for biodiversity analyses—A comprehensive guide
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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 4d
journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... new findings in the ant fungus gardens 🐜🍄
Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Attine ants perform essential ecosystem services through the harvesting of substrates for fungiculture. The cultured fungi are a food source for attine ants. Characterizing antifungal toxin-producing yeasts (killer yeasts) is vital to understanding how they might protect gardens from invasion by unwanted fungal species. This study also describes a new toxin named Ksino from the yeast Candida sinolaborantium, a member of a new group of toxins found across many different species of fungi. This work supports the role of killer yeasts in the ecology of fungicultures and competition between fungi. The observed high prevalence of killer yeasts in fungal gardens also enables the discovery of novel antifungal molecules with the potential to be applied against disease-causing fungi.
journals.asm.org

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 12d
If this makes you mad, you can do something about it:

RALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🔬🧪✊
March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC

Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7

#Standupforscience

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Mario Vallejo-Marin @nicrodemo.bsky.social · 12d
Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
Uppsala in late autumn

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Patrick R. Secor @prsecor.bsky.social · 12d
Friends, please help spread the word about our microbiology REU program at Montana State University.
www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/

Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided.

Details in the attached pic--Feb 14 deadline
🧫🧪🦠#microsky
This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is funded by the National Science Foundation to create "points of entry" for students interested in research. Students apply from across the country to spend 10 weeks in Bozeman, Montana this summer (May 26, 2026 - August 1, 2026). Admitted students are paired with a faculty mentor, who serves as an advisor for a student's summer project. Each student receives a stipend ($7000 for 10 wks). Travel compensation, room, and board are also provided. Our program leverages MSU’s unique microbiology expertise, focusing specifically on microbes living with little or no oxygen (like those in the hot springs of nearby Yellowstone). Low oxygen microbes are essential to human and ecosystem health. They influence (or control) such processes as the breakdown of food in the GI tract, removal of toxins from our bodies and the environment, and production of greenhouse gases. They are also models for understanding the origins of life on this planet, and the potential for life on other planets. A key goal of our program is to recruit students from schools with limited research infrastructure. Being in Montana, a state with a vibrant Native American community, we are particularly interested in applications from students at tribal colleges. However, ANYONE with an interest in microbiology - or biology/science in general - can and should apply. If willing and able, please share/tweet/spread the word far and wide. Applications are due February 14, 2026. Full details can be found through our website http://www.montana.edu/mbi/reu/

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 14d
Call for applications to the Postdoctoral Positions in the Tri-Institutional Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program (Tri-I MMPTP) at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State University mmptp.mgm.duke.edu
Tri-I MMPTP | Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
mmptp.mgm.duke.edu

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Ashani Weeraratna @ashi-w.bsky.social · 14d
We are no longer in a time of complacency. Listed here are action items. I add, join advocacy calls when asked. Too many times organizations are hurting for scientists to join them on the Hill. timmermanreport.com/2026/01/scie...
Science and Industry Need to Push Back Hard - TimmermanReport.com
The days of strongly worded letters, statements to the press, white papers, and op-eds are over. The people dismantling science are coming at all we care about with a pliers and a blowtorch. If I have...
timmermanreport.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14d
Powerful call to action from @cdelawalla.bsky.social founder of @standupforscience.bsky.social

timmermanreport.com/2026/01/scie...
Science and Industry Need to Push Back Hard - TimmermanReport.com
The days of strongly worded letters, statements to the press, white papers, and op-eds are over. The people dismantling science are coming at all we care about with a pliers and a blowtorch. If I have...
timmermanreport.com

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Rebecca Mosher @rm0sher.bsky.social · 14d
I am excited to offer a postdoctoral research position in my lab in Oxford studying the distribution of small RNAs during plant sexual reproduction. shorturl.at/7Goxt
Reposts appreciated!
Obligatory cat video to brighten your day. :-)

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 14d
Our group leader @kamounlab.bsky.social has been celebrated in the most enduring way possible: a newly discovered fossil species was named after him!

Lead author @chistinesd.bsky.social shared the backstory behind this choice in an interview on our website:
Ancient oomycete honors Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun, group leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory, has been celebrated in the most enduring way possible: a newly discovered fossil species has been named in his honour.
www.tsl.ac.uk

Reposted by Simon Roux, Jason Stajich

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Microbiome Research Lab, ETH Zürich @microbiomeresearch.bsky.social · 17d
🚨We are hiring a Bioinformatician who will be embedded in our lab and work with members of the NCCR Microbiomes at ETH Zurich, as well as the Institute of Microbiology.🚨
nccr-microbiomes.ch
jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
Bioinformatician in Microbiome Research
jobs.ethz.ch

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Tiffany Lowe-Power stands with Minnesota @tlowepower.bsky.social · 17d
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Excited to share that PNAS published our research article focused on "Why are Ralstonia goofy?"

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Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen.bsky.social · 18d
Check out this amazing paper on the Umbilicaria lichen and a black yeast fungus that appears to be its ever-present component!

Reposted by Jens‐Christian Svenning, Yadvinder Malhi, Brian J. Enquist , and 8 more

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Laura Cooper @transitionalform.bsky.social · 19d
Our paper on the mysterious Devonian organism Prototaxites has now finally been published! See the paper here (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) and our explainer thread below!
Prototaxites reconstruction by Matt Humpage

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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 22d
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone.

The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets.

We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns. Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 23d
www.science.org/content/arti...
Climate change may be driving spread of a deadly fungus from U.S. Southwest
Valley fever has exploded since 2000. Scientists are trying to figure out why
www.science.org

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Jason Stajich, Jae-Young Son

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 23d
Getting asked about how academics can continue to do science & inspire trainees even in the midst of a continued (escalated) assault on science, reason, truth, & human rights. I don’t have great answers.

I would love to hear from mentors about advice they’re giving to trainees/ colleagues.

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Susan Howe @dancingsue.bsky.social · 26d
#fungifriends #mushrooms #mycology #nature #fungi #biology #photography
Holly has its very own fungus! Marasmius hudsonii (Holly parachute) yesterday. Sadly, without a macro lens the depth of field is very shallow.

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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 26d
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.

We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.

What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 27d
Wow! Amazing and awesome work. What a great dissection of multicellularity evolution in this (i hope) emerging models for in these MCF/black yeasts. Agree so interesting to see the biotic interaction-associated emergence of this multicellular form.
wcratcliff.bsky.social Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 27d
This is a beautiful paper examining the molecular genetics of facultative multicellularity in a marine black yeast.

I also love that they figure out the ecological context for the behavior (MC form when in sponges, where there are nutrients, & uni when starving!).

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 27d
2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology GRC. It will be June 21-26, 2026. Consider attending this is a great meeting if you work in the fungal biology field at genetic / genomic / molecular scale. www.grc.org/cellular-and... 🍄🧬🖥️
Flier for conference with list of name of speakers and discussion leaders, Title for conference "Evolutionary Perspectives of Metabolic, Cellular and Genomic Diversity in Fungi", 50th Anniversary Conference Chairs: Bridget Barker & Elaine Bignell. held June 20-21 GRS, June 21-26, GRC. URL https://www.grc.org/cellular-and-molecular-fungal-biology-conference/2026/ and list of speakers names.

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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 27d
This is a beautiful paper examining the molecular genetics of facultative multicellularity in a marine black yeast.

I also love that they figure out the ecological context for the behavior (MC form when in sponges, where there are nutrients, & uni when starving!).

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com

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Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen.bsky.social · 28d
⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Black field with a macro image of a bright orange lichen Xanthoria in one of the corner. Little diagrams showing a structure of a lichen thallus with different layers in grey and green, a phylogenetic tree, and an alphafold generated structure of a protein. White text says "PhD position in Stockholm University / SciLifeLab. Lichen Biology, Symbiosis, Microbial Ecology & Evolution,Meta-omics Fully funded for 4 years. Start Apr-Sep 2026. Deadline for application: Feb 1st."

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · Jan 7
Truly enormous amounts of effort are being expended by US universities right now to be compliant by April 26, 2026 with new ADA rules for accessibility of all online materials (for courses, websites etc.). The burden falls almost entirely on individual professors.
www.ada.gov/resources/20...
Fact Sheet: New Rule on the Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps Provided by State and Local Governments
The Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on July 20, 2023 explaining how we propose updating the regulations for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...
www.ada.gov

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Methods in Ecology and Evolution @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social · Jan 6
📖Published📖

Carter et al. present tidypopgen, a new R package for population genetic analysis of SNP data which combines existing methods for computational efficiency with an easy to use object structure 🧬 🌍 🧪

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Schematic of key tidypopgen functions. Functions integrating with external packages are annotated with the package name.

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · Jan 5
Blue skies after the rains. Happy first day of winter quarter @ucriverside.bsky.social
Blue skies and clouds next to a vertical bel tower building

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · Jan 4
Woods were lovely dark and deep for the holiday visit to east coast.
Tree trunk with hollow middle that may resemble a face Shelf Mushroom on side of an upright small tree Tree trunk with large split middle Burl on tree looking like large bumps along the length of tree

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Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · Dec 27
Winter moss in the southeast
Green Moss closeup

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · Dec 24
There are some magic little lands out there in the world.
Mushrooms, lichen, and moss growing on the side of a tree.

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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · Dec 23
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.