Jason Stajich

@hyphaltip.bsky.social

4K followers 1.8K following 150 posts

I study evolution in fungi using genomics at UC Riverside. He/him.

Tongva, Cahuilla, Serrano lands

http://lab.stajich.org/

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Physics 29%

Environmental science 25%

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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 2d

There are some magic little lands out there in the world.

Mushrooms, lichen, and moss growing on the side of a tree.

Reposted by David Brady, Jason Stajich, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham , and 5 more David Brady, Jason Stajich, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jen Schneider, Jason Lyall, Brooke Harrington, Hisham Zerriffi, Christina Pagel

Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 2d

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.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d

It's Festivus, so I'm going to air some grievances.

1. If you're going to write a year end story about how scientists responded to authoritarianism and *NOT* include @standupforscience.bsky.social in the write up or cite that the photo you used as your header is from one of our rallies...that's bs.

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 3d

The nature of the last universal common ancestor and its impact on the early Earth system www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/dRPdk)

Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 3d

Coprinus and Coprinopsis in the
Botanical gardens. @ucriverside.bsky.social 🍄‍🟫#mushroomsky

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 5d

Deep deep organisms that might live for thousands of years
aeon.co/essays/the-d...

The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays

The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life

aeon.co

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Mycology Corner @mycologycorner.bsky.social · 6d

Tremella mesenterica
parasitising Peniophora sp.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #mushroomsky #shroomscrolling

Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 6d

www.popsci.com/science/hist... nice article from Matt Kasson

A history of mistletoe: The parasitic ‘dung on a twig'

From its role in kissing to mythological healing powers, mistletoe’s roots run deep.

www.popsci.com

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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 7d

Great news in the fight against antimicrobial resistance!

Two oral antibiotics have been approved by the FDA for uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea. As Neisseria gonorrhoeae is becoming resistant to all known antibiotics, such breakthroughs were urgently needed. (1/4)
www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 7d

Botanical walk in UCR botanical gardens. Enjoy the green up of winter. Curious how the storms next week will
support even more growth. Keep an eye out for 🌸🍄‍🟫 too !@ucriverside.bsky.social

Landscape with green hills and mottled blue sky

Landscape of mountain in background with train in foreground

Hills in brown and green with bushes in foreground.

Reposted by Jed A. Fuhrman, Jason Stajich

Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 8d

This is really cool and important.

Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 8d

Some of the longest-lived organisms on Earth aren’t whales, trees or corals, but microbes buried deep in the earth. This eye-opening essay examines the slowest lives on Earth, asking what such lives mean for how we define life itself @karenlloyd.bsky.social

The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays

The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life

buff.ly

Reposted by Håvard Kauserud, Jason Stajich, Anne Hilborn

Jeff Hollett @jeffontherock.bsky.social · 8d

Caloplaca sp #lichen on seaside cliffs. Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Photo of bright yellow lichens on rock. Several lichens meet, covering the entire rock surface except for an open area at the centre of the photo.

Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro, Jason Stajich

Guy Leonard @guyleonard.bsky.social · 8d

De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b.

Guy Leonard, Irma Vitonyte, Fiona R Savory, Erika M Hansson, Duncan D Cameron, Michael Brockhurst, Thomas A Richards
bioRxiv doi: doi.org/10.64898/202...

De novo genome sequence assembly of the model algal endosymbiont Micractinium conductrix derived from its host Paramecium bursaria 186b

Endosymbiosis is a major driver of evolutionary innovation and underpins the function of diverse ecosystems. The origins and evolution of endosymbiosis are challenging to study experimentally due to t...

doi.org

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 9d

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

Russ Vought (piss man) tweet about doing piss man shit: The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 9d

RNA decay via the nuclear exosome is essential for piwi-mediated transposon silencing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694471v1

Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 9d

An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth

Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 9d

congrats @morgancarterphd.bsky.social and team - this looks like a great resource and investigation of endohyphal bacteria pangenome diversity. #rhizopus #mycetohabitans

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Adam M Novak @adamnovak.graphs.vg · 9d

Did anybody ever actually write up the "Heng Effect" (where adding variants to your pangenome graph can *reduce* its usefulness for samples unlikely to contain those variants)? Or is it just deep vg lore known only in our lab?

Reposted by Marc Strous, Jason Stajich, Valentin Loux , and 1 more Marc Strous, Jason Stajich, Valentin Loux, Alan McNally

Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 10d

💾 Prokka 1.15.6 is released!

This is the last major release of Prokka. But don't be sad, because @oschwengers.bsky.social already has an excellent replacement called Bakta you can migrate to.
#bioinformatics #microbiology #genomics

github.com/tseemann/pro...

Release Heading into the sunset · tseemann/prokka

The future This is probably the last release of Prokka. I won't be making any code changes except bug fixes. I will update the databases occasionally. I strongly recommend you use Bakta by @oschwen...

github.com

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 10d

Professor Bosch and @crc1182.bsky.social are an inspiration that decisively revealed an ancient, elemental unity of life between the animal and microbial worlds. More importantly, he will stand as a giant that many, including me, have stood on to go farther. www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...

Host-microbiome interaction biologist to receive inaugural Microbiome Medal | Penn State University

The One Health Microbiome Center will present the inaugural Microbiome Medal to Thomas Bosch on Dec 12. Bosch, a developmental biologist, zoologist and distinguished senior professor at Kiel Universit...

www.psu.edu

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 10d

THOMAS BOSCH's work and mentorship are powerful invitations to young minds to embrace the biggest questions at the very roots of life and to make a positive impact on humanity. Thank you Prof. Bosch, recipient of the annual and inaugural MICROBIOME MEDAL from @psumbiome.bsky.social
.

Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 10d

Looks like a great special issue on hyphae in fungi in FGB www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... doi.org/10.1016/j.fg... worth a browse! 🍄🧬

Hyphae: Tubular creators of the fungal kingdom

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dan Udwary @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com · 10d

DOE's Office of Science is making a big push into AI, and that includes our work at the @jgi.doe.gov . We want to hear your thoughts (+ and -) on AI-enabled biological data. Consider joining one of our interviews or focus groups by filling out this form!
🧪🧬🦠🖥️ #secmet
jointgeno.me/PortalStorie...

Tell Us Your JGI Portal Stories

The JGI Portal teams (IMG, Mycocosm, Phycocosm, Phytozome, and SMC) would love to sit with you (over Zoom) to hear your stories relating to your usage of the portals, your unsupported use cases, and p...

jointgeno.me

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ASM @asm.org · 11d

The 2025 Agar Art Contest winners have been selected! This year’s theme, “Microbes Make the World Go Round,” inspired 557 global entries—from food fermentation to antibiotic production. See the masterpieces and finalists! asm.org/press-releas... #agarart

"The Hidden Power of Microorganisms: No microbes, no life…”

“Self-portrait of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae.”

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Genome Biology and Evolution @genomebiolevol.bsky.social · 14d

@bhuwanabbot.bsky.social @morgancarterphd.bsky.social @raw937.bsky.social @andrabuchan.bsky.social et al. present a pangenome analysis of the endofungal genus Mycetohabitans, showing bacteria-fungus coevolution.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf231

#genome #evolution #pangenome #MicrobeSky

Comparative Genomics Reveals Multipartite Genomes Undergoing Loss in the Fungal Endosymbiotic Genus Mycetohabitans

Abstract. Endosymbiotic bacteria extensively impact phenotypes of their eukaryotic hosts, while experiencing dramatic changes to their own genome as they b

doi.org

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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 15d

Join us in welcoming GSA’s newest Board members: VP David Greenstein, Treasurer @marymullins.bsky.social, & Directors Monica Colaiacovo (@colaiacovolab.bsky.social), Tania Reis, & @jrossibarra.bsky.social. We’re grateful for their leadership & excited for what’s ahead. Learn more: buff.ly/7LZjkoP

Jason Stajich @hyphaltip.bsky.social · 15d

UCR Botanical Garden views. Practice taking a walk to reset.

Landscape view of hill with trees in foreground and further mountains in the distance

Reposted by Jason Stajich, Silvia Secchi

Dr. Peter Neff @icy-pete.bsky.social · 16d

Timeline cleanse: Antarctic sun dogs/halo version. January 2024, RAICA ice core project at Canisteo Peninsula, West Antarctica supported by Korea Polar Research Institute and US National Science Foundation. 🌞 ❄️

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Jason Stajich

Ted Morgan @tedmorgan.bsky.social · 17d

The new Enabling Discovery through GEnomics (EDGE) Program page is posted. Please contact us at BIOEDGE@nsf.gov if you have questions. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Enabling Discovery Through Genomics (EDGE)

www.nsf.gov

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Jason Stajich, Richard Waite , and 1 more Shannon Vallor, Jason Stajich, Richard Waite, Alan Richardson

Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19d

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

A poster on 8.5 x 11 inch paper saga Fishtown fish facts: red lipped catfish or of ocephalus Darwini. Then a pic of that freaky fish with 4 limbs it rests on the ground and then the words “stg this fish real red-lipped batfish walk ocean floor with they flippers RLBF have RBF, not they fault
RLBF have a bioluminescent lure that glows to attract dinner
RLBF lipgloss is popping, RLBF lipgloss is cool, all the fish keep jockin, they chase RLBF after school
RLBF got scales like armor and shine bright like a diamond
Red-lipped batfish will teach you how to dougie, I can promise u that.

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