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Leho Tedersoo
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Director of Mycology and Microbiology Center
#mycorrhiza #fungal ecology #microbiology plant-microbe interactions #mushroom hunting #biodiversity #conservation #molecular ecology #biogeography #DNA-based taxonomy #long-read sequencing #PacBio # .. more

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Leho Tedersoo is an Estonian mycologist and microbiologist.

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · 22h
EUKARYOME v2.0 reference database now available. A major release including >300,000 new eDNA reads with metadata, quality-screened ROD (meta)genome DB, and updated fungal higher-level taxonomy (following the Mycokeys paper).
Download at: eukaryome.org/download/
Download | EUKARYOME
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Reposted by Jason Stajich

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · 21d
Fungal phylum-level classification update now available! Used "innovative taxonomy" to describe >100 taxa, from species to phylum, based on long reads, characteristic nucleotides and env-samples.
mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1616...

#fungi #taxonomy #PacBio #classification #eDNA
New fungal phylum-level system, with red font indicating novel taxa and size taxonomic diversity.

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Apr 15
MarieCurie postdoc co-applications on offer in University of Tartu, Estonia:
Fungi in reforestation
AMF in agriculture
Global biogeography of fungi
Fungal Host/substrate specificity
Human pathogens in soil, sediment, compost
DNA-based taxonomy of fungi
UNITE/FungalTraits further development

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Mar 19
EUKARYOME new release now available eukaryome.org/download/ This time special on early diverging fungal lineages and nucleariids. Also EUK sequences with all metadata available. Will also be available via UNITE soon.

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Feb 27
A postdoc position in Aarhus University now officially available for applications:
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Postdoc in plant-microbe interactions and microbial ecology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Agroecology - Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Aarhus University
international.au.dk

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Jan 30
Custom PhD positions in my team: High-quality motivated candidates are welcome to design their doctorate research topic for a project competition in the University of Tartu, Estonia. Keywords: bioinformatics, biodiversity, fungi, metagenomics, databases, mycorrhiza, DNA-based taxonomy, biogeography

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Jan 23
Post-Doc position for 3 years available jointly between University of Tartu (Estonia) and University of Aarhus (Denmark) on soil microbiome and biogeography. Skills required: bioinformatics, metagenome analysis, microbiology
Contact: leho.tedersoo@ut.ee

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Leho Tedersoo @tedersoo.bsky.social · Jan 23
EUKARYOME v1.9.3 now available in eukaryome.org

A special release of long reads of marine microeukaryotes