Alexandra Dallaire
@alexdallaire.bsky.social
Symbiotic fungi, genomes and transposons 🍄🧬
🇨🇦 → 🇬🇧 → 🇯🇵
🇨🇦 → 🇬🇧 → 🇯🇵
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New light on old stones: a fossil #fungus in #symbiosis with one of the oldest known land plants
@chistinesd.bsky.social, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@dromius.bsky.social @ffercoq.bsky.social #PlantScience
Summary also available in French and Spanish.
@chistinesd.bsky.social, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@dromius.bsky.social @ffercoq.bsky.social #PlantScience
Summary also available in French and Spanish.
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
New light on old stones: a fossil #fungus in #symbiosis with one of the oldest known land plants
@chistinesd.bsky.social, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@dromius.bsky.social @ffercoq.bsky.social #PlantScience
Summary also available in French and Spanish.
@chistinesd.bsky.social, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@dromius.bsky.social @ffercoq.bsky.social #PlantScience
Summary also available in French and Spanish.
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
🔥 At conferences, who asks the questions shapes who gets seen. Across 24 ID&CM meetings, women were 55% of delegates but asked 36% of questions.
💬 When women moderate or speak first, others follow.
Let’s change the pattern
bit.ly/47VL0eH
🙏 @maudsalmona.bsky.social & MicroID EmpowHERment consortium
💬 When women moderate or speak first, others follow.
Let’s change the pattern
bit.ly/47VL0eH
🙏 @maudsalmona.bsky.social & MicroID EmpowHERment consortium
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🔥 At conferences, who asks the questions shapes who gets seen. Across 24 ID&CM meetings, women were 55% of delegates but asked 36% of questions.
💬 When women moderate or speak first, others follow.
Let’s change the pattern
bit.ly/47VL0eH
🙏 @maudsalmona.bsky.social & MicroID EmpowHERment consortium
💬 When women moderate or speak first, others follow.
Let’s change the pattern
bit.ly/47VL0eH
🙏 @maudsalmona.bsky.social & MicroID EmpowHERment consortium
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
TEs aren’t just genomic parasites, they’re also engines of genomic novelty.
Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion.
With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social
🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#TEworldwide
Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion.
With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social
🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#TEworldwide
Historic transposon mobilisation waves create distinct pools of adaptive variants in a major crop pathogen - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors analysed a large genomic dataset to trace how jumping genes shaped the global spread of a major wheat pathogen and reveal bursts of activity over decades that drove adaptati...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
TEs aren’t just genomic parasites, they’re also engines of genomic novelty.
Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion.
With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social
🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#TEworldwide
Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion.
With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social
🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#TEworldwide
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
DIAMOND v2.1.15 now supports all taxonomy features for BLAST databases, and support for using BLAST databases has also been added to the Bioconda version github.com/bbuchfink/di...
GitHub - bbuchfink/diamond: Accelerated BLAST compatible local sequence aligner.
Accelerated BLAST compatible local sequence aligner. - bbuchfink/diamond
github.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
DIAMOND v2.1.15 now supports all taxonomy features for BLAST databases, and support for using BLAST databases has also been added to the Bioconda version github.com/bbuchfink/di...
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I had such fun thinking, reading and writing this Tansley Review on #arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungal mycelia. We need a more fungal-centric view to better understand not only the AM fungi, but also their many ecological roles.
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
@newphyt.bsky.social
🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DHGB3S....
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#JobOffer
💼 Un poste susceptible d’être vacant de Professeur en stabilité des génomes devrait s’ouvrir pour la rentrée 2026 au sein de l’Institut Jacques Monod
➡️ Informations concernant ce poste et la procédure de candidature 🔗 www.ijm.fr/poste-de-pro...
💼 Un poste susceptible d’être vacant de Professeur en stabilité des génomes devrait s’ouvrir pour la rentrée 2026 au sein de l’Institut Jacques Monod
➡️ Informations concernant ce poste et la procédure de candidature 🔗 www.ijm.fr/poste-de-pro...
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
#JobOffer
💼 Un poste susceptible d’être vacant de Professeur en stabilité des génomes devrait s’ouvrir pour la rentrée 2026 au sein de l’Institut Jacques Monod
➡️ Informations concernant ce poste et la procédure de candidature 🔗 www.ijm.fr/poste-de-pro...
💼 Un poste susceptible d’être vacant de Professeur en stabilité des génomes devrait s’ouvrir pour la rentrée 2026 au sein de l’Institut Jacques Monod
➡️ Informations concernant ce poste et la procédure de candidature 🔗 www.ijm.fr/poste-de-pro...
Serial innovations, HGT and gene loss led to the formation of the replisome of the eukaryotic ancestor
Glad to share our paper out today @NatureEcoEvo: “Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor”. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky #archaeasky
Serial innovations by Asgard archaea shaped the DNA replication machinery of the early eukaryotic ancestor - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Phylogenetic and biochemical analyses show a diversity of components of the DNA replication machinery in different Asgard archaea that contributed to the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery.
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Serial innovations, HGT and gene loss led to the formation of the replisome of the eukaryotic ancestor
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Fungal #GenomeSize variation is largely driven by TEs & lineage-specific genome defenses. @tbadet.bsky.social & @danielcroll.bsky.social show that presence/absence of RIP mutation systems influences #genome architecture, identifying a likely novel defense mechanism @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4hcC5tx
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Fungal #GenomeSize variation is largely driven by TEs & lineage-specific genome defenses. @tbadet.bsky.social & @danielcroll.bsky.social show that presence/absence of RIP mutation systems influences #genome architecture, identifying a likely novel defense mechanism @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4hcC5tx
🇨🇦 My department is recruiting a new tenure-track professor! If you do computational work on microbes and can teach in French reasonably well, please consider applying! Dry-wet lab hybrids also welcome.
www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
@ulaval.ca
www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
@ulaval.ca
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Omics Data Analysis in the Field of Microbial Systems Biology | Ressources humaines | Université Laval
www.rh.ulaval.ca
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🇨🇦 My department is recruiting a new tenure-track professor! If you do computational work on microbes and can teach in French reasonably well, please consider applying! Dry-wet lab hybrids also welcome.
www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
@ulaval.ca
www.rh.ulaval.ca/emplois-disp...
@ulaval.ca
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Check out this new Levine-Lampson collaboration, led by the talented Hyuk-Joon Jeon.
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Check out this new Levine-Lampson collaboration, led by the talented Hyuk-Joon Jeon.
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
We explored the consequences of inheriting long telomeres from dad and short telomeres from mom. Or the reciprocal. Turns out, parent-of-origin matters (in mice, at least).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1loW-3QW8S...
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Previously on BioRxiv, and now a final version of our paper is out! What a great lesson in plant self-organization: Auxin targets its own transporter through a cell-surface kinase complex in a positive feedback loop www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
ABP1/ABL3-TMK1 cell-surface auxin signaling targets PIN2-mediated auxin fluxes for root gravitropism
In gravistimulated roots, gravity perception in the columella redirects the flow of
the plant hormone auxin toward the lower root side, where it inhibits cell elongation
for downward root bending. Thi...
www.cell.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Previously on BioRxiv, and now a final version of our paper is out! What a great lesson in plant self-organization: Auxin targets its own transporter through a cell-surface kinase complex in a positive feedback loop www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Learn about loss and retention of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in carnivorous plants in our latest publication in @newphyt.bsky.social ! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Learn about loss and retention of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in carnivorous plants in our latest publication in @newphyt.bsky.social ! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
The great Claudio Scazzocchio- fungal geneticist and polymath - giving keynote first talk in Chania - on the evolution of nitrogen utilization in eukaryotes #IFBC25
September 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The great Claudio Scazzocchio- fungal geneticist and polymath - giving keynote first talk in Chania - on the evolution of nitrogen utilization in eukaryotes #IFBC25
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Whole genome sequencing of historical specimens from the world's largest fungal collection yields high‐quality assemblies
High-throughput molecular studies of museum specimens (museomics) have great potential in biodiversity research, but fungal historical collections have scarcely been examined, leading to no comprehe...
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Really excited to share our latest paper led by @simonaube.bsky.social. Fascinating results examining whether regulatory mutations can lead to adaptation as fast as coding mutations do. #mevosky #evobio #evoSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Adaptation is less accessible through mutations in promoters than in coding sequences when large effect sizes are needed
Mutations within promoters and coding sequences are both involved in adaptation, but their relative contributions remain to be compared directly. Using the fungal enzyme cytosine deaminase, we examine...
www.biorxiv.org
September 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Really excited to share our latest paper led by @simonaube.bsky.social. Fascinating results examining whether regulatory mutations can lead to adaptation as fast as coding mutations do. #mevosky #evobio #evoSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Excited to share our Review on human PGC development covering the latest in vivo observations & in vitro developments, esp. in the last 5 years. Have a read! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
From: @astar-gis.bsky.social @ki.se Warwick University, @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
From: @astar-gis.bsky.social @ki.se Warwick University, @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
Emerging principles and models of human primordial germ cell development
Summary: This Review examines recent insights into early human germ cell development and how these regulatory principles guide stem cell-derived models aiming to reconstitute human gametogenesis in vi...
journals.biologists.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Excited to share our Review on human PGC development covering the latest in vivo observations & in vitro developments, esp. in the last 5 years. Have a read! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
From: @astar-gis.bsky.social @ki.se Warwick University, @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
From: @astar-gis.bsky.social @ki.se Warwick University, @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
New preprint! 🐛 Root-knot nematodes hijack root cells, turning them into feeding sites and making plants very sick. Using a cross-species scRNA-seq approach we mapped this process and show how this knowledge can be used to engineer resistant crops.🌱 A summary🧵 :
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New preprint! 🐛 Root-knot nematodes hijack root cells, turning them into feeding sites and making plants very sick. Using a cross-species scRNA-seq approach we mapped this process and show how this knowledge can be used to engineer resistant crops.🌱 A summary🧵 :
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I’m super happy to present the first discoveries of the RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team, based in Japan 🇯🇵
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 👇
Reductive evolution of the DNA replication machinery in endosymbiotic fungi
The molecular machinery for replicating and repairing DNA accurately is critically important for life and highly conserved across the Tree of Life. Here we show that two major lineages of fungi, Glome...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’m super happy to present the first discoveries of the RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team, based in Japan 🇯🇵
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A thread 👇
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
The call for #ICOM2026 Symposia applications is now open until October 15.
Please see:
icom2026.org/symposia/
Please see:
icom2026.org/symposia/
ICOM2026 – Call for Symposia
Call for Symposia The Call for Symposia at ICOM2026 is open! Download Application Form below Deadline for submission: 15 October 2025 Decision: 1 November 2025 ICOM2026 will host a series of sympos…
icom2026.org
August 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The call for #ICOM2026 Symposia applications is now open until October 15.
Please see:
icom2026.org/symposia/
Please see:
icom2026.org/symposia/
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
We are excited to announce the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️
Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
📆 Aug. 31
🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program
Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
📆 Aug. 31
🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program
July 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We are excited to announce the SMBE Fellows Program! ✍️
Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
📆 Aug. 31
🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program
Designed to provide networking and mentorship opportunities to early-career researchers through scientific writing in evolutionary biology for @molbioevol.bsky.social and @genomebiolevol.bsky.social
📆 Aug. 31
🔗 smbe.org/smbe-fellows-program
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Very happy to share this paper, out in Nature, written with Henning, whom I met during my sabbatical at @oistedu.bsky.social
From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab
An important topic....would be curious to hear your thoughts...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab
An important topic....would be curious to hear your thoughts...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab
Laboratory dynamics can change as the age and experience of the principal investigator increase. But there are ways to combat this.
www.nature.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Very happy to share this paper, out in Nature, written with Henning, whom I met during my sabbatical at @oistedu.bsky.social
From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab
An important topic....would be curious to hear your thoughts...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab
An important topic....would be curious to hear your thoughts...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Guess the ggplot colour palette!
July 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Guess the ggplot colour palette!
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
🚨 Final days to register! ⌛️
Don’t wait until the last minute ⏰ —secure your spot and get ready to connect with scientists from around the world in stunning Crete! 🌍🧫
Let’s advance fungal biology together!
🔗 ifbc2025.maich.gr
📣 REGISTER NOW!
🔁 Share to reach the whole myco-community!
#IFBC25
Don’t wait until the last minute ⏰ —secure your spot and get ready to connect with scientists from around the world in stunning Crete! 🌍🧫
Let’s advance fungal biology together!
🔗 ifbc2025.maich.gr
📣 REGISTER NOW!
🔁 Share to reach the whole myco-community!
#IFBC25
July 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
🚨 Final days to register! ⌛️
Don’t wait until the last minute ⏰ —secure your spot and get ready to connect with scientists from around the world in stunning Crete! 🌍🧫
Let’s advance fungal biology together!
🔗 ifbc2025.maich.gr
📣 REGISTER NOW!
🔁 Share to reach the whole myco-community!
#IFBC25
Don’t wait until the last minute ⏰ —secure your spot and get ready to connect with scientists from around the world in stunning Crete! 🌍🧫
Let’s advance fungal biology together!
🔗 ifbc2025.maich.gr
📣 REGISTER NOW!
🔁 Share to reach the whole myco-community!
#IFBC25
Reposted by Alexandra Dallaire
Great article. The evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixation is fascinating and complicated 🎢
One versus many independent assemblies of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in flowering plants - Nature Communications
Symbiosis of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in evolutionarily novel “nodules” of diverse flowering plants including legume crops was assembled from pre-existing functions. Testing hypotheses of single vs. m...
doi.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Great article. The evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixation is fascinating and complicated 🎢