Liz Ballou
@balloulab.bsky.social
Ballou Lab at the MRC CMM, University of Exeter. How do fungi make different shapes and cause disease? Obsessed with microscopes.
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🖥️ The MOOC “Medical Mycology” is open for registration!
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🍄 Welcome to the fascinating world of fungi, agents of major infectious diseases! Discover the taxonomy, ecology, identification of fungi, epidemiology of infectious diseases, drugs, link with HIV…Share this info!
👉 bit.ly/medical-myco...
🍄 Welcome to the fascinating world of fungi, agents of major infectious diseases! Discover the taxonomy, ecology, identification of fungi, epidemiology of infectious diseases, drugs, link with HIV…Share this info!
Medical Mycology
Welcome to the fascinating world of fungi, agents of major infectious diseases!
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August 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🖥️ The MOOC “Medical Mycology” is open for registration!
👉 bit.ly/medical-myco...
🍄 Welcome to the fascinating world of fungi, agents of major infectious diseases! Discover the taxonomy, ecology, identification of fungi, epidemiology of infectious diseases, drugs, link with HIV…Share this info!
👉 bit.ly/medical-myco...
🍄 Welcome to the fascinating world of fungi, agents of major infectious diseases! Discover the taxonomy, ecology, identification of fungi, epidemiology of infectious diseases, drugs, link with HIV…Share this info!
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Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions available in our group are now online. Deadline August 25th.
🧪Immunologists, apply in link below.
🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post.
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🧪Immunologists, apply in link below.
🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post.
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Research Fellow - Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy - 106119 - Grade 7
The successful candidate will make extensive use of a range of in vivo models of fungal infection and will have access to the wide range of transgenic tools and in vivo immunology techniques establish...
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July 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions available in our group are now online. Deadline August 25th.
🧪Immunologists, apply in link below.
🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post.
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
🧪Immunologists, apply in link below.
🍄Microbiologists- please follow link in next post.
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
July 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My group at is hiring a PhD student to explore how fungal pathogens that live in the environment will adapt their genomes, acquire new phenotypes, and perhaps even increased infectivity as a result of climate change. Please share!
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
More info and applications at @ jobs.uni-jena.de/vrbup
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Mount Holyoke College in lovely western Massachusetts is hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist. Amazing students and fantastic faculty support - please share!
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Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Behavior
Job no: R-0000002388 Position Title: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Behavior Work Type: Faculty Full time In-Person Start Date: 07/01/2026 Job Description: The Department of Neuroscience and ...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Mount Holyoke College in lovely western Massachusetts is hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist. Amazing students and fantastic faculty support - please share!
mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
mtholyoke.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
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Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
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Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
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Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions
Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...
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July 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wow
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Karolinska Institutet is recruiting 20 outstanding early-career researchers for assistant professor positions
ki.se/en/about-ki/...
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What sorts of #bioinformatic tasks, tools, or processes do you wish were more user friendly or accessible to non-bioinformaticians? I'm looking to potentially build some tools (especially for the #fungal community) that can help biologists get the most out of their data and speed up their science!
July 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What sorts of #bioinformatic tasks, tools, or processes do you wish were more user friendly or accessible to non-bioinformaticians? I'm looking to potentially build some tools (especially for the #fungal community) that can help biologists get the most out of their data and speed up their science!
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Episode 10 - we've jumped an order of magnitude! Thanks for all the support, @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I totally appreciate it.
If you have artifact-free data, you can skip this one;
for us mere mortals, Erin talks about masks, alignment, and seeing how far from a mask an object is. So useful!
If you have artifact-free data, you can skip this one;
for us mere mortals, Erin talks about masks, alignment, and seeing how far from a mask an object is. So useful!
July 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Episode 10 - we've jumped an order of magnitude! Thanks for all the support, @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I totally appreciate it.
If you have artifact-free data, you can skip this one;
for us mere mortals, Erin talks about masks, alignment, and seeing how far from a mask an object is. So useful!
If you have artifact-free data, you can skip this one;
for us mere mortals, Erin talks about masks, alignment, and seeing how far from a mask an object is. So useful!
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My postdoc position is open again! If you’re interested and did not get your application in last time, please send one by end of this week! Start date asap, latest by end of Fall. ‼️
🚨 I’m hiring a postdoc for Fall 2025 with experience in microbial ‘omics data analysis and phylogenetics/genomics. Projects will be centered around ancient microbial ecology & evolution. Click here for more information: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.txstate.e...
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
Please share, thank you 🙏🏻
July 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
My postdoc position is open again! If you’re interested and did not get your application in last time, please send one by end of this week! Start date asap, latest by end of Fall. ‼️
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Americans pay ~$36/year to Elon Musk via subsidies. We paid $64/year to USAID—and helped prevent 91 million deaths. Musk’s fortune grows while USAID is gutted. Now 14 million lives, including 4.5 million children, hang in the balance. That’s the cost of billionaire worship.
🚩Trump's FP legacy🚩
"U.S. citizens contribute about 17 cents per day to USAID, around $64 per year...91 million deaths were prevented between 2001 and 2021...recent cuts to USAID may lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, including more than 4.5 million children under 5."
"U.S. citizens contribute about 17 cents per day to USAID, around $64 per year...91 million deaths were prevented between 2001 and 2021...recent cuts to USAID may lead to more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, including more than 4.5 million children under 5."
USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030, researchers say
The figures reflect the projected consequences of halting funding.
newsroom.ucla.edu
July 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Americans pay ~$36/year to Elon Musk via subsidies. We paid $64/year to USAID—and helped prevent 91 million deaths. Musk’s fortune grows while USAID is gutted. Now 14 million lives, including 4.5 million children, hang in the balance. That’s the cost of billionaire worship.
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Can we use NGS data for pooled strain phenotyping & association mapping as a tool for the genetic dissection of trait variation in BSL3 fungi? Why yes we can.
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“Select and Resequence” methods enable a genome wide association study of the dimorphic human fungal pathogen Coccidioides posadasii
Abstract. Next-generation sequencing has unlocked a wealth of genotype information for wild populations, but interpreting it in the context of phenotypes r
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July 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Can we use NGS data for pooled strain phenotyping & association mapping as a tool for the genetic dissection of trait variation in BSL3 fungi? Why yes we can.
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
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📝Call for papers📝
I'm co-editing a @microbiologysociety.org #JMedMicro collection on Fungal Pathogenesis.
Contribute a review, research or short communication article by Nov 2025 (flexible)
If interested, get in touch!
#FungalPathogens #MedicalMycology #InfectiousDiseases
I'm co-editing a @microbiologysociety.org #JMedMicro collection on Fungal Pathogenesis.
Contribute a review, research or short communication article by Nov 2025 (flexible)
If interested, get in touch!
#FungalPathogens #MedicalMycology #InfectiousDiseases
Fungal Pathogenesis: Mechanisms, Resistance, and Threats | Microbiology Society
Fungi are a major global health concern, responsible for over a billion infections annually and an estimated 1.5 million deaths each year. Despite their substantial impact on human health and healthca...
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July 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📝Call for papers📝
I'm co-editing a @microbiologysociety.org #JMedMicro collection on Fungal Pathogenesis.
Contribute a review, research or short communication article by Nov 2025 (flexible)
If interested, get in touch!
#FungalPathogens #MedicalMycology #InfectiousDiseases
I'm co-editing a @microbiologysociety.org #JMedMicro collection on Fungal Pathogenesis.
Contribute a review, research or short communication article by Nov 2025 (flexible)
If interested, get in touch!
#FungalPathogens #MedicalMycology #InfectiousDiseases
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The abstract and scholarship deadline is fast approaching for the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting #KSFungalPath26 ! Submit your work by 16th Sept to join the fabulous line-up of invited speakers, featured in the video below (also includes submission links!)
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Fungal Pathogens Meeting Promo
YouTube video by KeystoneSymposia
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July 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The abstract and scholarship deadline is fast approaching for the Keystone Fungal Pathogens meeting #KSFungalPath26 ! Submit your work by 16th Sept to join the fabulous line-up of invited speakers, featured in the video below (also includes submission links!)
youtu.be/olUnNGEsqbk?...
youtu.be/olUnNGEsqbk?...
Abby Potton is studying morphological heterogeneity of Cryptococcus neoformans in my lab. This image shows the full range of cell sizes, from large polyploid titan cells, to yeast, to the small but mighty titanide, all important for how this fungus causes disease.
🧫 This week’s #ImageOfTheWeek captures the sugary capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans (pink) and its diverse cell types and sizes (blue).
📸 Credit: PhD student Abby Potton
#microbiology #microscopy #science #fungi #research
📸 Credit: PhD student Abby Potton
#microbiology #microscopy #science #fungi #research
July 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Abby Potton is studying morphological heterogeneity of Cryptococcus neoformans in my lab. This image shows the full range of cell sizes, from large polyploid titan cells, to yeast, to the small but mighty titanide, all important for how this fungus causes disease.
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Postdoc positions in structural biology of RNA processing complexes.
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
Postdoc in Structural Biology of RNA processing complexes
Postdoctoral positions in structural biology of macromolecular complexes are available in the laboratory of Dr. Eva Kowalinski at the EMBL Grenoble, France. We are looking for highly motivated and amb...
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July 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Postdoc positions in structural biology of RNA processing complexes.
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
An ERC-funded position will dissect pre-mRNA processing pathways in the infective organism Trypanosoma brucei. An ANR-funded position will characterise large complexes in RNA modification.
Details: tinyurl.com/postdoc-RNA-...
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Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
July 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Are you a PI in a biology field looking for students to join your lab as a PhD student? I made a Starter Pack to help PIs and potential PhD students connect! If you would like to be added to this pack, please let me know! go.bsky.app/EFj87fi
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📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share!
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
Job opportunity Postdoctoral Researcher (m/w/div) in “Microbial Infection Strategies” at Leibniz HKI Jobportal
Wissenschaft/Forschung in Jena
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July 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
📣 I’m recruiting a #Postdoc to help us further our understanding on the infection strategies of our human fungal pathogen. If you’re enthusiastic about research, our interdisciplinary group @leibniz-hki.de will be a good fit for you! Please share!
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
jobs.hki-jena.de/jobs/Postdoc...
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We are proud to be partnering with @ddu-dundee.bsky.social and GSK on this global health mission funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🌍
Delighted to announce a £17.9 million award from @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the development of new antifungal treatments to a consortium of @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @labwyllie.bsky.social, @mrccmm.bsky.social and GSK.
#Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪
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#Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪
tinyurl.com/wywtkpsx
£17.9m research grant to discover new treatments for fungal diseases
A team of leading infectious disease scientists from academia and industry have been awarded £17.9 million to identify new drugs to treat fungal infections
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July 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are proud to be partnering with @ddu-dundee.bsky.social and GSK on this global health mission funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social 🌍
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#imageoftheweek
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
July 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#imageoftheweek
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
Rhizopus delemar (blue) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (yellow colour, but pink if inside the fungus.)
This image shows how bacteria interact with fungi - through direct contact and interdependent relationship (endosymbiosis).
Credit: Dr Corzo Leon.
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Delighted to announce a £17.9 million award from @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the development of new antifungal treatments to a consortium of @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @labwyllie.bsky.social, @mrccmm.bsky.social and GSK.
#Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪
tinyurl.com/wywtkpsx
#Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪
tinyurl.com/wywtkpsx
£17.9m research grant to discover new treatments for fungal diseases
A team of leading infectious disease scientists from academia and industry have been awarded £17.9 million to identify new drugs to treat fungal infections
tinyurl.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Delighted to announce a £17.9 million award from @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the development of new antifungal treatments to a consortium of @ddu-dundee.bsky.social, @labwyllie.bsky.social, @mrccmm.bsky.social and GSK.
#Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪
tinyurl.com/wywtkpsx
#Cryptococcus #Candida #drugdiscovery #antifungal 🧪
tinyurl.com/wywtkpsx
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Fungal infections are getting harder to treat. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. It's growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Fungal infections are getting harder to treat
The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. It's growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it.
www.nbcnews.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Fungal infections are getting harder to treat. The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization's list of worrying fungal diseases. It's growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Interested in training with international fungal experts at an ECMM-designated Center of Excellence in Fungal Infections?
Apply to ID Fellowship at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital Consortium in St. Louis, MO.
medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-m...
Apply to ID Fellowship at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital Consortium in St. Louis, MO.
medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-m...
WashU Medicine fungal specialists fight often misdiagnosed infections | WashU Medicine
The WashU Medicine Invasive Fungal Infections Clinic has been recognized internationally for its world-class diagnosis, care and research.
medicine.washu.edu
July 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Interested in training with international fungal experts at an ECMM-designated Center of Excellence in Fungal Infections?
Apply to ID Fellowship at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital Consortium in St. Louis, MO.
medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-m...
Apply to ID Fellowship at Washington University/Barnes-Jewish Hospital Consortium in St. Louis, MO.
medicine.washu.edu/news/washu-m...
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Join us in BPP!! We are searching for a new Herbarium Director. This open rank, tenure-track/tenured position will direct/manage the OSC herbarium, lead a robust plant systematics/ecology/evolution research program,
teach UG/grad courses and more! (see PD linked below)
Full consideration: Aug 31
teach UG/grad courses and more! (see PD linked below)
Full consideration: Aug 31
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Botany & Plant Pathology)
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track or tenured Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor position.Any hiring at the rank o...
jobs.oregonstate.edu
July 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Join us in BPP!! We are searching for a new Herbarium Director. This open rank, tenure-track/tenured position will direct/manage the OSC herbarium, lead a robust plant systematics/ecology/evolution research program,
teach UG/grad courses and more! (see PD linked below)
Full consideration: Aug 31
teach UG/grad courses and more! (see PD linked below)
Full consideration: Aug 31