Bhuwan Abbot
@bhuwanabbot.bsky.social
Bacterial-fungal endosymbiosis | I do omics and mol bio in The Carter Lab, UNC Charlotte
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Thanks to those who stopped by at #2025ISMPMI to learn about bacteria that live inside fungi.
It was great to hear your questions. So much to do in this area!!
For those not here, please check out our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Or mini-review: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
It was great to hear your questions. So much to do in this area!!
For those not here, please check out our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Or mini-review: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thanks to those who stopped by at #2025ISMPMI to learn about bacteria that live inside fungi.
It was great to hear your questions. So much to do in this area!!
For those not here, please check out our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Or mini-review: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
It was great to hear your questions. So much to do in this area!!
For those not here, please check out our preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Or mini-review: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
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Bhuwan Abbot @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social from the Carter Lab @morgancarterphd.bsky.social
Are the bacteria🦠in a fungus 🍄 evolving towards obligate endosymbiosis?
Mycetohabitans doesn't have all the hallmarks of other obligate endosymbionts
Read more in www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Evol2025
Are the bacteria🦠in a fungus 🍄 evolving towards obligate endosymbiosis?
Mycetohabitans doesn't have all the hallmarks of other obligate endosymbionts
Read more in www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Evol2025
June 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Bhuwan Abbot @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social from the Carter Lab @morgancarterphd.bsky.social
Are the bacteria🦠in a fungus 🍄 evolving towards obligate endosymbiosis?
Mycetohabitans doesn't have all the hallmarks of other obligate endosymbionts
Read more in www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Evol2025
Are the bacteria🦠in a fungus 🍄 evolving towards obligate endosymbiosis?
Mycetohabitans doesn't have all the hallmarks of other obligate endosymbionts
Read more in www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Evol2025
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June 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Yall better be reading my preprint right now (and giving me feedback)
New from the Carter Lab!
Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus.
Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Led by @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social, we sequenced almost twice as many complete genomes as were available for the endofungal Mycetohabitans genus.
Unsurprisingly, they are a little weird, giving us insight into endosymbiotic genome changes 🧬 🦠
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Yall better be reading my preprint right now (and giving me feedback)
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Heading to #evol2025? Come see what the Carter Lab is up to!
@ruthwright.bsky.social and @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social will be there and would love to connect.
@ruthwright.bsky.social and @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social will be there and would love to connect.
June 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Heading to #evol2025? Come see what the Carter Lab is up to!
@ruthwright.bsky.social and @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social will be there and would love to connect.
@ruthwright.bsky.social and @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social will be there and would love to connect.
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We are *this* 🤏 close to having the first lab preprint posted for work only done since I started at Charlotte and I'm just so jazzed about it.
Also the author list is 1 tech, 1 undergrad, 1 high schooler, 1 rotation student, 2 local collabs, & @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social which is lab goals to me 🏆.
Also the author list is 1 tech, 1 undergrad, 1 high schooler, 1 rotation student, 2 local collabs, & @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social which is lab goals to me 🏆.
June 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We are *this* 🤏 close to having the first lab preprint posted for work only done since I started at Charlotte and I'm just so jazzed about it.
Also the author list is 1 tech, 1 undergrad, 1 high schooler, 1 rotation student, 2 local collabs, & @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social which is lab goals to me 🏆.
Also the author list is 1 tech, 1 undergrad, 1 high schooler, 1 rotation student, 2 local collabs, & @bhuwanabbot.bsky.social which is lab goals to me 🏆.
So proud of Taylor's growth at UNC Charlotte and with our lab. Very awesome project that introduced 🐝 to our lab and expanded our fungi culture collection with local isolates.
science.charlotte.edu/2025/05/01/r...
science.charlotte.edu/2025/05/01/r...
Rooted in Curiosity: Taylor Yonemura’s Journey through Growth, Grit and Fungi at UNC Charlotte - Klein College of Science
Taylor Yonemura researched in Morgan Carter's biology lab, studied fungi and bees in the Botanical Gardens, and started the Mycology Club at UNC Charlotte.
science.charlotte.edu
May 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The only thing cooler than protein folding? Protein folding into a dinosaur. 🦕
February 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The only thing cooler than protein folding? Protein folding into a dinosaur. 🦕
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Can confirm. Adding the F word to your google searches turns off AI summaries. E.g.:
"how do massively parallel reporter assays work?"
vs
"how do f*cking massively parallel reporter assays work?"
"how do massively parallel reporter assays work?"
vs
"how do f*cking massively parallel reporter assays work?"
February 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Can confirm. Adding the F word to your google searches turns off AI summaries. E.g.:
"how do massively parallel reporter assays work?"
vs
"how do f*cking massively parallel reporter assays work?"
"how do massively parallel reporter assays work?"
vs
"how do f*cking massively parallel reporter assays work?"
Dangerous speech
- promotes fear
- is aimed at groups
- harms indirectly
- often false
Ring a bell?🔔
www.dangerousspeech.org/
- promotes fear
- is aimed at groups
- harms indirectly
- often false
Ring a bell?🔔
www.dangerousspeech.org/
Dangerous Speech: A Practical Guide
This guide provides an in-depth exploration of dangerous speech and how to identify it, and some promising efforts to reduce the harmful effects of speech.
www.dangerousspeech.org
January 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Dangerous speech
- promotes fear
- is aimed at groups
- harms indirectly
- often false
Ring a bell?🔔
www.dangerousspeech.org/
- promotes fear
- is aimed at groups
- harms indirectly
- often false
Ring a bell?🔔
www.dangerousspeech.org/
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Just so happens we’re out of eggs and I’m about to head to the store. I’m expecting massive price drops. Stay tuned.
January 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just so happens we’re out of eggs and I’m about to head to the store. I’m expecting massive price drops. Stay tuned.
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If the early bird gets the worm, doesn't that mean that the population will shift towards late worms in a bi-stable distribution , leading perhaps to a partition of temporal niche?
January 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
If the early bird gets the worm, doesn't that mean that the population will shift towards late worms in a bi-stable distribution , leading perhaps to a partition of temporal niche?
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Do you have a student who is a non-native English speaker #NNES ? A post-doc? A collaborator? Are you a reviewer?
It takes years to get to express yourself in a foreign language, if it ever happens
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
It takes years to get to express yourself in a foreign language, if it ever happens
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
November 24, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Do you have a student who is a non-native English speaker #NNES ? A post-doc? A collaborator? Are you a reviewer?
It takes years to get to express yourself in a foreign language, if it ever happens
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
It takes years to get to express yourself in a foreign language, if it ever happens
The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Here is a great summary of genomic visualization tools: cmdcolin.github.io/awesome-geno...
awesome-genome-visualization
cmdcolin.github.io
November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Here is a great summary of genomic visualization tools: cmdcolin.github.io/awesome-geno...
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Sharing new tools made by Artyom Egorov in my group!
1) loVis4u sensitively compares & visualises #phage or #plasmid seqs with beautiful vector graphics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
2) iLund4u finds diversity hotspots/islands encoding eg virulence/ defence systems www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1) loVis4u sensitively compares & visualises #phage or #plasmid seqs with beautiful vector graphics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
2) iLund4u finds diversity hotspots/islands encoding eg virulence/ defence systems www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 24, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Sharing new tools made by Artyom Egorov in my group!
1) loVis4u sensitively compares & visualises #phage or #plasmid seqs with beautiful vector graphics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
2) iLund4u finds diversity hotspots/islands encoding eg virulence/ defence systems www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1) loVis4u sensitively compares & visualises #phage or #plasmid seqs with beautiful vector graphics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
2) iLund4u finds diversity hotspots/islands encoding eg virulence/ defence systems www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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9. I started my career as a digital right activist, working to protect net neutrality and privacy.
November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
9. I started my career as a digital right activist, working to protect net neutrality and privacy.
Got back my genomes before I was done running confirmatory gels on the DNA I sent in the first place
Nothing feels quite like "We live in the future" more than getting back sequenced and assembled bacterial genomes in less than 24 hr.
Thanks @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social! 🧪🧬 #MicroSky
Thanks @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social! 🧪🧬 #MicroSky
a woman in a blue and white sequined dress with the words swifterpics below her
Alt: Taylor Swift shaking her head in disbelief at the eras tour
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Got back my genomes before I was done running confirmatory gels on the DNA I sent in the first place
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It’s safe to say that the #F1 WDC is essentially gone to Max with Lando now behind by 62 points, who won’t have any chances untill red bull are haunted by technical troubles. The WCC is however, shaping up to be enthralling with 6th place surprisingly taken up by Alpine. It’s gonna be very close!
November 3, 2024 at 10:46 PM
It’s safe to say that the #F1 WDC is essentially gone to Max with Lando now behind by 62 points, who won’t have any chances untill red bull are haunted by technical troubles. The WCC is however, shaping up to be enthralling with 6th place surprisingly taken up by Alpine. It’s gonna be very close!
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My friend gave me this mug…
![Coffee mug illustrated in hand written
DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND YOU'LL [then crossed out NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE ] (written in a different colour )-WORK SUPER HARD ALL THE TIME WITH NO SEPARATION OR ANY BOUNDARIES AND ALSO TAKE EVERYTHING EXTREMELY PERSONALLY](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5i35s2oxpm7fvtqsui76qq7o/bafkreidbndzrd56xnavdgm53oxzyuamj5bcsjnolsfkbmon6szkfiq4fg4@jpeg)
November 4, 2024 at 12:52 AM
My friend gave me this mug…
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Ok. I’ve invented #PeProMo - personal (PhD) progress month - inspired by the focus of @hoylerosemary.bsky.social in October. I am evoking #PeProMo to help me get my studies simmering gently between now and Christmas, after a period of compassionate leave….
November 1, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Ok. I’ve invented #PeProMo - personal (PhD) progress month - inspired by the focus of @hoylerosemary.bsky.social in October. I am evoking #PeProMo to help me get my studies simmering gently between now and Christmas, after a period of compassionate leave….
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Curious to know more? Read @philipcball.bsky.social's excellent new book! And let's stop oversimplifying the "central dogma" (DNA>RNA>protein; not pointing fingers here; me too!).
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
How Life Works
“Bold and intriguing.”—Wall Street Journal • “Penetrating. . . . Provocative and profound.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) • “Offers plenty of food for thought.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “...
press.uchicago.edu
October 7, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Curious to know more? Read @philipcball.bsky.social's excellent new book! And let's stop oversimplifying the "central dogma" (DNA>RNA>protein; not pointing fingers here; me too!).
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 8, 2024 at 1:43 AM