Hannah Blyth 🍄🟫👩🔬
@hrblyth.bsky.social
Early career researcher. #ZymoLife climate change and a fungal wheat pathogen 🏴🍄🌾👩🔬🏳️🌈 (she/her)
Previously On Twitter as @StellaRemnant :-)
Previously On Twitter as @StellaRemnant :-)
Easily one of my favourite outreach activities. Engaging students and meeting other STEM professionals in short bursts in slots that you can work into your schedule fairly easily. Totally encourage anyone to apply!
🎉 An estimate of 10,662 students connected with STEM professionals last term via I’m a… projects.
Thank you to the 398 STEM professionals who lent their time to inspire students across the country!
Check out the full report: about.imascientist.org.uk/files/2025/0...
Thank you to the 398 STEM professionals who lent their time to inspire students across the country!
Check out the full report: about.imascientist.org.uk/files/2025/0...
about.imascientist.org.uk
May 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Easily one of my favourite outreach activities. Engaging students and meeting other STEM professionals in short bursts in slots that you can work into your schedule fairly easily. Totally encourage anyone to apply!
This is fantastic to see! Looking forward to digesting this preprint (and the final form of the article as and when), congratulations @ccilelorrain.bsky.social and @iglavincheska.bsky.social ! 🥳 #ZymoPreprint #FungalGenetics
Excited to share the first PhD preprint of @iglavincheska.bsky.social — now on bioRxiv!
We explored the 3D genome of Zymo and found:
🧬 Rabl-like conformation
🧩 Accessory chr tethered to core centromeres
🏰 Self-interacting domains and boundaries with insulator motifs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We explored the 3D genome of Zymo and found:
🧬 Rabl-like conformation
🧩 Accessory chr tethered to core centromeres
🏰 Self-interacting domains and boundaries with insulator motifs
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is fantastic to see! Looking forward to digesting this preprint (and the final form of the article as and when), congratulations @ccilelorrain.bsky.social and @iglavincheska.bsky.social ! 🥳 #ZymoPreprint #FungalGenetics
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Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
Plenty of fantastic sunrises and sunsets lately. Photo doesn't quite capture the magic of daffodils dancing in the gentle breeze between setting sunbeams.
April 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Plenty of fantastic sunrises and sunsets lately. Photo doesn't quite capture the magic of daffodils dancing in the gentle breeze between setting sunbeams.
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Hey friends,
What's a reliable workhorse RT PCR machine you'd recommend? I'm asking for a researcher in Nigeria that won't be able to source it on the US used market. Any models to look out for or Ali Baba alternatives? I don't have much experience with those. TYIA! Please RT. 💚
What's a reliable workhorse RT PCR machine you'd recommend? I'm asking for a researcher in Nigeria that won't be able to source it on the US used market. Any models to look out for or Ali Baba alternatives? I don't have much experience with those. TYIA! Please RT. 💚
March 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hey friends,
What's a reliable workhorse RT PCR machine you'd recommend? I'm asking for a researcher in Nigeria that won't be able to source it on the US used market. Any models to look out for or Ali Baba alternatives? I don't have much experience with those. TYIA! Please RT. 💚
What's a reliable workhorse RT PCR machine you'd recommend? I'm asking for a researcher in Nigeria that won't be able to source it on the US used market. Any models to look out for or Ali Baba alternatives? I don't have much experience with those. TYIA! Please RT. 💚
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Sharing to #PlantSciJobs #plantsciencejobs
We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long!
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.
www.jic.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Sharing to #PlantSciJobs #plantsciencejobs
The @bspp.bsky.social Undergraduate Vacation Bursary Scheme applications are open🎉
Delighted to see the fantastic projects on offer! (I'm a little more biased than usual this year 😉)
📅 Deadline: April 14th
🔗 buff.ly/ZDo4pfK
👩🔬🍄🔥
Delighted to see the fantastic projects on offer! (I'm a little more biased than usual this year 😉)
📅 Deadline: April 14th
🔗 buff.ly/ZDo4pfK
👩🔬🍄🔥
March 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The @bspp.bsky.social Undergraduate Vacation Bursary Scheme applications are open🎉
Delighted to see the fantastic projects on offer! (I'm a little more biased than usual this year 😉)
📅 Deadline: April 14th
🔗 buff.ly/ZDo4pfK
👩🔬🍄🔥
Delighted to see the fantastic projects on offer! (I'm a little more biased than usual this year 😉)
📅 Deadline: April 14th
🔗 buff.ly/ZDo4pfK
👩🔬🍄🔥
Reposted by Hannah Blyth 🍄🟫👩🔬
Sequencing the genomes of >100 liverworts has uncovered ancient plant adaptation mechanisms, with researchers pinpointing genes linked to temperature and rainfall changes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/groundb...
@dromius.bsky.social @davidjhoey.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/groundb...
@dromius.bsky.social @davidjhoey.bsky.social
The Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment - Nature Genetics
Pangenome analyses of 133 wild accessions of the model bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha identify adaptive features and provide insights into the mechanisms of plant adaptation to the terrestrial enviro...
www.nature.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sequencing the genomes of >100 liverworts has uncovered ancient plant adaptation mechanisms, with researchers pinpointing genes linked to temperature and rainfall changes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/groundb...
@dromius.bsky.social @davidjhoey.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Research summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/groundb...
@dromius.bsky.social @davidjhoey.bsky.social
Reposted by Hannah Blyth 🍄🟫👩🔬
Read the full paper...
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol facilitates cell‐to‐cell invasion during wheat‐tissue colonization by Fusarium graminearum
The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) dampens host immune responses and facilitates cell-to-cell invasion through plasmodesmatal pit fields in wheat floral tissues.
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Read the full paper...
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A brilliant example of the tradeoffs between soil health and weed control when thinking about min till
The plough has been a good scapegoat for wider systemic neglect of soils. I had some thoughts after learning the hard way about jumping too fast into removal of ploughing as a tool. nathannelson.co.uk/2022/10/soil...
In defence of the plough - Nathan Nelson
An interesting article on soil health and tech just popped up on BBC News. A great introduction to issues around soil health, it covers quite a bit around the emergence of new technology and how it ca...
nathannelson.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A brilliant example of the tradeoffs between soil health and weed control when thinking about min till
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Proud to say my PhD work has been published in PLOS pathogens and is accompanied with a short press release! Please have a read if you are interested in the use of transcriptomics for the control of fungal diseases 🌾🍄🟫👩💻👩🔬 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/killer-...
“Killer” fungal gene could provide key to wheat disease control | Rothamsted Research
A specific gene appears to protect some fungal threats as they invade wheat. Disarming these defences could offer a pathway to keeping pathogens in check
www.rothamsted.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Proud to say my PhD work has been published in PLOS pathogens and is accompanied with a short press release! Please have a read if you are interested in the use of transcriptomics for the control of fungal diseases 🌾🍄🟫👩💻👩🔬 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/killer-...
Reposted by Hannah Blyth 🍄🟫👩🔬
Very interesting new paper on pop genomics of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici by the @rstam.bsky.social lab in Kiel! Great to see this field growing!
New preprint! I always wondered: How much diversity do pathogens have within a single field? This important to assess the risk of resistance breakdown or spread of fungicide resistance . Together with colleagues from BASF we looked into this.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Zymoseptoria tritici show local differences in within-field diversity and effector variation
Zymoseptoria tritici is a cosmopolitan hemibiotrophic wheat pathogen with a high mutation rate and a mixed reproduction system, leading to challenges in traditional farming management. For successful ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Very interesting new paper on pop genomics of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici by the @rstam.bsky.social lab in Kiel! Great to see this field growing!
Reposted by Hannah Blyth 🍄🟫👩🔬
🚨Job Alert
PhD opportunity with Manchester Fungal Infection Group at University of Manchester looking at mycobiome in response to fungicides🍄🟫💊
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD opportunity with Manchester Fungal Infection Group at University of Manchester looking at mycobiome in response to fungicides🍄🟫💊
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:00 PM
🚨Job Alert
PhD opportunity with Manchester Fungal Infection Group at University of Manchester looking at mycobiome in response to fungicides🍄🟫💊
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD opportunity with Manchester Fungal Infection Group at University of Manchester looking at mycobiome in response to fungicides🍄🟫💊
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We were delighted to see Stevie Thompson's art installation "Mycelium Network" made of glass fiber at Uppsala Light Festival 🍄🌲💚
#fungi #mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #art #scienceart
#fungi #mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #art #scienceart
December 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM
We were delighted to see Stevie Thompson's art installation "Mycelium Network" made of glass fiber at Uppsala Light Festival 🍄🌲💚
#fungi #mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #art #scienceart
#fungi #mushroom #fungifriends #mycology #art #scienceart
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My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990
Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology
University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.ucr.edu
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990
In case my lab/office mates wonder what I'm listening to on my ridiculous headphones. #podcasts
Am impressed (and delighted) that @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social made it as a recent-ish addition to the rotation 😊
Am impressed (and delighted) that @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social made it as a recent-ish addition to the rotation 😊
December 10, 2024 at 6:39 PM
In case my lab/office mates wonder what I'm listening to on my ridiculous headphones. #podcasts
Am impressed (and delighted) that @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social made it as a recent-ish addition to the rotation 😊
Am impressed (and delighted) that @alwaysbecomedy.bsky.social made it as a recent-ish addition to the rotation 😊
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Last days to apply for www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... #PhD The enemy of my enemy. Answers to "why does Zymoseptoria infect wheat but not wheat's worst weed blackgrass?" BBSRC #SWBioDTP studentship for 2025. Closing midnight 11th December 2024. @rothamsted.bsky.social @quietscientist.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Last days to apply for www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... #PhD The enemy of my enemy. Answers to "why does Zymoseptoria infect wheat but not wheat's worst weed blackgrass?" BBSRC #SWBioDTP studentship for 2025. Closing midnight 11th December 2024. @rothamsted.bsky.social @quietscientist.bsky.social
Been a while since I posted some of my photography. Dragonflies are my favourite annual challenge, and the small wildlife pond lets me get very close. #naturephotography #wildlife #dragonfly
December 10, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Been a while since I posted some of my photography. Dragonflies are my favourite annual challenge, and the small wildlife pond lets me get very close. #naturephotography #wildlife #dragonfly
Interesting work! #ZymoPapers
Zymoseptoria tritici stealth infection is facilitated by stage-specific down-regulation of a β-glucanase https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.04.626787v1
December 9, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Interesting work! #ZymoPapers
Happy World Soil Day! #WorldSoilDay
#environment #science
This links to a really fun bit of bakeoff themed science communication from C̶a̶p̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶C̶a̶r̶b̶o̶n̶ Dr. Jonah Prout and the @rothamsted.bsky.social Comms team 💚💛
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#environment #science
This links to a really fun bit of bakeoff themed science communication from C̶a̶p̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶C̶a̶r̶b̶o̶n̶ Dr. Jonah Prout and the @rothamsted.bsky.social Comms team 💚💛
www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...
December 5, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Happy World Soil Day! #WorldSoilDay
#environment #science
This links to a really fun bit of bakeoff themed science communication from C̶a̶p̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶C̶a̶r̶b̶o̶n̶ Dr. Jonah Prout and the @rothamsted.bsky.social Comms team 💚💛
www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...
#environment #science
This links to a really fun bit of bakeoff themed science communication from C̶a̶p̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶C̶a̶r̶b̶o̶n̶ Dr. Jonah Prout and the @rothamsted.bsky.social Comms team 💚💛
www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...
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📜 Beyond Asexual: Genomics-Driven Progress in Unveiling Sexual Reproduction in Cereal Rust Fungi
🧑🔬 Shideh Mojerlou, Mareike Moeller, @schwessinger.bsky.social, Julian Rodriguez-Algaba
📕 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
🔗 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
🧑🔬 Shideh Mojerlou, Mareike Moeller, @schwessinger.bsky.social, Julian Rodriguez-Algaba
📕 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
🔗 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
Beyond Asexual: Genomics-Driven Progress in Unveiling Sexual Reproduction in Cereal Rust Fungi | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
Recent advances in genomics technologies have revolutionized our understanding of cereal rust fungi, providing unprecedented insights into the complexities of their sexual life cycle. Genomic approach...
apsjournals.apsnet.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:04 AM
📜 Beyond Asexual: Genomics-Driven Progress in Unveiling Sexual Reproduction in Cereal Rust Fungi
🧑🔬 Shideh Mojerlou, Mareike Moeller, @schwessinger.bsky.social, Julian Rodriguez-Algaba
📕 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
🔗 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
🧑🔬 Shideh Mojerlou, Mareike Moeller, @schwessinger.bsky.social, Julian Rodriguez-Algaba
📕 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
🔗 apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
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Here's the head of an ant imaged with scanning electron microscopy during my PhD (back in 2018 🥲) 🐜 🧪
December 5, 2024 at 9:18 AM
Here's the head of an ant imaged with scanning electron microscopy during my PhD (back in 2018 🥲) 🐜 🧪
Welsh pennies* on the go for the Rothamsted thanksgiving.
*Smaller Welsh cakes (originally so the RRes kids could try without commitment) but dark chocolate chips instead of sultanas (because *I* am a child).
*Smaller Welsh cakes (originally so the RRes kids could try without commitment) but dark chocolate chips instead of sultanas (because *I* am a child).
November 30, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Welsh pennies* on the go for the Rothamsted thanksgiving.
*Smaller Welsh cakes (originally so the RRes kids could try without commitment) but dark chocolate chips instead of sultanas (because *I* am a child).
*Smaller Welsh cakes (originally so the RRes kids could try without commitment) but dark chocolate chips instead of sultanas (because *I* am a child).
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Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions - Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54537-y
November 29, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Soil fungi remain active and invest in storage compounds during drought independent of future climate conditions - Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54537-y
Reposted by Hannah Blyth 🍄🟫👩🔬
Join us! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP #PlantSciPhD studentship using genomics/genetics to improve cowpea & amaranth for 🇿🇦 smallholders. Collaboration with 🇿🇦 Agricultural Research Council. Work on large-scale datasets and have real world impact. Deadline 6 Jan 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 28, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Join us! BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP #PlantSciPhD studentship using genomics/genetics to improve cowpea & amaranth for 🇿🇦 smallholders. Collaboration with 🇿🇦 Agricultural Research Council. Work on large-scale datasets and have real world impact. Deadline 6 Jan 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...