Márcia David Palma
@marciadavidpalma.bsky.social
Researcher@DukeMGM (Views my own)🥼Yeast Microbiologist🥽Traveling Scientist🧬Molecular Genetics🔬Fungi enthusiast🍄MAT loci Evolution👩🏻🔬🩻 Fungal Pathogens🐁💉🦠Basidiomycetes...an 🇪🇺 in the 🇺🇸
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Evolution of fungal mating systems: Study of #Cryptococcus & Kwoniella by @marcoacoelho.bsky.social @marciadavidpalma.bsky.social &co shows that MAT locus fusions & recombination suppression drive diversity of #SexualReproduction in #fungi @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/479579M
October 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Evolution of fungal mating systems: Study of #Cryptococcus & Kwoniella by @marcoacoelho.bsky.social @marciadavidpalma.bsky.social &co shows that MAT locus fusions & recombination suppression drive diversity of #SexualReproduction in #fungi @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/479579M
Are you interested in how fungi respond to environmental shifts, including the emergence of new fungal pathogens?
Join us Friday, May 16, 2025, at Duke for the symposium "Fungi in a Warming World: Adaptations, Challenges, and Resilience"!
📍 mgm.duke.edu/about-mgm/se...
Join us Friday, May 16, 2025, at Duke for the symposium "Fungi in a Warming World: Adaptations, Challenges, and Resilience"!
📍 mgm.duke.edu/about-mgm/se...
Fungi in a Warming World: Adaptations, Challenges, and Resilience | Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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April 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Are you interested in how fungi respond to environmental shifts, including the emergence of new fungal pathogens?
Join us Friday, May 16, 2025, at Duke for the symposium "Fungi in a Warming World: Adaptations, Challenges, and Resilience"!
📍 mgm.duke.edu/about-mgm/se...
Join us Friday, May 16, 2025, at Duke for the symposium "Fungi in a Warming World: Adaptations, Challenges, and Resilience"!
📍 mgm.duke.edu/about-mgm/se...
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Mat Fischer. kicks off #mycology2025 with the question “What if Fungi win?” - and the sobering conclusion that they are too good at drug resistance to lose! Big need for surveillance and stewardship. @youngecmm.bsky.social @matfischer.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Mat Fischer. kicks off #mycology2025 with the question “What if Fungi win?” - and the sobering conclusion that they are too good at drug resistance to lose! Big need for surveillance and stewardship. @youngecmm.bsky.social @matfischer.bsky.social
Trinity College Library.
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trinity College Library.
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Women tend to live longer than men and are often more resilient to cognitive decline as they age.
Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’
https://go.nature.com/3F40x10
Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’
https://go.nature.com/3F40x10
Why women’s brains are more resilient: it could be their ‘silent’ X chromosome
Study in mice and human cadavers hints that a brain-protective gene in the chromosome becomes more active with age.
go.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Women tend to live longer than men and are often more resilient to cognitive decline as they age.
Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’
https://go.nature.com/3F40x10
Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was previously considered ‘silent’
https://go.nature.com/3F40x10
And this afternoon, we had Cryptococcus hipermutators with Joe Heitman @ecfg172025.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And this afternoon, we had Cryptococcus hipermutators with Joe Heitman @ecfg172025.bsky.social @dukemedschool.bsky.social
Nice to see further updates on these species since @marcoacoelho.bsky.social work on these "pink beauties"
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nice to see further updates on these species since @marcoacoelho.bsky.social work on these "pink beauties"
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
And now some Starships, captain genes, Hehaestus and beyond @ecfg172025.bsky.social Work by @mycomile.bsky.social @fungage-lab.bsky.social 🚀 et.al
March 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
And now some Starships, captain genes, Hehaestus and beyond @ecfg172025.bsky.social Work by @mycomile.bsky.social @fungage-lab.bsky.social 🚀 et.al
It's always a joy to see my PhD advisor share a story that I have had the pleasure to see grow and develop for many years. #Fructose#HGT#Evolution Work developed with another new porwerhouse in the field: Carla Gonçalves! Both @ Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, FCT
March 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It's always a joy to see my PhD advisor share a story that I have had the pleasure to see grow and develop for many years. #Fructose#HGT#Evolution Work developed with another new porwerhouse in the field: Carla Gonçalves! Both @ Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, FCT
ECFG17 in full swing!
March 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
ECFG17 in full swing!
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The ECFG17 is serving up a great breakfast feast of medical mycology related to genetic and epigenetic mechanism that drive azole resistance and immune modulation from Gustavo Goldman, Deb Hogan and Robin Allshire. #ECFG17 @ecfg172025.bsky.social @allshire-lab.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The ECFG17 is serving up a great breakfast feast of medical mycology related to genetic and epigenetic mechanism that drive azole resistance and immune modulation from Gustavo Goldman, Deb Hogan and Robin Allshire. #ECFG17 @ecfg172025.bsky.social @allshire-lab.bsky.social
Let the games begin! @ecfg172025.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Let the games begin! @ecfg172025.bsky.social
I'm saying goodbye to Exeter today. Another sunny day! I guess bad weather in the UK is just a myth right? 😅😉
March 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm saying goodbye to Exeter today. Another sunny day! I guess bad weather in the UK is just a myth right? 😅😉
Thank you to all @mrccmm.bsky.social researchers that attended my talk and brainstormed afterwards! Thank you for showing me/us around! Someone of you told me the weather is bad in the UK... all I saw was a beautiful sunny day 😏! Great way to spend my birthday 😊
February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Thank you to all @mrccmm.bsky.social researchers that attended my talk and brainstormed afterwards! Thank you for showing me/us around! Someone of you told me the weather is bad in the UK... all I saw was a beautiful sunny day 😏! Great way to spend my birthday 😊
What an amazing group of scientists! MRC Center of Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social has an amazing cohort of scientists, a phenomenal microscopy facility, and dedicated technical staff spearheading the science and facilitating services to researchers and industry alike! UAU!
February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What an amazing group of scientists! MRC Center of Medical Mycology @mrccmm.bsky.social has an amazing cohort of scientists, a phenomenal microscopy facility, and dedicated technical staff spearheading the science and facilitating services to researchers and industry alike! UAU!
Slowly making my way across the Atlantic pond to Exeter and the MRC for a quick (but long awaited!) visit! @mrccmm.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Slowly making my way across the Atlantic pond to Exeter and the MRC for a quick (but long awaited!) visit! @mrccmm.bsky.social
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PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
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February 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
PLOS has issued a statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity.
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
We are determined to stand firmly behind our mission, our values and our principles, and against any attempt at censorship or undermining of the core principles of scientific inquiry.
plos.io/3D4O8cH
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🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Excited to share our latest study on mating-type locus evolution in *Cryptococcus* and closely related species! 🧬🔬
Check it out on bioRxiv: 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feedback and discussions welcome! #FungalGenomics #Cryptococcus #Evolution #MATlocus
Excited to share our latest study on mating-type locus evolution in *Cryptococcus* and closely related species! 🧬🔬
Check it out on bioRxiv: 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feedback and discussions welcome! #FungalGenomics #Cryptococcus #Evolution #MATlocus
February 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Excited to share our latest study on mating-type locus evolution in *Cryptococcus* and closely related species! 🧬🔬
Check it out on bioRxiv: 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feedback and discussions welcome! #FungalGenomics #Cryptococcus #Evolution #MATlocus
Excited to share our latest study on mating-type locus evolution in *Cryptococcus* and closely related species! 🧬🔬
Check it out on bioRxiv: 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feedback and discussions welcome! #FungalGenomics #Cryptococcus #Evolution #MATlocus
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Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus pathogens and closely related species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637874v1
February 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus pathogens and closely related species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.12.637874v1
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Excited to announce a save the date for the upcoming Keystone Fungal Pathogenesis meeting! Jan 12-15 2026, mark your calendars! 🗓 Program and deadlines in link below
#microsky #immunosky #KSFungalPath26 🧪
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
#microsky #immunosky #KSFungalPath26 🧪
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges | Keystone Symposia
Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Fungal Pathogens: Emerging Threats and Future Challenges, January 2026, in Breckenridge, with field leaders!
www.keystonesymposia.org
February 13, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Excited to announce a save the date for the upcoming Keystone Fungal Pathogenesis meeting! Jan 12-15 2026, mark your calendars! 🗓 Program and deadlines in link below
#microsky #immunosky #KSFungalPath26 🧪
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
#microsky #immunosky #KSFungalPath26 🧪
www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
🚀New review in Nature from Nicola Case @CowenLab: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚀New review in Nature from Nicola Case @CowenLab: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our latest Pearl, "Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence," is now in PLOS Pathogens! We reflect on how biogeography, genetic diversity, and ecological factors shape global distribution, with a special focus on African biodiversity. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence
journals.plos.org
February 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Our latest Pearl, "Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence," is now in PLOS Pathogens! We reflect on how biogeography, genetic diversity, and ecological factors shape global distribution, with a special focus on African biodiversity. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...