Megan McDonald
@mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social
Research fellow @UoB, interested in all things fungi and plants
Reposted by Megan McDonald
Want to understand how entire fungal chromosomes can be horizontally transferred?
Join us to unravel the mechanism/consequences of horizontal chromosome transfer in a fungal pathogen as part of an ERC-funded project. Postdoc/PhD positions available.
fungal-evolutionary-genetics.de/open-positio...
Join us to unravel the mechanism/consequences of horizontal chromosome transfer in a fungal pathogen as part of an ERC-funded project. Postdoc/PhD positions available.
fungal-evolutionary-genetics.de/open-positio...
Open Positions
ERC-funded project on the mechanism of horizontal transfer of entire fungal chromosomes PhD PostDoc
fungal-evolutionary-genetics.de
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Want to understand how entire fungal chromosomes can be horizontally transferred?
Join us to unravel the mechanism/consequences of horizontal chromosome transfer in a fungal pathogen as part of an ERC-funded project. Postdoc/PhD positions available.
fungal-evolutionary-genetics.de/open-positio...
Join us to unravel the mechanism/consequences of horizontal chromosome transfer in a fungal pathogen as part of an ERC-funded project. Postdoc/PhD positions available.
fungal-evolutionary-genetics.de/open-positio...
There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!
We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!
Very excited to have our small contribution to the growing Starship field now published @mbio.bsky.social, as always a great peer review process with one of my favorite society journals
Delighted that our work on the Sanctuary Starship #transposon is now published! A big thanks to all co-authors, especially to the ever-amazing @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social for her mentorship!
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
Sanctuary: a Starship transposon facilitating the movement of the virulence factor ToxA in fungal wheat pathogens | mBio
The work presented here expands our understanding of a novel group of mobile genetic
elements called Starships that facilitate the horizontal exchange of numerous genes between fungal pathogens.
Our a...
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Very excited to have our small contribution to the growing Starship field now published @mbio.bsky.social, as always a great peer review process with one of my favorite society journals
I have extended the deadline to apply for this post-doctoral role to work with me on the Biochemistry of Starship Transposon to this Sunday the 5th of January...original deadline set on a holiday set by HR (not me)! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow - School of Biosciences - 104926 - Grade 7
This post-doctoral role is associated with Dr. McDonald’s UKRI Future Leader Fellowship, and will explore the biochemistry of the Starship transposases. These transposases are the enzymes responsible ...
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
January 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I have extended the deadline to apply for this post-doctoral role to work with me on the Biochemistry of Starship Transposon to this Sunday the 5th of January...original deadline set on a holiday set by HR (not me)! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Reposted by Megan McDonald
Reposted by Megan McDonald
@unibirmingham.bsky.social PhD opportunity with the RHS "Not so sweet; Investigating the adaptive potential of the generalist pathogen, Honey fungus, under future climates" info warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... supervisors @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social & @jassydrak.bsky.social
Dr Megan McDonald
Dr Megan McDonald
warwick.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 7:53 PM
@unibirmingham.bsky.social PhD opportunity with the RHS "Not so sweet; Investigating the adaptive potential of the generalist pathogen, Honey fungus, under future climates" info warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... supervisors @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social & @jassydrak.bsky.social
HI old friends! Finally took the leap here to say I have several open positions going in my lab at the moment (and more to come).
1) PhD studentship in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (genomics)
2) Biochemistry Postdoc to understand how Starships move
Check out the links below!
1) PhD studentship in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (genomics)
2) Biochemistry Postdoc to understand how Starships move
Check out the links below!
December 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM
HI old friends! Finally took the leap here to say I have several open positions going in my lab at the moment (and more to come).
1) PhD studentship in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (genomics)
2) Biochemistry Postdoc to understand how Starships move
Check out the links below!
1) PhD studentship in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society (genomics)
2) Biochemistry Postdoc to understand how Starships move
Check out the links below!