Neriman Yilmaz 🧫🔬🧬🧪
@nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
Mycologist. Posts and opinions are my own. Senior Lecturer at FABI (@Fabiteam1) and University of Pretoria (@uptuks). #mycotoxigenicfungi #fusarium #mycotoxins #talaromyces
1/We unlocked hidden fungal diversity in 🇿🇦 🐄 pastures! After a 2020 Sporidesmin-Induced Liver Disease (SILD=facial eczema) outbreak in 🇿🇦, researchers found 132 fungal species across 55 genera, far more diversity than expected and previously reported. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
June 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
1/We unlocked hidden fungal diversity in 🇿🇦 🐄 pastures! After a 2020 Sporidesmin-Induced Liver Disease (SILD=facial eczema) outbreak in 🇿🇦, researchers found 132 fungal species across 55 genera, far more diversity than expected and previously reported. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵1/ From 2–5 June, FABI hosted 40 researchers from 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇹🇭🇨🇿🇰🇪🇦🇹🇿🇦 as part of the @mycobiomics.bsky.social , funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant. #msca#horizon2020
The week combined cutting-edge fungal science with vibrant cultural exchange @ms-fungi.bsky.social
The week combined cutting-edge fungal science with vibrant cultural exchange @ms-fungi.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🧵1/ From 2–5 June, FABI hosted 40 researchers from 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇹🇭🇨🇿🇰🇪🇦🇹🇿🇦 as part of the @mycobiomics.bsky.social , funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 (RISE) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant. #msca#horizon2020
The week combined cutting-edge fungal science with vibrant cultural exchange @ms-fungi.bsky.social
The week combined cutting-edge fungal science with vibrant cultural exchange @ms-fungi.bsky.social
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The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery – a long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces the special issue on ‘The Fungi’. www.cell.com/current-biol...
The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery
Long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces this special
issue on ‘The Fungi’.
www.cell.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery – a long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces the special issue on ‘The Fungi’. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Our newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...
June 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our newest special issue is now live! Check it out to discover more about diverse and beautiful Fungi🍄🍄🟫🍄 On the cover: the fly agaric, Amanita muscaria, releasing its spores in the early morning light. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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5/ The expedition didn’t end in the field. Most of the team then travelled to 🇿🇦 to join the Mycobiomics meeting at #FABI, continuing discussions & strengthening international networks in fungal research @ms-fungi.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
5/ The expedition didn’t end in the field. Most of the team then travelled to 🇿🇦 to join the Mycobiomics meeting at #FABI, continuing discussions & strengthening international networks in fungal research @ms-fungi.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
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4/ From forest floors to lab benches to conference halls, this collaboration is a powerful reminder of how global partnerships drive science forward, especially in uncovering the hidden world of fungi. 🍄💡
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
4/ From forest floors to lab benches to conference halls, this collaboration is a powerful reminder of how global partnerships drive science forward, especially in uncovering the hidden world of fungi. 🍄💡
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3/ Each day ended with lab sessions: processing samples, exchanging techniques, and diving deep into the shared passion for fungal diversity. These moments of collaboration were as valuable as the time in the forest. 🔬💬✨ @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
3/ Each day ended with lab sessions: processing samples, exchanging techniques, and diving deep into the shared passion for fungal diversity. These moments of collaboration were as valuable as the time in the forest. 🔬💬✨ @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
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2/ Hosted by Josphat Matasyoh (@EgertonUniversity), the team explored multiple sites to collect soil, mushrooms, and insect- & plant-associated fungi in one of East Africa’s richest biodiversity hotspots. 🌱🌿🪲 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
2/ Hosted by Josphat Matasyoh (@EgertonUniversity), the team explored multiple sites to collect soil, mushrooms, and insect- & plant-associated fungi in one of East Africa’s richest biodiversity hotspots. 🌱🌿🪲 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
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1/🌍 The Mycobiomics team from the Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, and Thailand came together for an exciting expedition in the biodiverse Arabuko Sokoke Forest, north of Malindi, Kenya. 🍄🧵 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
1/🌍 The Mycobiomics team from the Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, and Thailand came together for an exciting expedition in the biodiverse Arabuko Sokoke Forest, north of Malindi, Kenya. 🍄🧵 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
1/ 🚨 A big update: Our paper on #Bisifusarium taxonomy is now out!
This genus (formerly Fusarium dimerum complex) is linked to cheese 🧀, soil & arid plants 🌵, and even opportunistic human infections 🧬 @funguscrous.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social
This genus (formerly Fusarium dimerum complex) is linked to cheese 🧀, soil & arid plants 🌵, and even opportunistic human infections 🧬 @funguscrous.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
1/ 🚨 A big update: Our paper on #Bisifusarium taxonomy is now out!
This genus (formerly Fusarium dimerum complex) is linked to cheese 🧀, soil & arid plants 🌵, and even opportunistic human infections 🧬 @funguscrous.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social
This genus (formerly Fusarium dimerum complex) is linked to cheese 🧀, soil & arid plants 🌵, and even opportunistic human infections 🧬 @funguscrous.bsky.social @westerdijkinst.bsky.social
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Nice reporting from CBS on how F. graminearum is already in the USA, an overview of head blight, and the impact of the mycotoxins the fungus produces.
Features a familiar name for many in the Fusarium world—retired USDA plant pathologist Corby Kistler!
www.cbsnews.com/news/fungus-...
Features a familiar name for many in the Fusarium world—retired USDA plant pathologist Corby Kistler!
www.cbsnews.com/news/fungus-...
Fungus in "agroterrorism" arrest already widely prevalent in U.S., researcher says
Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nice reporting from CBS on how F. graminearum is already in the USA, an overview of head blight, and the impact of the mycotoxins the fungus produces.
Features a familiar name for many in the Fusarium world—retired USDA plant pathologist Corby Kistler!
www.cbsnews.com/news/fungus-...
Features a familiar name for many in the Fusarium world—retired USDA plant pathologist Corby Kistler!
www.cbsnews.com/news/fungus-...
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📣 We have a postdoc position in fungus-microbiota interactions! Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2197
For more details, visit: bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
For more details, visit: bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de
June 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📣 We have a postdoc position in fungus-microbiota interactions! Apply here: jobportal.uni-koeln.de/bewerben/2197
For more details, visit: bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
For more details, visit: bewerbungsmanagement.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...
Back from an inspiring #MycotoxinWorkshop in Martina Franca🇮🇹 where I presented findings from our survey on #Fusarium ear rots & mycotoxins in 🇿🇦 maize. The meeting was full of science, food & friendships at their best!
June 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Back from an inspiring #MycotoxinWorkshop in Martina Franca🇮🇹 where I presented findings from our survey on #Fusarium ear rots & mycotoxins in 🇿🇦 maize. The meeting was full of science, food & friendships at their best!
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The only reason you love chocolate is because of FUNGUS.
Cacao seeds contain high amounts of polyphenols, making them intensely bitter & unpleasant. There are two natural fungi that do the heavy lifting in turning them into chocolate.
Let's do a quick tour of the process of chocolate making.
Cacao seeds contain high amounts of polyphenols, making them intensely bitter & unpleasant. There are two natural fungi that do the heavy lifting in turning them into chocolate.
Let's do a quick tour of the process of chocolate making.
May 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The only reason you love chocolate is because of FUNGUS.
Cacao seeds contain high amounts of polyphenols, making them intensely bitter & unpleasant. There are two natural fungi that do the heavy lifting in turning them into chocolate.
Let's do a quick tour of the process of chocolate making.
Cacao seeds contain high amounts of polyphenols, making them intensely bitter & unpleasant. There are two natural fungi that do the heavy lifting in turning them into chocolate.
Let's do a quick tour of the process of chocolate making.
An interview worth to listen 🎧 Joe touched on so many fascinating aspects of #fungi, both threats and opportunities and everything in between. How lucky we are to work with these fascinating organisims 🍄🍄🟫
share.transistor.fm/s/ee922716 - nice interview with Joe Heitman on Fungi
Cosmic Radio Interview with Dr. Joseph Heitman: Professor and Chair of Molecular Genetics and Professor in Medicine at Duke University and CIFAR's Co-Director for the Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportu...
Join me on Cosmic Radio as we speak with Dr. Joseph Heitman. Dr. Heitman is a professor and Chair of Molecular Biology and Professor in Medicine at Duke University and CIFAR's Co-Director for the "Fun...
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May 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An interview worth to listen 🎧 Joe touched on so many fascinating aspects of #fungi, both threats and opportunities and everything in between. How lucky we are to work with these fascinating organisims 🍄🍄🟫
Today we celebrate #JackieRobinsonDay, a tradition introduced to FABI by our American friends Anne Pringle & David Johnson. As #FABI, we proudly continue honoring diversity and inclusion. #42 #DiversityMatters #FABI
April 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today we celebrate #JackieRobinsonDay, a tradition introduced to FABI by our American friends Anne Pringle & David Johnson. As #FABI, we proudly continue honoring diversity and inclusion. #42 #DiversityMatters #FABI
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Three Fusarium species discovered in S. Africa's Eastern Cape dairy pastures reveal potential implications for cattle health.
One species was named Fusarium mariecurieae to honour Marie Curie and recognise @mycobiomics.bsky.social.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...
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One species was named Fusarium mariecurieae to honour Marie Curie and recognise @mycobiomics.bsky.social.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...
@nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
Three new species of Fusarium (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales) isolated from Eastern Cape dairy pastures in South Africa
A survey of the fungal diversity associated with mixed pastures from Eastern Cape dairy farms in South Africa led to the isolation of 155 Fusarium strains that belong to the Fusarium incarnatum-equise...
doi.org
April 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Three Fusarium species discovered in S. Africa's Eastern Cape dairy pastures reveal potential implications for cattle health.
One species was named Fusarium mariecurieae to honour Marie Curie and recognise @mycobiomics.bsky.social.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...
@nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
One species was named Fusarium mariecurieae to honour Marie Curie and recognise @mycobiomics.bsky.social.
🔗 doi.org/10.3897/myco...
@nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
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New post doc opportunity in our team at Kiel University in the north of Germany. We are looking for a motivated molecular biologists to unravel plant-microbe interactions in grasses. Please see: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de
More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
Aktuelle Ausschreibungen
www.uni-kiel.de
April 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
New post doc opportunity in our team at Kiel University in the north of Germany. We are looking for a motivated molecular biologists to unravel plant-microbe interactions in grasses. Please see: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...
More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de
More to our research and group here: www.environmental-genomics.de
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Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA)
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA)
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
Excited by fungi, genomes, transposons, sustainable agriculture, microbiomes or other topics?
Looking for a friendly and interactive lab located in one of the most beautiful towns in Switzerland? 🇨🇭⛰️⛵
Get in touch and please share!
pathogen-genomics.org
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Today, at the Westerdijk Spring symposium,
Lei Cai received the Josef Adolf von Arx Award for outstanding contribution to taxonomic research of fungal biodiversity
&
Cobus Visagie received the Johanna Westerdijk Award for outstanding contribution to the Westerdijk Institute culture collection
Lei Cai received the Josef Adolf von Arx Award for outstanding contribution to taxonomic research of fungal biodiversity
&
Cobus Visagie received the Johanna Westerdijk Award for outstanding contribution to the Westerdijk Institute culture collection
April 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Today, at the Westerdijk Spring symposium,
Lei Cai received the Josef Adolf von Arx Award for outstanding contribution to taxonomic research of fungal biodiversity
&
Cobus Visagie received the Johanna Westerdijk Award for outstanding contribution to the Westerdijk Institute culture collection
Lei Cai received the Josef Adolf von Arx Award for outstanding contribution to taxonomic research of fungal biodiversity
&
Cobus Visagie received the Johanna Westerdijk Award for outstanding contribution to the Westerdijk Institute culture collection
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DNA sequences as type meeting at Westerdijk - is today the day that we change life as you knew it? Cobus Visagie kicks it up a gear
April 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
DNA sequences as type meeting at Westerdijk - is today the day that we change life as you knew it? Cobus Visagie kicks it up a gear
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Fungi can cause infections when people breathe them in or get them on their skin.
Most fungi are harmless, but some can be life-threatening.
New report: bit.ly/42bAxc5
Most fungi are harmless, but some can be life-threatening.
New report: bit.ly/42bAxc5
April 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Fungi can cause infections when people breathe them in or get them on their skin.
Most fungi are harmless, but some can be life-threatening.
New report: bit.ly/42bAxc5
Most fungi are harmless, but some can be life-threatening.
New report: bit.ly/42bAxc5
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Applications for AMS Research Grants 2025 close on Monday 31 March!
Applications for AMS Research Grants 2025 open on March 1st !
Become an AMS member and/or make a donation to support research by young mycologists in Australasia
www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/membership
www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/ams-research-grant-2025-is-opening-soon
Become an AMS member and/or make a donation to support research by young mycologists in Australasia
www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/membership
www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com/post/ams-research-grant-2025-is-opening-soon
AMS Research Grant 2025 is opening soon!
Aiming at promoting the understanding of fungi through research activities, The Australasian Mycological Society (AMS) has been supporting early career mycologists through the AMS Research Grant every...
www.australasianmycologicalsociety.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Applications for AMS Research Grants 2025 close on Monday 31 March!
1/n 🥁We named a newly discovered #fungal species, #Fusarium mariecurieae, in honor of #MarieCurie (1867–1934) and in recognition of support from the @MSCActions grant @mycobiomics.bsky.social Naming a species is a taxonomist’s ❤️ language.
mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1489... @mycokeys.pensoft.net
mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1489... @mycokeys.pensoft.net
March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1/n 🥁We named a newly discovered #fungal species, #Fusarium mariecurieae, in honor of #MarieCurie (1867–1934) and in recognition of support from the @MSCActions grant @mycobiomics.bsky.social Naming a species is a taxonomist’s ❤️ language.
mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1489... @mycokeys.pensoft.net
mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/1489... @mycokeys.pensoft.net
On March 10, I gave a talk at #fabi about the @mycobiomics.bsky.social Project, where we are collaborating to explore the mycobiota of Asia, Africa, and Europe for beneficial metabolites and potential biocontrol agents using -OMICS techniques.
March 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
On March 10, I gave a talk at #fabi about the @mycobiomics.bsky.social Project, where we are collaborating to explore the mycobiota of Asia, Africa, and Europe for beneficial metabolites and potential biocontrol agents using -OMICS techniques.