Paul Daly
@paulsh02.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences. CAZymes, filamentous fungi, oomycetes, microbe-microbe & plant-microbe interactions, genomics.
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Please take a look at our latest work on regulation in Trichoderma harzianum in response to oomycete cell walls
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See also from here: doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
Please take a look at our latest work on regulation in Trichoderma harzianum in response to oomycete cell walls
Share link (free access until end Dec 2025): authors.elsevier.com/a/1m55I3MmJP...
See also from here: doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
Share link (free access until end Dec 2025): authors.elsevier.com/a/1m55I3MmJP...
See also from here: doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Please take a look at our latest work on regulation in Trichoderma harzianum in response to oomycete cell walls
Share link (free access until end Dec 2025): authors.elsevier.com/a/1m55I3MmJP...
See also from here: doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
Share link (free access until end Dec 2025): authors.elsevier.com/a/1m55I3MmJP...
See also from here: doi.org/10.1016/j.mi...
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PSA: Many of you may have noticed a website floating around called formatmypaper(dot)com. People rightly noted something was fishy. I dig into what happened here:
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Beware giving this site your unpublished data
Users noticed the website had fake testimonials and a domain name registered seemingly overnight.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
PSA: Many of you may have noticed a website floating around called formatmypaper(dot)com. People rightly noted something was fishy. I dig into what happened here:
open.substack.com/pub/ubadah/p...
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My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
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The registration link and program for the 5th Virtual ChemBioTalks are finally available! If you are interested in the field of Chemical Biology, make sure to register for this free, virtual event on September 30th, 2025!
cvent.me/G1geWW (1/4)
#Chemsky #ChemBio
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#Chemsky #ChemBio
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The registration link and program for the 5th Virtual ChemBioTalks are finally available! If you are interested in the field of Chemical Biology, make sure to register for this free, virtual event on September 30th, 2025!
cvent.me/G1geWW (1/4)
#Chemsky #ChemBio
cvent.me/G1geWW (1/4)
#Chemsky #ChemBio
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"Fungi can see and react to a wide range of colors." journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
How fungi see the world: fungal photoreceptors and their role in the regulation of fungal biology | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
SUMMARYFungi use light as a signal for the regulation of development, to guide the growth
of reproductive structures, and to protect the fungal cell from DNA damage produced
by light and UV radiation....
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August 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Fungi can see and react to a wide range of colors." journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Have you heard about MycoEd yet? A model educational program offering training for students on fungal genome sequencing and analysis. how powerful!! #mycofam #thefutureisfungal
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Myco-Ed: Mycological curriculum for education and discovery
Fungi are important and hyperdiverse organisms, yet chronically understudied. Most fungal clades have no reference genomes, impeding our understanding of their ecosystem functions and use as solutions...
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July 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Have you heard about MycoEd yet? A model educational program offering training for students on fungal genome sequencing and analysis. how powerful!! #mycofam #thefutureisfungal
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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The History of Enzyme Evolution Embedded in Metabolism
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
The History of Enzyme Evolution Embedded in Metabolism
Phylogenetic reconstructions are a primary record of protein evolution. But what other records can attest to the deep history of enzymes, and what tools are needed to decode their meaning? Here, we de...
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July 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The History of Enzyme Evolution Embedded in Metabolism
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways
doi.org/10.1101/2022...
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Recently I learnt that EMBL-EBI has a free online course about AlphaFold — how it works, strengths and limitations, how to use it — and it's very good!
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
AlphaFold - A practical guide
AlphaFold - A practical guide
www.ebi.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Recently I learnt that EMBL-EBI has a free online course about AlphaFold — how it works, strengths and limitations, how to use it — and it's very good!
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41... Remodelling autoactive NLRs for broad-spectrum immunity in plants
Remodelling autoactive NLRs for broad-spectrum immunity in plants - Nature
Cleavage by pathogen-derived proteases of an engineered chimeric protein activates its plant immune receptor component, enabling broad-spectrum resistance to pathogens in plants.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Remodelling autoactive NLRs for broad-spectrum immunity in plants
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Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱
We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science!
However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories..
So let's change that!
Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!
We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science!
However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories..
So let's change that!
Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!
July 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hey #2025ISMPMI! 🌱
We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science!
However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories..
So let's change that!
Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!
We ofcourse all aim to do great & successful science!
However, it doesn't always work out the way we hope, but we rarely hear about those stories..
So let's change that!
Find me at my poster P-102 on Tuesday and let's discuss "failed" science, and what we can still learn from it!
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: A Tribute to Dr. Franklin Stahl and His Elegant Experiment. Have a listen:
A Tribute to Dr. Franklin Stahl and His Elegant Experiment
The elucidation of DNA's structure led to questions about how it was...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta: A Tribute to Dr. Franklin Stahl and His Elegant Experiment. Have a listen:
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I See You Dancing, Father
by Brendan Kennelly
Happy Father’s Day….
"Whatever happens or cannot happen
In the time I have to spare
I see you dancing, father".
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by Brendan Kennelly
Happy Father’s Day….
"Whatever happens or cannot happen
In the time I have to spare
I see you dancing, father".
poetryarchive.org/poem/i-see-y...
June 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I See You Dancing, Father
by Brendan Kennelly
Happy Father’s Day….
"Whatever happens or cannot happen
In the time I have to spare
I see you dancing, father".
poetryarchive.org/poem/i-see-y...
by Brendan Kennelly
Happy Father’s Day….
"Whatever happens or cannot happen
In the time I have to spare
I see you dancing, father".
poetryarchive.org/poem/i-see-y...
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Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free!
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Current issue: Current Biology
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June 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Check out our fungi-tastic special issue, full of marvels of mycology — and many articles accessible for free!
🍄🍄🍄
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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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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Would you like to write for New Scientist? We always work with freelancers, but occasionally I put out a call like this for new writers. I'm looking for 300-700 word news stories about new discoveries. Don't pitch us press releases or the big journals, we have those covered. Pay starts at 51p/word
May 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Would you like to write for New Scientist? We always work with freelancers, but occasionally I put out a call like this for new writers. I'm looking for 300-700 word news stories about new discoveries. Don't pitch us press releases or the big journals, we have those covered. Pay starts at 51p/word
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This is wild. Chromosome distributions into different nuclei!
Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi
Nuclei define eukaryotes, enabling macromolecular compartmentalization and cellular regulation. Each nucleus is believed to contain one or more haploid sets of chromosomes (1N). However, we discovered...
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May 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is wild. Chromosome distributions into different nuclei!
Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria
Mariangela Hungria found microbes that were good at capturing nitrogen from the air and turning it into fertilizer for crops.
www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
Mariangela Hungria found microbes that were good at capturing nitrogen from the air and turning it into fertilizer for crops.
www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria
This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to a Brazilian who boosted the country's farming revolution, turning it into a soybean superpower.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria
Mariangela Hungria found microbes that were good at capturing nitrogen from the air and turning it into fertilizer for crops.
www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
Mariangela Hungria found microbes that were good at capturing nitrogen from the air and turning it into fertilizer for crops.
www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
Interesting meeting:
Call for abstracts and sponsors
The Xi'an Carbon Meeting, October 16-18, 2025 (xiancarbonmeeting.com)
The meeting is organized by Xi'an Jiaotong University (en.xjtu.edu.cn) and the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment (europeanace.com)
Call for abstracts and sponsors
The Xi'an Carbon Meeting, October 16-18, 2025 (xiancarbonmeeting.com)
The meeting is organized by Xi'an Jiaotong University (en.xjtu.edu.cn) and the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment (europeanace.com)
May 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Interesting meeting:
Call for abstracts and sponsors
The Xi'an Carbon Meeting, October 16-18, 2025 (xiancarbonmeeting.com)
The meeting is organized by Xi'an Jiaotong University (en.xjtu.edu.cn) and the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment (europeanace.com)
Call for abstracts and sponsors
The Xi'an Carbon Meeting, October 16-18, 2025 (xiancarbonmeeting.com)
The meeting is organized by Xi'an Jiaotong University (en.xjtu.edu.cn) and the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment (europeanace.com)
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Yes, it's Thursday! Time for Episode 90 of #MattersMicrobial. Dr. Francisco Dini Andreote of Penn State joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how the plant microbiome can be used in agriculture. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. microbe.tv
youtu.be/krQGvMggA3Y?...
youtu.be/krQGvMggA3Y?...
May 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Yes, it's Thursday! Time for Episode 90 of #MattersMicrobial. Dr. Francisco Dini Andreote of Penn State joins the #QualityQuorum to discuss how the plant microbiome can be used in agriculture. Please spread the #GoodMicrobialWord. microbe.tv
youtu.be/krQGvMggA3Y?...
youtu.be/krQGvMggA3Y?...
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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 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
share.transistor.fm/s/ee922716 - nice interview with Joe Heitman on Fungi
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It was so much fun to chat fungi with @fryrsquared.bsky.social and @daraobriain.bsky.social on the latest episode of Curious Cases - listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄
BBC Radio 4 - Curious Cases, Series 23, Furnishing with Fungi
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain investigate the surprising materials we can make from fungi.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It was so much fun to chat fungi with @fryrsquared.bsky.social and @daraobriain.bsky.social on the latest episode of Curious Cases - listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... 🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄🍄🟫🍄
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I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Please see our recent review on ecologically-informed guidelines for bioprospecting for plastic-degrading microbes
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@kaicartwright.bsky.social
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@rbgkew.bsky.social
@kaicartwright.bsky.social
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Guidelines toward ecologically-informed bioprospecting for microbial plastic degradation
Biological degradation of plastics by microbial enzymes offers a sustainable alternative to traditional waste management methods that often pollute th…
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April 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Please see our recent review on ecologically-informed guidelines for bioprospecting for plastic-degrading microbes
@rbgkew.bsky.social
@kaicartwright.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@rbgkew.bsky.social
@kaicartwright.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Thrilled to share my first paper published at Current biology!!
We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...
We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...
A fungal transcription factor converts a beneficial root endophyte into an anthracnose leaf pathogen
Endophytic fungi colonize healthy plant tissues without disease. Ujimatsu et al. reveal
that the fungal transcription factor CtBOT6 triggers the virulence of a root-associated
beneficial endophyte by ...
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April 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Thrilled to share my first paper published at Current biology!!
We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...
We found that the expression level of one single transcription factor converts beneficial root endophyte into pathogenic guy😈 (1/8) www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Very interesting finding: photochemical formation of N2O in freshwater and marine waters.
The N cycle gets more complex. 🧐
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The N cycle gets more complex. 🧐
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sunlight drives the abiotic formation of nitrous oxide in fresh and marine waters
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and the main stratospheric ozone-depleting agent, yet its sources are not well resolved. In this work, we experimentally show a N2O production pathway no...
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March 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Very interesting finding: photochemical formation of N2O in freshwater and marine waters.
The N cycle gets more complex. 🧐
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The N cycle gets more complex. 🧐
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...