Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution
@teamlaboul.bsky.social
We are interested in fungi and their interactions. Biodiversity monitoring, ecology, phylogenetics. PI @dhaelewa.bsky.social. Based at the Biology Centre CAS. 🍄 #mycology #parasitology #teamlaboul
📍České Budějovice, Czechia
📍České Budějovice, Czechia
One of our student offices is ready with desks and chairs. There are some unoccupied seats, but not for long... The lab has open positions for 1 postdoc and 2 fully funded PhD students!
Postdoc: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266
PhD: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/271
#hiring #newPI #LFEE #TeamLaboul
Postdoc: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266
PhD: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/271
#hiring #newPI #LFEE #TeamLaboul
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One of our student offices is ready with desks and chairs. There are some unoccupied seats, but not for long... The lab has open positions for 1 postdoc and 2 fully funded PhD students!
Postdoc: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266
PhD: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/271
#hiring #newPI #LFEE #TeamLaboul
Postdoc: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266
PhD: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/271
#hiring #newPI #LFEE #TeamLaboul
We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring
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Received GREAT news today. My application for a GAČR Junior STAR grant was successful! An additional five-year grant, with funds to hire PhD students & postdocs. More ads coming soon! #LFEE #CzechScienceFoundation
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Received GREAT news today. My application for a GAČR Junior STAR grant was successful! An additional five-year grant, with funds to hire PhD students & postdocs. More ads coming soon! #LFEE #CzechScienceFoundation
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Want to read the #OpenAccess article itself? Find it here!
Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird
buff.ly/jw3xPTY
#Harmonia #Hesperomyces
@michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be
Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird
buff.ly/jw3xPTY
#Harmonia #Hesperomyces
@michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be
October 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Want to read the #OpenAccess article itself? Find it here!
Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird
buff.ly/jw3xPTY
#Harmonia #Hesperomyces
@michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be
Effects of #temperature & #humidity on the presence & prevalence of a common fungal #parasite on an invasive ladybird
buff.ly/jw3xPTY
#Harmonia #Hesperomyces
@michieldegroot.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social @inbo.be
But what is that slug doing over there?🐌🍄🤔
Always a good time to promote our paper on #mycophagy (= consumption of fungi by other orgamisms) in invertebrates, a massive global review by former #TeamLaboul member Brianna Santamaria. doi.org/10.3390/jof9...
Always a good time to promote our paper on #mycophagy (= consumption of fungi by other orgamisms) in invertebrates, a massive global review by former #TeamLaboul member Brianna Santamaria. doi.org/10.3390/jof9...
August 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
But what is that slug doing over there?🐌🍄🤔
Always a good time to promote our paper on #mycophagy (= consumption of fungi by other orgamisms) in invertebrates, a massive global review by former #TeamLaboul member Brianna Santamaria. doi.org/10.3390/jof9...
Always a good time to promote our paper on #mycophagy (= consumption of fungi by other orgamisms) in invertebrates, a massive global review by former #TeamLaboul member Brianna Santamaria. doi.org/10.3390/jof9...
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Shoutout to my PhD student Libelje Mortier who finalized her first PhD chapter, the #checklist of fungi for Honduras, and submitted it to #MycoKeys! A huge effort with the help of many, including @curataceae.bsky.social and the amazing Meike Piepenbring. #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur 🍄
August 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Shoutout to my PhD student Libelje Mortier who finalized her first PhD chapter, the #checklist of fungi for Honduras, and submitted it to #MycoKeys! A huge effort with the help of many, including @curataceae.bsky.social and the amazing Meike Piepenbring. #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur 🍄
This is our former #TeamLaboul member. Please donate if you can! #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
My Ukrainian friend and former student Anna reached out to me with an important request. She is a medical location team member in Sumy region in #Ukraine. She uses a Starlink Mini kit to detect FPV drones. Now she is asking for #donations to help cover monthly costs. Get in touch if you can help! 🇺🇦
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is our former #TeamLaboul member. Please donate if you can! #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
Postdoc position available at our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the @czechacademy.bsky.social, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czechia. #LFEE #newPI 🇨🇿
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I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
August 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Postdoc position available at our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the @czechacademy.bsky.social, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czechia. #LFEE #newPI 🇨🇿
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Currently in Warsaw with @jzpawlowska.bsky.social:
- wrote one manuscript
- finished instructions for sampling campaign
- halfway finalizing one grant application
- added the first Belgian fungal records to #FunDive project
And this is only the second day! 💪🏼
- wrote one manuscript
- finished instructions for sampling campaign
- halfway finalizing one grant application
- added the first Belgian fungal records to #FunDive project
And this is only the second day! 💪🏼
July 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Currently in Warsaw with @jzpawlowska.bsky.social:
- wrote one manuscript
- finished instructions for sampling campaign
- halfway finalizing one grant application
- added the first Belgian fungal records to #FunDive project
And this is only the second day! 💪🏼
- wrote one manuscript
- finished instructions for sampling campaign
- halfway finalizing one grant application
- added the first Belgian fungal records to #FunDive project
And this is only the second day! 💪🏼
Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in České Budějovice🙏 These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!
Our first #C4inV4 workshop on citizen science ended today! The last day was full of discussions on motivation factors and priorities for citizen science in mycology. So happy with the outcomes of the past three days! #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund
May 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you so much @ukladybirds.bsky.social, for joining us in České Budějovice🙏 These were such inspiring three days. Looking forward to write the perspective on priorities for fungal #citizenscience!
Everything starts small: the first slide of what will become the lab's permanent slide collection at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology. This likely is a #newspecies of bat fly-associated Arthrorhynchus from Papua New Guinea! 🪰🍄🇵🇬 #LFEE
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Everything starts small: the first slide of what will become the lab's permanent slide collection at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology. This likely is a #newspecies of bat fly-associated Arthrorhynchus from Papua New Guinea! 🪰🍄🇵🇬 #LFEE
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60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien species—a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in České Budějovice.
May 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien species—a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in České Budějovice.
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It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
60% of global extinctions have been caused, solely or in part, by invasive alien species—a staggering statistic from @ukladybirds.bsky.social's talk about leveraging #citizenscience data to tackle biological invasions. Part of our #VisegradFund #C4inV4 workshop in České Budějovice.
May 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It is such a pleasure to be with you all - I am having a wonderful time immersed in the worlds of entomology and mycology (a perfect pair) during this fabulous workshop on cryptic fungi - thank you so much for inviting me @ukceh.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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📣 Just out: a comprehensive overview of the orders within the phylum Ascomycota, where—together with @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Aimée Blondelle, Michał Gorczak and @dhaelewa.bsky.social—we wrote about Laboulbeniomycetes.
➡️ www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
@teamlaboul.bsky.social
➡️ www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
@teamlaboul.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📣 Just out: a comprehensive overview of the orders within the phylum Ascomycota, where—together with @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Aimée Blondelle, Michał Gorczak and @dhaelewa.bsky.social—we wrote about Laboulbeniomycetes.
➡️ www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
@teamlaboul.bsky.social
➡️ www.mycosphere.org/pdf/MYCOSPHE...
@teamlaboul.bsky.social
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Now for talks by @dhaelewa.bsky.social, @ukladybirds.bsky.social and @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social on knowledge and knowledge gaps of citizen science and @pomscheme.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Now for talks by @dhaelewa.bsky.social, @ukladybirds.bsky.social and @robin-hutchinson.bsky.social on knowledge and knowledge gaps of citizen science and @pomscheme.bsky.social
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A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!
May 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A very successful ladybird gathering with the #VisegradFund citizen science workshop here in Ceske Budejovice - fridged for now, checking them for miceofungi tomorrow!
Our workshop on #citizenscience started today, supported by a #VisegradFund grant! First off, @michieldegroot.bsky.social is talking about next-level citizen science on Hesperomyces harmoniae, a microfungus parasitizing the invasive Harmonia axyridis, and our #Beetlehangers database.
May 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Our workshop on #citizenscience started today, supported by a #VisegradFund grant! First off, @michieldegroot.bsky.social is talking about next-level citizen science on Hesperomyces harmoniae, a microfungus parasitizing the invasive Harmonia axyridis, and our #Beetlehangers database.
It is such a pleasure to be hosting long-time collaborator Helen E. Roy in České Budějovice! Looking forward to this lecture and discussions about (next-level) #citizenscience.
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It is such a pleasure to be hosting long-time collaborator Helen E. Roy in České Budějovice! Looking forward to this lecture and discussions about (next-level) #citizenscience.
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Welcome to České Budějovice, Aneira!
I was finally able to welcome new PhD student Aneira Williams to the lab in person! So excited to work with her on bats and bat-associated parasites and pathogens. She will especially be doing fieldwork in our long-term @opwall.bsky.social site in #Honduras. #LFEE #TeamLaboul
April 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Welcome to České Budějovice, Aneira!
Since today, our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution has a logo, thanks to our postdoc @thereremouse.bsky.social, and microscopes! #LFEE
April 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Since today, our Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution has a logo, thanks to our postdoc @thereremouse.bsky.social, and microscopes! #LFEE
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I am humbled to receive the @msafungi.bsky.social Martin-Baker Research Award this year, in support of a taxonomy project with #citizenscientists and volunteers in collaboration with @schilthuizen.bsky.social and @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social! #TeamLaboul #MSAfungi25
April 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Our PhD student Aneira Williams participated in the first #FunDive Barcoding Campaign in Warsaw. Together with 17 other participants, she extracted DNA from 216 fungal specimens and prepared 192 samples for Nanopore sequencing! Quite an exciting first week of the PhD! @jzpawlowska.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Our PhD student Aneira Williams participated in the first #FunDive Barcoding Campaign in Warsaw. Together with 17 other participants, she extracted DNA from 216 fungal specimens and prepared 192 samples for Nanopore sequencing! Quite an exciting first week of the PhD! @jzpawlowska.bsky.social
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Taxonomists everywhere, and perhaps especially in the USA: tomorrow is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! I see you, I hear you, we need you!
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Taxonomists everywhere, and perhaps especially in the USA: tomorrow is #TaxonomistAppreciationDay! I see you, I hear you, we need you!
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
A good time to share this correspondence we wrote for @nature.com, about fungi needing taxonomy champions, too: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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📣 Just out in @theconversationca.bsky.social - an article where @dhaelewa.bsky.social and I talk about fungal conservation, knowledge shortfalls, and poorly known organisms!
Thanks to François Guay and Ruslan I. Mishustin for the beautiful photos!
Thanks to François Guay and Ruslan I. Mishustin for the beautiful photos!
Fungi are among the planet’s most important organisms — yet they continue to be overlooked in conservation strategies
Fungi are among the planet’s most important organisms — yet they continue to be overlooked in conservation strategies
Fungi are essential to our ecosystems, our societies and economies.
theconversation.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
📣 Just out in @theconversationca.bsky.social - an article where @dhaelewa.bsky.social and I talk about fungal conservation, knowledge shortfalls, and poorly known organisms!
Thanks to François Guay and Ruslan I. Mishustin for the beautiful photos!
Thanks to François Guay and Ruslan I. Mishustin for the beautiful photos!