Dian Zheng
@dianzheng.bsky.social
Fungi, sexual reproduction, meiotic drive, GPCR, Botrytis. Wageningen University and Research, Phytopathoogy, PhD candidate.
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For an easier read, @w-u-r.bsky.social also published an article about the project and our main findings. www.wur.nl/en/news/resi...
Resistant Aspergillus fumigatus more commonly found in greenhouse and bulb-growing regions
WUR researcher Eveline Snelders and two PhD candidates have mapped the spread of the (drug-resistant) fungus Aspergillus fumigatus across the Netherlands. While the fungus is present ubiquitous in the...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
For an easier read, @w-u-r.bsky.social also published an article about the project and our main findings. www.wur.nl/en/news/resi...
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Finally, these Neurospora results build on similar results some of the authors demonstrated recently in two plant pathogenic fungi. Since these pathogens are less studied than Neurospora, we have do some experiments before a more formal response. But one is coming! www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Finally, these Neurospora results build on similar results some of the authors demonstrated recently in two plant pathogenic fungi. Since these pathogens are less studied than Neurospora, we have do some experiments before a more formal response. But one is coming! www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Fungal Friends - Some of you may have seen the recent preprint on chromosomes in Neurospora nuclei. I have something to say about that, but waiting while bioRxiv moderates the comment
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fungal Friends - Some of you may have seen the recent preprint on chromosomes in Neurospora nuclei. I have something to say about that, but waiting while bioRxiv moderates the comment
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Can yeast help us fight fungal crop diseases?🌾
A yeast mating platform for multiplex screening of fungal GPCR–ligand interactions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A yeast mating platform for multiplex screening of fungal GPCR–ligand interactions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Can yeast help us fight fungal crop diseases?🌾
A yeast mating platform for multiplex screening of fungal GPCR–ligand interactions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A yeast mating platform for multiplex screening of fungal GPCR–ligand interactions
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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It started as a master thesis project by Markus Hiltunen, and ended up in this publication in Science. What a fun project to work on! Thanks Markus - and all other coauthors, too, for a great team work! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Early germline sequestration in a basidiomycete fungus
In sexual organisms, inheritance of new mutations is highly dependent on the timing of germline definition. Here, we used the fairy ring–forming fungus Marasmius oreades to challenge the general assum...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It started as a master thesis project by Markus Hiltunen, and ended up in this publication in Science. What a fun project to work on! Thanks Markus - and all other coauthors, too, for a great team work! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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@zombieantdoc.bsky.social spreading the biology of zombie ant fungus in the ESEB plenary. Showing mechanisms of how fungi hijack ant behaviour to help their own dispersal.
August 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
@zombieantdoc.bsky.social spreading the biology of zombie ant fungus in the ESEB plenary. Showing mechanisms of how fungi hijack ant behaviour to help their own dispersal.
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🚨 New paper in @natcomms.nature.com
After a constructive and rewarding peer-review process (huge thanks to our editors and reviewers) we can finally share it:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
After a constructive and rewarding peer-review process (huge thanks to our editors and reviewers) we can finally share it:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
RNAi epimutations conferring antifungal drug resistance are inheritable - Nature Communications
Epimutations mediated by RNA interference can confer antifungal drug resistance and affect virulence in fungi. Here, the authors show that these epigenetic modifications can be transmitted across gene...
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August 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🚨 New paper in @natcomms.nature.com
After a constructive and rewarding peer-review process (huge thanks to our editors and reviewers) we can finally share it:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
After a constructive and rewarding peer-review process (huge thanks to our editors and reviewers) we can finally share it:
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The RXLR-EER Motif Determines an Unconventional Secretion Pathway Associated with Extracellular Vesicle Production https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.07.663508v1
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The RXLR-EER Motif Determines an Unconventional Secretion Pathway Associated with Extracellular Vesicle Production https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.07.663508v1
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📜Transposon activity eliminates a crucial fungal secondary metabolite cluster while preserving pathogenicity
🧑🔬 Jelmer Dijkstra, Gert H.J. Kema, et al.
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#️⃣ #PlantImmunity #FusariumOxysporum #Fusarium #Transposons #FungalGenomics #Fungi
🧑🔬 Jelmer Dijkstra, Gert H.J. Kema, et al.
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#️⃣ #PlantImmunity #FusariumOxysporum #Fusarium #Transposons #FungalGenomics #Fungi
Transposon activity eliminates a crucial fungal secondary metabolite cluster while preserving pathogenicity
Summary
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, https://ror.org/0456r8d26, AG - 4425
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May 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📜Transposon activity eliminates a crucial fungal secondary metabolite cluster while preserving pathogenicity
🧑🔬 Jelmer Dijkstra, Gert H.J. Kema, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantImmunity #FusariumOxysporum #Fusarium #Transposons #FungalGenomics #Fungi
🧑🔬 Jelmer Dijkstra, Gert H.J. Kema, et al.
📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#️⃣ #PlantImmunity #FusariumOxysporum #Fusarium #Transposons #FungalGenomics #Fungi
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Ever wonder how fungi hijack plant defences? Dr. Jan van Kan (Wageningen University, NL) has spent decades decoding the strategies of necrotrophic pathogens. At #PPATH2025 he will cover the molecular arms race between plants and fungi.
Botrytis • Genomics • Resistance breeding
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Botrytis • Genomics • Resistance breeding
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April 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ever wonder how fungi hijack plant defences? Dr. Jan van Kan (Wageningen University, NL) has spent decades decoding the strategies of necrotrophic pathogens. At #PPATH2025 he will cover the molecular arms race between plants and fungi.
Botrytis • Genomics • Resistance breeding
buff.ly/mJsUvUO
Botrytis • Genomics • Resistance breeding
buff.ly/mJsUvUO
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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who fold the edges of autoclave tape over on itself before sticking, and monsters
March 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who fold the edges of autoclave tape over on itself before sticking, and monsters
Apothecium is shooting ascospores on the lids. Shiny dots are ascospores. You can see all 8 of the ascospores from a single ascus being deposited on the lid.
February 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Apothecium is shooting ascospores on the lids. Shiny dots are ascospores. You can see all 8 of the ascospores from a single ascus being deposited on the lid.
Botrytis cinerea apothecium is shooting ascospores from ascus!
January 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Botrytis cinerea apothecium is shooting ascospores from ascus!