Jo Rhodes
@drjorhodes.com
Yoga bunny. Cake guru. Scientist by day. Assistant Professor at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Interested in fungal ‘omics and One Health, evolutionary biology and popgen, epidemiology and promoting women in STEM
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Interested in fungal ‘omics and One Health, evolutionary biology and popgen, epidemiology and promoting women in STEM
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Pre-docs not only give you valuable experience, they allow students to test drive the group environment and research area before deciding on which PhD to do, and avoid toxic environments!
Do a predoc, young grasshoppers!https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/do-a-predoc-young-people-155c32d094a @adnroide
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Pre-docs not only give you valuable experience, they allow students to test drive the group environment and research area before deciding on which PhD to do, and avoid toxic environments!
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus
Author summary Cryptococcus is a genus of fungi that includes both pathogenic species capable of causing life-threatening infections in humans and many environmental species that inhabit soil, fruit, ...
journals.plos.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
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Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
In the last month I have been asked to review my own grant, and today I was asked to review my own paper.
Is academia ok?
Is academia ok?
November 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In the last month I have been asked to review my own grant, and today I was asked to review my own paper.
Is academia ok?
Is academia ok?
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Shout out to University of Birmingham folk:
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Shout out to University of Birmingham folk:
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
When did British people stop queuing? Chaos.
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
When did British people stop queuing? Chaos.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Relative to population, the Netherlands hosts nearly two-thirds fewer refugees than Germany does.
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Relative to population, the Netherlands hosts nearly two-thirds fewer refugees than Germany does.
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1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start?
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start?
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Happy voting day to all my Dutch friends and colleagues
a picture of a woman covering her mouth with her hand and a quote that says may the odds be ever in your favor .
ALT: a picture of a woman covering her mouth with her hand and a quote that says may the odds be ever in your favor .
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy voting day to all my Dutch friends and colleagues
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Phase 1 of Awaab’s Law comes into force in the UK today, a big step towards safer, healthier homes. Social landlords now have clear deadlines to fix damp, mould as well as other hazards 🏠
The goal now, should be to add measurable standards to track housing safety
The goal now, should be to add measurable standards to track housing safety
Millions of tenants safe from black mould through Awaab’s Law
New laws are now in force protecting social housing tenants from emergency hazards and damp and mould. The changes are a lasting legacy to Awaab Ishak.
www.gov.uk
October 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Phase 1 of Awaab’s Law comes into force in the UK today, a big step towards safer, healthier homes. Social landlords now have clear deadlines to fix damp, mould as well as other hazards 🏠
The goal now, should be to add measurable standards to track housing safety
The goal now, should be to add measurable standards to track housing safety
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Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
Our new study finds that the upper atmosphere is becoming more sheared and less stratified because of climate change. Both these changes are making the air less stable and more conducive to turbulence.
Published in the November issue of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
Published in the November issue of Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
doi.org/10.1175/JAS-...
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Have you noticed plane turbulence is getting worse?
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
It’s not your imagination. It’s climate change.
We are delighted to have Dr. Rhys Farrer from CMM Exeter give the School seminar today on Cryptococcus! 🙌🏻
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We are delighted to have Dr. Rhys Farrer from CMM Exeter give the School seminar today on Cryptococcus! 🙌🏻
I love my morning coffee at Faculty before I head into the office!
October 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I love my morning coffee at Faculty before I head into the office!
A primer on the upcoming Dutch elections: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
It’s baffling to me that PVV is still leading the polls. Just like in the UK, immigration is dominating the discourse.
It’s baffling to me that PVV is still leading the polls. Just like in the UK, immigration is dominating the discourse.
The Dutch election: key players and main issues in the snap poll
Voters could swap a rightwing government for a more moderate coalition – but the fragmentary political system makes many outcomes possible
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A primer on the upcoming Dutch elections: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
It’s baffling to me that PVV is still leading the polls. Just like in the UK, immigration is dominating the discourse.
It’s baffling to me that PVV is still leading the polls. Just like in the UK, immigration is dominating the discourse.
Typing one-handed is tiring so I'm resorting to catching up on my 'to read' list of papers. First up:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Footprints of Human Migration in the Population Structure of Wild Baker's Yeast
Humans have a long history of fermenting food and beverages that led to domestication of the baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Despite their tight companionship with humans, yeast species that...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Typing one-handed is tiring so I'm resorting to catching up on my 'to read' list of papers. First up:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Including a position in my group to work on Evolutionary Genomics of Fungal pathogens
📢 EvoMG-DN PhD applications are now open!
Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease.
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📅 Apply by 30 November 2025
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers
Join our EU-funded MSCA network and explore evolution, ageing, and disease.
👉 www.evomg-dn.eu
📅 Apply by 30 November 2025
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #MSCA #HorizonEurope #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #BiomedicalResearch#EarlyCareerResearchers
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Including a position in my group to work on Evolutionary Genomics of Fungal pathogens
Life update: I survived! And watching Witcher reruns (refuse to watch the new season).
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Life update: I survived! And watching Witcher reruns (refuse to watch the new season).
"Difficult Women" occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
Difficult Women | Athene Donald's Blog
occamstypewriter.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"Difficult Women" occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
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Been looking forward to the talk from @jusher.bsky.social on combinatorial stress resistance in C. glabrata/N. glabratus
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Been looking forward to the talk from @jusher.bsky.social on combinatorial stress resistance in C. glabrata/N. glabratus
Part of the Rhodes group are attending #Candida2025 as well, so we went out for dinner with @jusher.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Part of the Rhodes group are attending #Candida2025 as well, so we went out for dinner with @jusher.bsky.social
Super proud of Dr. Hugh Gifford presenting some of his PhD research at #Candida2025 this morning (photo courtesy of @harry-osborne.bsky.social)
October 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Super proud of Dr. Hugh Gifford presenting some of his PhD research at #Candida2025 this morning (photo courtesy of @harry-osborne.bsky.social)
Currently experiencing just how bad the German railway system really is
October 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Currently experiencing just how bad the German railway system really is