Hung-Ji Tsai
@hjtsai.bsky.social
Genome dynamics, drug resistance and host-fungal co-evolution at the University of Birmingham. 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇬🇧
Tsai Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/tsailab
Tsai Lab: https://sites.google.com/view/tsailab
Done my 8-pages scientific proposal (1xsummary + 5xproposal + 2xfgures) for a grant and ended with a 146-pages application package. so not real.
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Done my 8-pages scientific proposal (1xsummary + 5xproposal + 2xfgures) for a grant and ended with a 146-pages application package. so not real.
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There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!
We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.
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September 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There are no words to describe how excited and honored I am to take on the role. Already had such amazing support from the plant pathology community in Switz and cannot wait to grow the team further and see how far we can get in tackling our fungal foes. Look out for jobs starting in May 2026!
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We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.
More info:
More info:
Eight professors appointed
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of
ethz.ch
September 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We warmly welcome Dr. Megan McDonald as Associate Professor of Plant Disease Dynamics. Her research on fungal diseases in crops will strengthen our expertise and collaborations across plant sciences. 🌱
#BSMM2025. Super proud of @alicjaszkolnik.bsky.social giving an amazing talk on molecular platform development for fungal pathogens!!!
September 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#BSMM2025. Super proud of @alicjaszkolnik.bsky.social giving an amazing talk on molecular platform development for fungal pathogens!!!
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Very excited to announce launch of brand new journal npj Fungal Science! As EIC I'm joined by a fantastic board of academic editors from across the mycology field. You can learn more about the journal scope and submit your work here: www.nature.com/npjfungalsci/
npj Fungal Science
TBC
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Very excited to announce launch of brand new journal npj Fungal Science! As EIC I'm joined by a fantastic board of academic editors from across the mycology field. You can learn more about the journal scope and submit your work here: www.nature.com/npjfungalsci/
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A little holiday news:
Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This started out as a little thought way back in early 2024 between @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social and I, and turned into a full on review! We hope it proves useful to the community.
Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This started out as a little thought way back in early 2024 between @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social and I, and turned into a full on review! We hope it proves useful to the community.
Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment - Nature Microbiology
This Review discusses the evolution, emergence and expansion of environmental fungicide and antifungal drug resistance.
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A little holiday news:
Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This started out as a little thought way back in early 2024 between @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social and I, and turned into a full on review! We hope it proves useful to the community.
Evolution of antifungal resistance in the environment www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This started out as a little thought way back in early 2024 between @normanvanrhijn.bsky.social and I, and turned into a full on review! We hope it proves useful to the community.
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Exciting new lab alert 🚨 🧪
Exciting news! I am launching the Lab of Polymicrobial Interaction & Evolution at IPMB at Academia Sinica (ipmb.sinica.edu.tw/en)! 🎉Our brand-new website is live: (www.labofpie.org). Check the lab of PIE out!!🥧🎈
IPMB | 中央研究院植物暨微生物學研究所
ipmb.sinica.edu.tw
July 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Exciting new lab alert 🚨 🧪
Today our team from @imibirmingham.bsky.social visit @chadvaleprimary.bsky.social to show our future scientists the microbes living with plants. Big thanks to @sophie-e-powell.bsky.social to lead an amazing talk and Maria, @alicjaszkolnik.bsky.social @roxtoby.bsky.social to help with microscopy.
July 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today our team from @imibirmingham.bsky.social visit @chadvaleprimary.bsky.social to show our future scientists the microbes living with plants. Big thanks to @sophie-e-powell.bsky.social to lead an amazing talk and Maria, @alicjaszkolnik.bsky.social @roxtoby.bsky.social to help with microscopy.
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To remain a beacon of progress, the U.S. must support scientists, not silence them. Today, at “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants,” we are learning from scientists about their canceled projects & the impact on American science. #StandUpForScience
July 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
To remain a beacon of progress, the U.S. must support scientists, not silence them. Today, at “The Things We’ll Never Know: A Science Fair of Canceled Grants,” we are learning from scientists about their canceled projects & the impact on American science. #StandUpForScience
it still takes 2 days to recover from a grant rejection. I thought I could do better.
June 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
it still takes 2 days to recover from a grant rejection. I thought I could do better.
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Only one week to go until the abstract submission deadline for Candida and Candidiasis 2025! Make sure to submit your abstract by 15 May 2025 at 23:59 BST. Find out more on our website. microb.io/Candida2025A... #Candida2025
May 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Only one week to go until the abstract submission deadline for Candida and Candidiasis 2025! Make sure to submit your abstract by 15 May 2025 at 23:59 BST. Find out more on our website. microb.io/Candida2025A... #Candida2025
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Candida auris is emerging as a prevalent urinary pathogen journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Candida auris is emerging as a prevalent urinary pathogen
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most common infections, with a subgroup of these infections, catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs), accounting for 40% of nosocomial infections. While the ma...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Candida auris is emerging as a prevalent urinary pathogen journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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Save the date! Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics 2025 will be held on 26-27 November in Liverpool: microb.io/MicroEvo25 #MicroEvo25
Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
26 - 27 November 2025 - Liverpool, UK
microb.io
May 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Save the date! Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics 2025 will be held on 26-27 November in Liverpool: microb.io/MicroEvo25 #MicroEvo25
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I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories
As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures
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May 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...
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How do vaccines work?
Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social explains how #vaccination changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history...
Watch full lecture: gres.hm/how-vaccines
#immunology #vaccine
Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social explains how #vaccination changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history...
Watch full lecture: gres.hm/how-vaccines
#immunology #vaccine
May 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How do vaccines work?
Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social explains how #vaccination changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history...
Watch full lecture: gres.hm/how-vaccines
#immunology #vaccine
Prof @robinmay9.bsky.social explains how #vaccination changed the world, saving millions of lives and enabling us to eradicate a lethal disease for the first time in human history...
Watch full lecture: gres.hm/how-vaccines
#immunology #vaccine
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Hi, everyone! My name is Alex. I'm a microbiologist/cell biologist/biochemist, and I'm sharing some of my career biography today for #YoungScientistNetworking.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hi, everyone! My name is Alex. I'm a microbiologist/cell biologist/biochemist, and I'm sharing some of my career biography today for #YoungScientistNetworking.
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First, being a professor, even when things are hard, is one of the best jobs on the planet. You get to discover new things, and to help new generations do the same. You get to teach, which is a grind but also an immense privilege.
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April 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
First, being a professor, even when things are hard, is one of the best jobs on the planet. You get to discover new things, and to help new generations do the same. You get to teach, which is a grind but also an immense privilege.
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Aneuploidy is the leading cause of pregnancy loss. In work led by @saracarioscia.bsky.social and @aabiddanda.bsky.social, we reanalyzed genetic testing data from 139,416 IVF embryos to discover variants associated with recombination phenotypes and aneuploidy risk. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Aneuploidy is the leading cause of pregnancy loss. In work led by @saracarioscia.bsky.social and @aabiddanda.bsky.social, we reanalyzed genetic testing data from 139,416 IVF embryos to discover variants associated with recombination phenotypes and aneuploidy risk. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Are #autophagy -related proteins involved in #GenomeStability? @hashimreza.bsky.social @kaustuvsanyal.bsky.social &co show that Atg11 has an essential non-canonical function in error-free #chromosome segregation via the Kar9-dependent spindle positioning pathway @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4lfbeP1
April 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Are #autophagy -related proteins involved in #GenomeStability? @hashimreza.bsky.social @kaustuvsanyal.bsky.social &co show that Atg11 has an essential non-canonical function in error-free #chromosome segregation via the Kar9-dependent spindle positioning pathway @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4lfbeP1
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My first ever first author paper has been published! Pretty cool I guess... 😎 doi.org/10.1128/aac....
A novel pan-fungal screening platform for antifungal drug discovery: proof of principle study | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
The necessity and importance of diverse treatment options for fungal infections have
become increasingly apparent. The clinical utility of available antifungals is limited
by undesirable features such...
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April 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My first ever first author paper has been published! Pretty cool I guess... 😎 doi.org/10.1128/aac....
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We are in Liverpool this week at the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference
our IMI line up today looks like this .. #Microbio25
our IMI line up today looks like this .. #Microbio25
March 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We are in Liverpool this week at the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference
our IMI line up today looks like this .. #Microbio25
our IMI line up today looks like this .. #Microbio25
@whelanfj.bsky.social rocks as always.
Great talk by @mermanchester.bsky.social member @whelanfj.bsky.social at Microbiology Society annual conference - insights on 600 cumulative years of P. aeruginosa within-patient evolution by the prairie epidemic strain! 🤯
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
@whelanfj.bsky.social rocks as always.
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So glad to be here at #microbio25 ! Very important opening words: “publishing 1 paper with us allows 4 students to attend this AC for free” #publishforthecommunity
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So glad to be here at #microbio25 ! Very important opening words: “publishing 1 paper with us allows 4 students to attend this AC for free” #publishforthecommunity
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Mycobiome: an underexplored kingdom in cancer | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Mycobiome: an underexplored kingdom in cancer | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
SUMMARYThe human microbiome, including bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses, is intimately linked to both health and disease. The relationship between bacteria and disease has received much attention and intensive investigation, while that of the fungal ...
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March 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Mycobiome: an underexplored kingdom in cancer | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...