Jason Stajich
@hyphaltip.bsky.social
I study evolution in fungi using genomics at UC Riverside. He/him.
Tongva, Cahuilla, Serrano lands
http://lab.stajich.org/
Tongva, Cahuilla, Serrano lands
http://lab.stajich.org/
Reposted by Jason Stajich
UC Provost Katherine Newman has announced plans to defund this program, a preemptive capitulation with the feds that has not been ordered and should not occur. Newman has done this with zero consultation with campus-level leadership and none with any faculty — mentors or former fellows included.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
UC Provost Katherine Newman has announced plans to defund this program, a preemptive capitulation with the feds that has not been ordered and should not occur. Newman has done this with zero consultation with campus-level leadership and none with any faculty — mentors or former fellows included.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Reposted by Jason Stajich
So now the beetles can eat in peace (sans butterscotch-flavored death), the fungus grows in the resin channels, eventually killing the tree & staining the wood blue.
Only one thing can save it: forest fires. But only LITTLE ones.
Only one thing can save it: forest fires. But only LITTLE ones.
When Trees Attack, Fungus Can Parry
Genetic analysis reveals why the pine beetle has ravaged so many trees
www.science.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
So now the beetles can eat in peace (sans butterscotch-flavored death), the fungus grows in the resin channels, eventually killing the tree & staining the wood blue.
Only one thing can save it: forest fires. But only LITTLE ones.
Only one thing can save it: forest fires. But only LITTLE ones.
Reposted by Jason Stajich
The terpenes in resin repel & toxify the beetle while smelling like a candy store.
But the beetle has a secret weapon. A partnership with a 'blue stain fungi'. The beetle has a special structure on their head that stores the fungus.
And the fungus stops the resin by clogging it up.
But the beetle has a secret weapon. A partnership with a 'blue stain fungi'. The beetle has a special structure on their head that stores the fungus.
And the fungus stops the resin by clogging it up.
Summit Outside: the biology behind the lodgepole pine’s blue stain
The term symbiosis comes from the Ancient Greek
www.summitdaily.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The terpenes in resin repel & toxify the beetle while smelling like a candy store.
But the beetle has a secret weapon. A partnership with a 'blue stain fungi'. The beetle has a special structure on their head that stores the fungus.
And the fungus stops the resin by clogging it up.
But the beetle has a secret weapon. A partnership with a 'blue stain fungi'. The beetle has a special structure on their head that stores the fungus.
And the fungus stops the resin by clogging it up.