Ivan Skakov
ivaneskos.bsky.social
Ivan Skakov
@ivaneskos.bsky.social
PhD student in the University of Neuchatel
Reposted by Ivan Skakov
Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?

We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!

Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs

Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reposted by Ivan Skakov
Excited to share our latest preprint 🥳
Historic transposon mobilisation waves create distinct pools of adaptive variants in a major crop pathogen
@danielcroll.bsky.social
#TESky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Historic transposon mobilisation waves create distinct pools of adaptive variants in a major crop pathogen
Transposable elements (TEs) can drive the evolution of host-pathogen interactions and gains in antimicrobial resistance. However, how adaptive TEs arise in populations and historical contingencies aff...
www.biorxiv.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Reposted by Ivan Skakov
We show eukaryotic #HGT across >100 million years of evolution through simple co-culture: the fungal equivalent of taking yourself for a swim with a platypus and walking away with a new bill 🧪🍄🦆🚀 Great work everyone!
We did it! We caught Starship #transposons moving between #fungal species in the lab, including between species separated by ~100my. We think Starships are a mediator of HGT in fungi, akin to conjugative elements in bacteria. Check out the preprint. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM