Primrose Boynton
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Primrose Boynton
@pjboynton.bsky.social
Environmental yeast ecology and evolution! I love model and non-model organisms, and single-celled and filamentous fungi alike. I love R! Assistant Professor at Wheaton College, Massachusetts and senior editor of Yeast, but my posts are my own. she/her
AI slop is making it harder for me to find useful information. Here's the ScienceDirect overview of "Fungal Metabolism":
August 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Check out my latest paper on fitness costs and benefits of hosting a killer virus if you're a yeast in the forest!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I am so proud of Wheaton student Kelsea Palm (who's not on Bluesky, but agreed for me to use her name), who is perfecting the art of serial dilution! Please join me in admiring her plates!
October 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM
It's been pretty dry around here, with very few mushrooms, but I saw these beautiful inky caps at work today. Caught them right at the right time!
October 9, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Looks like the season has hit the NorthEast! Looking forward to some rain later this week to see its full glory!
April 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM
If you're in the Cambridge (MA) area next Friday, February 16, please come to my MSI chalk talk! I'll tell you all about killer yeasts and their viruses. It'll be at 24 Oxford St (Geo 375) at 8:30am. For more information, click here:
calendar.college.harvard.edu/event/2024_M...
February 8, 2024 at 7:14 PM
"There's more than one kind of yeast in the world" says I. "Gotta pay attention to all the biodiversity" says I. "Don't just study the model systems..."

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(Here's my paper titles word cloud; from shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...)
February 7, 2024 at 8:27 PM
And a cool slime mold!
January 21, 2024 at 7:04 PM
It's been cold and snowy in New England this week, so please enjoy this pretty Chanterelle from last summer!
January 21, 2024 at 7:02 PM