Soobin Shin
@soobinshin.bsky.social
PhD at Seoul National University
Interested in fungal genetics
Interested in fungal genetics
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I started my PhD as a hesitant moss researcher and finished it as a confident bryophyte researcher. Huge thanks to my supervisory team @philcarella.bsky.social @kamounlab.bsky.social for their guidance and support throughout this journey!
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I started my PhD as a hesitant moss researcher and finished it as a confident bryophyte researcher. Huge thanks to my supervisory team @philcarella.bsky.social @kamounlab.bsky.social for their guidance and support throughout this journey!
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VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social group, in the field of Crop Genetics.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Closing date - 15 December 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full-time, 17 months in the first instance (potential up to 4 yrs)
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Closing date - 15 December 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full-time, 17 months in the first instance (potential up to 4 yrs)
Postdoctoral Researcher (Salem Group) | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the newly appointed group of Dr Hassan Salem at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Crop…
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December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
VACANCY - We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Dr @hassansalem.bsky.social group, in the field of Crop Genetics.
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Closing date - 15 December 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full-time, 17 months in the first instance (potential up to 4 yrs)
www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
Closing date - 15 December 2025
Salary - £37,500 - £45,350
Contract - Full-time, 17 months in the first instance (potential up to 4 yrs)
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Some news 🎉
After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye.
Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠
After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye.
Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some news 🎉
After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye.
Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠
After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye.
Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠
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Super excited to be joining @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and to begin this new chapter in Norwich!!
And thrilled to be neighbours with the Mutualisms Research Group at @hassansalem.bsky.social and the wider community at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Can’t wait to get started! 😁
And thrilled to be neighbours with the Mutualisms Research Group at @hassansalem.bsky.social and the wider community at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Can’t wait to get started! 😁
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Super excited to be joining @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and to begin this new chapter in Norwich!!
And thrilled to be neighbours with the Mutualisms Research Group at @hassansalem.bsky.social and the wider community at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Can’t wait to get started! 😁
And thrilled to be neighbours with the Mutualisms Research Group at @hassansalem.bsky.social and the wider community at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Can’t wait to get started! 😁
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📣NEWS: We are delighted to share that Dr Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social will join us as a new group leader next year.
“Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
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“Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
buff.ly/kRs4ASU
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📣NEWS: We are delighted to share that Dr Aileen Berasategui @berasymbionts.bsky.social will join us as a new group leader next year.
“Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
buff.ly/kRs4ASU
“Aileen is an exceptionally talented scientist and brings new expertise to TSL in plant-insect-fungal interactions” says @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social
buff.ly/kRs4ASU
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Wow, nature is too cool! Structures on stinkbug hind legs that used to be interpreted as ears are actually chambers with fungi. The bugs coat their eggs in those fungi to protect them against parasitoid wasps. 🧪
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs
Dinidorid stinkbugs were reported to possess a conspicuous tympanal organ on female hindlegs. In this study, we show that this organ is specialized to retain microbial symbionts rather than to perceiv...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wow, nature is too cool! Structures on stinkbug hind legs that used to be interpreted as ears are actually chambers with fungi. The bugs coat their eggs in those fungi to protect them against parasitoid wasps. 🧪
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Whole genome sequencing of historical specimens from the world's largest fungal collection yields high‐quality assemblies
High-throughput molecular studies of museum specimens (museomics) have great potential in biodiversity research, but fungal historical collections have scarcely been examined, leading to no comprehe...
doi.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Very excited to share that my first 1st author publication is available at the journal of #NewPhytologist !
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on this project including the #KewFungarium Team. 👏 🍄🟫
If you are interested in the topic, feel free to read it here: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards.
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#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
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#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
The cellular mechanics of symbiosis: sensing friend from foe
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September 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨 Save the date! Thrilled to be co-organizing the next iteration of the @embl.org Symposium on the Cellular Mechanics of Symbiosis (📅 March 17-20), w/ @floravincent.bsky.social, @hassansalem.bsky.social & Tom Richards.
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
www.embl.org/about/info/c...
#EESSymbiosis #Symbiosis #SymbioSky #MicroSky 🦠
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Arrived at Cologne! Can't wait to meet you all at #2025ISMPMI
July 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Arrived at Cologne! Can't wait to meet you all at #2025ISMPMI