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🧬 PhD Studentship in Fungal Infections – Aspergillus fumigatus | Trinity College Dublin - Jobs.biopractify.in
WhatsApp Channel Join Now Telegram Group Join Now 🧬 PhD Studentship in Fungal Infections – Aspergillus fumigatus | Trinity College Dublin Institution: Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin ...
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September 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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The threat of biological warfare is real – a new book describes the potential devastation
Biological War tells the story of a hypothetical but realistic pathogen that quickly causes anarchy and mass casualties around the world.
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August 31, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Predation in microbial communities: gradients of nutritive killing - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Vasse and Velicer explore the phylogenetic and functional diversity of predators of microorganisms, conceptualizing the forms of microbial predation along gradients, including gradient...
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May 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Our April seminar will feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan from @westsyduhie on fire and fungi!

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April 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan - on mycorrhizal fungi's post-fire resilience!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan, a PhD Candidate at the Western Sydney University.What underpins mycorrhizal ...
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April 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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April 2026 AMS virtual seminar: Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan - on mycorrhizal fungi's post-fire resilience!
We invite you to attend our upcoming AMS virtual seminar. This month, we're delighted to feature Solomon Maerowitz-McMahan, a PhD Candidate at the Western Sydney University.What underpins mycorrhizal ...
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April 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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Advancing microbiology through foundational science
Nature Microbiology, Published online: 07 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02335-1Microorganisms have tremendous potential to impact humanity, but such revelations are only possible in the light of foundational, discovery-based microbiology research.
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April 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Spaceflight supercharges viruses’ ability to infect bacteria
Viruses develop tricks to attack bacteria without the help of gravity
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March 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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What is Aspergillus, the fungus behind recent hospital deaths?
A common mould has claimed the lives of two people, and left four others seriously ill. Here’s what you need to know.
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February 27, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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Beyond the Single Isolate: Leveraging Plant-Associated Microbial Communities for Crop Resilience
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February 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Bacteria-Killing Viruses Turn into Better Antibiotic Fighters in Space
In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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How to prepare a scientific poster
Researchers from a variety of disciplines and career stages share their tips for conferences held in person and online
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January 18, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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January 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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Human body temperature cues widespread changes in virulence gene expression in uropathogenic Escherichia coli | Infection and Immunity
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the cause of 70%–95% of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs) and nearly one in two females will experience a UTI in their lifetime (1, 2). UPEC ...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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January 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Emerging evidence for a multitude of mechanisms and factors that determine amphotericin B resistance in pathogenic fungi
The fungicidal polyene amphotericin B (AMB) is the oldest antifungal for the treatment of systemic infections, and it remains a critical broad-spectru…
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January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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JCI - An IFN/STAT1/CYBB axis defines protective plasmacytoid DC–neutrophil crosstalk in Aspergillus fumigatus–infected mice
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October 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The fungi living in the body play an important role in health – here’s what you should know about the ‘mycobiome’
The ‘mycobiome’ refers to the hundreds of species of fungi that normally live on and in our body.
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October 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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In mind-bending twist, ‘magic’ mushrooms evolved twice independently
Study identifies entirely new suite of enzymes that can make psilocybin
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October 14, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Mushrooms: Why do they kill? - ABC listen
As daily updates about the 'mushroom murders' monopolised newsfeeds around the country, the What the Duck?! team started questioning the motives.  Not the human ones — the fungi ones. Why would a mus...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Biosynthesis and function of magnetic organelles in magnetotactic bacteria - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Schüler and colleagues summarize our current knowledge of magnetosome formation and organization within the cell, and they explore their function, diversity and potential applications.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers
The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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How fungus-farming termites control weeds
Termites enlist microbes to defend their crops from undesirable fungi
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September 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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MSGERC Dr. Fungus App

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‎Dr. Fungus
‎The Dr. Fungus app serves as a companion to the official Dr. Fungus website, the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium resource for fungal disease education. This app provides up-to-d...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM