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riccardobaroncelli.bsky.social
Fascinating insights into #Fusarium oxysporum! 🌟 A new study uses reference-free pangenome variation to reveal the #evolution of accessory chromosomes, showcasing their role in host specificity and horizontal transfer. Wow!!!
#FungalGenomics @mfseidl.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 26, 2024 at 5:29 PM
garimasingh-gs.bsky.social
Are #lichens truly a treasure chest of #naturalproducts compared to non-lichenized #fungi? We put this to test using #BGC count as a proxy across ~400 #genomes.

Spoiler alert: They absolutely are!

#PKSs
#secondaryMetabolites
#Lecanoromycetes
#fungalGenomics

Article link: tinyurl.com/ynph7npe
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
cgue2026.bsky.social
📢 Meet our invited speaker
Aaron Vogan, Uppsala Univ. @fungage-lab.bsky.social
👉Transposon mediated horizontal gene transfer is a major driver of adaptation in fungi 🍄

📅 Oct 7 | 09:30 - comparativegenomics2026.com

#Mycology #FungalGenomics #SystematicBiology #Genomics #Microbiology #Eukaryotes
August 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
somssich.bsky.social
📜Transposon activity eliminates a crucial fungal secondary metabolite cluster while preserving pathogenicity

🧑‍🔬 Jelmer Dijkstra, Gert H.J. Kema, et al.

📔 @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#️⃣ #PlantImmunity #FusariumOxysporum #Fusarium #Transposons #FungalGenomics #Fungi
Transposon activity eliminates a crucial fungal secondary metabolite cluster while preserving pathogenicity
Summary ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, https://ror.org/0456r8d26, AG - 4425 Dioraphte Foundation, https://ror.o...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
mapjournals.bsky.social
#Mycosphere
121 genome-skimming datasets resolve Pluteaceae phylogeny, revealing widespread incomplete lineage sorting and introgression in species from China.
Details: https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/mycosphere-0026-0015
#Pluteaceae #Phylogeny #SpeciesDelimitation #FungalGenomics
September 28, 2026 at 5:22 AM
mladen-petres.bsky.social
So great opportunity to present my research on "Genomics approach in analysis of Fusarium apple fruit rot" at #ECFG17 in Dublin, Ireland! Great discussions, insightful talks, and amazing people. Excited to contribute to ongoing research in #FungalGenomics #Fusarium
March 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
marcoacoelho.bsky.social
🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Excited to share our latest study on mating-type locus evolution in *Cryptococcus* and closely related species! 🧬🔬

Check it out on bioRxiv: 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Feedback and discussions welcome! #FungalGenomics #Cryptococcus #Evolution #MATlocus
February 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
rjordanprice.bsky.social
Just 2 weeks left to apply for the BSPP Undergraduate Vaction Bursery!

Check out all of the interesting projects and details for applying here: www.bspp.org.uk/funds/underg...

#PlantPathology #Bioinformatics #FungalGenomics #BSPP
rjordanprice.bsky.social Jordan Price @rjordanprice.bsky.social · Mar 18
🌱 Undergrad opportunity! 🌱
My project on helitrons in Fusarium oxysporum has been awarded a BSPP Vacation Bursary! Gain fungal genomics experience at Niab (Cambridge) - remote, in-person, or hybrid.

Apply: www.bspp.org.uk/funds/underg...

#PlantPathology #Bioinformatics #FungalGenomics #BSPP
Undergraduate Vacation Bursary – Information for Project Students 2025 – BSPP – The British Society for Plant Pathology
www.bspp.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
deuterioh.bsky.social
Microbial communities don’t just decline as ecosystems age. They reorganize. Our study shows that older ecosystems harbor smaller but more connected microbial communities with greater genetic potential for nutrient cycling. #soilmicrobiology #fungalgenomics
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Graphical abstract illustrating how microbial communities adapt to long-term nutrient depletion across the Mendocino Ecological Staircase, a natural laboratory spanning nearly 400,000 years of ecosystem development.
July 22, 2026 at 10:21 PM
pacbio.bsky.social
How do fungal pathogens evolve so quickly?

Researchers at the University of Kiel used #PacBio HiFi sequencing to uncover mobile elements called “Starships” that may help fungi jump to new hosts.

More details here: bit.ly/3H0YzQj

#HiFisequencing #FungalGenomics
How long-read sequencing uncovers hitchhikers of the genomic galaxy in parasitic fungi - PacBio
HiFi long-read sequencing clarified complex fungal genomes to track mobile elements, characterize movements, and compare structures across strains and species.
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July 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
thaisdalsasso.bsky.social
Personally, I’m very happy and proud to have contributed to this work during my postdoc at the University of São Paulo. Huge congratulations to Pedro Vilanova on his first first-author paper, and to our amazing PI Prof. Claudia Monteiro-Vitorello! 👏
#MPMI #FungalGenomics #Transcriptomics
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
arxivlens.bsky.social
Transposable elements hitchhike on Starships across fungal genomes
Berger, M., Beys-da-Silva, W. O. et al.
Paper
Details
#TransposableElements #FungalGenomics #BergerBeysDaSilvaResearch
June 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
somssich.bsky.social
New work on the #FusariumOxysporum Tropical Race 4 that threatens the #Cavendish #Banana!

From the great #Genomics Lab of Li-Jun Ma!

With a resesarch briefing here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#PlantScience #PlantPathology #Mycology #FungalGenomics #PlantImmunity
August 19, 2024 at 11:37 AM
narbadlab.bsky.social
Excited to share the first published genome sequence for a Candida parapsilosis isolate from a non-human primate! 🐒

This opportunistic fungal pathogen, a common human commensal, was studied in collaboration between @QIB_QI & @UKHSA_Porton.

doi.org/10.1128/mra....

#FungalGenomics #Candida
Draft genome sequence of a non-human primate-derived isolate of Candida parapsilosis | Microbiology Resource Announcements
Candida parapsilosis is a dimorphic ascomycete yeast belonging to the Lodderomyces clade (1). With the capacity to form persistent biofilms, on both biotic and abiotic surfaces, it has become a major ...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
tbadet.bsky.social
🔥 The event will bring together molecular biologists, evolutionary geneticists, and bioinformaticians to explore RIP’s role in transposable element control, genome integrity, and fungal adaptation.

Looking forward to seeing you in Neuchâtel! 🏔️ #RIPM2025 #FungalGenomics #EvolutionaryBiology
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
somssich.bsky.social
📜 Segmental duplications drive the evolution of accessory regions in a major crop pathogen

🧑‍🔬 Anouk C. van Westerhoven, Gert H. J. Kema, @mfseidl.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @newphyt.bsky.social

🔗 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#️⃣ (Feeds) #FungalGenomics #PlantImmunity #FusariumOxysporum
Segmental duplications drive the evolution of accessory regions in a major crop pathogen
<em>New Phytologist</em> is an international phytology journal owned by the New Phytologist Foundation publishing original research in plant science and its applications.
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February 28, 2024 at 6:52 AM
ucdavisplants.bsky.social
Alex Zaccaron and Ioannis Stergiopoulos discussed fungal genome dynamics reveal how structural variations drive host adaptation, virulence, and antifungal resistance. Insights pave the way for resilient crops and therapies.
▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#FungalGenomics
The dynamics of fungal genome organization and its impact on host adaptation and antifungal resistance
Fungi are a diverse kingdom characterized by remarkable genomic plasticity that facilitates pathogenicity and adaptation to adverse environmental cond…
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January 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
somssich.bsky.social
📜 A gap-free genome assembly of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, a vascular wilt pathogen

🧑‍🔬 Huan Wang, Gang Yao, Lili Zhang, Li Guo, et al.

📔 Scientific Data

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #FungalGenomics #Mycology #FusariumOxysporum #PlantPathology
A gap-free genome assembly of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, a vascular wilt pathogen - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A gap-free genome assembly of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans, a vascular wilt pathogen
www.nature.com
September 2, 2024 at 10:23 AM
rjordanprice.bsky.social
🌱 Undergrad opportunity! 🌱
My project on helitrons in Fusarium oxysporum has been awarded a BSPP Vacation Bursary! Gain fungal genomics experience at Niab (Cambridge) - remote, in-person, or hybrid.

Apply: www.bspp.org.uk/funds/underg...

#PlantPathology #Bioinformatics #FungalGenomics #BSPP
Undergraduate Vacation Bursary – Information for Project Students 2025 – BSPP – The British Society for Plant Pathology
www.bspp.org.uk
March 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
thaisdalsasso.bsky.social
Happy to have contributed to this!
We investigated the #evolution of a virulence-associated gene family across Dothideomycetes, revealing duplication and loss events, including lineage-specific expansions in a crop pathogen. 🧬 #FungalGenomics

👉 DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Evolutionary History and Diversification of M35 Metalloproteases in Dothideomycetes: A Phylogenomic Overview and Case Study in Corynespora cassiicola - Current Microbiology
Deuterolysin metalloproteases (M35s), a family of zinc-dependent proteolytic enzymes, function as key virulence factors in bacteria and fungi. In plant-pathogenic fungi, these proteins induce host cel...
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February 24, 2026 at 12:58 PM
getnews-me.bsky.social
A new computational method improves gene‑mapping accuracy in fungal genomes, cutting gaps and mis‑assemblies, researchers report in Molecular Plant‑Microbe Interactions. https://getnews.me/bioinformatics-tool-improves-fungal-genome-mapping-for-crop-research/ #bioinformatics #fungalgenomics
Bioinformatics Tool Improves Fungal Genome Mapping for Crop Research
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM