Merry christmas to all fungis and fungals! (Original art by Valentina Ferro.) #mycosky #fungifriends #TeamLaboul
December 25, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Merry christmas to all fungis and fungals! (Original art by Valentina Ferro.) #mycosky #fungifriends #TeamLaboul
One of the sampling campaigns of #FunDive, a 🇪🇺 project promoting fungal conservation, focuses on #Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – but we need YOU🫵! My PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social made a video with everything you want to know. youtu.be/HXfhY00U6M4?... #CitizenScience #TeamLaboul
The search for beetlehangers on ladybirds
YouTube video by #TeamLaboul
youtu.be
January 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
One of the sampling campaigns of #FunDive, a 🇪🇺 project promoting fungal conservation, focuses on #Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – but we need YOU🫵! My PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social made a video with everything you want to know. youtu.be/HXfhY00U6M4?... #CitizenScience #TeamLaboul
📢CALL FOR COLLABORATION📢
My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica!
If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre.
#TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur
My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica!
If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre.
#TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur
April 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
📢CALL FOR COLLABORATION📢
My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica!
If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre.
#TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur
My PhD student Warre is looking for flies infected with #Laboulbeniales fungi. Especially Musca domestica!
If you have any, store in 96% ethanol or in the freezer, record on @inaturalist.bsky.social, and/or contact Warre.
#TeamLaboul #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur
Professional photo taken in the #TeamLaboul lab at Ghent University 🍄🐞👌
July 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Professional photo taken in the #TeamLaboul lab at Ghent University 🍄🐞👌
So far, we found 16 insects with #Laboulbeniales ectoparasitic microfungi, out of 361 screened ones — marking a prevalence of 4.4%. Not bad at all! Go #TeamLaboul! @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
So far, we found 16 insects with #Laboulbeniales ectoparasitic microfungi, out of 361 screened ones — marking a prevalence of 4.4%. Not bad at all! Go #TeamLaboul! @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social
We found Rickia wasmannii, an ant-specific microfungus, on an ant nest-inhabiting rove beetle! Photo: André De Kesel.
From our new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1007/s000... #OpenAccess #TeamLaboul
From our new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1007/s000... #OpenAccess #TeamLaboul
March 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We found Rickia wasmannii, an ant-specific microfungus, on an ant nest-inhabiting rove beetle! Photo: André De Kesel.
From our new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1007/s000... #OpenAccess #TeamLaboul
From our new paper in @insectessociaux.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1007/s000... #OpenAccess #TeamLaboul
I am working with #citizenscientists this weekend in the @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social entomological collection, to screen insects for the presence of ectoparasitic microfungi. This project is supported by @msafungi.bsky.social. #TeamLaboul #Laboulbeniales
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
I am working with #citizenscientists this weekend in the @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social entomological collection, to screen insects for the presence of ectoparasitic microfungi. This project is supported by @msafungi.bsky.social. #TeamLaboul #Laboulbeniales
The paper is also available #openaccess now! doi.org/10.1656/045.... @bioone.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social #TeamLaboul
May 15, 2026 at 4:46 AM
The paper is also available #openaccess now! doi.org/10.1656/045.... @bioone.bsky.social @teamlaboul.bsky.social #TeamLaboul
I have help working on my talk for Thursday. #bats #conservation #research @teamlaboul.bsky.social #teamlaboul
November 19, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I have help working on my talk for Thursday. #bats #conservation #research @teamlaboul.bsky.social #teamlaboul
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I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
August 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
I am looking for a postdoctoral researcher for my lab in Ceske Budejovice, Czechia. We study biodiversity monitoring, ecology, conservation, and microbiology. Some of our work deals with bats, most with fungi! Email at danny dot haelewaters at gmail dot com if interested. #TeamLaboul #newPI
Our latest #Preprint on knowledge gaps, or shortfalls, in understudied taxa—with #Laboulbeniomycetes as case study, led by @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social. www.authorea.com/users/891997... #TeamLaboul
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Our latest #Preprint on knowledge gaps, or shortfalls, in understudied taxa—with #Laboulbeniomycetes as case study, led by @jonathancazabonne.bsky.social. www.authorea.com/users/891997... #TeamLaboul
On my way to České Budějovice! Busy schedule next week, with the set up of my new Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution! #LFEE #TeamLaboul #newPI
January 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
On my way to České Budějovice! Busy schedule next week, with the set up of my new Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution! #LFEE #TeamLaboul #newPI
Getting ready to move DNA extracts between labs. #TeamLaboul
June 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Getting ready to move DNA extracts between labs. #TeamLaboul
My colleague Dr. Iva Njunjíc from @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social visited my lab past week with cave beetles collected this summer during her #NationalGeographic funded project. They turned out to be infected with undescribed parasitic microfungi! ✨ #newspecies #Laboulbeniales #TeamLaboul
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
My colleague Dr. Iva Njunjíc from @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social visited my lab past week with cave beetles collected this summer during her #NationalGeographic funded project. They turned out to be infected with undescribed parasitic microfungi! ✨ #newspecies #Laboulbeniales #TeamLaboul
Hi new followers! I am Danny, a mycologist interested in diversity, ecology, host-parasite interactions, and conservation, #newPI of Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and head of #TeamLaboul. Also dad to my 7yo daughter Luna. 🍄🐞🦇
November 17, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Hi new followers! I am Danny, a mycologist interested in diversity, ecology, host-parasite interactions, and conservation, #newPI of Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and head of #TeamLaboul. Also dad to my 7yo daughter Luna. 🍄🐞🦇
I am humbled to receive the @msafungi.bsky.social Martin-Baker Research Award this year, in support of a taxonomy project with #citizenscientists and volunteers in collaboration with @schilthuizen.bsky.social and @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social! #TeamLaboul #MSAfungi25
April 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I am humbled to receive the @msafungi.bsky.social Martin-Baker Research Award this year, in support of a taxonomy project with #citizenscientists and volunteers in collaboration with @schilthuizen.bsky.social and @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social! #TeamLaboul #MSAfungi25
With my new postdoc, Dr. Danushka Tennakoon, who will focus on deciphering a species complex in #Laboulbeniales and describing #microfungi associated with forest plants in Czechia. Welcome Danu! #LFEE #TeamLaboul #JuniorStar 🇱🇰
May 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
With my new postdoc, Dr. Danushka Tennakoon, who will focus on deciphering a species complex in #Laboulbeniales and describing #microfungi associated with forest plants in Czechia. Welcome Danu! #LFEE #TeamLaboul #JuniorStar 🇱🇰
Some #Laboulbeniales infections can be seen with the naked eye, like this one on a cave beetle! The long and blackish structures on the back of this Aphaenops beetle are thalli of Rhachomyces. #mycosky #LFEE #teamlaboul
March 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Some #Laboulbeniales infections can be seen with the naked eye, like this one on a cave beetle! The long and blackish structures on the back of this Aphaenops beetle are thalli of Rhachomyces. #mycosky #LFEE #teamlaboul
We work with bats, bloodsucking flies, ladybirds—and they're all part of our logo, designed by Riccardo Borges. #TeamLaboul
January 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We work with bats, bloodsucking flies, ladybirds—and they're all part of our logo, designed by Riccardo Borges. #TeamLaboul
Time to celebrate! Dinner with invited speaker Menno Schilhuizen and Iva Njunjíc of @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social and members #TeamLaboul. Proud PI!
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Time to celebrate! Dinner with invited speaker Menno Schilhuizen and Iva Njunjíc of @taxonexpeditions.bsky.social and members #TeamLaboul. Proud PI!
Laboratory session on the third day of our workshop "Arthropod-Fungal Associations: From Parasites to Pathogens" in Gembloux. This is the second edition of this workshop and there is A LOT of interest for future editions—I'm a very happy man! #TeamLaboul 🐞🪰🍄
May 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Laboratory session on the third day of our workshop "Arthropod-Fungal Associations: From Parasites to Pathogens" in Gembloux. This is the second edition of this workshop and there is A LOT of interest for future editions—I'm a very happy man! #TeamLaboul 🐞🪰🍄
Touring in the insect laboratory of Prof. Dr. Oldřich Nedvěd at the University of South Bohemia. From left to right: my PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Olda, me, and @ukladybirds.bsky.social. #C4inV4 #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund
May 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Touring in the insect laboratory of Prof. Dr. Oldřich Nedvěd at the University of South Bohemia. From left to right: my PhD student @michieldegroot.bsky.social, Olda, me, and @ukladybirds.bsky.social. #C4inV4 #TeamLaboul #VisegradFund
Today I received updates from my two research teams who are doing remote fieldwork in #Honduras and #Panama, capturing bats, collecting mushrooms, insects, and entomopathogenic fungi, and conducting surveys with local communities. Very, very proud PI ❤️ #TeamLaboul #LFEE
June 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Today I received updates from my two research teams who are doing remote fieldwork in #Honduras and #Panama, capturing bats, collecting mushrooms, insects, and entomopathogenic fungi, and conducting surveys with local communities. Very, very proud PI ❤️ #TeamLaboul #LFEE
As part of FunDive, a Europe-wide collaboration project targeting understudied fungi, we’re looking for more data on Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – and you can help! I made a video together with @inbo.bsky.social explaining everything you need to know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfh...
The search for beetlehangers on ladybirds
YouTube video by #TeamLaboul
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
As part of FunDive, a Europe-wide collaboration project targeting understudied fungi, we’re looking for more data on Hesperomyces, a parasite on ladybirds – and you can help! I made a video together with @inbo.bsky.social explaining everything you need to know.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfh...
📣New paper alert📣
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣New paper alert📣
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul
@michieldegroot.bsky.social ran laboratory experiments at the University of South Bohemia, which revealed that abiotic factors DO significantly affect parasitism of Harmonia axyridis by Hesperomyces harmoniae. Congratulations! Read more: doi.org/10.1111/een.... #TeamLaboul