An Aspergillus lncRNA atlas reveals a novel modulator of aflatoxin biosynthesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.29.728754v1
Do consider coming to this premium fungal AMR conference in Bangkok in November. @youngecmm.bsky.social @youngisham.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social
First day back after a great time in Belfast at #MicroSoc26 @microbiologysociety.org. Thank you to the organisers for the opportunity to present my work. Which, if you missed, is now currently available on bioRxiv!
Nearly a year after our symposium on Repeat-Induced Point (RIP) mutations, I’m happy to share the fruit of some of our discussions.
The fungal RIP hypermutator mechanism has deep eukaryotic roots www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We hope to spark interest in this underappreciated mechanism.
fitness costs are associated with acquired antifungal resistance in N. glabratus, and these trade-offs can be targeted by drugs as shown by @gabaldonlab.bsky.social ➡️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#NatMicroPicks
Same destination, different routes 🍄🧫🧪
Following 10,000 generations, parallel evolution occurred in separate yeast species, but took different genetic routes driven largely by transcriptomic and trans‑regulatory differences.
#MicroSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📣Last week another @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social dropped:
"A fungal pathogen effector that shapes host plant microbiota kills bacteria through lipoteichoic acid binding and membrane disruption" a joint effort by @nicksnelders.bsky.social & @gabriellapetti.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thrilled to have my first PhD paper with @mmdesai.bsky.social out! @science.org
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thread below:
#mevosky #evosky #evobio #popgen #evolsky #ecoevo #molevol
Thrilled to share our paper now out in Nature Plants 🎉
We developed a genome-host association (GHA) approach to study pathogen adaptation directly from field metadata by using the originating host cultivar as phenotype.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
