Robert Todd

We are looking to hire two tenure track faculty at the @BardCollege @BardBiology program! We are looking for people with a broad realm of expertise that will add new dimensions to an exciting group of researchers and educators! Please share! apply.interfolio.com/163756

Excited to have started our January intensive research project with students from @BardCollege and @SUNY_Dutchess this week! Looking forward to learning, collaborating, and having a fun January doing research!

Minnesota can be cold, but we protect the rights of all people. My lab is hiring at all levels for folks interested in Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, and Drug Resistance. We welcome computational and experimental researchers from diverse backgrounds. Please email me and retweet!

Hot of the press from our lab (or let’s face it, from @NickGervais12), a dive into the fungal “hidden genome” and all the amazing things that lurk there!

How do yeasts resist oxidative stress? We used machine learning to identify gene families that are predictive of ROS resistance across the yeast subphylum. Check out the preprint led by @UWBiochem undergrad Kat Aranguiz and postdoc @Linder_surprise biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

And PS - I am the cheapest human on the Earth and I am trying to break myself of wasting 3 months of work instead of just buying the damn kit/equipment/etc.

Microbiology / Genetics / Genomics faculty: when starting your lab, what did you regret buying with your startup and what items do you regret NOT buying?

New #ProcB Special Feature - The other 1%: Showcasing #science and #scientists from the #GlobalSouth and #indigenous communities - find out more on how to send us your proposal ow.ly/TizI50SpZI1

Major thank you to @AnnaSelmecki and @talbotlabTSL for putting on an amazing #FungalGRC2024. My head and heart are so full from the cool science and wonderful community.

Where do you post job announcements? SACNAS, GSA, and others all assume I have $500 to spend for a few weeks on their job boards. I want to reach applicants but so far have not found many viable options. #help Assistant Researchers Apply here: employment.ku.edu/staff/28121BR

Super excited to meet up with many of my favorite fungal people next month! There are still a few spots available- registration deadline is this Sunday! There are many fantastic speakers and more will be selected from the poster abstracts, so get yours submitted today.

Congratulations to Anna Kazarina @AnnaKazarina2 (on the right) for winning Michael Scot Watkins Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching! @KState_BGSA @sonnytmlee @KStateArtSci @KStateResearch

-Omics friends, how are you storing and retrieving your data? I have external hard drive copies and Google Drive copies, but I feel like there has to be a better, quicker option. Has anyone tried AWS or other cloud services that you would recommend?

Our new paper in @MolBioEvol suggests that #aneuploidy can be an *evolutionary diversion* on the path to adaptation rather than a stepping stone. doi.org/10.1093/molbev… By Ilia Kohanovski & Martin Pontz, help from @AnnaSelmecki, Petra Vande Zande @TPilpel, Orna Dahan, Avihu Yona

One of your senior thesis students telling you that they got accepted into a PhD program is pretty cool!

@SeanLBeckwith Yes! Diamond flat toothpicks on Amazon.

@rttodd Also looking for these toothpicks! Did you find good ones?

Microbiology friends - does anyone have an idea where you can find the flat toothpicks for streaking out colonies/patching? I have searched high and low and no luck yet. Any leads deeply appreciated!

Beyond thankful for all of the amazing family, mentors, and friends that helped me along the way.

Very happy to share that I will be starting as a TT Assistant Professor in Biology at Bard College starting this fall! Our group will focus on molecular mechanisms of adaptation, particularly in current and emerging fungal pathogens.

A Muppet Family Christmas? Best Christmas movie? I’ll die on this hill.