Stajich Laboratory

Delighted to announce the publication of our new study on N assimilation pathways in Laccaria bicolor & poplar ECM in @PlantPhys. Special thanks to Feng and Xinyin for their key contributions to this work, which builds upon research I initiated in 1985! academic.oup.com/plphys/advance…

Here is something to distract you from the gloom: What can metagenomics tell us about the taxonomic composition of lichen symbioses? A peer-reviewed version of our analysis of >400 lichen metagenomes from around the world is now out in @PLOSBiology. 1/12 doi.org/10.1371/journa…

I'm excited to share a preprint from some of my PhD work - we found a 'Pathogenic #fungus expresses effector proteins in combination with a symbiotic #virus to behaviourally manipulate house fly hosts'. Thanks to @HenrikLicht and co-authors! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Great @Radiolab episode on Wildfire smoke + microbial and fungal dispersal and fungal disease radiolab.org/podcast/9d5209… - awesome to hear these scientists Naomi Hauser and Leda Kobziar explain discovery process and the implications 🔥🦠@UCDavisEHSC @zazoolka

I can't imagine forest without these colorful creatures 🍄 #lichens #mycology #phdlife #nature #science #mushroom #forest #fungi #microbiology #botany #algae #switzerland #zermatt

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.

EUKARYOME: a new SSU-ITS-LSU reference database, well suited for analysis of SSU and LSU short-read amplicons of protists, animals and early-diverging fungi, and long-read amps of all eukaryotes! Curated by specialist researchers. eukaryome.org academic.oup.com/database/artic…

preprint describing new black fungi species isolated from biological crusts in CA deserts in JTNP and Boyd Deep Canyon @JoshuaTreeNPS @ucanr @UCRCNAS 🌵lead by @TaniaKurbs biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

@JasonArothman @UCRiverside Excited to welcome you back to UCR and our department as a colleague!

Happy to announce: This August, I'll be joining @UCRiverside as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Dept. of Microbiology & Plant Pathology! Excited for teaching and to study pedagogy and microbial ecology!

Congratulations to the new PATH team!!!

Register for free to learn more about #aquaticfungi conservation! 🌊🍄🔬🍄🌊 May 22nd at 10AM EDT With @LauraGarzoli, Alice Retter, @MissSynedra, and @huzefaraj. @ProtectSpecies @CatiaCanteiro @MonniKaboom @IndianapolisZoo #aquatic #fungi #chytrids #chytrid

Register for this amazing meeting before 19th May. Our theme is Understanding Fungal Communication: Mechanisms, Interactions and Consequences. @AnnaSelmecki and I promise you fantastic speakers, including many early career scientists, thought-provoking discussion & lots of fun!

Attention #biocrust researchers 📣 We're starting a monthly internationally biocrust reading group! Each month we'll read and discuss a biocrust paper from around the world. Sign up below to join in on the fun! (Amazing idea by @PhillipsMichala!) forms.gle/HDHqgu1qFxk11m…

HELP, I’m looking for info on biodiversity in deserts and other drylands! Plants, microbes, animals, cultural - any statistics/factoids/thoughts would be awesome. Anything on specific places or biome as a whole. Just trying to get all the context. Please respond here or DM me🏜️

The curators of INVAM discuss #amf, field applications of AM fungi, and the @FungiInvam process at @KUEcoResearch. The presenters: 1) Jim Bever 2) @lizkoziol and 3) Terra Lubin Check it out! youtu.be/3Ia-iKdpiFU?si…

1/42 New preprint: turns out MuLTEE is not only the longest running multicellularity evolution experiment (1000 days and counting), but also the longest running polyploidy evolution experiment! It reveals how whole-genome duplication (WGD) arises and impacts long-term evolution.

Expeditions can be hard to maneuver as a mother & scientist. Intense & exciting to have my essay published in @nytimes exploring how Expeditions can be an Academic Act of Defiance Mapping fungi w/family @spununderground @nytopinion: tinyurl.com/5adc5cwf (photo 2011, Kenya)

Genomic analyses of gains in strawberry breeding (@MitchFeldmann and Steve Knapp). ".. photoperiod-insensitive, PERPETUAL FLOWERING hybrids in the 1970s that doubled yields and drove the dramatic expansion of strawberry production in Ca." nature.com/articles/s4146…

New Phytologist has just published a special issue: "Mycorrhizal research now" nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2…