Scientist at USDA Cereal Disease Laboratory & University of Minnesota PLPA | Population genomics | Secondary metabolism | The evolution of fungal pathogens
Joined December 2017
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30 Apr 2024
🚨job alert!🚨
An exciting opportunity to study #fungi and their secondary metabolites in the Rush lab at Oak Ridge. Please pass it along:
#postdocposition
jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridge-…
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12 Apr 2024
There’s a new permanent position at the USDA Cereal Disease Lab on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. If you want to help protect cereal crops from rust fungi— it’s a great place to work! #fungi
usajobs.gov/job/783688700
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9 Feb 2024
We're hiring a postdoc to help address Fusarium Head Blight outbreaks in Eastern Africa. Check out the job post below. #AcademicJobs #postdocposition #postdoc
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please share: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/3595…
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9 Feb 2024
Sex poison and mushrooms! What more can you ask for? Had a fun chat with Bay Nature.
baynature.org/2024/02/01/sex…
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12 Oct 2023
An interesting project in a leading lab in a cool place. what more can you ask for?! #academicjobs
11 Oct 2023
!JOB ALERT! - POSTDOC - position in the Evolutionary Phytopathology Research group of @FungusCrous and the Fungal Natural Products group of @JCollemare vacatures.knaw.nl/job-invite…
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11 Oct 2023
Excited to have had the opportunity to talk with @NatGeo about the spread of the #deathcap #mushroom ☠️🍄
nationalgeographic.com/envir…
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12 Jul 2023
Check out our new manuscript in @NAR_open that explores the evolution of a new class of #fungal secondary metabolite gene cluster. You can even look for your favorite species on our webpage: isocyanides.fungi.wisc.edu/i…
11 Jul 2023
📢 Exciting news! 🎉 My FIRST, first-author research paper is now available in @NAR_Open! 📚
🔗: academic.oup.com/nar/advance…
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12 Jul 2023
well that was quick!🤣
Well, thanks to the great description in the paper, that wasn't too hard. Look out for these in the antiSMASH 7.1 release
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Milton T Drott retweeted
30 Mar 2023
Pedro Pascal as mushrooms.
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27 May 2023
#Invasive plants and animals get all the limelight. But a deadly #mushroom is spreading east after being introduced to the US west coast. Our work opens the opportunity to explore why.
news.wisc.edu/death-cap-mush…
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24 May 2023
What makes the 🍄☠️death cap☠️🍄 so deadly?
Our paper @ISMEjournal explores the #toxin gene family of #Amanita phalloides showing differences between mushrooms, #invasive and native ranges, and revealing ancient origins
Ft @TheKellerLab and Pringle Lab
nature.com/articles/s41396-0…
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4 May 2023
A recent podcast featuring @dianiluciano explores the impact of storage bins in #postharvest diseases caused by #fungi! Where do your spores come from? 🍄
open.spotify.com/episode/4D7…
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15 Dec 2022
#Mushroom 'hunting' in #Ukraine represents a recapturing of some normalcy despite stark reminders of how far from normal things are.
nytimes.com/2022/12/04/world…
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11 Dec 2022
If your 'format-neutral' submission portal has word/character count limits, rigid figure upload options, or requires specific section headers, I think you're missing the point 🤔
#ScientificWriting #publishing
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18 Oct 2022
📢I'm excited to announce that my lab is looking to hire a #postdoc to explore the evolution of fungal pathogenesis in cereal crops through the use of both in-vitro experimentation and bioinformatics.
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please share: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/3522…
#postdocposition #AcademicJobs
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Milton T Drott retweeted
31 May 2022
We took a deep dive into some fungal genomes and found Starships, a new family of giant mobile elements carrying host genes and 100s of kb 👜🧬 We learned a bunch (👇🧵) and can't wait to keep exploring 🚀🍄✨🔍 kudos to @Hulk_Vogan Horacio L-N @fungolution and the whole team
31 May 2022
The final version of the Starship paper is out! academic.oup.com/mbe/article… Filamentous #fungi harbour massive mobile elements that move genes within and among species. These shape the evolution and adaptation of fungi, and contribute to traits like pathogenicity or metal resistance.
ALT Illustrations of various Starship elements from a wide diversity of filamentous fungi. Conserved cargo genes are highlighted.
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Milton T Drott retweeted
16 Feb 2022
How does #superbug #Candida auris compete with C. glabrata in a hospital 🏥 environment?
Our publication in @JoF_MDPI shows common disinfectants can change the balance and contribute to #antimicrobialresistance
Ft. @bsteffan90 @MTDrott @ggoldman10
mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/2/157/h…
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Milton T Drott retweeted
28 Oct 2021
The #fungi are under attack! 🍄🐛
How do organisms that are unable run away flailing their hands protect against #insects?
A new insight article by @MTDrott in @eLife examines how fungi defend themselves at different life stages
elifesciences.org/articles/7…
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9 Jun 2021
News this morning about a lab-evolved fungus 🍄 is #unBEElievable! #Fungi to the rescue for our pollinator friends:
sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/…
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