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21 Jan 2024
📷📷Great opportunity to immerse yourself in cell biology of an important fungal pathogen using a range of the latest live-cell microscopy approaches to probe our favorite fungal pathogen in time and space. Open positions: Research Assistant/Associate and Post-doc
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
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Fungal extracellular vesicles enable cross-species communication and immune modulation, shedding light on fungal #pathogenesis and uncovering new therapeutic targets. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128… @ACasadevall1 #FungalEVs #InfectiousDiseases #Microbiology #mBio
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
#ResultatScientifique🔎| Quand Candida albicans réduit ses ribosomes, ses cellules deviennent plus fluides, ce qui l’aide à changer de forme et à mieux infecter l’organisme 🍄
✍️ Robert Arkowitz
📕 @NatureMicrobiol | insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/flu…
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
10 Dec 2025
Very happy to see our work published! Thank to the editor and the reviewers for all the very helpful comments!
👇🏼 Summary of the preprint version
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10 Dec 2025
Out Now! Decreased cytoplasmic crowding via inhibition of ribosome biogenesis can trigger Candida albicans filamentous growth bit.ly/4q7rqUd #CandidaAlbicans #FilamentousGrowth #RibosomeBiogenesis
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
11 Dec 2025
Excited to share our new study on antifungal drug tolerance in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans.
This work highlights a link between between drug tolerance and cytoplasmic fluidity.
Short summary👇(1/10)
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
#Science #Microbiology #CellBiology
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
10 Dec 2025
Out now! Decreased cytoplasmic crowding via inhibition of ribosome biogenesis can trigger Candida albicans filamentous growth
@RobertArkowitz
Read it here: rdcu.be/eT3CP
nature.com/articles/s41564-0…
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
18 Oct 2025
Looking for something to read with your tea this weekend? Try this new explainer on the #mycobiome! Learn about the 🍄fungi that live in your body, and why this matters for your health. New from me in @ConversationUK
theconversation.com/the-fung…
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
18 Aug 2025
There's one more week to apply for these postdoctoral positions in my group - links to apply below!
#academicjobs #researchjobs
30 Jul 2025
Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions in our group are now online! Deadline 25th August.
🧪Immunologists, please apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
🍄Microbiologists, please apply here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/…
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
30 May 2025
Starting autumn, we will have a new #PhD position available in #Microbiology, to use spatially resolved #Metaproteomics to study metabiolic interactions in the gut #microbiome. Reach out if interested, or forward of you know anyone who might! tinyurl.com/2v982faj
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
6 Feb 2025
I'll be in Nice tomorrow to give a keynote seminar at @ibvnice, please come at 11 to here about the neuronal cytoskeleton!
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Good to see that the European Food Standards Agency has recognised the danger of agricultural use of fungicides driving resistance to antifungal azoles in the clinic. efsa.europa.eu/en/news/one-h… @MRCcmm @eurconfmedmycol @ISHAM_Mycology @GW4AMR
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
17 Jan 2025
🔬 Interested in fluorescence microscopy of fungal pathogens/pathogenesis?
The Mycology Bioimaging Intiaitive @MRCcmm is thrillied to announce it's first workshop in CapeTown for scientists in #Africa (w/ @AMI_microscopy)
EOI 👇 Please disseminate!
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An exciting opportunity for a PDRA to join the Fungi-CARE team seeking novel antifungal regimens that protect antifungal drug utility.
Background & apply Fungi-CARE project £3.2M from MRC
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@eurconfmedmycol @ISHAM_Mycology @YoungECMM @BMS_Scientific
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection: nature.com/articles/s41589-0…
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14 Jan 2025
In our latest #PLOSGenetics paper, @SatyaDev2064 and coauthors report that the dependence of shugoshin on Bub1-kinase activity is dispensable for the maintenance of spin ... dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.… @jncasr @bose_institute @IndiaDST @EdinburghUni @KaustuvSanyal
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Paper now published in Current Biology! @CurrentBiology
Available here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kPbA…
10 Sep 2024
New study out on bioRxiv! We have studied how resources are shared between actin networks competing for a limited pool of components.
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Nice overview of the problems caused by fungal infections and climate change, with quotes from myself and @martinhoenigl
dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/…
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
13 Jan 2025
Post-doctoral position available in our lab. If you are interested in cancer cell invasion and mechanobiology or have a physics/mechanics background and would like to make a jump in a friendly cell biology environment, please APPLY
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Robert Arkowitz retweeted
7 Jan 2025
Abstract deadline approaching, for our exciting EMBO/EMBL symposium on drug resistance and tolerance mechanisms, across, fields! embl.org/about/info/course-a…
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3 Jan 2025
The Institute of Biology Valrose is recruiting an engineer for its communal microscopy facility. The candidate will work together with an imaging engineer to develop/apply light microscopy approaches across scales to address a range of scientific questions
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UM…
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3 Jan 2025
🔬🧪This is an excellent opportunity for microscopy enthusiasts with a range of state-of-the-art microscopes and fabulous colleagues working on a wide range of biological processes and organisms. Please repost.
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