Assistant Professor of all things fungi, from their nifty viruses to their inevitable demise 🍄 @NSfungiLab @HUJIAgri
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Joined March 2019
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Fusarium oxysporum wilts plants and kills immunosuppressed humans — same species, two kingdoms. It's a WHO priority pathogen, and we still barely know how it infects us. New Pearl with Jeff Coleman & Li-Jun Ma on what the genomes and models are telling us. journals.plos.org/plospathog…
📢 Calling future Fulbright Fellows! 🇺🇸🍄
Join my lab at @HebrewU through @FulbrightPrgrm and explore the nifty (sometimes gnarly) world of fungal viruses!
Seeking a U.S. postdoc in fungal pathogenesis & immunity.
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📢 We’re recruiting!
Love fungi? Join us! My lab at @HebrewU is seeking PhDs and postdocs to explore fungal pathogens, immunity, and the nifty world of mycoviruses.
Study seriously cool (and occasionally gnarly) fungi with us!
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🚨A random solution to a growing fungal threat🚨
Our work on random peptide mixtures reveals potent antifungal activity against multidrug-resistant pathogens like C. auris, with low resistance potential and strong biofilm activity.
Now out in mBio!
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…
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Neta Shlezinger retweeted
Could a virus be the secret weapon behind deadly fungal infections?
A study by Dr. @ShlezingerLab, Dr. Marina Campos Rocha, Dr. Vanda Lerer & John Adeoye shows that targeting a hidden virus inside Aspergillus fumigatus could lead to more effective treatments.
Read here: news-medical.net/news/202508…
Our study on a mycovirus that boosts fungal virulence is now out — and beautifully covered in this Behind the Paper piece by Amariliz Rivera
Huge thanks for capturing the heart of the story so thoughtfully.
Out Now! Mycoviruses steer fungal fitness bit.ly/463d2oG #Mycoviruses #FungalFitness #AspergillusFumigatus
Neta Shlezinger retweeted
🤯 One of the coolest stories I've ever come across showcasing virus-host-superhost interactions. This is a major paradigm in virus pathology that is woefully under-explored. 🍄 #virology #microbiology #fungi
🚨 Fungi + viruses + mammalian lungs? Buckle up! Our new paper in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-0… ⬇️
Neta Shlezinger retweeted
A vital virus (again) provides a benefit to fungi under oxidative stress, heat stress, and within the murine lung. Fun!
🚨 Fungi + viruses + mammalian lungs? Buckle up! Our new paper in
@natmicrobiol.nature.com
uncovers the story of a deadly fungus and its gnarly viral hitchhiker — and how this duo may change how we diagnose & treat fungal disease 🍄🫁🚨 doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-0… ⬇️
Thanks for the shoutout! We're huge fans of Roossinck's epic work. It totally inspired us. Their tripartite interaction is next-level, with the virus boosting both the fungus and the plant host! 🍄🪴🦠
💰 And of course, thanks to
@ERC_Research, @nouvelles_CIFAR
and
@stem_program
— without your support, this story would still be stuck in our grant drafts