@TheRedBen

Assistant Professor at WUR. Working on fungal genetics, particularly how fungi recognise each other.

 Wageningen, Nederland
Joined July 2011
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After a transitional period between 🇳🇴 and 🇫🇷, I am thrilled to announce that I have joined @ISYEB_UMR as an Associate Professor. I will be a fungal curator at the Museum national d’histoire naturelle in Paris @Paris_Fungarium.
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Caroline Langley (@__caro__line___) is crossing the country to start her postdoc, while Peter Dietzen, Michael Emerman & Jeannette Tenthorey have given up on X. I am happy to announce their discovery about ancient origins of antiviral Mx proteins biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 1/

Antiviral Mx proteins have an ancient origin and widespread distribution among eukaryotes

First identified in mammals, Mx proteins are potent antivirals against a broad swathe of viruses. Mx proteins arose within the Dynamin superfamily of proteins (DSP), mediating critical cellular...

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Many Global North res. don’t know or care to know that our colleagues here pay reactives from their own salary. Even for myself, living in South America’s “richest country”, coming to these events financially is very damaging. My salary as a Full Professor is comparable.. 4/n
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Houston, we have a problem! I hope there is room for reflection after #IMC12 on this VERY obvious problem, so that as a community we can do a better. Check thread below for more information 👇 Cc @FungusCrous
Team Thomma @teamthomma.bsky.social@Team_Thomma15 Aug 2024
Not personal, but is repeated assignment of multiple (up to 3!) speaker slots to same (senior) presenter the best way to compose a conference program, showcase science diversity, & promote speaker diversity? Why not promote more ECRs? #IMC12 #DiversityInScience
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Looking forward to sharing some of our work on the spatial component of airborne triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus this afternoon at #IMC12 My talk will be in Session 20, room Sydney at 18:00!
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The Lewis Lab at UGA is searching for a research technician to support two NIH-funded projects. You can learn about our work at lewislab.uga.edu. Apply here: ugajobsearch.com/postings/39…
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I’ll be recruiting at all levels from March 2025, for projects involving theory, bioinformatics, and experimental microbiology. Enthusiasm > previous experience. Please get in touch if you want to explore the social lives of viruses. #Evol2024 #socialviruses #newpi
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I’m deeply honored to have been selected for the EMBO membership! Thank you for everyone whom I met, collaborated or otherwise crossed paths to date, especially @balazs_papp_lab @talbotlabTSL Eors Szathmary and all others who supported my nomination. 🥂🍾 @BiochemBrc
HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged@BiologicalRese19 Jul 2024
We are pleased to announce that our group leader @laszlognagy has been elected as a member of @EMBO. Huge congratulations! We wish him continued success in his work! @SysbioS @BiochemBrc
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I have two new positions open, 1 PhD researcher, 1 Postdoc to work on project funded by @SuomenAkatemia investigating role of adenosine methylation in adaptation. Postdoc: ats.talentadore.com/apply/po… PhD: ats.talentadore.com/apply/do… Please RT, and apply!
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Please RT - I want to hire a talented postdoc with experience in microscopy/cytology, to study adaptation to temperature of #meiosis in plants. Interested? Contact me directly (email, not here). Image is of a temperature stressed meiocyte, by Chris Morgan @ChrisMorgan555
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Behavioural ecology isn't just for animals! Come and research how #fungi behave in this fully-funded #PhD @CUBiosciences. Supervisory dream team of @VGrieneisen @Fred_Windsor @FungusProf and me! Please RT! findaphd.com/phds/project/th…

The behavioural ecology of cord-forming fungi at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The behavioural ecology of cord-forming fungi at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Interested in transposable elements and fungi? Come join us at Uppsala University. I'm currently hiring a PhD student to work on developing a model system to observe horizontal transfer of giant transposable elements (Starships) under lab conditions. uu.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:…
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Ben Auxier retweeted
Bob McIntosh@scotfot5 May 2024
spalted beech #fungi
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Budget 2024 announced an investment of over $2.6 Billion over 5 years to increase graduate student stipends and tri-council research grants. We are grateful to Minister @FP_Champagne for his unwavering support for science in Canada.
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Brand name publication = peacock's tail. It's wasteful and harmful, but it grows and persists because it's favored by the selection process.
Anshul Kundaje@anshulkundaje10 Apr 2024
Apparently this is justified cuz it guarantees tenure/funding etc. Well that is the f-in point. We r so addicted to brand names as illusions of quality/impact that we're willing to cut off our own legs, unable to spend on what really can make a difference to science & scientists.
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This article was a lot to take in. I needed a few days to reflect. 1/9 The ‘Mother Tree’ idea is everywhere — but how much of it is real? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

The ‘Mother Tree’ idea is everywhere — but how much of it is real?

Nature - A popular theory about how trees cooperate has enchanted the public and raised the profile of forest conservation. But some ecologists think its scientific basis has been oversold.

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In the recent Nature News article, Simard accused me of a COI to cast suspicions of my motives. This was offside. A thread.
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Ben Auxier retweeted
GWASbot@SbotGwa5 Apr 2024
Frequency of stair climbing in la… 🇬🇧 Description biobank.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/crysta… ⬇️ Download pan-ukb-us-east-1.s3.amazona… 🧬 Genetic correlations ukbb-rg.hail.is/rg_summary_9… 👪 Heritability 0.04 [0.03, 0.04] nealelab.github.io/UKBB_ldsc… 📊 GWAS top hit 11:27744859:T:C
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Million years old recombination suppression and balancing selection in a region linked to the mating-type locus in the invasive chestnut blight fungal pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Are you a plant scientist with a keen interest in understanding how crops and their wild relatives deal with pathogen attack? If so, check out the PhD vacancy available in my team @WUR Biosystematics. Only one week left to apply Please RT. wur.nl/en/vacancy/phd-positi…
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