@mthon

I'm a bioinformatics scientist, a university professor and a sci-fi nut.

 Salamanca, Spain
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Joined January 2009
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Our new population genomics study on #Colletotrichum! 🌿🧬 212 global isolates reveal isolation by distance and genetic introgression between lineages, indicating a long history of recombination! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… 🎧 Audio summary: sciencecast.org/casts/vqrc6g…
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Thrilled to see our work on #genome #evolution & transcriptome plasticity of #Colletotrichum #fungi adapted to different #plants published in @GigaScience! Check it out! doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/… @Unibo @distal_unibo @usal @jgi @AITtomorrow2day @UCBerkeley @_Westerdijk_
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Congratulations @SiolySioly7 and team! 🥳 – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Sioly Becerra@SiolySioly723 Mar 2023
Our new #paper is out 🎉 @FrontMicrobiol 🧬 #Genomics #Colletotrichum 📌 Check out our full paper in doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1… Here is a thread for a brief recap ⬇️

Frontiers | Chromosome-level analysis of the Colletotrichum graminicola genome reveals the unique...

The fungal pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola causes anthracnose of maize (Zea mays) and is responsible for significant yield losses worldwide. The genome ...

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Our new #paper is out 🎉 @FrontMicrobiol 🧬 #Genomics #Colletotrichum 📌 Check out our full paper in doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1… Here is a thread for a brief recap ⬇️

Frontiers | Chromosome-level analysis of the Colletotrichum graminicola genome reveals the unique...

The fungal pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola causes anthracnose of maize (Zea mays) and is responsible for significant yield losses worldwide. The genome ...

frontiersin.org
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Our international collaboration on #Colletotrichum graminicola pop genetic structure is out! Thanks to the Ed./reviewers for making the process a good experience @mbiojournal @FlviaRogrio2 @Crouch_Lab @MalapiWight @AlbertTenuta @tjcksn @PSU_PlantEpidem journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128…

Population Genomics Provide Insights into the Global Genetic Structure of Colletotrichum graminic...

Plant pathogens cause significant reductions in yield and crop quality and cause enormous economic losses worldwide. Reducing these losses provides an obvious strategy to increase food production...

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Congrats Dr T. Boufleur @boufleur_t on your award for best PhD thesis at #USP in soybean anthracnose. We’re very proud of you! Thanks for a wonderful collaboration with Univ Sao Paulo, Bolonia @R_Baroncelli and Salamanca @CIALE_USAL @mthon @UCCiUSAL @investigausal #colletotrichum
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Just joined mastodon on the genomic.social server….
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Please consider joining @ElenaBaraldi6, @R_Baroncelli and myself for a full day of Colletotrichum talks and networking at the Colletotrichum satellite workshop in connection with #ecfg16
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👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬Los doctores Virginia Casado del Castillo y Francisco Borja Cuevas Fernández, del grupo de Genética del CIALE, presentaron sus charlas en el XX Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Fitopatología @SEFitopatologia celebrado en Valencia #vlcsef2022 representando a la @usal
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👏🏻 Segundo día de Congreso #vlcsef2022 Mañana seguimos con nuestros pósteres en el edificio Nexus, 2da planta ➡️ Sección interacción Planta-Patógeno #colletotrichum #genome #population #effector
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Curiosity: How many times can one cry while writing the first paper?
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Our new work is out!! Genome evolution and transcriptome plasticity associated with adaptation to monocot and eudicot plants in #Colletotrichum fungi! biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @JCobodiaz @GLeFloch29 @ssukno @mthon @jgi
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🧪🔬¡Hoy ha tocado Campamento Científico! Nuestros investigadores del Grupo de Genética han preparado unos talleres chulísimos y los niños se han divertido mucho con los experimentos!🫧🧫 @UCCiUSAL @AgriEnvironCyL
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My screens now look like this. One paper is coming 🧬💻 #ScienceTwitter #WomenInScience #paper #HomeOfficeSetup #Science #Bioinformatics
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Can someone explain to a new PI why aluminum foil is $100 from Fisher and why I can't just go buy it at Target/Grocery store, etc?
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This was a long time in development with collaborators from around the world and a multidisciplinary effort @FlviaRogrio2 @R_Baroncelli @Crouch_Lab @GMunkvold @MalapiWight @SiolySioly7 @AlbertTenuta @tjcksn @PSU_PlantEpidem @mthon #Colletotrichum biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… @FlviaRogrio2 great job!

Population genomics provide insights into the global genetic structure of Colletotrichum graminic...

Background Colletotrichum graminicola , the causal agent of maize anthracnose, is an important crop disease worldwide. Understanding the genetic diversity and mechanisms underlying genetic variation...

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…but the amount of data to be analyzed is difficult to be managed. Found this in an actual published paper
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Hello #scientificWorld! Here is my first paper as a co-author 🏁📌 We studied a major effect gene controlling development and pathogenicity in Botrytis cinerea #PhDLife @frontiersin @AcademicChatter #AcademicChatter @R_Baroncelli @mthon doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.66…
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Great meeting:Women in Science in Castilla and Léon (Spain). A lot of brilliant young Ph.D students. 2 #colletotrichum talks! One from our group (fungal genomics) and one from close collaborators (Biostatistics) @ciale, @investigausal , @usal
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