David Fitzpatrick
@DFitzpatrickMU
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Professor of Genome Evolution at Maynooth University
Ireland
Joined November 2018
Congratulations to Dr. @JoyHClarke on being conferred with her PhD degree. Joy's project was supervised by Prof. Kevin Kavanagh & Prof. @DFitzpatrickMU in @MaynoothUni and Dr. Helen Grogan in @teagasc 🍄👩🏻🔬.
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PhD Studentship in Fungal OMICs I am seeking a highly motivated candidate to join my research team to investigate the genetic mechanisms of antifungal resistance and the efficacy of a novel antimicrobial Closing date the 11th of June 2025. For further details see attachment.
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📢 The Forest Ecology and Global Change Lab @MaynoothUni @MaynoothBiology is hiring a Post Doc in plant ecology/ecophysiology! Post doc will join @Researchirel COALESCE project. Closing date 9th March. Please share! Details here 👉 https://t.co/I9EOIYqNJ1
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Happy New Year to everyone 🥳 For Trinity graduates now receiving their ballots in the post I'm asking you to consider me for your No.1 vote to bring my experience in science, governance, EU affairs and advocating for Dublin to the Seanad. Read more at: https://t.co/BhC4aPB2Zv
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🧵 1/@LayaHealthcare why are you not funding life saving EMA approved immunotherapy (that is funded by @VHI) for my colleague Prof Bernie Mahon @FundImmuno ? All Laya customers should be aware of this? @DonnellyStephen @SimonHarrisTD @NSAI_Standards @MichealMartinTD
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#ResearchWeek is kicking off this Monday at @MaynoothUni! We’ll be showcasing incredible research, including the Three Minute Thesis competition, discussions on climate action, AI innovation, and public engagement in research. Don’t miss the full programme of events:
maynoothuniversity.ie
Research Week 2025 - Table of Events Week Long Events Daily New MU Publications Exhibition Daily The Library Supporting Research: Poster exhibition Daily Open Access Monitor pre-recorded Talk –
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Imagine if you woke up this morning and found that the NIH-funded database that holds all of the data that you and thousands of other scientists around the world consult every day was turned off. Gone. Despite many efforts by a community of scientists to lobby @NIH @NIHDirector
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New preprint exploring genetic code evolution in Phyllopharyngean ciliates We show that the UAG stop codon has been reassigned to code for Leucine/Glutamine in some members of this class with @neilhall_uk, Tom Richards, and David Swarbreck @EarlhamInst
https://t.co/UJlOHTsTFV
biorxiv.org
The translation of nucleotide sequences into amino acid sequences, governed by the genetic code, is one of the most conserved features of molecular biology. The standard genetic code, which uses 61...
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Our discovery of a novel variant of the u̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶a̶l̶ genetic code in an uncultured ciliate with two reassigned STOP codons published in @PLOSGenetics
journals.plos.org
Author summary The genetic code is almost universal across life. The vast majority of organisms use the canonical genetic code, which has three stop codons (UAA, UAG, and UGA) and 61 sense codons...
🆕 Testing of a new sequencing method at the Earlham Institute and @OxfordBiology has revealed a unique divergence in its stop codon. 🧬 The study, part of @Darwintreelife, has been published in @PLOSGenetics. ➡ https://t.co/YLDtxtsG2J
#protists #genetics #dnacode
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If anyone has expertise or a contact for a science communication evaluation expert please get in touch. #ThankYouThankYou
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Call for abstracts for the Irish Division meeting of the Microbiology Society. Really looking forward to this. Great chance to expand the microbiology community in Ireland. @MaynoothBiology @MuLonsdale @MaynoothChem
Abstract submissions and registration are now open for #MicrobioIrish23, taking place between 24–25 October in Athlone, Ireland. Find out more on our website: https://t.co/c8ju4raPHO 👈
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Tomorrow is the big day for @MaynoothUni biology graduates and we cannot wait to celebrate you all and everything you have achieved! 🎉 Tag us in your photos on all platforms using #MUBioGrad to celebrate your success and share your legacy as a new @Maynoothalumni 📸🎓
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For anyone of our 2022/23 Final year students graduating this Thursday, the 7th of September we would be delighted if you could share any of your graduation photos on your socials with the following hashtag #MUBIOGRAD. Enjoy the day and congratulations to everyone graduating.
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People who study non model organisms when the human pangenome is published.
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Registration for the Irish Fungal Society's Annual Conference is now open! Taking place in @DCU on June 22nd, a host of speakers from Ireland and abroad have been invited to discuss a range of mycological topics. Register via our website! #fungi #mycology
https://t.co/fkRkcclG4s
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Very happy to see this work published. Pangenome analysis of 104 Penicillia genomes show a high potential for production of 2º metabolites. Phylogenmoics confirms previous marker genes results. We also identified 15 HGT events from bacteria. https://t.co/cQBh430FDW
link.springer.com
IMA Fungus - The Penicillia are known to produce a wide range natural products—some with devastating outcome for the agricultural industry and others with unexploited potential in different...
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