Diversity is a core part of #Evol2023 at every level! Come check out the surprising diversity we uncovered by characterizing >1,000 species of yeast! Think all yeast are the same? Well, that would be like saying humans and worms are the same!

Well done, Jose and Andrew! It's 12 years in the making. #kmers #mercat2 #teamraw #rawlab https://t.co/mFOtA5mA5W

While starting up my research at @unccharlotte I helped complete an incredible project capturing the genetic & phenotypic diversity of THE YEASTS! In the LaBella Lab we will be leveraging this data to continue our research on the genetic code and fungi!

Thank you so much for taking me on this incredible journey. From the Scopes Trial to 1,154 genomes... it's been quite the adventure with the @RokasLab

Genomic factors shape carbon and nitrogen metabolic niche breadth across Saccharomycotina yeasts | Science https://t.co/POceo796uo

Genomic factors shape carbon and nitrogen metabolic niche breadth across Saccharomycotina yeasts | Science https://t.co/2loXOTvLEC

I want to add an enormous THANK YOU to my co-author Dana @DOpulente (right) and our fearless leaders @RokasLab @HittingerLab (whose nametags we stole) We have done so much amazing work since the 2018 GRC I cannot wait to see what we do next!

Don't miss the original article from @HittingerLab @RokasLab @LiangSu45216672 @KyleTheDavid @ciggoncalves @DOpulente @Lab_LaBella @MarizethGroene1 @shenxingxing1

@HittingerLab @RokasLab @LiangSu45216672 @KyleTheDavid @ciggoncalves @DOpulente @Lab_LaBella @MarizethGroene1 @shenxingxing1 And check out this lovely cover image of plates spotted with yeast and overlaid with a blue dye that changes color when iron is removed by Drew T. Doering.

Popping in to point #fungal24 towards my other account over on 🟦sky -> lablabella

Check out what one of the LaBella Lab Master's interns got up to this summer. Evolutionary medicine is so fun! @unccharlotte @UNCC_BIGScience https://t.co/PPnJv2KS7L

Happy International RNA day! The RNA codon that initiates protein synthesis in cells written as AUG so we celebrate RNA day today - 1st AUGust #RNAday #AUG

It's small It's mighty It's the POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL! It's the MITOCHONDRIA! Preprint from J Wolters, @HittingerLab @RokasLab @Lab_LaBella @DOpulente https://t.co/SAQMVGdXaH

So thrilled to share our new #OpenAccess perspectives article in a special @AnatomyOrg issue honoring anatomist Kunwar Bhatnagar. Genomics asks questions only anatomy can answer... First Yohe Lab pub with a @UNCC_BIGScience student too! 🦇👃🧬🩻 https://t.co/Y8fGVtrMGY

We also have follow-up project plans to test specificity between aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and their tRNA substrates in this system and in parasitic plants. If you have experience with aminoacylation assays and are looking for a job and a cool project, get in touch!

YEAST PREPRINT! @MarieClaireHar2 leverages machine learning to reveal who, how and why galactose metabolism evolved in yeasts Surprise! Not all yeast use the GAL genes @Lab_LaBella @DOpulente @shenxingxing1 @MarizethGroene1 @HittingerLab @RokasLab https://t.co/mtzsIsxVwR

Check our integrate method for counting viruses in aquatic ecosystems and modern microbialites. Roughly all the viruses in Great Salt Lake weigh about as much as a standard red brick (if you assume T7 size of 50 million daltons). https://t.co/xu7LhjB0HU

The July GENETICS cover image of a double-helix drill bit forged in 1820 by enslaved blacksmith Solomon Williams accompanies a study from J.A. Mooney et al. on the genetic and genealogical history of African Americans from the 17th century to the 1960s. https://t.co/MPoqscT6kP

We are looking for a new Faculty Research Assistant to come do fungal bacterial interaction research and more. apps due 16 July, info at

🚨 We're expanding out RNA Technologies team @eleventx ! 🚨 👉 https://t.co/2SvIhto7h7 Come join us as a Senior Scientist and help us develop the next generation of #RNA therapeutics! Our science couldn't be more cutting edge so don't miss this opportunity...😎 Please RT.