Robert Arkowitz
@RobertArkowitz
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📷📷Great opportunity to immerse yourself in cell biology of an important fungal pathogen using a range of the latest live-cell microscopy approaches to probe our favorite fungal pathogen in time and space. Open positions: Research Assistant/Associate and Post-doc 1/2
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Looking for something to read with your tea this weekend? Try this new explainer on the #mycobiome! Learn about the 🍄fungi that live in your body, and why this matters for your health. New from me in @ConversationUK
https://t.co/wySqIZUty6
theconversation.com
The ‘mycobiome’ refers to the hundreds of species of fungi that normally live on and in our body.
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There's one more week to apply for these postdoctoral positions in my group - links to apply below! #academicjobs #researchjobs
Job ads for TWO postdoctoral positions in our group are now online! Deadline 25th August. 🧪Immunologists, please apply here: https://t.co/2s9MQaOwrZ 🍄Microbiologists, please apply here:
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Starting autumn, we will have a new #PhD position available in #Microbiology, to use spatially resolved #Metaproteomics to study metabiolic interactions in the gut #microbiome. Reach out if interested, or forward of you know anyone who might!
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I'll be in Nice tomorrow to give a keynote seminar at @ibvnice, please come at 11 to here about the neuronal cytoskeleton!
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Good to see that the European Food Standards Agency has recognised the danger of agricultural use of fungicides driving resistance to antifungal azoles in the clinic. https://t.co/hhA6mRCQzz
@MRCcmm @eurconfmedmycol @ISHAM_Mycology @GW4AMR
efsa.europa.eu
For the first time, the five EU health and environment agencies – EFSA, ECDC, ECHA, EEA and EMA[1]– supported by the JRC, reviewed how the use of azole substances outside human medicine affects...
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🔬 Interested in fluorescence microscopy of fungal pathogens/pathogenesis? The Mycology Bioimaging Intiaitive @MRCcmm is thrillied to announce it's first workshop in CapeTown for scientists in #Africa (w/ @AMI_microscopy) EOI 👇 Please disseminate! https://t.co/wqgnlVDMsa
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An exciting opportunity for a PDRA to join the Fungi-CARE team seeking novel antifungal regimens that protect antifungal drug utility. Background & apply Fungi-CARE project £3.2M from MRC https://t.co/1uve52CKaJ.
@eurconfmedmycol @ISHAM_Mycology @YoungECMM @BMS_Scientific
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🌟 Exciting opportunity in Medical Mycology Research! 🌟 The MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join the...
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Rapid discovery of cyclic peptide protein aggregation inhibitors by continuous selection:
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Nature Chemical Biology - A platform for the continuous selection of protein aggregation inhibitors from genetically encoded cyclic peptide libraries in Escherichia coli was developed. This...
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In our latest #PLOSGenetics paper, @SatyaDev2064 and coauthors report that the dependence of shugoshin on Bub1-kinase activity is dispensable for the maintenance of spin ... https://t.co/zb0PLu35b2
@jncasr @bose_institute @IndiaDST @EdinburghUni @KaustuvSanyal
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Author summary Precise segregation of the genome to daughter cells is the key to cell growth, survival, and proliferation. A proper attachment of spindle microtubules to the kinetochore of each...
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Paper now published in Current Biology! @CurrentBiology Available here:
New study out on bioRxiv! We have studied how resources are shared between actin networks competing for a limited pool of components. https://t.co/UM4o1FMWuJ
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Nice overview of the problems caused by fungal infections and climate change, with quotes from myself and @martinhoenigl
https://t.co/x2X66PT1vM
dailymail.co.uk
As HBO finally confirms the release date of The Last of Us season two, scientists say the show's premise could soon be a reality - and disasters like the California wildfires could be to blame.
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Post-doctoral position available in our lab. If you are interested in cancer cell invasion and mechanobiology or have a physics/mechanics background and would like to make a jump in a friendly cell biology environment, please APPLY
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Abstract deadline approaching, for our exciting EMBO/EMBL symposium on drug resistance and tolerance mechanisms, across, fields! https://t.co/zcBKeV26nY
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🔬🧪This is an excellent opportunity for microscopy enthusiasts with a range of state-of-the-art microscopes and fabulous colleagues working on a wide range of biological processes and organisms. Please repost.
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The Institute of Biology Valrose is recruiting an engineer for its communal microscopy facility. The candidate will work together with an imaging engineer to develop/apply light microscopy approaches across scales to address a range of scientific questions https://t.co/l5mNoZ4IRf
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So pleased this is finally out! https://t.co/72hDLUGDj0
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New RESEARCH BRIEFING - How microbial growth adapts to temperature shifts By Benjamin Knapp & Casey Huang https://t.co/6nHCkvgNHU
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End-of-year read! The work of Melvin Bérard is now out in @PLOSBiology. Proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses reveal that TORC1 is reactivated by pheromone signaling during sexual reproduction in fission yeast https://t.co/443JP4OPix
@Biologie_UNIGE @MoCel_Geneva See 👇
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Fission yeast cells reproduce sexually when starved for nitrogen, a condition that leads to the inactivation of growth pathways such as TORC1. This study generates proteomic and phosphoproteomic...
On @BioRxiv, the PhD work of Melvin Bérard, with help of Laura Merlini: TORC1 reactivation by pheromone signaling revealed by phosphoproteomics of fission yeast sexual reproduction. Enjoy the read! https://t.co/ngbo4ceWvW Short summary below 👇 @MoCel_Geneva @Biologie_UNIGE
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🔥📰Review on "Climate Change and Medical Mycology" Congrats to @SarahSedik and @MatthiasEgger11 for great figures, tables and content! 🙏to the editors for the invite Full access here https://t.co/4gxOCQDlr1
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🎙️ New Interview Alert @TheScientistLLC sat down with @ferryhagen from the Westerdijk Institute to discuss a global health challenge: the silent pandemic of antifungal resistance. Read here: https://t.co/1I3OYT327U
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