João Araújo
@joaofungo
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Mycologist @NHM_Denmark, Assist Prof @koebenhavns_uni, HRA @kewgardens, @villumfonden Fellow. Diversity and Evolution of insect-associated Fungi.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined November 2013
It was very nice to have participate on this study where we describe 2 novel fossil species of Paleoophiocordyceps, also providing insights into the evolution of animal-associated fungi
Ancient amber trapped Ophiocordyceps spores bursting from a fly and an ant pupa.
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Our new paper is out! Two new species of Paleoophiocordyceps. Cretaceous entomopathogenic fungi illuminate the early evolution of insect–fungal associations | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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I will be using this platform gradually less frequently to the point it will be deactivated. Please follow me at IG @joaofungo or LinkedIn below. Thank you!.
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Villum Fellow · Erfaring: Natural History Museum Denmark · Uddannelse: Penn State University · Beliggenhed: København · 500+ forbindelser på LinkedIn. Se João Araújo s profil på LinkedIn, et profes...
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Check out this last piece at @NatGeo about how Cordyceps can help to save the world and how my work with @VILLUMscience and @NHM_Denmark relates to it. photos by @RGarcia_Roa.
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JOB ALERT! The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to appoint a Tenure-track Assistant Professor and Curator in Vertebrate Paleontology. Please RT.
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Had a great time in Krakow discussing our @VILLUMscience Hemiptera fungal Parasite/Symbiont collaborative project! Very exciting times ahead for insect-fungi research!.@AnnaMichalik17 @symPiotr @HenrikLicht @u_matsuura @antonelli_lab @JunchenDeng @EdouardBessette
We had an amazing time filled with inspiring discussions on Ophiocordyceps, symbiosis, and our collaborative research. Exciting plans ahead :) @symPiotr @joaofungo @JunchenDeng
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RT @NatGeoMagJP: 第166回 冬虫夏草に「花が咲いた」: 今回はこれまで撮りためてきた一般的に冬虫夏草と呼ばれているキノコをドシドシ紹介してゆきます！（西田賢司「コスタリカ昆虫中心生活」）
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今回は撮りためてきた一般的に冬虫夏草と呼ばれているキノコを紹介。菌の胞子は案外世界中を飛び回っていて、日本や世界各地で見つかることもあるので探してみるのもいいだろう。
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RT @ScienceMagazine: From octopuses to snails, the complicated molluscan family tree has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, researche….
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RT @fkttkm: The 2025 - SymbNET PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses, Oeiras (Lisbon), Portugal – is open for application. Applicatio….
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Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) & Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) July 06...
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RT @Pensoft: 🎉It's OFFICIAL!. 🍄#IMAFungus begins publishing on its new #journal website powered by @ARPHAplatform as part of our #openacces….
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RT @joaofungo: Beautiful "light-bulb" fungus, Ophiocordyceps buquetii, infecting a Polyrhachis found dead biting onto low epiphytes in Ghan….
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RT @NKobmoo_Evo: Reviewers and subject-editors should be paid for the jobs done for the journals !!!.
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Happy to see our recent paper covered by @nytimes! .Scared of Spiders? Also Scared of Zombies? We Have Some Bad News.
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A BBC documentary crew in Northern Ireland stumbled upon a fungus that hijacks spiders in an arachnid version of “The Last of Us.”
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I am hiring 2 postdocs to work on parasitic and endosymbiotic fungi associated with Hemiptera insects!.Ideal candidates will have experience working with symbionts, dissecting insects, meta/phylogenomics and confocal/FISH techniques (or some of these). Info below. Please RT.
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Dear all,.I need recommendation for online bookstores specialized in scientific books, including older books. Any thoughts? Please RT. Thanks!.
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RT @PaulStamets: Scientists have just discovered the new fungus Gibellula attenboroughii on cave spiders in Ireland during the filming of B….
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RT @DH_PlantVillage: My thoughts as a zombie ant loving evolutionary biologist on what just happened to global aid. It is an extinction lev….
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