Steve Marek
@stephenmarek2
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Fungi, fungal biology, mycology, plant pathology, MPMI, entomopathogens, mushrooms, genomics, music, beer, life...opinions are my own, he/him/his 🍄🦠🌱🌾🔬🧫
Stillwater, OK
Joined June 2013
IN BRIEF: Let’s keep in touch: How membrane contact sites drive immune responses (Sonhita Chakraborty) https://t.co/YXvhY2WJod
@sonhita_c @ASPB #PlantSci
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#Insect #Bacillus #Patents Bacterial insecticides beyond Bacillus thuringiensis https://t.co/UAj1YRHbSg
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Balancing defense and growth: antagonist of systemin receptor. https://t.co/cFsD1y0jg0
cell.com
Systemin mediates systemic defense against pathogens and herbivores in solanaceous plants. However, constitutive activation of systemin-mediated defense can adversely impact plant growth. Recently,...
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What to know about death cap mushrooms, blamed for poisonings in California
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Death cap mushrooms look harmless, but are responsible for the majority of the world's mushroom-related deaths. California officials say 21 people have been sickened in recent weeks, one fatally.
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Digging into the evolutionary history of the fungus-growing-ant symbiont, Escovopsis (Hypocreaceae). Commun Biol 8, 1340 (2025). https://t.co/qI1j3eZ4rI
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Field mycologists, fungal biology researchers, and mycology students: join us online on Thursday at 4pm to hear about publishing your research & field studies in the BMS journals. 👉 Register here: https://t.co/JHdp4lBQIP
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🌾Missed it? Watch the recording of our Pathogens EWG webinar! Megan McDonald (Uni Birmingham, UK) talks about how jumping genes shape pathogen evolution in “Jumping Genes and Pathogenic Schemes.” 👉 https://t.co/Dkpo2Khh8w
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Balancing defense and growth: antagonist of systemin receptor https://t.co/DHlkj11SI1
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This is what amino acids look like if you let the side chains flop around on the page
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Applications are open for the 2026 Naresh Magan Lecture Award. For an early-career researcher to present a lecture in fungal ecology, fungal physiology, plant pathogens or mycotoxins at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting, July 2026. 👉 How to apply: https://t.co/vP0aJ22e1F
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Parasitic fungus may have emerged 18 million years before the ants with which it lives today https://t.co/MgzHD9XLVq via @physorg_com
phys.org
A genus of fungi previously considered a parasite of fungi associated with ants may actually have much more complex ecological functions. According to a study published in the journal Communications...
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Microbial inoculants and invasions: a call to action: Trends in Microbiology https://t.co/eVOPg9xwl9
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Extensive horizontal transfer of transposable elements shapes fungal mobilomes: Current Biology https://t.co/ZIUenQEOFU
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Beyond execution: Metacaspases emerge as master switches in plant immunity #spotlight #MolecularPlant
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Plant immune inducers from fundamental research to applications: Past achievements, current challenges and future perspectives #review #PlantCommunications
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Hear about Carolina Coelho's research to understand how fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans crosses tissue barriers from the lungs to the blood, and the blood-brain barrier where it causes meningoencephalitis. Online & free to attend. Register here: https://t.co/Y184U5BATI
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Dual-pathway CO2 fixation promotes growth in Arabidopsis https://t.co/6jT9izNVbD
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The ship-timber beetle's fungal partner: More than just a food source https://t.co/zF7IRhRoZX via @physorg_com
phys.org
The ship-timber beetle (Elateroides dermestoides) is a species of ambrosia beetle. Unlike many of its relatives, which are social insects that live in colonies, it is solitary and does not live with...
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New online! The biodiversity, genomics, ecology and evolution of mushroom-forming fungi https://t.co/FsygfAhnSA
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PlantAMP: A fine-tuned protein large language model for plant antimicrobial peptide prediction #correspondence #PlantCommunications
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