Gavin Sherlock

I don’t use X any more, but a while back I posted a thread on my good fortune to work with David, which captures how he could give people opportunities and let them run with them

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However, more than that, he was an incredible mentor, training dozens of grad students and postdocs, many of whom went on to train another generation of scientists. His impact will continue to be felt for decades to come. I miss him, and his memory is a blessing. 2/

I was sad to learn that my postdoctoral mentor, David Botstein, died yesterday. I started with David as a postdoc in 1998, and he had a profound effect on both my life and scientific career. He was a giant in the field of genetics, making seminal contributions in both yeast and human genetics. 1/

Don’t miss four impactful lectures at #Yeast26!

💡Lee Hartwell Lecture, Karen Arndt
💡Yeast Genetics Meeting Lifetime Achievement Award, Phil Hieter
💡Ira Herskowitz Award, Soni Lacefield
💡Winge-Lindegren Address, Gavin Sherlock

Join these pioneers & present your research: buff.ly/7uheRaj

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Computational Immunology

join our faculty at D-BSSE, ETHZ in Basel, Switzerland! New assistant prof position (tenure-track) in computational immunology, please share or apply. ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Do you want to pursue your ideas in computational biology independently, running your group in @embl.org‘s uniquely collaborative environment, beside world’s most comprehensive biomolecular data resources @ebi.embl.org in Genome Campus next to @sangerinstitute.bsky.social?
Apply to join us & share 🙏

We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT

That’s approximately 167 five-year R01 #NIHGrants worth of taxpayer dollars.

🔬 How do antifungal drugs work?
New cryo-EM structures reveal how a triterpenoid drug binds #Yeast β-1,3-glucan synthases Fks1 & Fks2, reorganizing lipids and stabilizing the enzyme to block fungal cell wall synthesis

🧪 #YeastResearch #SGD #StructuralBiology
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

Holy shit: it's an RFP for the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB). Hello old friend www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

Expansion Microscopy Has Transformed How We See the Cellular World | Quanta Magazine How physically magnifying objects using a key ingredient in diapers has opened an unprecedented view of the microbial world.

Expansion microscopy may be the hi-res hero that many biologists have been craving.

📣 Grad student wanted
PhD position in avian evolution, with emphasis on phylogenetics, macroevolution, Neotropical radiations, flight and dispersal.
Based at the University of New Orleans (soon to be LSU New Orleans).
Start: September 2026.
Contact me if interested.
claramuntlab.org

Didn't the preprint come out almost a year ago? I was excited this was something new, but I don't think it it.

Discovery of additional ancient genome duplications in yeasts Whole-genome duplication (WGD) has had profound macroevolutionary impacts on diverse lineages,1,2 preceding adaptive radiations in vertebrates,3,4,5 t…

With the @rokaslab.bsky.social, three novel whole genome duplication (WGD) events were discovered in the Saccharomycotina yeast species in the Dipodascales
clade. Before now, only four WGD events were known in fungi. This work suggests WGD may be underreported.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am looking for a PhD student to join my new Socio-Eco-Evo group, hosted in Katie Peichel's Evolutionary Ecology Division @ University of Bern. We're offering a fully funded 4-year position, studying social plasticity and behavioral adaptation among stickleback in Greenland. Please share around!

Protest sign from MN that says, “DEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.

10/10 ICE protest sign

Seen in a Seattle coffee shop ❤️❤️

State-sponsored white supremacist terror.

Homepage - Yeast Genetics Meeting 2026 Visit our website to learn more.

Honored to serve on the Yeast Genetics Meeting Program Committee of Evolution & Population Genetics. Welcome for meeting registration and abstract submission, especially on our Evolution & Population Genetics program! genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
@genetics-gsa.bsky.social #Yeast26

I've started my own lab 🎉
PhD/postdoc positions available - reach out if curious about cerebellum evo-devo and autism spectrum disorders.

We’re based at Uni Tartu, Institute of Genomics (home to Estonian Biobank), and funded by @simonsfoundation.org @embo.org, and the Estonian Research Council.

Research Group Leader Do you want to lead groundbreaking research in computational biology? Join us at EMBL-EBI! EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) is seeking talented and highly-motivated scientists to jo...

We are hiring for group leaders again — EBI is a great place to start your research group!

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Now if only @statnews.com knew the difference between left and right handed DNA

Please share!
My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th!
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Uppsala in late autumn

Join us at the Evolutionary Biology Centre at Uppsala University. We’re searching for an Assistant Professor in Biology. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Yeast Call for Papers: International Yeasts Meetings of 2025 Yeast is a microbiology journal for research in the rapidly moving field of yeast biology. We publish the most significant developments in unicellular fungi.

We are very happy to announce that #Yeast is launching a new special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025: #ICYGMB32, #pombe2025 and #ISSY38. The deadline for abstract submission is 30th September 2025. Hurry up!!!
More info in the thread below.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

The deadline for the submission of papers to the special issue on the International Yeast Meetings of 2025 has been extended to 31 March. Papers should be connected to one of the meetings listed below. Hurry up and don't miss this chance!

More information at:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Join us for an awesome Keystone Symposia in Banff, Canada in March 2026! Fantastic line up of speakers at the juncture between immunity and aging!! www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...

Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Attine ants perform essential ecosystem services through the harvesting of substrates for fungiculture. The cultured fungi are a food source for attine ants. Characterizing antifungal toxin-producing ...

Fun new paper with @drpaulrowley.bsky.social Novel killer yeasts and toxins from the gardens of fungus-growing ants | Applied and Environmental Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.

Wow.

The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.