Annie Hatmaker, Ph.D.

accidentally ruined my mycologist friend's day by letting her know that nutritional yeast is labeled as "plant-based"

a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying no ! god ! please ! no .

Thanks to @jabbur.bsky.social I have just learned of "nutritional yeast" which is simply dead yeast + vitamin B for people to eat. Fine. However, it is being marketed as entirely PLANT based?! NO.
S. cerevisiae IS NOT A PLANT!

Sonoran Desert landscape looking west across Avra Valley from Tucson Mountain Park. In the foreground, a desert trail winds through cholla cacti, saguaros, ocotillo, and native shrubs. The valley stretches to distant mountain ranges on the horizon under a dramatic sky of blue patches and white cumulus clouds with rays of light breaking through.

Please pass along - We've extended the CAMBIUM fellowship deadline to December 15! Our NSF NRT supports new grad students to harness biodiversity big data to adapt to & mitigate climate change impacts. Great fit for evolutionary genomics, bioinformatics, ecology & more. cambium.arizona.edu 🧬🌐🌎

I believe eigen fly. I believe eigen touch the sky.

I guess if you have paid for it, you should wear it in every context it would even slightly work…

Switched to DuckDuckGo a couple of months ago when you mentioned it and have been so relieved to not have the dumb AI search summaries. Thanks for the rec!

This year, my best friend and I volunteered to hand out candy at our local Boo at the Zoo event, & I am still thinking about a man who came by dressed in his doctoral graduation regalia including gown, hood, and hat. It's the most expensive Halloween costume I've ever seen.

A couple more days to apply! Join our team as PhD student or technician 👇🏻

I also have an SE (2nd gen) and am thinking about getting a wireless charger because the charging port is going and I don’t want to buy a bigger phone 😭

I did enjoy it very much!! Finished it this afternoon ☺️

It’s Saturday—time for reading! I’m excited to continue THE NAMELESS LAND by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social today, as I really enjoyed the first book, THE WITCH ROADS. I especially love the relationship between Elen and her nephew. If you like fantasy novels, check it out!

“Cat”

Image of yeast spotted on an agar plate. Some grow well, others are dying.

We're looking for a PhD student! If you're interested in #fungal #genomics & #TEs, meiotic drive, or pathogens, please consider applying. The project is about toxin/antidote genes in the human fungal pathogen A. fumigatus. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Debating submitting an abstract to present at #Fungal26?

Share your science with a supportive community, ready to provide important feedback, exchange ideas, and build new collaborations to further the field of fungal genetics.

Submit an abstract: buff.ly/SSt7GDF

Watch out for spontaneous sky diving

Abstract submission open for #Fungal26 through Dec 4! Comparative & functional genomics, gene regulation, cell biology, biochemistry and metabolism, population & evolutionary genetics, host-pathogen interactions, ecology, and more. Can’t wait to see your science!
genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/...

Historic transposon mobilisation waves create distinct pools of adaptive variants in a major crop pathogen - Nature Communications In this study, the authors analysed a large genomic dataset to trace how jumping genes shaped the global spread of a major wheat pathogen and reveal bursts of activity over decades that drove adaptati...

TEs aren’t just genomic parasites, they’re also engines of genomic novelty.

Our new study with ~2,000 Z. tritici genomes shows repeated TE mobilization waves during global expansion.

With @danielcroll.bsky.social & @guidopuccetti.bsky.social

🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#TEworldwide

Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Overvi...

📢Available position: Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution. Application deadline: 20 November 2025. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/384592

Abstract submission for #Fungal26 is open!

🔍Get visibility for your research and feedback from key leaders in fungal genetics
🚀 Elevate your CV
🤝 Meet potential collaborators, employers, and mentors

Learn more and submit your work: buff.ly/c3RbHPQ

This is so cool!!! Congrats on expanding your galactic footprint :)

Excited to see this preprint out!!

Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech.
Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!

😂

New research in #GENETICS suggests accessory chromosomes in #fungi #fusarium might be maintained because of Spok genes and not because of their beneficial effects on virulence.

Learn more about this work from @fungage-lab.bsky.social and colleagues: buff.ly/R2CRa3O

Applications are currently being accepted for UBC's ✨️ Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellowship ✨️ (two positions!!), due Jan. 15

Please share far and wide 🚀

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My new Emmy Noether Group is recruiting!

🔬 Two PhD positions in plant pathogen evolution

🧬 Start: April 2026 (flexible)

📍 Dept. of Phytopathology & Plant Protection @rstam.bsky.social @uni-kiel.de

⏰ Apply by 15 Dec 2025

🔗 More info: www.uni-kiel.de/personal/de/...

Do get in touch or share 😊

University Services Meal-A-Day Program Dear students, faculty, and staff, The University of Minnesota is committed to supporting our students, faculty, and staff facing food insecurity. One way we are supporting our community during the disruption of SNAP benefits is through our temporary Meal-A-Day Program. University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff on all campuses who are current SNAP benefit recipients will be able to access one free, in-person meal in a residential dining hall each day that SNAP benefits are limited or unavailable. Students, faculty, and staff may follow the process outlined below to verify eligibility. We expect the program to continue until SNAP benefits resume. Accessing the Meal-A-Day Program This program is only for students, faculty, and staff who are current SNAP benefit recipients, and who do not have existing meal plans. One-time verification of SNAP benefits will be required in order to access the Meal-A-Day Program.

The University of Minnesota just announced the "Meal-A-Day Program" which will provide one meal a day for SNAP benefit recipients while the SNAP program is limited or unavailable. This makes me very happy. A lot of students, faculty, and staff at the U need this, unfortunately.

Amazing! I especially love the pins!

My hand holding a black mug with orange dots and a jack-o’-lantern on the mug. The background is a white table cloth with little bats and more jack-o’-lanterns

Happy Halloween, everyone! As always, I’m grateful for the opportunity to work on fungal pathogens, a fun (yet spooky!) topic of research 🍄👻

I built a small app (GenomeCheck ✅ - github.com/meadm/Genome...) for assessing genome assemblies and catching mislabeled data. It can be run on Streamlit Community Cloud (genomecheck.streamlit.app), Docker (meadm/genomecheck:latest), or locally via the GitHub repo. Let me know what you think!