Felipe H Santiago-Tirado

These stinkbugs coat their eggs in fungi to protect them from parasitic wasps An unusual relationship could shed light on how insects choose their partners

Fungi are everywhere doing everything! So amazing! These stinkbugs coat their eggs in fungi to protect them from parasitic wasps. Read more here: www.science.org/content/arti...

Department of Microbiology | The University of Chicago

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Home - Doctor Fungus Welcome to Doctor Fungus! An Educational Website of theMycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium (MSGERC)   [View Legal Information] Where to Start Mycology Case of the Month An Introducti...

There’s now an app for all things fungi 🦠🍄
Dr. Matthew Pullen, Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, helped launch Dr Fungus—a free app that brings the trusted resource to your phone.

Explore fungal infections, antifungal treatments, and case-based learning—all in one place.

After bizarre journey, prized history of molecular biology archive finds new home Science History Institute makes public multimillion-dollar collection, including Rosalind Franklin’s famous DNA image, assembled by fake scientist

Who said drama is only for Mexican tele-novellas (soap operas). This article has it all! "After bizarre journey, prized history of molecular biology archive finds new home" www.science.org/content/arti...

Now we are receiving the wisdom from NIAID extraordinaire PO Glen McGugan on best practices to obtain NIH funding. Of if two unique opportunities on this year’s #MNID25.

And we’re off with #MNID25 at Case Western Reserve! My student Robbi gave an awesome presentation. Looking forward to all other talks and posters!

I have an R56 that will pay for 1 year of a postdoc that will hopefully bridge us to a 4-year R01. It's not without risk but uh...everything in science feels like a major risk right now. We're in need of a #postdoc w/ #nmr experience. DM or email me for project details.

@notredame.bsky.social

Robbi was awarded a Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Robbi competes sucessfully for the prestigious F31 fellowship from NIH Figure 1. The potential interactions between microglia…

Congratulations to my student Robbi Ross on her award from NIH! Robbi will be working on the host-pathogen interactions between the environmental fungus Cryptococcus and human microglia. Looking forward to all of what you will accomplish Robbi! Congrats! fungilab.nd.edu/news/robbi-w...

New in #G3journal: @hitenmadhani.bsky.social and the team present new methods and strains for high-efficiency homology-dependent genome editing in Cryptococcus neoformans, a budding #yeast that is the most common cause of fungal meningitis in humans.

Read more: buff.ly/dQRKrOJ

Visit to the legendary Woods Hole MOMY course to visit with Mycology trainees and faculty. Awesome to see Andy Alspaugh, Deb Hogan, and Paul Magwene honored for their contributions!
Kudos to Robb Cramer and David Andes for their final year as Course Directors! 🍄‍🟫🧫🧬

The traditional #MOMY25 picture! You guys chose the perfect timing! Not only the company has been fantastic but the weather has been beautiful! Hopefully it will stay like that for the whole course. Thank you David and Robb for inviting me again, it has been wonderful! @mblscience.bsky.social

Fearful of AI-generated grant proposals, NIH limits scientists to six applications per year Some critics of the new policy say the cap could hinder researchers in need of funding

I can see the pros and cons, but to be fair to new PIs, it should not count resubmission. Nowadays you have to submit upwards to 4 or 5 times before you get a fundable score...and that just one application! "NIH limits scientists to six applications per year" www.science.org/content/arti...

An endosymbiotic origin of the crimson pigment from the lac insect | PNAS Symbioses with microorganisms expand the genetic and metabolic repertoire of many insects. The lac insect Kerria lacca (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) ...

I once visited Mayan ruins in Mexico and was told that is not known how they were able to make such bright blue colors. Also heard the same about bright red ones. It turns out, at least for the red color, a fungus is responsible! Read more here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

"STEM is profoundly shaped by wealth, yet financial privilege is rarely acknowledged... Wealth influences participation, persistence, and recognition in science, affecting not just who enters the pipeline but also who can afford to stay." Interesting article at #PLOS dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is Not the Budget! Very interesting short blurb from @ascbiology.bsky.social. www.ascb.org/science-poli...

So much fun talking about my science and activism with Marion and Agnès! Thanks for inviting me!

Pediatric UTIs can shape lifelong urinary health. Join us on July 11 at 9AM New York time for @globalUTI.bsky.social #UTIhour hosted by Dr. Arthika Manoharan to find out how uropathogens cause #UTI and how kids’ immune systems respond.

So, first think about that (hopefully you already knew before applying to grad school!). Second, decide what type of project/skills/techniques will help you achieve them. And what type of mentoring style would be more beneficial to you. That's the lab you want to join! Know yourself first! (3/3).

The main goal of the rotations should be to identify a lab that will enable you to achieve your goals. So first, you need to know what your goals are. That is very important. You know yourself better, and the mentor cannot help you if he/she does not know what your goals are. (2/3).

A student sitting on a desk thinking.

For our graduate program, students needs to do lab rotations, and so this was the week where we were trying to organize them. So I wanted to give a few pieces of advice to new students... many people would tell you to chose based on the mentor, not the project. I have another take on that... (1/3).

Big congratulations to our student Alyssa La Bella! She got the Milton Huppert Graduate Student Award from MMSA for her outstanding contribution to medical mycology, and Alyssa's work on unveiling fungal infection during CAUTI is truly groundbreaking. @globaluti.bsky.social

I want to thank MMSA for selecting me for this award (together with Dr. Sebastian Wurster) and congratulate all the other award recipients (including one of my students!) that will be giving talks this Thursday on the MMSA Annual meeting (registration link bit.ly/4jZziDz). Thanks to all involved!

Super excited and delighted to introduce @alabella14.bsky.social this Thursday for her student award from MMSA. She will be giving a short presentation on our latest collaborative work on C. auris during the MMSA Annual meeting (registration link shorturl.at/QRMCU). Congrats Alyssa!

Wonderful news! Congrats @teresaomeara.bsky.social and to your colleagues as well!

Exciting news in my inbox this morning. #ICCC12 is happening next year at Exeter, UK. Please sign-up for details and news at the organizing page: iccc2026.org Thank you to the organizers - looking forward to it!

@asm.org #ASMicrobe starts today! I won't be there but my awesome student Robbi Ross will be presenting her work on Cryptococcus-microglia interactions this Saturday, 6/21, from 10:30-11:30A and 4-5P. Her poster number is 1001 - look for that smiling face and learn some fun(gi) science!

The abstract submission deadline is coming up - please register for this year's #MNID25. More info and registration/abstract links here: biology.case.edu/2025mnid/

(4/4) Hence, we decided to test that hypothesis. BOTTOM LINE: small changes on the fungus can have large effects on the host. This is something that we see more and more in the host-pathogen field. Immense thanks to all the authors. Hopefully you'll enjoy reading it! FEEDBACK/COMMENTS welcomed!

(3/4) However, when succumbing, the pdr6-infected mice showed altered symptomatology (more akin to pneumonia than the expected meningitis). Because of the minimal fungal burden, we thought the disease was due to the immune response and not directly to fungal growth.