Excited to share the new paper just published all the way from Thailand🎉 BIOTEC group reports four new Ophiocordyceps species with defined host associations; and the first record of O. philippinensis in Thailand. Check it out 👇🦗🪲🍄🟫🧫🔬🧬
5/ The expedition didn’t end in the field. Most of the team then travelled to 🇿🇦 to join the Mycobiomics meeting at #FABI, continuing discussions & strengthening international networks in fungal research @ms-fungi.bsky.social @funguscrous.bsky.social @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social
4/ From forest floors to lab benches to conference halls, this collaboration is a powerful reminder of how global partnerships drive science forward, especially in uncovering the hidden world of fungi. 🍄💡
3/ Each day ended with lab sessions: processing samples, exchanging techniques, and diving deep into the shared passion for fungal diversity. These moments of collaboration were as valuable as the time in the forest. 🔬💬✨ @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social
2/ Hosted by Josphat Matasyoh (@EgertonUniversity), the team explored multiple sites to collect soil, mushrooms, and insect- & plant-associated fungi in one of East Africa’s richest biodiversity hotspots. 🌱🌿🪲 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
1/🌍 The Mycobiomics team from the Czech Republic, Germany, Kenya, South Africa, and Thailand came together for an exciting expedition in the biodiverse Arabuko Sokoke Forest, north of Malindi, Kenya. 🍄🧵 @ms-fungi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social @lisha-hzi.bsky.social
Congratulations @cobusvisagie.bsky.social on winning the Johanna Westerdijk Award from @westerdijkinst.bsky.social 👏🎉
Awarded for outstanding contributions to the CBS collection & a distinguished career in #mycology. #fabi #universityofpretoria
1/n 🥁We named a newly discovered #fungal species, #Fusarium mariecurieae, in honor of #MarieCurie (1867–1934) and in recognition of support from the @MSCActions grant @mycobiomics.bsky.social Naming a species is a taxonomist’s ❤️ language.
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You can explore the overall impact of the project all 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ research outputs from the project
🗣️87 presentations,
📑73 publications, and
🗺️40 posters—at this link: zenodo.org/communities/... @ms-fungi.bsky.social
Check out Mycobiomic's Zenodo page! 📚✨ Our project's success is showcased through papers, theses, and presentations we've uploaded. If you're curious about our work, take a look!
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#MarieSkłodowska-CurieActions
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A new paper from @Mycobiomics concerns unprecedented bioactive metabolites from an invertebrate associated fungus. Congrats to all co-authors & thanks for funding from @MSCA, @daadworldwide.bsky.social , @humboldt-foundation.de & #Cusanuswerk !
On the 2nd leg of my sabbatical, I'm at #BOKU screening secondary metabolites of 4 new #Fusarium species isolated from 🪲🌽 today, I gave my first presentation of 2025, sharing the exciting work of our applied mycology group at #FABI Cover 📸 credit: @cobusvisagie.bsky.social @mycobiomics.bsky.social
@nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social and @cobusvisagie.bsky.social from #FABI presented the good (good taxonomy of #Penicillium) and the bad (#mycotoxins) of fungi at Charles University’s departmental meeting today. Their visit is part of the Mycobiomics Grant. 🍄 #FungalBiology #Mycology
Sebastian has actually co-authored 4 papers from our portfolio in the @MSCActions project. Many congratulations!
6/6 The #Mycobiomics project connects researchers across Asia, Africa, & Europe, investigating fungal microbiomes to discover metabolites & biological control agents via advanced OMICS techniques 🌐🍄 www.mycobiomics.eu
5/6 And everyone attend the #FABI Year-End Function to celebrate a year full of success. Here's to advancing fungal research together! 🥂 #FungalResearch
4/6 Javariya during her stay collaborated with Dr. Thabiso Motaung & @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social on fungal biofilms, while worked with @cobusvisagie.bsky.social on how to describe new #Penicillium species. Collaborative science in action! 🤝
3/6 On 3 Dec, @echarria21.bsky.social together with @nerimanyilmaz82.bsky.social presented a workshop titled "From Natural Product Biosynthesis to Mining Genomes." Participants learned about biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), genome mining, & tools like AntiSMASH & CAGECAT. 🧬
2/6 On 18 Nov, @ms-fungi.bsky.social delivered a seminar during MMM titled "Natural-product based drug discovery at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research," showcasing cutting-edge research on natural products at HZI. 🧪
1/6 #FABI hosted @ms-fungi.bsky.social @echarria21.bsky.social Javariya and Karen from HZI, Germany, as part of the #Mycobiomics project funded by MSCA-RISE. 🌍🍄 The visit featured seminars, workshops & collaborations on fungal research. Highlights below! 👇