Microbial ecology; community interactions; fungus-growing ants; natural product discovery; phylogenomics. Assoc. Prof. @UConn. Maintains @Symbiosispapers.

Storrs, CT, USA
Joined May 2013
New #podcast episode!!🐜🍄 I speak with @BalunasLab & @KlassenLab about the fascinating ways ants cultivate fungal gardens! Available anywhere you listen to podcasts! 🎧Direct link: podbean.com/ew/pb-8nkg8-148e… #fungi #ants #pharmacognosy #chemistry #Science
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Ants that farm fungus to eat must weed out pathogenic fungi that contaminate their food supply. A study shows that a class of metabolites called peptaibols produced by the unwanted fungus Trichoderma induces an ant-weeding response. In PNAS: ow.ly/5Sa450OUOAm
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Congratulations to all authors on this incredibly interesting 🐜study out now in @PNASNews that includes work from members of the @KlassenLab & @BalunasLab! COR²E is proud to have supported this research via sequencing in @UConnMars and mass spectrometry in @UConnProteomics. 👏
Did you know ants are avid gardeners? In a new @PNASNews report, UConn environmental microbiologist and collaborators explain how these tiny creatures have refined their weeding skills to distinguish the good garden fungus from the bad. today.uconn.edu/2023/06/rese…
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Did you know ants are avid gardeners? In a new @PNASNews report, UConn environmental microbiologist and collaborators explain how these tiny creatures have refined their weeding skills to distinguish the good garden fungus from the bad. today.uconn.edu/2023/06/rese…
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MCB Hiring: Lab Assistant The Molecular and Cell Biology Department is seeking to fill a 12-month Laboratory Assistant position. The successful candidate will provide support for undergraduate teaching laboratories in the Department. Visit jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/j… for details
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Fantastic efforts by co-first authors @katiee_kyle and Sara Puckett, @BalunasLab, @KlassenLab, @amcaraballor, @ernst_Madeleine, & co-authors! 😎 So fascinating creatures this #ants 🐜, and their ecosystem with a #fungus #garden! #computational #metabolomics #genomics #metabolites
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Trachymyrmex septentrionalis ants promote fungus garden hygiene using Trichoderma-derived metabolite cues biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
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Ever sen a hungry leech? Hirudo verbana being fed by @AngelineCasale and the Graf lab team. Check out the pretty pigmentation. Don’t see that when they are out of the water.
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"Meta data is a love note you write to your future self" - someone at a NSF meeting we had to go to
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Postdoc(s) available in my lab! Looking for postdocs interested in understanding how diversity impacts microbial interactions & disease. Job posting here: thelewinlab.com/postdoc and email or DM me with any questions. Please RT & share! #postdoc #microbiology #interactions
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#GradSchool #SACNAS I will be in the @sacnas 2022NDiSTEM Conference! Happy to chat about our graduate programs at @UConnMCB @UConnCLAS @UConn MCB PhD : mcb.uconn.edu/phd-program/ MCB MS and PSM: mcb.uconn.edu/mcb-ms-graduat… How to apply: mcb.uconn.edu/application-in… Deadline: November 15!
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My lab is hiring a technician/lab manager. Good opportunity for a recent graduate looking for 2-3 y of experience before grad school: jobs.carnegiescience.edu/job…
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Folks who have worked in bars, I need your expertise. We are cooking up a project that will involve delivering information on those disposable bar coasters. HOW MANY disposable coasters did your bar go through a night? What kind of bar did you work at?
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Please join us for a special MCB DEI Lecture! "Inclusive Mentoring" with Dr. Gustavo Arrizabalaga, Professor and Assistant Dean for Professional Development and Diversity. Tuesday, 10/11 9:30 AM with refreshments beginning at 9 AM More info: events.uconn.edu/event/95067…
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We're hiring! @PNBUConn @UConn is searching for a TT Assistant Professor, specializing in computational physiology/computational neuroscience. Position details here: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j… #Neurojobs #neurotwitter #compbio #stemjobs
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Faculty Search at @UConnMCB Assist Prof. We invite applicants who are studying the molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenicity using structural biology, biophysical or biochemical approaches. More info academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j… Please RT
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#OpenPosition at @UConnMCB Interested in teaching #Biochemistry, #Microbiology, or #Genetics. Screening of applications will begin immediately and until the position is filled. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
MCB Hiring: Assistant Professor In Residence To learn more and/or apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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#OpenPosition Apply and become my colleague at @UConnMCB @UConnCLAS #Assistant Professor in #StructuralBiology, #Biophysics & #Biochemistry. Deadline: November 1, 2022. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
Assistant Professor Search: The Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level Details: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Informational Session/Networking Event 9/30/22 1:00 PM PRLACC Program Room, SU 438
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