Jason Slot
@fungolution
Fungal Evolution Professor at Ohio State. Opinions my own. Ideas are judged by how competitive they are in an open ecosystem. Refuse to infantilize my audience.
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New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produce alkaloids. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…
This could help increase biodiversity by selecting for nocturnal subspecies of plant pests.
Engineering autonomously #luminescent #plants using fungal #bioluminescence pathway A #ResearchReview by Yu et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… #LatestIssue
2. COVID-19 Lab Leak Theory I reported on this topic for nearly two years. It's one I not only find extremely important, but have gained an insider into by speaking with experts in science, government, and policy. Scientists differ on the question of whether COVID originated in…
As 3D objects grow, their volume outpaces their surface area (the 2/3 scaling law). Do complex animals follow this simple geometric rule? Pointing to evolutionary constraints, like metabolism or heat exchange, shaping all life. #Biology #Evolution share.google/2fnbAIGkwCwqld…
Neither dead nor alive? Newly discovered ultra-reduced genome, retains only its replicative core. Forms a new branch on the tree of life blurring lines between minimal cellular life and viruses. tinyurl.com/5drmjre7 #Microbiology #Archaea #Genomics #Symbiosis #Biology
Just published! Explore how AI, ML, and multiple 'omics approaches are driving new discoveries in plant pathology in the new Phytopathology Focus Issue, “From Chaos to Clarity: Deriving Meaningful Biology from Big Data in Plant Pathology." 👉 apsjournals.apsnet.org/toc/phyto/115/…
People with greater purpose in life have mitochondria optimized for energy transformation in their brain.
What looked like a hearing organ on a tiny stinkbug’s leg turned out to be something far stranger: a fungal nursery that mother bugs use to coat their newly laid eggs in protective symbiotic hyphae, shielding their offspring from parasitic wasps, researchers report in Science.…
New paper just out on the #fungi attacking the historic USS Cairo, a steam-powered ironclad American Civil War ship and now a national treasure on display at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi doi.org/10.3390/jof111…
Latest from the lab: we’ve found that arbitrium phages can cross-communicate across species. Their molecular “language” isn’t as private as we thought. The original idea came from @AlbertoMarina14. As always, he was right. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Optimism is associated with a longer life. Stay positive.
a powerful use of AI is to ask it to rewrite advocacy journalism pieces stripped of any spin, bias, and speculative language, focusing solely on verifiable facts and neutral presentation. But to make it most valuable, go back and look at/verify what was changed.
"Panaeolus oligotrophus: A new species from central Florida, with notes on Panaeolus pumilus and Crucispora rhombisperma" tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
🌱 In arid regions, ⬆️elevations 🏔️ bring cooler, wetter climates and more vegetation, boosting soil carbon. Fungal necromass contributes more than bacteria, especially at higher altitudes! #SoilSci #C_Storage Mengfei Cong @JosepPenuelas @csic @creaf @iec sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Adding to Spring Plant Pathogenic Fungi class journal discussion.
Synchronous spatio-temporal control of autophagy and organelle trafficking is necessary for appressorium-mediated plant infection by ... biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_molbio
Just in time for next week's lecture
Fungal endophytes sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 🌿 Excited to share our Primer on fungal endophytes, the elusive members of the fungal kingdom that defy easy classification. Neither pathogens nor symbionts in the strict sense, they challenge how we define ecological guilds. @UMR_IAM
This year's Nobel prize winners in Medicine or Physiology are not part of the canonical winners' network - interesting! x.com/MushtaqBilalPh…
The Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi. Interestingly, none of them seem to be part of the huge network of Nobel Prize winners. At least none of their PhD supervisors seem to have won the Nobel.
🍄New study reconstructs the evolutionary tree of fungi and dates key evolutionary transitions in this group using a large amount of fossil evidence. 🟢Published in @NatureEcoEvo, this paper shows a refined timescale for fungal diversification and a temporal framework for future…
Extrapolating cross species from mice to humans, this would be a hero’s dose of mushrooms about once every 1-2 years beyond the age of 65. Realizing I’ve been on this protocol since age 28! That’s the next study I would run, examining what happens to health/lifespan when…
1/ Psilocybin shows huge potential not just in mental health, but also as an anti-aging medicine. Researchers demonstrated that psilocybin extended lifespan in human cells and aged mice. If you’re interested in Iongevity, you’ll want to pay attention to this study 🧵
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