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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬
@dhaelewa.bsky.social
Luna's dad | PI Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, Biology Centre CAS | visiting prof Ghent University | #TeamLaboul | biodiversity monitoring, conservation, ecology, genomics | #scicomm | 1stgen/queer/he/him | PhD #Harvard | dannyhaelewaters.com
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Hi new followers! I am Danny, a mycologist interested in diversity, ecology, host-parasite interactions, and conservation, #newPI of Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and head of #TeamLaboul. Also dad to my 7yo daughter Luna. 🍄🐞🦇
And as if it won't be busy enough, I am writing another large proposal with colleagues from the University of Warsaw. So many ideas, too little time! #newPI
One of our student offices is ready with desks and chairs. There are some unoccupied seats, but not for long... The lab has open positions for 1 postdoc and 2 fully funded PhD students!

Postdoc: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266
PhD: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/271

#hiring #newPI #LFEE #TeamLaboul
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The lab will soon also advertise a new PhD position. This student will be studying either multitrophic interactions of bats, bat flies, and microfungi, or entomopathogenic fungi. Spread the word! #hiring #LFEE #newPI
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring
Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab
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 Ove…
www.dannyhaelewaters.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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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. jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/266 #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #postdoc #hiring
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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📢Available position: Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution. Application deadline: 20 November 2025. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/384592
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...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The first Workshop for IPBES #GlobalAssessment2 is taking place this week in Windsor, Canada!

The workshop is focused on enhancing methods for working with Indigenous and local knowledge. 🏡🌍

📚🧪 Learn more: https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A few years ago, I said yes to editing a book about fungal #parasites and #pathogens. After endless revisions, emails, and deadline reminders, it’s finally coming together. The book will be out in 2026, but 11 chapters are already online as #Preprints. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/preprints-of...
Preprints of book chapters
A few years ago, I was offered the opportunity to edit a book, named “Biodiversity and Evolution of Fungal Parasites and Pathogens” (Elsevier). This project has taken up countless hours writing to …
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November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📢Available position: Postdoc in Fungal Ecology and Evolution. Application deadline: 20 November 2025. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/384592
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...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
November 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Received GREAT news today. My application for a GAČR Junior STAR grant was successful! An additional five-year grant, with funds to hire PhD students & postdocs. More ads coming soon! #LFEE #CzechScienceFoundation
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring
Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab
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 Ove…
www.dannyhaelewaters.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
One day you find the job of a lifetime and you find yourself ... building drawer blocks for the student office. #newPI
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Glad to have been in Drøbak, #Norway to teach during the workshop on #Laboulbeniales. This was funded through an #Artsdatabanken project, which will hopefully see a continuation.
October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Faculty of Science, USB, České Budějovice, Czechia offers a two-year research-oriented Master's study in Ecology.
prf.jcu.cz/ecology
Application deadline: 31 October 2025.
Tuition fee:
EU citizens: 500 CZK per year (≈ 20 EUR)
Non-EU: 12000 CZK per year (≈ 480 EUR)
October 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Preparing my introductory PPT while on my way to Drøbak, Norway to teach a workshop on #Laboulbeniales together with my PhD student Warre Van Caenegem and Dr. Vladimir Gusarov from @uio.no. Funded by #Artsdatabanken. www.forbio.uio.no/events/cours... @prfju.bsky.social #TeamLaboul
October 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
Jane Goodall, legendary primatologist, has died at age 91
Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Amidst the craziness that is being a #newPI and teaching classes, we also have four children and are renovating a house. Living life at the fullest. This evening I'm taking a break from the rate race: just a dinner & evening stroll 👌
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Incredibly proud of this manuscript. Two reviews came back with no – no! – input other than praise for our writing. This is my PhD student Libelje's first chapter presenting the first checklist of fungi from #Honduras. So excited to seeing this published! 🍄❤️ #LFEE #LuminaQuaeruntur #newPI
September 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Our group discussion during the first class on #WritingScience revealed many good and bad habits to writing. Fun to see what works for some but doesn't for others. @ds-ugent.bsky.social @michieldegroot.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Seeing Rhodotus palmatus (common name: wrinkled peach) in Białowieża National Park this week reminded me that I should finalize an old manuscript on this fungus in the USA. Spoiler: American collections of R. palmatus are a different species! #studentproject #summerschool #taxonomy 🍄🍑
September 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Thrilled to announce that the special issue on fungal #conservation that @cfemycolab.bsky.social and I are co-editing for the @britmycolsoc.org.uk c.org.uk journal Fungal Ecology is open for submissions!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
August 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Reflections after #mbkceesme2025: the Science Communication round table with Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic (@svetlanaup.bsky.social), Mary Allen, Danny Haelewaters & Christina Pavloudi was inspiring - a reminder that science is also about sharing knowledge. Thanks @mikrobiokosmos.bsky.social! #edusky
September 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We took a hike in the strict protected area deep in Białowieża Forest, and found the beautiful – and rare – Rhodotus palmatus, the wrinkled peach (among others)! 🇵🇱🍄 #fieldmycology
September 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM