Jovana Mijatović Scouten , Ph.D.
@drjoxmonas.bsky.social
Postdoctoral schollar in Jeff Chang's lab @OSU exploring molecular plant-microbe and microbe-microbe interactions.
Reposted by Jovana Mijatović Scouten , Ph.D.
Vorholt Lab re-created endosymbiosis in the lab: injected bacteria into a fungus and evolved a heritable partnership.
Evolution, fast-forwarded.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Evolution, fast-forwarded.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Inducing novel endosymbioses by implanting bacteria in fungi - Nature
A study presents an approach to establish and track a new endosymbiotic partnership by implanting bacteria in a non-host fungus and shows that stable inheritance of the implanted bacteria is possible ...
doi.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Vorholt Lab re-created endosymbiosis in the lab: injected bacteria into a fungus and evolved a heritable partnership.
Evolution, fast-forwarded.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Evolution, fast-forwarded.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Reposted by Jovana Mijatović Scouten , Ph.D.
This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
The Weisberg Lab at Oregon State University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in molecular microbiology to study mobile genetic element host range and transmission in microbial communities. Please see the full job description here: files-dev.cqls.oregonstate.edu/Weisberg_Lab...
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
Reposted by Jovana Mijatović Scouten , Ph.D.
👏 Congrats to postdoc Lanxi Hu, member of @roederlab.bsky.social, for being selected as the 2025 Weill Institute Fleming Fellowship recipient, for her research on how plant tissues keep their shape under stress and how those insights inspire adaptive design. 🌱 🧑🔬 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology awards 2025 Fleming Fellowship | Cornell Chronicle
For research excellence into how living structures recover and preserve order in morphology amid constant disruption, postdoctoral scientist Lanxi Hu has been awarded the Weill Institute for Cell and ...
news.cornell.edu
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
👏 Congrats to postdoc Lanxi Hu, member of @roederlab.bsky.social, for being selected as the 2025 Weill Institute Fleming Fellowship recipient, for her research on how plant tissues keep their shape under stress and how those insights inspire adaptive design. 🌱 🧑🔬 news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...