We found that deleting VAC8 causes fragmented vacuoles, and defective vacuolar fusion or enlargement, affecting the biology of the fungus in big ways, including no Titan Cells! Some of the phenotypes were negative, while others, like increased resistance to fluconazole, were surprising!

Now we are receiving the wisdom from NIAID extraordinaire PO Glen McGugan on best practices to obtain NIH funding. Of if two unique opportunities on this year’s #MNID25.

And we’re off with #MNID25 at Case Western Reserve! My student Robbi gave an awesome presentation. Looking forward to all other talks and posters!

The traditional #MOMY25 picture! You guys chose the perfect timing! Not only the company has been fantastic but the weather has been beautiful! Hopefully it will stay like that for the whole course. Thank you David and Robb for inviting me again, it has been wonderful! @mblscience.bsky.social

For our graduate program, students needs to do lab rotations, and so this was the week where we were trying to organize them. So I wanted to give a few pieces of advice to new students... many people would tell you to chose based on the mentor, not the project. I have another take on that... (1/3).

I want to thank MMSA for selecting me for this award (together with Dr. Sebastian Wurster) and congratulate all the other award recipients (including one of my students!) that will be giving talks this Thursday on the MMSA Annual meeting (registration link bit.ly/4jZziDz). Thanks to all involved!

Super excited and delighted to introduce @alabella14.bsky.social this Thursday for her student award from MMSA. She will be giving a short presentation on our latest collaborative work on C. auris during the MMSA Annual meeting (registration link shorturl.at/QRMCU). Congrats Alyssa!

Exciting news in my inbox this morning. #ICCC12 is happening next year at Exeter, UK. Please sign-up for details and news at the organizing page: iccc2026.org Thank you to the organizers - looking forward to it!

@asm.org #ASMicrobe starts today! I won't be there but my awesome student Robbi Ross will be presenting her work on Cryptococcus-microglia interactions this Saturday, 6/21, from 10:30-11:30A and 4-5P. Her poster number is 1001 - look for that smiling face and learn some fun(gi) science!

The abstract submission deadline is coming up - please register for this year's #MNID25. More info and registration/abstract links here: biology.case.edu/2025mnid/

Dear Midwest friends and colleagues, please save the day for #MNID25 to be held August 22-23 at Case Western Reserve University. More info here: biology.case.edu/2025mnid/

Congratulations to all PhD graduates, especially the ones from my lab. This achievement might feel like an end, but it is a beginning of, I hope, better and bigger things! May Our Lady be with you guys forever! -A very proud PI!

Local friends and colleagues in here, I was invited to give a talk in this year's Impact Summit. Because the overall topic is Science in Society, I decided to talk about the portrayal of pathogens in pop culture. Read more here: neuroscienceandbehavior.nd.edu/community-en...

Hey #fungal people - the applications for this years MOMY course are open! Wonderful course in a wonderful place with wonderful people. Check it out here: www.mbl.edu/education/ad...

Join the conversation to save #FungiDB! Fill out the survey here: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A big reason I became faculty is both of them (Deb and Andy). This is such a well-deserved honor. Please support a Hogan/Alspaugh lectureship at MBL (Woods Hole). More info here: www.mbl.edu/give/deborah...