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Reference ITSdb for QIIME released
Good news! An alpha version of the ITS reference database for use with QIIME was released this week as part of the QIIME team development. There are more details on the release and how to obtain it from the project’s post here. Please note that this is an Alpha release and may not be completely consistent, but the team wants to make something available now to give people a starting DB for use of QIIME and ITS data.  Parameters will need to be modified from the defaults, so watch the QIIME space, and we are working on a best practices document in the lab here to help ease the training in this. All the data are also i...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - November 28, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: metagenomics microbial ecology ITSdb qiime reference database Source Type: blogs

Job: Senior Researcher in Mycology
Senior Researcher in Mycology The Mycology Section at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew invites applications for an appointment as a Senior Researcher in the team. The successful candidate will conduct research on fungal systematics of Ascomycota or Basidiomycota. Candidates with research experience in molecular phylogenetics, molecular ecology, genomics, and areas related to fungal conservation are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a strong, extramurally funded research programme investigating fungal systematics, contribute to curation of the collections, dissemina...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - November 26, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs Source Type: blogs

Announcing FungiDB 2.1 release
On behalf of the FungiDB development team I am pleased to announce the release of FungiDB 2.1 which includes 39 Fungal genomes from Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Mucormycotina (Zygomycota) and 6 genomes of Oomycetes.  This release builds on the 2.0 release from August to include 6 additional species, RNA-Seq from a population of Neurospora strains, growth time points in 3 fungi Coprinopsis, Neurospora, and Rhizopus, and Phytophthora species. The 6 new genomes include Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Coprinopsis cinereus, Histoplasma capsulatum, Coccidioides posadasii, Rhizopus delemar (formerly oryzae), and Ustil...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - November 13, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: database fungi methods eupathdb fungidb genome database releases Source Type: blogs

Early deadline for financial aid to Fungal Genetics
Remember November 15 is the deadline for the application of financial aid to attend the 27th Fungal Genetics Conference.  http://www.fungalgenetics.org/2013/ Reminder via Corrochano Lab (Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics)
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - November 11, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: Fungal Genetics Source Type: blogs

Postdoc at Rutgers Univ of fungal population genetics of the Boxwood blight pathosystem
A Post-Doctoral Research Associate is sought to contribute to research of the boxwood blight pathosystem. The incumbent will: (1) Design and validate an isothermal molecular diagnostic assay for the boxwood blight fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculata; and (2) Utilize comparative RAD-Seq genome datasets to analyze genetic diversity across a global C. pseudonaviculata sample; and (3) Contribute to the training of student interns. The incumbent will be part of a multistate collaborative research initiative aimed at mitigating the effect of boxwood blight disease in the U.S. The position will be physically located on th...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - November 10, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs Source Type: blogs

Assistant Professor – Bioinformaticist/Computational Biologist at Kansas State University
A tenure track job related to bioinformatics and plants or plant/pathogen interactions is available at Kansas State University. Review of applications will begin on November 23. The successful candidate is expected to develop an independent, externally funded research program in bioinformatics and computational biology with an emphasis on the genomics of plants, microbes, and/or their interactions.  Kansas State University has faculty with dynamic research programs in the genomics of plants, microbes, their interactions, and related areas, many of whom are engaged with the Integrated Genomics Facility (IGF) and Bioinforma...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - November 6, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs Source Type: blogs

Fungal ITS database workshop
We held a workshop last for some of the people using and developing tools and databases for fungal molecular ecology in Fungi in (beautiful) Boulder, CO last week as part of our efforts in the Microbiome of the Built Environment. I am working with my co-organizer and participants to prepare a meeting summary and some descriptions of concrete plans forward. We expect this to make it easier to analyze Fungal ITS sequences in tools like QIIME and provide linkage with resources built around phylogenetic analyses of Fungi. An longer meeting summary will be posted in the coming week after we have all the presentations gathered a...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - October 24, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: conferences & courses microbial ecology fungi ITS qiime Source Type: blogs

Montana State – Asst Prof Environmental Microbiology
Faculty Position in the Department of Microbiology. The Department of Microbiology and the Institute on Ecosystems at Montana State University Bozeman invites candidates with a PhD in Microbiology or related area to apply for a full-time, nine-month tenure track position in Environmental Microbiology at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2013.  The successful candidate will have postdoctoral and/or Assistant Professor experience and will be responsible for developing an extramurally funded, nationally recognized research program within the broad field of environmental microbiology.  The faculty member will pa...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - October 24, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs bozeman environmental microbiology faculty job montanta Source Type: blogs

UC Merced Prof of Biostatistics
The University of California, Merced is a dynamic new university campus in Merced, California, which opened in September 2005 as the tenth campus of the University of California and the first American research university in the 21st century. In keeping with the mission of the University to provide teaching, research and public service of the highest quality, UC Merced offers research-centered and student-oriented educational opportunities at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels through three academic schools: Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences/Humanities/Arts. http://jobs.ucmerced.edu/n/acad...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - October 12, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs biostatistics california faculty job genomics Source Type: blogs

Univ of Oregon Faculty position in Genomics, Bioinformatics, Statistical Genetics
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Faculty Positions in Genomics, Bioinformatics, Statistical Genetics The Departments of Biology (http://biology.uoregon.edu) and Mathematics (http://math.uoregon.edu ) at the University of Oregon announce a cluster hire of up to three tenure-related faculty positions in Fall 2013. One of these positions may be at the level of Associate or Full Professor with indefinite tenure. These hires are part of an integrated effort to strengthen research and scholarship at the nexus of statistics/mathematics and biology at the University of Oregon, and will serve as a catalyst for future growth in this area. We ar...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - October 12, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs bioinformatics genomics oregon Source Type: blogs

Innovative cluster hires in fungal biology at Univ of Minnesota
  Position: http://www.cbs.umn.edu/facres/cluster-hiring-cbs/fungal-evolution/position-description Cluster in Plant & Fungal Evolution: http://www.cbs.umn.edu/facres/cluster-hiring-cbs/fungal-evolution Cluster hiring website: http://www.cbs.umn.edu/facres/cluster-hiring-cbs The College of Biological Sciences at the University of Minnesota announces up to two tenure-track positions in fungal biology at the assistant professor level with potential for hiring at the tenured associate level should outstanding candidates at this level be identified. This position will complement a faculty cluster focused on plant and f...
Source: Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics - October 8, 2012 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Jason Stajich Tags: jobs Source Type: blogs