#fungalpathogens — Public Fediverse posts

🌾 How close are we to using AI to design crops with supercharged immunity?

🔗 Learning the language of plant immunity: opportunities and challenges for AI-assisted modelling of fungal effector x host protein complexes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.06.048

📚 CSBJ: https://www.csbj.org/

#PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #MolecularBiology #ProteinInteractions #StructuralBiology #CropProtection #FoodSecurity #AgriTech #FungalPathogens

🌾 How close are we to using AI to design crops with supercharged immunity?

🔗 Learning the language of plant immunity: opportunities and challenges for AI-assisted modelling of fungal effector x host protein complexes. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2025.06.048

📚 CSBJ: https://www.csbj.org/

#PlantImmunity #PlantPathology #MolecularBiology #ProteinInteractions #StructuralBiology #CropProtection #FoodSecurity #AgriTech #FungalPathogens

We have Photinia leaf spot. A result of the steady rain.

I plan to take a hygiene approach and maybe prune later on.

Does anyone in Europe have experience with this and some insights?

#gardening #fungalpathogens #photinia

We have Photinia leaf spot. A result of the steady rain.

I plan to take a hygiene approach and maybe prune later on.

Does anyone in Europe have experience with this and some insights?

#gardening #fungalpathogens #photinia

An excellent overview of why #fungalpathogens are so important especially in crop plants. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01465-4 #agriculture #science

Candida auris, an emergent fungal infection. Possibly climate related. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/03/20/candida-auris-fungus-infection/ #fungalpathogens

Rusts are one of the most feared fungal pathogens in plants. They make spores which can easily spread on the wind. https://theconversation.com/what-is-myrtle-rust-and-why-has-this-disease-closed-lord-howe-island-to-visitors-202045
#fungalpathogens #fungus

Another good one on pathogenic fungi: https://theconversation.com/before-the-last-of-us-i-was-part-of-an-international-team-to-chart-the-threat-of-killer-fungi-this-is-what-we-found-199593 #pathogens #fungalpathogens #science #medicine

"In contrast to bacteria and viruses, fungi only emerged as important human pathogens in the past few decades, primarily owing to changes in the landscape of human disease" fascinating article https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-022-01112-0 #fungalpathogens

One approach forward. But it doesn't have to be either or. How about increased crop diversity AND editing? https://www.fastcompany.com/90849025/can-gene-editing-save-the-banana #fungalpathogens #banana #fusarium #technology #geneediting

The Last of Us whatever you think of it is not only entertaining but has done more for raising awareness about pathogenic fungi than the world of science; its not the scientist's fault, they've been warning us for decades. Thank you #thelastofus #fungalpathogens

If you are thinking The Last Of Us is pure fiction. We won't become Zombies but..."Pathogenic fungi that cause IFDs are emerging in their own right driven by eco-environmental changes, with the yeast Candida auris, although only described in 2009, now boasting a near-global distribution." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-023-00861-x
#fungalpathogens #thelastofus

The HBO show The Last of Us has done more for raising awareness about pathogenic fungi than anything else in the past. Even if we are not likely to become zombies - there are plenty of fungal pathogens in humans, plants and other animals that make us sick or are fatal. So thank you https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us for that. #fungalpathogens

Hopeful. Looking forward to seeing where this goes: https://news.uga.edu/new-vaccine-targets-fungal-infections/
#fungalpathogens #fungus #vaccines #vaccination

#ThickTrunkTuesday I love these old white pines out back. Survivors or pine blister rust and loggers #ThickTrunkTuesday #pineblisterrust #trees #fungalpathogens

What's one difference between Last of Us and reality? Spores! They are often the reason many fungal pathogens are so difficult to manage. Depending on the fungus they can survive days, weeks, years or even decades without a host. https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/01/16/the-last-of-us-zombie-infection-is-real-heres-what-scientists-say-about-the-threat-to-humans/ #lastofus #fungalpathogens

Climate change and fungal pathogens, https://www.publish.csiro.au/ma/Fulltext/MA22054 #fungus #fungalpathogens #climate #ScienceMastodon

Coffee, bananas, wheat, my breakfast. All threatened by fungal pathogens which have gone pandemic. #fungalpathogens #bananas #wheat #coffee #blight

Coffee, bananas, wheat, my breakfast. All threatened by fungal pathogens which have gone pandemic. #fungalpathogens #bananas #wheat #coffee #blight

The Northern Long-eared bat has been declared endangered in large part because of a killer fungus. #fungalpathogens #bats #fungus https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139665889/northern-long-eared-bat-endangered-white-nose