Syrena Whitner 🍄🌊

Marine mycologist 🍄🌊 fungal parasites and biogeochemical cycles. @UHManoa PhD candidate, Amend Lab @MichiganStateU BS Integrative Bio.

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New publication just dropped!

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Once again pinging the twitterverse for anybody who is attending Fungal Genetics in Asilomar this March who has a spot (or open floor) in their room they'd be willing to provide to a last minute planning graduate student 😅

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Help! Incredibly last minute, but does anybody have space in their room at Asilomar for the upcoming Fungal Genetics Conference? Please spread the word!

[Anthony Amend @fungaloha]

Phenomenal fun pop-sci writeup of the state of marine fungi in Bio Science. w/ @casettron @SyrenaWhitner @GladfelterLab

https://t.co/lOkaFKjx2Y

[Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten]

Waiting for University reimbursement after paying for a conference out of pocket

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Hello twitterverse! Can anybody recommend some good pipelines for taxonomic analyses using 18S rRNA reads extracted from metatranscriptomic data sets? QIIME2 is proving difficult and I'm curious to know what others are using these days, thanks!!

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@MSAFungi @MSAStudents 2023 meeting officially under wraps!!! Had such a blast, thanks to everybody for all the love, for welcoming me into the MSA family, and everybody for sharing all your incredible work with me!

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@sydneyglassman @fungaloha @amendlab Thank you for capturing this picture and sharing the love 💛💛

[Dr Sydney Glassman @sydneyglassman]

Gorgeous marine fungi #msafungi2023 @fungaloha @amendlab 🍄

[Josh Weed @The_Weed]

Something I learned after my mom died to soon (of early onset alzheimer’s):

When it comes to getting footage of your family on video as a parent, it’s *way* more important to record YOURSELF than to record your kids.

Here’s why:

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On another note, our beloved Bryson is
Graduating this Fall with a BS in Marine Biology after working in our lab for 3 years (!!). If you’re looking for an exceptionally well trained tech with diverse lab experience and a great attitude, please feel free to reach out!

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PROUD MENTOR MOMENT!!
This crew has been working their tails off the last month on an experiment investigating the impacts of ocean acidification and warming on rates of fungal parasitism on marine phytoplankton here in Hawai’i. Unreal dedication, effort, and love, so proud🥲

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@thelichenlady Happy hatch day from these charismatic Cladonias from Tampere, Finland 🥳🤩

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Cool group doing cool things, and you could live in the coolest state ever, MICHIGAN!! 😁

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Im giving my first big girl talk!! Join me for the NOAA IRC seminar series on June 8th at 2pm HST where I’ll be talking about how fungal parasites may impact phytoplankton communities and fisheries recruitment here in Hawai‘i 🌊🐟 @NOAA @SeaGrant
https://t.co/KnktCMsH8G…

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Anybody else in the twitterverse going to the Mycological Society of America's annual meeting in Flagstaff, AZ? I'm hoping to make a friend and room together, or if you are nearby and are open to a couch surfing fungal enthusiast please reach out :) @MSAStudents @MSAFungi

[Elisa Granato @Prokaryota]

a helpful chart for those new to the field

[Corrado Nai @jan_corro]

What are #mushrooms? Devil's fingers, reaching up from hell to feed the poor. So explains the lore in Lithuanian #mythology. There are plenty of examples of #fungi inspiring myths! (special thank to @strand_sophie for pointing out) Illustration: @jens2go

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@FungusCrous @FungalDreamTeam This is so awesome! If there is a recording of the talk I would love to hear it, as another researcher focused on marine fungi and their roles in pelagic nutrient cycling 😁