Mark Yacoub

Microbiology Ph.D candidate in the @stajichlab studying genomics of chytrid fungi and mycoviruses

[Rabern Simmons, PhD 🔬💧🍄 @DrRabern]

RT for International Batrachochytrium Isolation Day!
#IBID 💧🐸🦎🔬🍄
Oct 12, 1997: Joyce Longcore isolated #Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (#Bd).
Oct 13, Joyce's birthday, is #IBID!
Show us how you celebrate!
#chytrids #chytrid #aquaticfungi #frogs
https://t.co/pdmQ3LeJBM

[Leocadio Blanco-Bercial @MIZ_BIOS]

Our lab is looking for a postdoc on Planktonic Fungi here @BIOSstation! Focus on fungal ecology and processes; maintaining the cultures alive and clean! And opportunities to network and develop. Reviewing applications will start after July. Please repost!
https://t.co/qkwna8YNAc

[San Diego Mycological Society @sdmyco]

Monthly Monday Meeting with @KidTrid

2022 Recipient of @UCRiverside Microbiology Award for Excellence in Mycology https://t.co/aHrKijGSUt

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@NODEfather If you don’t need high molecular weight DNA or very high yields you can also use Prepman Ultra. I’ve had success with it in the past for extracting DNA for ITS amplification and sequencing

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

When your RNA extraction yields are super high. It’s a good problem to have.

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@NODEfather Hi Morgan. There are some good kits out there by Qiagen for extracting DNA from Fungi in pure culture or soil samples. The Qiagen DNEasy Plant Pro or powersoil pro. They can be expensive but less time consuming and less reagents to procure than making CTAB buffers.

[Morgan Rockwell 🍄 @NODEfather]

Our next lecture at @sdmyco

Comparative Genomics of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: Unveiling Viral Fossils and Their Distribution Across the Fungal Kingdom with @KidTrid

Mark completed his B.S. degree in Microbiology at UC Davis in 2016. His professional experience includes research at an agricultural biotechnology company, where he focused on fungal interactions with crop plants. Mark began his doctoral studies in 2020. His dissertation research centers on population genomics of the amphibian pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and the identification of DNA viruses within the Fungal Kingdom.

The San Diego Mycological Society established the Microbiology Award for Excellence in Mycology to be awarded to one meritorious graduate student in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology (MPP) at the University of California, Riverside. @UCRiverside

All aspects of fungal biology and ecology are encouraged. A faculty committee will identify the applicant that has demonstrated excellence in research and creative forward-thinking in their dissertation research.

[Jason Stajich @hyphaltip]

News release 🐸🧬🦠🍄 on @KidTrid, Rebecca Clemons lead work from @stajichlab @FritzLaylin @ErikKalinka @DrRabern and Tim James https://t.co/1dasUQk9ZT for our paper https://t.co/3vVm8n7Gnx

@UCRCNAS

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

Had a fantastic time at #Fungal24 ! I’m proud to have been invited to the sessions on basal fungi and #Mycoviruses with lots of exciting research. Happy to see the interest in our projects and excited to see what comes next. #chytrid #mycovirus #Batrachochytrium

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@marc_meneghini @LoliCoy Thank you for organizing this! It was awesome to see everyone’s research here!

[Rabern Simmons, PhD 🔬💧🍄 @DrRabern]

An endogenous DNA #virus in an #amphibian-killing #fungus associated with #pathogen #genotype and virulence. 🐸🍄🧬
Congratulations to Rebecca, @KidTrid, @tsjenkinson, @FritzLaylin, @hyphaltip, et al. on this long-awaited triumph!
https://t.co/vv4kTZHboD

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

Come check out my talk today at 11:00 in the Flagstaff room! I���ll be showing our discovery of a novel DNA mycovirus and its interaction with its Chytrid host! #MSAfungi2023

[Jason Stajich @hyphaltip]

New manuscript in Mycologia lead by @casettron w/ @KidTrid and others in our lab using RNASeq to study development in the dioecious chytrid fungus and mosquito pathogen Coelomomyces https://t.co/g6doSiYCkK ��🍄🧬 @ucrcnas

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@RossAJoseph2187 Congrats, Ross! 🎊🍾🎉

[Jason Stajich @hyphaltip]

We found a DNA CRESS virus in #Batrachochytrium - work from @KidTrid Rebecca Clemons, Tim James, @tsjenkinson @FritzLaylin @stajichlab and others.

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@DrRabern They devoted a lot of time to what was a 1/2 hour DLC in the game. Feel like they should have split the season in 2 parts to do the story more justice.

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

I’ve passed my qualifying exams! Lots of work ahead but suddenly it all seems more within reach.

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@ATinyGreenCell It’s accurate if you have highly pure DNA/RNA. If you have contaminants the values can be inflated

[Mark Yacoub @KidTrid]

@DNADoubleFelix @Old_dusty_ @PhageCanada You can use gggenomes in R
https://t.co/EsJ3SI4fGl

[Rabern Simmons, PhD 🔬💧🍄 @DrRabern]

Chytrid fungi affect human health!
THIS is why Joyce E. Longcore, first to isolate and describe Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is the 2022 Distinguished Mycologist.
https://t.co/vGJAPy7WtI via @wired