Gulnara Tagirdzhanova

Assistant Professor at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab Fellow
@deepsthlmuni @scilifelab
lichen symbiosis | metagenomics | evolution

@metalichen.bsky.social

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

Thrilled to share that I recently got a position of an Assistant Professor/SciLifeLab Fellow at Stockholm University, where I will continue my work on #lichen symbiosis. The lab opens in April 2026, and if you are interested in joining please get in touch! #newPI

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

Can't wait for this meeting!

[Silvia Ramundo @ramundo_silvia]

Here we go again! Join us in Vienna, May 21–22, for two days of plant science—talks, discussions, and celebration of what makes plants both beautiful and essential 💚Full program + registration here: https://t.co/0RMaLUR4jK
Come be part of it — each of you counts!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@GarimaSingh_GS thank you!!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

Thrilled to share that I recently got a position of an Assistant Professor/SciLifeLab Fellow at Stockholm University, where I will continue my work on #lichen symbiosis. The lab opens in April 2026, and if you are interested in joining please get in touch! #newPI

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

One week left to apply for the PhD position in my group in Stockholm!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: https://t.co/xx6dkCHyC6

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

The lab opens in April 2026, and now the new lab website is live, check it out!
https://t.co/ibkSfiIYjs

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: https://t.co/xx6dkCHyC6

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@angelyx97 Thanks Xia!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@michhulin Thank you!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@samedwards410 @dianagdlc will do!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@talbotlabTSL Thank you Nick for all of your support!!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@mariselagarduno Thanks Mari 🫶

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@Phil_Carella thank you!!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@samedwards410 @dianagdlc He is indeed! We know each other quite well actually!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@Edel_PLopez Thank you :)

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@Akiliense Thank you!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@vinniman Thanks!!

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@NeftalyCM Thanks!!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

@KamounLab Thank you Sophien!

[Nick Talbot @talbotlabTSL]

New preprint from our group led by @metalichen on the discovery of a Starship giant transposable element in the genome of a lichen-forming fungus.

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

Huge thanks to all coauthors: @talbotlabtsl, @ahbucknell, @ellenscameron, Mark Blaxter, @robdfinn, and @McdonaldMeganc!

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

New preprint: 🚀🧬 Starship in the genome of the lichen fungus Xanthoria. Discovery of giant transposons Starships challenged what we thought we knew about fungal genomes. But what about Starships in #lichen fungi? Let us present Tangerine https://t.co/pp8kUcbqxE

[Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen]

Now, all Starship transposons are named after fictional spacecrafts, so naturally we followed suit. After being up till 2 one night, I settled on Tangerine star buggy, which made a brief appearance in D. Adams’ The Restaurant at the End of the Universe