Mostafa Rahnama

Assistant Professor in Microbial Genetics

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

Great to be part of #PlantHealth2026 in Rhode Island! Thanks to @plantdisease for another outstanding meeting. Proud of my students, @SaharSalimi3 and Justin King, for their excellent poster presentations. Looking forward to next year! #PlantPathology #Mycology

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

I would like to thank the Genetics Society of America
@GeneticsGSA for organizing the 33rd Fungal Genetics Conference in California. A special congratulations to my student Ari Mortensen for receiving the Mycota Best Poster Award in the graduate student category. @tennesseetech

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

Available MSc and PhD positions in my lab. Follow 👇
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[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

Available MSc and PhD positions in my lab. Follow 👇
https://t.co/0L9CJRANmF

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

It was a great honor to be invited to present at the Mycological Society of America (MSA) 2025 meeting at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Many thanks to the MSA organizers for the invitation and for putting together such an engaging and well-organized conference.

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

I had a great experience presenting in the “Chromatin and Chromosome Biology” session at #Fungal24 .
Thanks organizers @Slavi_Jan and @MareikeMM for inviting me.

[Slavica Janevska @Slavi_Jan]

The ‘Chromatin and Choromosome Biology‘ session #Fungal24. Left to right: @mostafarahnama, @MareikeMM, Manuel Sánchez López-Berges, @1DEcook, Felicia Ebot-Ojong, Minou Nowrousian, Andrew Klocko, Zeyi Wang. @gokalpyildirir got missing 🙃 Thank you to all speakers and attendees!

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

It is my pleasure to inform you that my recent paper has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.

https://t.co/9KbLPvopUh

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

I am pleased to announce that I will serve as editor of the "Long-Read DNA Sequencing Collection" issue of Scientific Reports.
Please let me know if you are interested in preparing a manuscript for this collection.
For further information, check the attached flyer.

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

I have a funded graduate position (Master's degree) in molecular mycology and bioinformatics in my lab starting in Fall 2023.

I am looking for enthusiastic and self-motivated candidates familiar with molecular biology and bioinformatics with a degree in…https://t.co/Zg5N4EhDKK

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

Two funded graduate positions (Master and PhD degrees) in molecular mycology and bioinformatics are available in my lab.

****The candidates should be able to join my lab by Jan 2023.

For more details check:
https://t.co/8bmtiXJAn4

Please feel free to…https://t.co/xJ6OqYzA4M

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

@Pt_Bhattacharjo @schardl8 @namraf64 Thanks

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

I'm happy to announce that I've recently accepted a new position as Assistant Professor at the Tennessee Tech University. I appreciate all of the help and support from the people surrounding me.
Today was an exciting day as my first day in the next stage of my academic career.

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

@namraf64 @schardl8 Yes

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

@KiwiYoung @NCSU_DEPP @NCStateCALS Congratulations. Hope you have the best time there.

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

@diakoem @bioprotocolbyte Spas

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

I am glad to let you know that my protocol is reprinted in Microbiology Selections, a curated series of the 26 methods most used by Bio-protocol’s community over the past year. In addition, they used one of my figures in my protocol as the cover image.

@bioprotocolbyte

[Sarah Cochran-Murray @sarah_m_cochran]

Had a great time hosting some plant path peers from the University of Kentucky to introduce them to Raleigh and @NCSU_DEPP . Come back anytime!

[Mostafa Rahnama @mostafarahnama]

@KiwiYoung @sarah_m_cochran @NCSU_DEPP Me too

[Wilson Lab UNL @WilsonLab]

Mostafa Rahnama from @namraf64 lab discusses chromosome responses to teleomere dysfunction in Magnaporthe #Magnafest #Fungal22