Join Korena Mafune, PH.D. and Samira Fatemi for a workshop to help you communicate your science with the media and audiences of all backgrounds
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6 pm EDT, 5 pm CDT, 4 pm MDT, 3 pm PDT
via Zoom
Resources for student and postdoctoral members of the MSA
Join Korena Mafune, PH.D. and Samira Fatemi for a workshop to help you communicate your science with the media and audiences of all backgrounds
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
6 pm EDT, 5 pm CDT, 4 pm MDT, 3 pm PDT
via Zoom
JOIN US TO HEAR ABOUT FELLOW MYCOLOGISTS’ WORK!
I am a doctoral candidate at the North-West University in South Africa. I am a part of the research group that focuses on Environmental Microbiology and Agricultural Biotechnology. My research interest is on Environmental Mycology. At the moment, I am working on diversity of early divergent fungi (Mucoromycota) and drivers influencing their distribution and abundance.
As a postdoc in Dr. Teresa Palowska’s lab at Cornell University, I have been studying communities of Mucoromycota fungi and their bacterial endosymbionts. Our sampling locations include four sites in California within the Desert and Mediterranean biomes. Previously, I obtained my PhD from the University of Florida under the supervision of Dr. Matt Smith, studying Zoopagomycota fungi which are close relatives of Mucoromycota.
A Symposium in Honor of the Mycological Life of Dr. Tom Volk
We are currently welcoming submission of abstracts for presentations at the Synmycanthrosium (“Together-fungus-people-place”) to be held at UW-La Crosse May 21–22, 2023. This symposium will honor Dr. Volk’s profound and enduring scientific impacts in the field of mycology and beyond. The symposium agenda is available here.
Abstracts should be submitted online. Detailed instructions for abstract submission are available at the submission site.
The deadline for abstract submissions is 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2023 (original deadline has been extended). Applicants will be informed of the status of their abstract by April 24, 2023. We expect to be able to accommodate all poster presentations; slots for oral presentations are limited and will be chosen on the basis of their articulated relationship to Dr. Volk’s work and with the goal of creating a thematically broad program. Applicants who are not selected for a talk will be assigned a poster presentation.
Please note that submitting an abstract does not automatically register you for the conference. You must register separately. Registration and travel information is available here. Note that there is a discount for registration by April 14, 2023. Opportunities for sponsors or exhibitors are forthcoming.
Please email Dr. Alder Yu (ayu@uwlax.edu) with any questions. We look forward to seeing you in La Crosse!
The Mycological Society of America (MSA) – Student and Postdoc Section is excited to announce our annual Fungal Art Contest open to ALL members of the MSA community (students, post-docs, professors and fungal enthusiasts). Moreover, to raise awareness of the importance of elevating diversity in mycology, MSA SPS has partnered with MSA-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and have created two separate entries for the 2023 Art contest (see below).
Goal: The winning design(s) will be featured on this year’s MSA-SPS merchandise which will be sold at the MSA 2023 annual conference and on our online swag store (bonfire). All proceeds from this sale will be used for student recruitment and to fund the MSA-SPS student membership scholarship.
Submissions: Open from March 1st – May 12th 2023
Winners will be announced in the end of May 2023
Submit your designs to this Google Form
Award: Winners will be given a $50 dollar gift card or one item of their choice with their design. Furthermore, the winners artwork will be this year’s MSA-SPS design and will be showcased in our booth at the 2023 MSA conference in Arizona.
Open to all artists (students, professors, postdoc) and fungal enthusiast
The artwork has to be an original piece
All entries and rights to the artwork remain the property of the artist unless a separate written transfer and payment for the original has been negotiated, but we have the right to use the image for merchandise, as stated above.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our merchandise chair,
Fabiola Pulido-Chavez at mpuli011@ucr.edu
Are you a student or postdoc studying mycology who is interested in serving on the executive board of the Student and Postdoc Section of the Mycological Society of America? We are looking for nominees for the upcoming 2023-2024 board. If you are interested in a position please read about them and their responsibilities here (https://msastudents.org/student-section-bylaws/) and fill out this nomination form! In addition to working with your peers, elected members have their MSA membership fee waived.
Self nominations are encouraged. You can be nominated for more than one position, but can only be elected to one.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Deadline for nominations is May 12th at 11:59 pm PST.
Nomination form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEZraDnRcNUKz4tXwpJfJ8Y8vbGCWarFb9Fn6IF9NfrOdkvQ/viewform?usp=sharing
Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/4hpIo6IoL-o
Date: March 28, 2023
Time: 1:00 PM EDT
Location: Zoom (link in attached file)
Presenters: Matt Kasson, PhD, Bridget Marie Barker, PhD, and João Araújo, PhD
Description: The MSA SPS is hosting a symposium over Zoom on 3/28 at 1:00 pm Eastern focusing on mycology in the context of the hit show The Last of Us. Join us as Matt Kasson, PhD, Bridget Marie Barker, PhD, and João Araújo, PhD present their views on arthropod-associated fungi and real-world fungal pathogens. How do fungi pathogens actually interact with insects? How is coccidioidomycosis, a real-world pathogen, expanding its range in response to climate change? Tune in to Zoom on Tuesday 3/28 for a mycologist’s perspective!
Link to the recording: https://youtu.be/4hpIo6IoL-o