#Call for Nominations: IJCAI–ECAI 2026 Early Career Spotlights (ECS)
🎓Know an outstanding early-career AI researcher making impactful contributions?

#Review eligibility and #Nominate by 📅 April 12, 2026

https://2026.ijcai.org/early-career-spotlights/

#IJCAI2026 #ECAI2026 #cfp #phdone

I am very excited and proud that Julia Pols very successfully completed their PhD in our group. They wrote an excellent PhD thesis and engaged in exciting in-depth discussions with all the opponents during the PhD defense. (1/5) #PhDone #PhD #ProudPI #Antibiotics #ChemBio #ChemSky
I am very excited and proud that Julia Pols very successfully completed their PhD in our group. They wrote an excellent PhD thesis and engaged in exciting in-depth discussions with all the opponents during the PhD defense. (1/4)
#PhDone #PhD #ProudPI #Antibiotics #ChemBio

@FediTips

#TilingTuesday for pics of cool tilings
#MakanApaToday for pics of South-East Asian food
#Catstodon and #MastoCats for cats when it's not Saturday
#PhDLife and #PhDone for (very recently ex-)PhD students

Congratulations, Maurizio Forte (Kovarik lab)! 🎉 Maurizio successfully defended his thesis "Pathway-specific regulation of macrophage antimicrobial responses by Mediator kinase"! 🎓 #phdone

Congratulations! 🥳 Aleksandra Anisimova from the Karagöz lab successfully defended her thesis: "Dual regulation of the unfolded protein response by IGF2BP3"! 🎓

@univienna
@meduni_wien
#maxperutzlabs #biology #viennabiocenter #molecularbiology #lifescience #phdone

What if the best crop protectors aren’t chemicals — but the viruses living inside fungi?

In this video, we explore how mycoviruses could become powerful, self-spreading tools for sustainable agriculture — reshaping plant health from the inside out.

https://youtu.be/CGxSWkF762g?si=NERFkJY2J1bHdxFw

#fungi #mycology #agriculture #ecology
#aspergillus #education #academia
#phd_life #phdone #forest #mushrooms
#virus #mycovirus #crop #food #mycovirus #Science #nature #Farming #fungus #plants #foraging #Health #biology

The Viruses That Live in Fungi – A New Tool for Agriculture?

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Sage words of advice from the University of Cambridge Computer Science and Technology department:

#PhDone

👏 Adrià Nogales-Moral from the Köhler lab defended his thesis "Decoding Tardigrade Anhydrobiosis: Mechanistic and Ultrastructural Insights from the Extremotolerant Ramazzottius varieornatus" - congratulations! 🎉 #phdone
@univienna
@meduni_wien

#FungalFact 34:

I just shared a video on #Kurokawia palmulata. For almost 200 years, it was known under the wrong name, and only recent DNA work revealed its real place. A simple #lichen, but a good reminder of how our understanding changes over time. 🍃

https://youtube.com/shorts/xfl2drvEOuY?si=Z-8K5NQGTwapx4DT

#mycology #fungi #lichens #Mushrooms #FungiFriday #Education #phdone #Forest #foraging #academia #DNA #nature #science #microbiology #biology #ecology #YouTube #LichensFromAtoZ #lichenology #botany #Moss

K- Kurokawia palmulata. Shaggy fringe lichen. Lichens: Form A to Z

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