Gulnara Tagirdzhanova @metalichen
Assistant Professor at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab Fellow @deepsthlmuni @scilifelab lichen symbiosis | metagenomics | evolution @metalichen.bsky.social metalichenlab.github.io Stockholm, Sweden Joined July 2018-
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Can't wait for this meeting!
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: oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-event… Come be part of it — each of you counts!
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One week left to apply for the PhD position in my group in Stockholm!
⚡️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: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…
The lab opens in April 2026, and now the new lab website is live, check it out! metalichenlab.github.io
⚡️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: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…
@samedwards410 @dianagdlc will do!
@talbotlabTSL Thank you Nick for all of your support!!
@mariselagarduno Thanks Mari 🫶
@samedwards410 @dianagdlc He is indeed! We know each other quite well actually!
@KamounLab Thank you Sophien!
Gulnara Tagirdzhanova retweeted
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.
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 doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…
Huge thanks to all coauthors: @talbotlabtsl, @ahbucknell, @ellenscameron, Mark Blaxter, @robdfinn, and @McdonaldMeganc!
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
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 doi.org/10.1101/2025.1…
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