Michael Boucher
Microbiologist studying human fungal pathogens | New PI at the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health
- Reposted by Michael BoucherThe University at Albany Biomedical Sciences Department is hiring at the Assistant Professor level. We are looking for researchers at the intersection of infectious disease and artificial intelligence: albany.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #infectiousdisease #artificialintelligence
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- Deadline to apply for a postdoctoral position in my lab has been corrected--applications will be accepted until October 28. healthresearch.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HRI_Ca...
- My lab is hiring a postdoc! Official job ad and application instructions here: healthresearch.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/HRI_Ca... Current deadline says October 13, but this will be extended to be open for ~2 weeks.
- Interested in the lab but not quite ready to apply? Feel free to get in touch with me about upcoming positions
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- Small side-project from my postdoctoral work with @hitenmadhani.bsky.social. We found that blasticidin S can select for Cryptococcus transformants, and made CRISPR-compatible plasmids for other existing markers. Now 7 dominant genetic selection methods in total! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- Plasmids for selection with phleomycin (BLE marker); phosphite prototrophy (ptxD marker) and blasticidin S (BSD or BSR markers) are available @addgene.bsky.social
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- New PI day 1!
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- Our work to functionally map the Cryptococcus genome is now "officially" out in Cell!
- Someone's settled in for her cross-country road trip
- Reposted by Michael BoucherHello everyone! I am pleased to share information on the first ever Computational Structural Virology Symposium, conducted August 4th on zoom and highlighting work in this emerging field. You can register for this event here: forms.gle/CNiqskMwQEuV.... Please re-post!
- My postdoctoral work with @hitenmadhani.bsky.social is now online at @cp-cell.bsky.social! We profiled the fitness of >4300 Cryptococcus neoformans deletion strains in >140 conditions, identifying unexpected mammalian-like biology and drivers of fungal pathogenesis. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
- Share link to access article here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lFMiL7PXu...
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- Come join me as a new PI at the Wadsworth Center!
- The Wadsworth Center is expanding it's research focus on #virology /vector-borne diseases! www.asmcareerconnections.org/job/research-scientist-5-g-31/78488664/ This is a unicorn assistant prof equivalent position with 12-month hard money salary and no teaching commitments (!) Reposts appreciated 🙏
- Thanks to @hitenmadhani.bsky.social and the many coauthors who made this work possible!
- Really excited to share that I'll start my research lab at the Wadsworth Center with the New York State Department of Health in August 2025! My group will use functional genomics to study how fungal pathogens have repurposed machinery from their environmental lifestyles for mammalian infection!
