José Vargas-Muñiz
🇵🇷🏳️🌈 | Asst. Prof. @ Virginia Tech | UPRM & DukeMGM Alumnus | He/His/Him | Opinions are my own, RT ≠ endorsements. 🍄☣️🧫 Website: jvm-lab.weebly.com
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizI just saw this and am excited to share! 🍄 Reverse the Red Day 7 Feb. "Fungal Conservation in the New Year: Species Discovery, Action, Policy, and a Global Strategy" us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizTwo new 🔥pre-prints 🔥 TODAY by us & @pwoakes.bsky.social @myosincity.bsky.social change the way we think about the septin cytoskeleton Septins buffer mechanical stress on actin and membranes! Septins are like intermediate filaments www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizThrilled to share our latest study, led by @reikatei.bsky.social, in @natchembio.nature.com! We began by asking a simple question—how do cells know if they have too much of a lipid in a particular membrane, and how do they respond to rectify this imbalance? www.nature.com/articles/s41... More info 👇
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- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizAfter years of struggling with how to cryopreserve one of our endosymbiotic bacteria, we found something that worked! 🦠☃️ We crowd-sourced suggestions and then @ruthwright.bsky.social tried the most common ones (like 🥛...). Want to do the same? Here is how we did it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñiz🚨 Preprint Friday! 🚨 Thrilled to highlight this collab with David Brown at Duke @cutitoutdave.bsky.social and Ken Poss at UW Madison/Morgridge @kenposs.bsky.social. By comparing 3(!!) regenerating models we identify a conserved role for Sp-family TFs in appendage regeneration (and more).....🧵
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- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñiz#Archaea #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky exceptional work, hiro & team 👏👏👏 it's wonderful to see 𝘓. 𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮 dancing. live videos reveal so much more than stills! ALT source: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizWe are hiring!! Biological Sciences as UNC Charlotte has a broad search for a new assistant professor. Apps reviewed 12/15. Please spread the word! 💚⛏️ #PlantSci 🧪🦠🧬 jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizStill posting cytoskeleton videos, it seems. Actin this time. Sample: Lifeact-eGFP in HeLa cells. Modality: Airyscan confocal Timestamp is mm:ss and the scale bar is 5 µm.
- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñiz🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟♂️ Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizAn Asgard archaeon with internal membrane compartments Brilliant study led by @fmacleod.bsky.social and Andriko von Kügelgen. Tight collaboration with @buzzbaum.bsky.social and lab. Congrats to all authors! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizExciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech. Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizBeing a leading edge fellow has been the single best thing for my scientific career. Zara’s voice and vision was no small part in that. Apply. Apply. Apply.
- The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor. The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2. www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizWe are hiring! Interested? Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizDay Two at #NDiSTEM2025 was packed with discovery + community! ✨ Plenary speakers, Expo, Posters, and Oral Presentations fueled the day, ending with the SACNAS Powwow. 🥁 Don’t miss the Pachanga today! 🎉 #STEMCommunity #SACNAS #STEM #STEMWorkforce #STEMLeadership @kaliceaphd.bsky.social
- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñizjob alert: UC Davis is looking to hire a 9 month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Mycology in the Department of Plant Pathology. More details below, for full consideration submit by 1 December 2025 recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizCome be our colleague! The University of Rochester is hiring a TT Assistant Professor in evolutionary genetics and genomics: apply.interfolio.com/173431.
- On my way to #NDiSTEM2025! If you are attending and looking for grad school in bio sci, Mol and cell bio or infectious diseases let’s connect and chat about opportunities at Virginia Tech!
- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñiz@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñiz🦠🔬🤖🧑💻 #mAIcrobe is out! With @pinholab.bsky.social's lab, we launched an open-source framework for high-throughput bacterial image analysis. By rockstars A. Brito & B. Saraiva et al, making #DeepLearning for phenotyping accessible! Easy to use, plus model training 📜 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizRegistration open for #Fungal26 genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/ at Asilomar.
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizWe are hiring an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medicine. Come join our collaborative research environment with state-of-the-art facilities in NYC! Application review starts Oct 22. biochem.weill.cornell.edu/join-our-fac...
- For fucks sake
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- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizNew PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizVertebral skeletal diversity in mammals is remarkable. How do the differences between vertebral size and shape develop and evolve? See how we tackled this question in our paper published in @natcomms.nature.com today!
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizAre you attending SACNAS NDiSTEM 2025!? Don't miss this awesome session about "How to Identify the Right Mentor for You" hosted by @greisha-ortiz.bsky.social @neuro-explorer-lc.bsky.social @luisci22.bsky.social and @joele-r.bsky.social. #NDiSTEM2025 #SACNAS #STEMResearch #PLI @sacnas.bsky.social 🧪🔬🥼
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizIf you saw my talk on the population structure of #Aspergillus flavus at Fungal Genetics in 2024, you might have heard someone ask "how does Aspergillus oryzae fit into the picture?" If so, you heard my answer was "wait and see--we're working on this exact topic" Well, the wait is over! Preprint ⬇️
- Population-Specific Transcriptomic Shifts Underlie Secondary Metabolic Diversification in Aspergillus flavus and the Domestication of Aspergillus oryzae biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizLatest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports... This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵
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- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizAnnouncing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizPlease repost -- The Univ. California Davis dept of Plant Pathology is hiring a Fungal biologist / Mycologist Applications due Dec 1 Application portal: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339 Screenshot shows part of the job posting (with alt-text of the same text)
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- Reposted by José Vargas-Muñiz💥OUR LAB IS HIRING!!💥 We are hiring a research assistant/lab manager to assist with managing our axolotl colony and enabling some kick-ass science! Looking for high levels of organization, collaboration, problem solving and curiosity. Application link: tinyurl.com/3tpvphpm #SciJob #JobAlert
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizCheckout our new preprint with the @rokaslab.bsky.social!: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizNew short paper from our lab @currentbiology.bsky.social, in which we discover of a new mode of cell motility for choanoflagellates: flagellar gliding. www.cell.com/current-biol... - A 🧵
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizDelighted that our work on the Sanctuary Starship #transposon is now published! A big thanks to all co-authors, especially to the ever-amazing @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social for her mentorship! doi.org/10.1128/mbio...
- It will always amaze me how we can visualize the location of our protein of interest inside a cell. This is possible thanks to fundamental science, as scientists studied how a species of jellyfish generates light. 🍄: Aspergillus fumigatus
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizOur study on a mycovirus that boosts fungal virulence is now out — and beautifully covered in this Behind the Paper piece by Amariliz Rivera Huge thanks for capturing the heart of the story so thoughtfully. @natmicrobiol.nature.com rdcu.be/eB9yg
- Reposted by José Vargas-MuñizSpread the word 😃 Our department has an open position at the Assitant Professor level 🌱
- Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049
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