Jo Rhodes
@drjorhodes
Yoga bunny. Cake guru. Scientist by day. Assistant Professor at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Interested in fungal ‘omics and One Health, evolutionary biology and popgen, epidemiology and promoting women in STEM 🏳️🌈
Names matter: the word ‘citizen’ carries legal, political, and cultural meanings that are not neutral, say @britishecologicalsociety.org. Instead, consider using the term ‘community science’.
Last day in the office today, and so pleased to receive this copy of One Health and Mycology, for which I contributed a chapter. Many thanks to @acgerstein.bsky.social @shapirorebecca.bsky.social and @ene-lab.bsky.social for all your hard work over the last couple of years to pull this together!
Over many years, and a pandemic, we have worked with an international team of researchers to answer the question through genomics. We believe the origin is recent (in the last few decades, in line with previous research) and spatially from Western Europe
A long time ago in this same galaxy, we asked ourselves "where does azole antifungal resistance in fungi come from?" So we set about sampling Aspergillus fumigatus to build a collection of 1000+ samples spanning a century from 34 countries.
We are delighted to have Dr. Rhys Farrer from CMM Exeter give the School seminar today on Cryptococcus! 🙌🏻
Life update: I survived! And watching Witcher reruns (refuse to watch the new season).
Been looking forward to the talk from @jusher.bsky.social on combinatorial stress resistance in C. glabrata/N. glabratus
Part of the Rhodes group are attending #Candida2025 as well, so we went out for dinner with @jusher.bsky.social
Super proud of Dr. Hugh Gifford presenting some of his PhD research at #Candida2025 this morning (photo courtesy of @harry-osborne.bsky.social)
Another week, another new starter in the group! This week I'm delighted to welcome Grace Wragg, who will be completing her MSci research on the genetic basis of phenotypic variation in pathogenic fungi with my group.
It’s a big day in the group today as the first of new incoming members start! We are pleased to welcome Emma Gan, who will be working on Candida. I met Emma when she was at imperial and was quickly impressed! So I’m delighted she chose @unibirmingham.bsky.social for her postgraduate education.
The way I just loudly said "FUCK" when I saw this after wondering why the database failed to download. Can we stop ending funding to tools that are *really* good and help us with our research please?
In just a weeks time @chownbioinf.bsky.social is cycling over 200km to the @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social in Norwich, to raise money for @aspertrust.bsky.social This is a huge feat, and for such a great cause. Please consider sponsoring Harry! www.justgiving.com/page/harry-c...
Best coffee in central Birmingham IMO. Got my commute down that I can nip in between switching trains.
Never thought I’d have the pleasure of travelling GWR through Swindon again…. Heading to BMS Annual Scientific Meeting!
Everyone’s posting ‘timeline cleanses’. As you know, I lost my bun Bali in February. He was 10 (first bun to leave U.K. post-Brexit apparently) May I present to you: Potato (R) and Wafel (L)
Congratulations to the new Dr. Hugh Gifford who passed his viva yesterday! It’s been great to supervise him with Rhys and Duncan, and many thanks to his examiners Elaine Bignell and Mat Fisher