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Matthew Nelsen

@mpnelsen

Senior Research Scientist @FieldMuseum || Lecturer @saic_news || Evolutionary biologist focusd on macroevolution, symbiosis, fungi, geobiology. Tweets my own.

 Chicago, IL
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Joined December 2015
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Please join me over at Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/mpnelsen.bs… – at Chicago, IL
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Great opportunity to work with some bright and fun people doing importamt and innovative work! 👇 – at Chicago, IL
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What a thrill to see #Cooksonia barrandei (432 million year old land plant!) at the National Museum in Prague!! 😀
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Wonderful talks by @FabianyHerrera and @MikeDAntonio22 at the International Organization of Paleobotany conference in Prague. Great representation by @FieldMuseum folks!! – at Prague, Czech Republic
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Had a blast at the International Organization of Paleobotany conference in Prague this past week! @CStrulluDerrien and I chaired a session on #fungi. I gave a talk on the roles #lichens have played in shaping terrestrial ecosystem evolution 😁👇
C.Strullu-Derrien (@CStrulluDerrien) profile pictureC.Strullu-Derrien@CStrulluDerrien29 May 2024
Matthew Nelson gave a very nice talk on lichens in the IOPC Prague this morning.
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@FieldMuseum – at Chicago, IL
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Hey y'all - please help some colleagues (@ImperfectFunGuy @Bee_Bytes) out w their work on the "flying saltshakers of death" (aka fungus-infected periodic cicadas") in the #Chicago region 👇. – at Chicago, IL
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And see this great article by @kategscience on @CNN to learn more about this fascinating system!! cnn.com/2024/04/15/world/cic…
A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say | CNN

A strange fungus could transform emerging cicadas into ‘saltshakers of death,’ scientists say | CNN

This spring, a bizarre fungus called Massospora cicadina will turn some cicadas into sex-crazed zombies.

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What a thrill to see our (@CorrieMoreau, @rree73, Kevin Boyce) work on the evolution of ant-plant intxns (@PNASNews @EvolLetters) highlighted in this beautiful episode of @PBS @PBSEons hosted by @latinxscientist!! 🐜🌳🏵️🏜️🌾 @FieldMuseum Watch here 👇youtu.be/Wp8ux8Xlj48?si=9rrM…
Eons (@EonsShow) profile pictureEons@EonsShow25 Sep 2023
How did ants take over the world? It looks like they didn’t achieve world domination all by themselves... Watch tomorrow's new video for the story of ants' rise to power! 🐜🐜🐜
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Hey #Chicago! Want to support a great cause while having a great time? Check out the STACKED @guitarsoverguns fundraiser organized by Lisa Thompson (@Blue_Sky_Bakery) on 20 September!! Tix/info 👇
Guitars Over Guns (@guitarsoverguns) profile pictureGuitars Over Guns@guitarsoverguns17 Aug 2023
🎉Chicago, brace yourself for an unforgettable night! Join us on Wednesday, September 20th from 6-9pm to celebrate #GOGO's incredible impact in our city. Click here to purchase tickets today: classy.org/event/band-togeth… @soulandsmoke @funkytownbrewery @whitesox & more!
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Before the #chytrid (#Batrachochytrium #Bd #Bsal) queens of Joyce Longcore and Martha Powell: daily.jstor.org/the-fungi-ma…
The Fungi-Mad Ladies of Long Ago - JSTOR Daily

The Fungi-Mad Ladies of Long Ago - JSTOR Daily

In mycology’s early days, botanical drawing was, for some women, a calling. Their mushroom renderings were key to establishing this new field.

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Nice - more evidence for intragenomic ITS variation in Fungi 👇🍄 Extensive intragenomic variation in the internal transcribed spacer region of fungi: iScience cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…
Extensive intragenomic variation in the internal transcribed spacer region of fungi

Extensive intragenomic variation in the internal transcribed spacer region of fungi

Molecular biology; Microbiology; Evolutionary biology

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Highly recommended👇
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Super cool to see @Naughty_Dog & OG #TheLastOfUs @arnemeyer (& fellow @UChicago alumnus) reading this article in @UChicagoMag! Always happy to chat about #fungi @TheLastofUsHBO #TheLastOfUsHBO @FieldMuseum Thanks Maureen Searcy & @kategscience!! See also: news.uchicago.edu/story/myco…
Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi

Mycologist and evolutionary biologist is a fan of fungi

Matthew Nelsen, PhD’14, is working to bring these obscure organisms to light, dispel some myths about them

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Arne Meyer (@arnemeyer) profile pictureArne Meyer@arnemeyer20 May 2023
The Last of Us and cordyceps references everywhere these days! Fun surprise and honored to see it appear in the latest issue of @UChicagoMag 🖤🖤🖤
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Great work, @EsterGaya1! 👏👏🍄👇
Ester Gaya (@EsterGaya1) profile pictureEster Gaya@EsterGaya127 Jun 2023
I feel very honoured for this recognition and I'd like to share the honour with my Comparative fungal biology team, the true performers of fantastic research ❤️
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This looks very cool!! 👇🍄
Laszlo G. Nagy (@laszlognagy) profile pictureLaszlo G. Nagy@laszlognagy23 Jun 2023
“Taxonomic” and “genomic fungi” are in mismatch; early diverging fungi closer to unicellular protists in gene content than to Dikarya. A chapter closed in our lab with this @NatureEcoEvo paper. #1000FungalGenomes Project. Thread, 1/n. rdcu.be/dfbNL
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Hello Illinois Fungi Fans! This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Illinois Mycological Association and we're here to celebrate with some of our great events. Follow to see what's poppin up in Illinois and we'd love to see you at fungi surveys! Join us at the link in the bio! – at Chicago, IL
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Fun day chatting #lichens w Patrick Leacock's #fungi class @saic_news. We took a field trip outside in downtown #chicago and found around 8 species, including this little gem (Xanthocarpia feracissima) hidden among the stones.
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For today's #fungusfriday, I debut the newest addition to my collection of #fungi-themed tshirts - a harvestman killed by a torrubielloid fungus (Cordycipitaceae). Image, collection and shirt by the great @joaofungo - Thanks!!
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It's Dog Vomit slime mold season!! Fuligo septica is out and about and doing well! Keep your eyes peeled for this on woodchips in landscaped areas. #slimemold #chicago #theblob
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