French connection

Jason was at the European Conference on Fungal Genetics in Paris this April and had a chance to deliver a lecture. It was a great meeting of science and there was a lot of social media coverage by participants.Jason and Ousmane also attended the 1st conference on multicellular development in fungi where Ousmane presented his work on the Neolecta genome and comparative biology of the Taphrinomycotina fungi.[caption id=”attachment_1490” align=”alignright” width=”604”] An ascus of Neurospora biologists…[/caption][caption id=”attachment_1489” align=”aligncenter” width=”590”] It was a bit imposing to be on stage with bright colored backdrop[/caption][caption id=”attachment_1488” align=”aligncenter” width=”590”] I showed some colorful trees[/caption][caption id=”attachment_1487” align=”aligncenter” width=”604”] Little Jason and big slides[/caption] [caption id=”attachment_1486” align=”aligncenter” width=”604”] Mural at a school with a mushroom little red riding hood and mushrooms in the forest[/caption]