

RECENT NEWS
2024/07
Presented at Plant Health 2024, American Phytopathological Society (APS), Memphis, TN, USA
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2024/01
Talk at the PLPM Departmental seminar
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, USA​
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2024/01
Guest talk at the Biosciences Divison,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA​
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2023/08
Assumed work as a Postdoctoral Research Associate
at the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
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2022/12
Award of Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences
Awarded by Dean of Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences,
University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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2022/12
Early Career Scientist Grant Winner
Awarded to a PhD or postdoc life scientist to help support their career, Hellobio, Bristol. UK
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2022/11
Best Presentation Award
JSME 35- Multi Disciplinary English Session: Microbial Ecology, Fundamental and Applications
JSME Committee for the Promotion of Diversity and Career Path Development, Hokkaido, Japan
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2022/04
Best Poster Presentation Award
12th Asian Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ASME)
Jeju Shinwha World, Korea
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2022/03
Poster Presentation (Virtual)
31st Fungal Genetics Conference #Fungal22
Genetics Society of America (GSA)
Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA/Online
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2021/06
iPoster Presentation
World Microbe Forum 21
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Federation of European Microbiologists Association (FEMS) Collaboration
2021/03
Lightning Presentation (Session - Chemical Ecology)
at the MiCom2021 - 8th International Conference on Microbial Communication for Young Scientists
JSMC, University of Jena, Germany.
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2020/12
Cover Image selected for December issue, Life Science Alliance Journal
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2020/12
Episode 440 - Prokaryotes pay for passage
Podcast on Bacteriofiles by ASM.org
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2020/09
New Paper in Life Science Alliance Journal
Fungal mycelia and bacterial thiamine establish a mutualistic growth mechanism.
Abeysinghe G, Kuchira M, Kudo G, Masuo S, Ninomiya A, Takahashi K, Utada AS, Hagiwara D, Nomura N, Takaya N, Obana N, Takeshita N. Life Sci Alliance. 3(12):e202000878 (2020)
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Highlight in Science, AAAS:
Hyphal toll roads through the soil
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Press release:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/uot-btb092420.php
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2020/05
Selected for 'Scientists of the future at the 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics'
BioMed Central (BMC), Springer Nature.
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2020/02
Talk from the abstract
presented at the 15th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG15)
Rome, Italy
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Best Poster Award at Asperfest17
https://www.ecfg15.org/satellite-workshops/asperfest-17/
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2019/03
Poster Presentation
at the 30th Fungal Genetics Conference
Asilomar, CA, USA
http://conferences.genetics-gsa.org/Fungal/2019/index
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2018/09
Best Poster Award
Towards Microbial Control ver. 3.0
Tsukuba Global Science Week (TGSW)
University of Tsukuba, Japan.
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