Fungal evolutionary ecology, genomics, bioinformatics, sci-art, code, data viz. She/her/Dr.
Asst. Prof. at Berkeley, PMB
Joined September 2014
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Elated to share that this January, I’ll be opening the doors to the Lofgren Mycology Laboratory at Berkeley in the @PMB_Berkeley dep. Our group will work on the ecology and evolution of fungi and their hosts, with a focus on ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, metabolism, and genomics.
🚨I will be hiring two postdoctoral scholars to start early 2025 at our new lab at UC Berkeley🚨 If you are attending MSA in Toronto next week and want to chat about either of these positions, please contact me! 🌱🍄
📄Details & application instructions: static1.squarespace.com/stat…
Out this morning! Where we argue the need for genus-level model systems in fungi and why Suillus should be one of them, provide a primer on the genus, and how the International Suillus Consortium is addressing grand challenges to system development. doi.org/10.1111/nph.19700
With @sarambranco @PerezPazosE @UMNFuN @jruytinx @xerantheum @Sunnyhl158 @KeYHfungi @zhang_kaile @vilgalys
dukechronicle.com/article/20… Hoping to see the new proposal to remove the herbarium from the Biology dep. and elevate it to a college-level facility gain traction at Duke.
Many thanks to the CIFAR organizers and leadership team for such a fantastic meeting- particularly impressed with the work that went into constructing two diverse, successful, and educational trainee days.
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Announcing SPORES, a new program that sends underrepresented undergraduates to the 2023 MSA annual meeting in Flagstaff Jul 29-Aug 3
msaspores.github.io/
Awardees get free meeting registration, mentoring by an established mycologist, banquet ticket, and a 1-year MSA membership
Tom was one of the first people to welcome me into the mycofam at my very first MSA when I went alone as an undergrad. A fighter, a myco ambassador, an amazing mentor, and the best kind of human. We’ve lost one of our best.
Our JGI CSP building ectomycorrhizal synthetic communities to tease apart complex secondary metabolomes was awarded🎉. Could NOT be more excited for this project and everything we’re going to learn! Thank you @jgi ! with @TheKellerLab @sarambranco
Ectomycorrhizal fungi are essential to forest health, providing their hosts w/soil nutrients and water in exchange for plant carbon. @LotusLofgren of @DukeBiology will study how EMF interact with complex consortia to establish and maintain symbiosis. #2023CSP CC: @MycoCosm (9/22)
The always insightful @jlsteenwyk on using gene covariation networks to inform functional coevolution at #fungal22
@DrJohannaRhodes bringing the data on the evolution of anti-fungal resistance in A.fumigatus at #fungal22
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Many thanks to Francis Trail and @ElaineBignell for moderating such an amazing and diverse plenary on cross species interactions at #fungal22 this morning.
My girl @TaniaKurbs killing it at #Fungal22 on the in-host evolution of black yeast
Ecstatic to be selected as a Tri-I MMPTP postdoctoral fellow. I’m grateful to join this amazing program and community of researchers and excited to embark on new training, projects, and collaborations across fungal genomics and fungal ecology✨🍄💻✨ mmptp.mgm.duke.edu/
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
SO excited to finally post this preprint from my 2 year postdoc w/ @hyphaltip + @cramer_lab colab using pan-, pop-, and phylogenomics, to assess pop.structure, recombination, lineage specific diversity, and evidence for metabolic specificity in A.fumigatus
We are looking for an undergraduate research technician to help out on two exciting projects working with graduate student Jake Nash and myself, doing fungal culture and molecular work. 10-15 hours a week, paid, work-study optional, training provided. @DukeBiology @DukeStudents
A periodic reminder to the academic community at large that a puppy dies every time you assume gender in your Response to Reviewers.
Excited to be a part of this great collection of reviews for the @CurrentBiology special issue on biodiversity along with mentor @hyphaltip: “Fungal biodiversity and conservation mycology in light of new technology, big data, and changing attitudes”
cell.com/current-biology/ful…
Following my heart back to the forest and heading to NC this month to continue postdoc-ing at @DukeBiology (Vilgalys lab). Forever grateful to my first postdoc mentor @hyphaltip and my @Stajichlab mycofam for their support, guidance, and community over the last two years in SoCal
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