Fungal Biology at UGA

 

Many labs at UGA work with fungi.  Fungal biologists can participate in frequent fungal research seminars, monthly Eukaryotic Microbes Club meeting and weekly Fungal Molecular Biology Group meeting. It is a diverse, collegial group with lots of great ideas to share!

 

UGA Fungal Labs:

ARNOLD LAB Fungal Genomes, systems biology of clocks

COVERT LAB  Molecular Genetics of plant-fungal interactions, Fusarium circinatum, Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme and Ustilago maydis

GARFINKEL LAB  Retrotransposition in yeast

GLENN LAB Endophytic Fungi and their interactions with hosts, Fusarium verticilliodes, Neotyphodium coenophialum

GLOVER LAB Role and mechanism of Casein Kinase II, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

GOLD LAB  Molecular biology of plant-fungal pathogen interactions, Ustilago maydis

HALL LAB   Mathematical Models of Evolution and Experimental Evolution in Yeast

LANKAU LAB  Ecology and evolution of plant and fungal communities

MCEACHERN LAB  Telomeres in yeast

MOMANY LAB  Polarity, cell wall and cell cycle in Aspergillus nidulans and A. fumigatus

SCHERM LAB   Diseases of fruit crops

SCHMIDT LAB  Biosynthesis of isoprenylated signaling molecules in S. cerevisiae.

SHEFFERSON LAB  Evolutionary history of mycorrhizae and other plant-microbe interactions

STARAI LAB  Membrane fusion in yeast

WU LAB  Magnaporthe grisea secretome, with emphasis on secreted cell wall-depolymerizing enzymes and proteins involved in fungus-plant interactions

 

 

Fungal Molecular Biology Group Meeting, 2009