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We are currently working on a diverse set of projects in our lab. We collaborate closely with ecologists and zoologists at SUNY Oswego and our affiliate field station, Rice Creek.
Are wetlands hotspots of selection for antifungal resistance in yeasts?
Are wetlands hotspots of selection for antifungal resistance in yeasts?
Wetlands are hypothesized to be hotbeds for field-acquired antifungal resistance - but few studies have demonstrated elevated resistance rates in wetland fungi.
Students in our group sample wetland and well-drained soil at Rice Creek Field Station, isolate the yeasts in each environment, identify isolates to the species level, then perform antifungal resistance assays.
Henry samples some wetland soil in order to isolate the yeasts present.
Casey, Zane, and Dr. Dan Baldassarre swabbing bird cloaca for mycobiome sequencing at the Rice Creek Bird Observatory.
Popgen work on species like Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces eubayanus suggest limited geographical constraint despite no obvious mechanism of long-range dispersal. We collaborate with the Oswego Bird Behavior Lab to sequence and compare the mycobiomes of migratory and residential bird species.
Are migratory birds vectors of long-range yeast dispersal?
Are migratory birds vectors of long-range yeast dispersal?
How does selection for highly fermentative yeast metabolism shape alternative carbon metabolic traits?
How does selection for highly fermentative yeast metabolism shape alternative carbon metabolic traits?
We focus on the budding yeast genus Hanseniaspora and the fission yeast genus Schizosaccharomyces to understand how selection operates on alternative carbon metabolism traits in rapidly growing highly fermentative yeasts.
Stock photo of flasks on a shaker, but you get the idea.
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