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Before 2006, Olpidium was one of the many obscure fungi of Chytridiomycota (the “chytrids”).  A collaborative team led by Joey Spatafora at Oregon State University, Jason Stajich … attracted the attention of many mycologists with the two publications of the kingdom-wide, multi-gene phylogeny of …

Since 2019 Dr. Blaby heads the DNA synthesis platform at the Joint Genome … National Laboratory where he focused on functional genomics of phototrophs. Through this and post-doctoral positions at … Award for Research Excellence … Education … Selected Publications … Awards and Honors …

… a microbial mat. The Science In microbial mats, communities of microorganisms live among viruses that infect them. But … lytic infection. But some viruses are also able to play a long game. In a lifestyle called lysogeny, they can … This work,  recently published in  The ISME Journal , by contrast, relied on methods that eschew culturing, …