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… have been elected to the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute … in fungal genetics and evolution, he helps manage the Bacterial-Fungal Interactions Science Focus Area. He has … of Delaware. His lab is interested in how microbial communities can efficiently degrade complex polymers that …

Fungi from herbivore poop make surprisingly complex compounds — an energetically expensive feat … The Science Anaerobic fungi, which die in the presence of oxygen, dwell in herbivore guts and help them digest … Katherine Louie conducted mass spectrometry experiments (or analyses) to break up the compounds and to puzzle out their …

Understanding how a fundamental mechanism of evolution allows microbes … cell’s membrane. Two decades ago, a team discovered a group of viruses that had in their genomes a surprising tool: a …