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Ecology and evolution of fungal heavy metal tolerance
We investigate the effects of heavy metal contamination
on fungal diversity and evolution. We study fungi growing
in contaminated soil (such as mine sites) and aim at
understanding the genetic and physiological basis of
fungal heavy metal tolerance.
Fungal thermal adaptation
We are studying the fungi living in thermal soils associated with hot springs in Yellowstone National Park. We are interested in the diversity of thermophilic fungi, as well as the physiological and genetic mechanisms underlying tolerance to hot soils.
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