Microbial Symbioses and Diversity Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Research Projects
Microbial diversity, Systematics, and Evolution
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Research topics:
- Fungal ecology, evolution and systematics (B. Arnold)
- Microbial diversity in oligotrophic environments (R. Maier)
- Fungal diversity and systematics (B. Pryor)
- Diversity of soil microbiota (R. Gallery, P. Barberan, A. Carini)
Plant/Animal Mutualistic and Antagonistic Interactions
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Research topics:
- Bacterial symbionts of insects (M. Hunter)
- Microbe-crustacean symbioses (A. Dhar)
- Nematodes and bacteria interactions (P.Stock)
- Virus-plant interactions (J. Brown, Z. Xiong)
- Plant-microbe interactions (R. Gallery; B. Arnold; J.Brown; P. Stock)
- Enteric microbiomes in vertebrates (Viswanathan and Vedantam)
- Fungi-induced diseases (B. Pryor; M. Orbach)
- Protist-host interactions (M. Riggs)
Microbes and The Environment
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Research topics:
- Microorganisms in soil formation (K. Dontsova)
- Microbial surfactants (R. Maier)
- Microbial biodegradation (J. Walworth)
- Microbes and biogeochemical cycling in soil (R. Gallery, P. Barberan, A. Carini)
Microbial Metabolites/Bio-products
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Research topics:
- Natural products biosynthesis (I. Molnar, L. Gunatilaka)
- Fungal secondary metabolites (B. Pryor)
- Symbiotic bacterial natural products (P. Stock, B. Arnold, D. Baltrus)
Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics
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Research topics:
- Microbial evolution and genomics (D.Baltrus, F. McCarthy)
- Evolution of microbial pathogenesis (M. Orbach, B. Arnold, P. Stock, G. Vedantam, Z. Xiong)