Lutzoni Lab – Evolution, Ecology, and Genomics of Fungal Symbioses

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NSF - GoLife

Learn more about our NSF, GoLife, project on the largest group of unknown fungi.

Factors shaping lichen networks

Learn more about our NSF BEE project on lichen networks.

Research interests in the Lutzoni lab are centered on symbiotic systems involving fungi and photoautotrophic organisms. Lichens, including their microbiomes, have been our principal focus, but since 2005 our research program has expanded to include endophytic fungi found in all lineages of land plants and endolichenic fungi found in lichen thalli. We have been studying these symbioses primarily from a macroevolutionary perspective, but since 2003 we have adopted an interdisciplinary approach bridging evolutionary biology, ecology, and genomics. Research in the Lutzoni lab spans the full spectrum of activities, from intensive fieldwork-based surveys to experimental laboratory work, across broad spatio-temporal scales.

2022-06: When art and science meet at the end of a very long road.

By Ian Medeiros September 20, 2022 September 20, 2022 Uncategorized

The artist: Chantal Harvey

The scientists: François Lutzoni and Jola Miadlikowska

The end of the road: Baie-Johan-Beetz, Québec, Canada

The shared inspiration: LICHENS

Learn more about this art–science outreach activity here.

2022-08: Welcome Diego Garfias Gallegos – New Ph.D. Student in the Lutzoni lab

By Ian Medeiros September 13, 2022 September 13, 2022 News

We are excited to welcome Diego Garfias Gallegos to the Lutzoni lab as a first-year Ph.D. student in the Duke Biology department. Previously, he studied the cycad microbiome as a master’s student at Langebio, Cinvestav, Mexico.