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April 2009 – Congratulations, Dr. Suzanne Joneson!Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Joneson for the successful defense of her thesis on the genetics of the lichen symbiosis! |
Category: News
2009-08: Welcome Kathryn Picard, New Graduate Student.
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August 2009 –Welcome, Kathryn Picard, New Graduate Student |
2009-09: Welcome back, Samantha Fernandez!
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September 2009 – Welcome back, Samantha Fernandez!We are happy to welcome Samantha back for a two month visit to finish her molecular analyses of the genus Diploschistes for her PhD! |
2009-09: Welcome, Starri Heidmarsson, Visiting Researcher
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September 2009Welcome, Starri Heidmarsson, Visiting Researcher |
2010-11: Welcome, Olaf Mueller, New Postdoc Research Assoc
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November 2010 – Welcome, Olaf Mueller, New Postdoctoral Research AssociateWe welcome Olaf Mueller to the Lutzoni Lab as a new postdoctoral researcher! Olaf is funded by a subcontract to the lab (‘Co-evolved autotroph-heterotroph associations (AHAs): Lichens and their roles in biological soil crusts’) as part of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) foundational scientific focus area (FSFA) under DOE-BER’s genomic sciences program. In collaboration with Drs. Daniele Armaleo and Fred Dietrich, he is conducting comparative genomic analytical work on the first genomes (fungal and algal) sequenced from a lichen symbiosis. |
2011-01: Welcome, Martin Ramirez Mejia, Visiting Researcher
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January 2011Welcome, Martin Ramirez Mejia, Visiting Researcher |
2011-02: Welcome Ryoko Oono, New Postdoc Research Assoc
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February 2011 – Welcome, Ryoko Oono, New Postdoctoral Research AssociateWelcome to our new Postdoctoral Researcher, Ryoko Oono! She is joining our lab as a result of obtaining a postdoctoral fellowship through Duke’s Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program (MMPTP). Her time will be divided between the Lutzoni lab and the lab of Ignazio Carbone (Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University), and her work will focus on the biology of fungal endophytes. |
2011-06: Welcome Lisa LaManna, Visiting Researcher
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June 2011Welcome, Lisa LaManna, Visiting Researcher |
2011-08: Welcome Eimy Rivas Plata, New Postdoc Research Assoc
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August 2011 – Welcome, Eimy Rivas Plata, New Postdoctoral Research AssociateEimy has joined our lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Peltigera project, she will focus on the aphthosa and canina complexes of the genus. |
2011-09: Welcome, Nicolas Magain, Visiting Researcher
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September 2011 – Welcome, Nicolas Magain, Visiting ResearcherNicolas, Ph.D. student from Belgium under the supervision of Emanuël Serusiaux, joined our Peltigera project, focusing on the neopolydactyla complex. |