New collaboration with Michelle O'Malley (Chemical Engineering) and Katja Seltmann (CCBER) made possible with NSF grant

This project will generate the first multi-host, multi-continent database to understand the diversity and specificity of a plant-endophyte symbiosis. This research will help address outstanding and fundamental ecological and evolutionary questions concerning the origin and diversification of fungal endophyte species, specifically addressing how adaptations to different plant hosts may lead to the speciation of endophytes.