Author Archives: Rytas Vilgalys
New Mycology Club in the Research Triangle
We are delighted to officially announce the start of the Triangle Mycological Society. This group has been a long time coming, with many previous iterations of the society occurring over the past decades. With the current enthusiasm for fungi coming … Continue reading
2024: “Best MASMC ever”
This year’s Middle Atlantic States Mycology Conference (MASMC) was a huge success with with over 120 participants and a record 50 presentations (20 talks/30 posters). Most of the presentations were by students attending their first scientific meeting – the quality … Continue reading
April 19, 2024: Photos from Rytasfest
On Friday April 19, 2024, the extended family of the Vilgalys Lab descended on the Spruce Pine Lodge in Bahama, NC, for Rytasfest. Over 100 former students, postdocs, and colleagues gathered in Bahama, North Carolina, to celebrate 40+ years of … Continue reading
April 20-21, 2024: Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference returning to Duke University
NEWS: MASMC COMING BACK TO DURHAM!!! APRIL20-21, 2024. Save the date. Registration for MASMC2024 is OPEN Instructions for registration, abstract submission, and other details are posted at https://sites.duke.edu/masmc/ Abstracts and posters will be accepted until April 10. Please pass the … Continue reading
Congratulations to Dr. Jessie Uehling
Jessie Uehling successfully defended her Ph.D. yesterday. Congratulations Jessie!
Seminar by Tim James
Duke Mycology alum Tim James returned recently to present a seminar for the University Program in Genetics and Genomics.
Khalid Hameed receives Presidential Service Award. Congratulations Khalid!
Congratulations to Professor Khalid Hameed for receiving the President’s Volunteer Service award. Khalid received this award for his volunteer work with US AID Farmer-to-Farmer program to support mushroom cultivation in the developing world. He and Van Cotter recently presented a … Continue reading
Endosymbiotic bacteria of Mortierella: part of the core Populus microbiome
We recently published two papers arising from our first Populus endophyte genomes. Here are some links along with the news release prepared for the DOE Uehling J, Gryganskyi A, Hameed K, Tschaplinski T, Misztal PK, Wu S, Desirò A, Vande Pol … Continue reading
98 Suillus X 10 Pinaceae
As part of our NSF-funded study on coevolution of mycorrhizal fungi in the genus Suillus with members of the plant family Pinaceae, we just finished setting up a spore-print bioassay pairing 30 Suillus species with 10 different host trees from the conifer family Pinaceae. … Continue reading
