With expertise in genetics, molecular biology, developmental biology, population genetics, mycotoxicology, soil microbiology, microbial ecology, plant pathology, and biochemistry, genomics and bioinformatics the PBOFF faculty foster interdisciplinary research, provide graduate training, and sponsor seminars and symposia in fungal biology. The diverse biological disciplines are brought together by a common interest in using molecular biological approaches to exploit and understand fungi.  Major topics of research include:

 

Fungal-Plant Interactions

Biological Control of Plant Disease

Fungal Primary and Secondary Metabolism

Development and Circadian Rhythms

Fungal Evolution and Genomics

Fungal Ecology and Population Genetics