Collaborators
· With Drs. Aviv Regev and Dawn Thompson (Broad Institute, Cambridge) - In vivo adaptation and evolution of of human pathogenic fungus Candida albicans.
· With Dr. Paul Kaufman (University of Massachusetts, Worcester) - drug screening to identify chemical inhibitors of C. albicans adhesion.
· With Drs. Mike Lorenz (University of Texas, Houston) testing various Candida mutants validated in the nematode host in a mammals.
· Andy Koh (University of Texas, Dallas) testing various Candida mutants validated in the nematode host in a mammals.
· With Dr. Jonathan Ewbank (Centre d'immunologie de Marseille, Luminy) host factors that alter Candida infections.
· With Drs. Jennifer Normanly (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) identify and characterize the genes and chemical intermediates involved in IAA synthesis in Arabidopsis and yeast.
· John Celenza (Boston University, Boston) identify and characterize the genes and chemical intermediates involved in IAA synthesis in Arabidopsis and yeast.
· With Dr. Marta Laskowski (Oberlin College, Oberlin) characterize the putative IAA receptor in yeast, Grr1.
· With Dr. Per Ljungdahl (Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm) IAA sensing mechanism of Candida albicans.