EvolutionVUA trainee in our program recently published a paper about #Aspergillus #flavus and its close relatives. The group found that environmental differences can drive differences in virulence across species. Read more here. https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2022/12/07/vu-graduate-student-parses-differences-in-virulence-across-aspergillus-genus-as-part-of-multi-university-study/
VU graduate student examines Aspergillus genus virulence as part of multi-university study
Annie Hatmaker, along with a team of researchers including her adviser, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Biological Sciences Antonis Rokas, recently published a study identifying the differences in virulence among Aspergillus species, a common human-pathogenic genus of fungi.