News
Welcome Leah!
We’re excited that Leah Tooman, our new lab manager, is safely arrived and whipping us into shape.
New UH Mycology Logo
Check out the new UH Mycology logo, designed by the good folks at Big Rose Web Design with lots of inspiration from MSA/MSJ 2005.
New Lab Manager
The Amend lab hired a full-time lab manager to be split 50/50 with Nicole Hynson’s lab.
Congratulations Dr. Richard O’Rorke!
Congratulations to Dr. Richard O’Rorke for a successful PhD defense, and for joining us as a PostDoc. Welcome aboard!
Spring 2013 News
Our four-year project “Diversity and Evolution of Fungal Foliar Endophytes in Native Hawaiian Plants” was funded by NSF. In collaboration with Brian Perry from UH Hilo, we’ll sample as many endemic Dicot genera as possible across the major Hawaiian Islands to look at environmental and evolutionary patterns of community assembly.
Fall 2012 News
Welcome Susan Alford, our new lab manager, fresh off the boat (literally)!
Our lab was funded to study the (fungal) diet of one of Hawaii’s critically endangered tree snail species. Apparently this involves flying around in a helicopter!
Our paper on global biogeography patterns of ocean Bacteria was accepted in The Journal of Biogeography.
Anthony has officially started as an Assistant Professor in the Botany Department at the University of Hawaii. More information about this program is available.