# positions[].organizations[].parent[].label
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
We apply evolutionary and ecological genetics approaches and questions to a variety of microbial systems. At the most basic level our overarching goal in my program is to elucidate the genetic basis for adaptation and/or how the patterns of associated phenotypes are distributed in nature or across environmental conditions. My strategy in research is not only to directly test hypotheses central to a specific project, but also, to concomitantly build tools and resources necessary to expand and/or redirect the scope of the project as needed due to opportunity, curiosity or both. Such tools include items like databases, well-characterized libraries of biological materials, and experimental skill-sets among personnel.

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Binghamton University - (Binghamton, New York, United States)

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
Boston University - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

# publications[].label
Epichloe Endophytes: Models of an Ecological Strategy

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Identification and quantification of methanogenic Archaea in adult chicken ceca.

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Contig assembly and microsynteny analysis using a bacterial artificial chromosome library for Epichlo festucae, a mutualistic fungal endophyte of grasses.

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Increased conidiation associated with progression along the sterigmatocystin biosynthetic pathway.

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Gene clusters for insecticidal loline alkaloids in the grass-endophytic fungus Neotyphodium uncinatum.

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Shifts in microbial community structure along an ecological gradient of hypersaline soils and sediments.

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Characterization of Sclerotinia minor populations in Texas peanut fields

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A mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway essential for mating and contributing to vegetative growth in Neurospora crassa.

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Microbial community composition and dynamics in a semi-industrial-scale facility operating under the MixAlco bioconversion platform.

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Structure and dynamics of the microbial communities underlying the carboxylate platform for biofuel production.

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Contribution of fungal loline alkaloids to protection from aphids in a grass-endophyte mutualism.

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Production of loline alkaloids by the grass endophyte, Neotyphodium uncinatum, in defined media.

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Endophytic fungi in indigenous Australasian grasses associated with toxicity to livestock.

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Bioprotective Alkaloids of Grass-Fungal Endophyte Symbioses.

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acon-3, the Neurospora crassa ortholog of the developmental modifier, medA, complements the conidiation defect of the Aspergillus nidulans mutant.

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A microfluidic microbial fuel cell array that supports long-term multiplexed analyses of electricigens.

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Comparison of mixed-acid fermentations inoculated with six different mixed cultures.

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Genetic Analysis of Biosynthesis and Roles of Anti-Herbivore Alkaloids Produced by Grass Endophytes

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The Evolution of Mutualism in Grass-Endophyte Associations

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Characterization of isolated yeast growth response to methionine analogs.

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Evaluating the performance of carboxylate platform fermentations across diverse inocula originating as sediments from extreme environments.

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Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma.

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Transcriptional response to glucose starvation and functional analysis of a glucose transporter of Neurospora crassa.

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FSR1 is essential for virulence and female fertility in Fusarium verticillioides and F. graminearum.

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Tracking the origin and maintenance of the LOL secondary metabolite gene cluster across mutualistic grass-endophytes

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Comparison of three screening methods to select mixed-microbial inoculum for mixed-acid fermentations.

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Mesophilic and thermophilic conditions select for unique but highly parallel microbial communities to perform carboxylate platform biomass conversion.

# publications[].label
Temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression during asexual development of Neurospora crassa.

# publications[].label
Expressed sequence tags and genes associated with loline alkaloid expression by the fungal endophyte Neotyphodium uncinatum.

# publications[].label
Comparison of loline alkaloid gene clusters across fungal endophytes: predicting the co-regulatory sequence motifs and the evolutionary history.

# publications[].label
Neurospora crassa ASM-1 complements the conidiation defect in a stuA mutant of Aspergillus nidulans.

# researcherOn[].label
Exploring the genetic potential of bacteria isolated from extreme environments for use in biofuel and bioprocess industries.

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Office of the Dean of Faculties; 1126 TAMU

# organizations[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# schools[]
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# inTheNews[].label
Jyotsna Vaid receives 2020 Eminent Scholar Award