Current Projects:

Temperature regulation in aflatoxin biosynthesis

Personnel involved: Greg OBrian

Identification of maize kernel compounds that regulate aflatoxin biosynthesis

Collaborator: R. S. Boston, Department of Botany

Personnel involved: Robert Holmes

Natural antisense transcripts in Aspergillus flavus with a focus on a NAT specific to the aflatoxin transcriptional regulator AflR

Collaborator: Niki Robertson, Department of Botany

Personnel involved: Carrie Jacobus

Trans-sensing mechanism in a diploid strain of Aspergillus flavus that affects aflatoxin production

Collaborator: Niki Robertson, Department of Botany

Personnel involved: Carrie Jacobus

Characterisation of the NADH oxidase gene nadA which is transcriptionally controlled by AflR

Collaborator: Niki Robertson, Department of Botany

Personnel involved: Carrie Jacobus

Signalling events regulating aflatoxin biosynthesis and animal pathogenicity

Personnel involved: Ryan Georgianna

Examination of the relationship between Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides in Maize kernels

Personnel involved: Andrea Dolezal

Development of resources for the annotation and analysis of the Aspergillus flavus genome sequence

Personnel involved: Beth Pritchard

Comparative genomic studies between A. flavus and the closely related fungus A. oryzae.

In collaboration with The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the A. oryzae Genome Sequencing Consortium

Personnel involved: Beth Pritchard

Identification of a unique chemical signature for Aspergillus flavus.

Personnel involved: Norman Glassbrook

Breeding for increased resistance to Fusarium verticillioides.

Collaborator: James B. Holland , Crop Science Department

Personnel involved: Magen Starr

Development of genetic resources for functional genomics.

Personnel involved: James Burroughs