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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;color:red">ATTENTION: There will
<b><u>NOT</u></b> be a Tuesday SPLS Seminar on September 21<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%">Our next seminar will be Tuesday, September 28. Our speaker, Dr. Jessie Uehling,
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%">will be presenting via Zoom and we will be hosting a live broadcast in Marley 230 for those who would like to mingle and enjoy some refreshments. In person attendees are
<b><u><span style="color:red">REQUIRED</span></u></b> to wear masks while Marley 230.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%">Title: Mucoromycota fungi and their Burkholderia related intracellular endosymbionts, insights into the fungal microbiome<br>
Speaker: Dr. Jessie Uehling<br>
Day/Time: Tuesday, September 28, 4:00 pm<br>
Zoom Link: <a href="https://arizona.zoom.us/j/88431130345"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://arizona.zoom.us/j/88431130345</span></a><br>
Password: spls2021<br>
Host: Betsy Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Abstract: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Our lab has been researching mechanisms of fungal endosymbiont interactions and the resulting evolutionary patterns. Intrahyphal endosymbiotic bacteria related to the Burkholderiales
are frequently associated with Mucoromycota fungi. These and other fungal endosymbionts share genomic hallmarks of endosymbiosis such as genome contraction and metabolic dependence on their hosts. While comparative genomics of fungal physiology with and without
endobacteria have enabled insights into host-endosymbiont interaction mechanisms, these studies have been undertaken in just a few model systems. Endosymbiont ubiquity and diversity are largely unknown, and the effects of fungal endosymbiont interactions on
fungal population diversity remain undocumented. To fill these knowledge gaps, we are characterizing Mucoromycota isolates and their endosymbiotic using genome sequencing and comparative genomics. Further, we are re-analyzing hundreds of raw fungal genomic
data sets using novel computational pipelines to clarify how frequent and diverse fungal endosymbiont symbioses are. We found that ~30% of Mucoromycota fungi screened harbor endosymbionts and that these bacteria share common features including shared evolutionary
history and functional capacity. This talk will detail the molecular functioning, abundance, and diversity of Mucoromycota endosymbionts and provide insights into how these poly-microbial symbioses influence each other’s evolutionary trajectories.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jennifer Garcia, </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">CGMP, DES</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">She/her/hers<br>
School of Plant Sciences<br>
1140 E. South Campus Dr., Forbes 303<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Office: 520-621-9728<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cell: 520-444-8153 (text preferred)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">jennyj@arizona.edu</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://cals.arizona.edu/spls/home"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://cals.arizona.edu/spls/home</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#C00000">Working on campus in Forbes 303 - Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays 8:30 am – 5:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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