Asiya Gusa

The goal of our research is to understand how environmental fungi adapt in response to stress to survive the environment-to-host transition, develop drug resistance and cause persistent human disease. We employ a variety of tools (phenotypic assays, whole-genome sequencing, quantitative PCR, microscopy, etc.) to characterize the genetic and cellular changes that occur in Cryptococcus in response to environmental cues such as heat stress, changes in pH and nutrient availability.

Graduate Faculty Member of the University Program in Genetics and Genomics (UPGG)
Graduate Faculty Member of the Program of Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB)