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Francois M. Lutzoni

Professor of Biology
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
357 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


TBA · December 19, 2014 Lecture University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Lichen biology · December 19, 2013 Lecture North Carolina State University
Many fungi = less characters: The phylogenetic challenges of capturing a hyperdiverse fungal biodiversity · December 19, 2013 Lecture Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Metal homeostasis in the tri-membered lichen Peltigera aphthosa: another demonstration of the potential importance of vanadium to N2 fixation worldwide · May 1, 2013 Lecture 96th Canadian Chemistry Conference, Québec city, Canada
Decoding symbiosis: The genomes of the lichen-forming fungus Cladonia grayi and its algal partner Asterochloris sp. · September 4, 2012 Lecture University of Alicante, Spain
A multidimentional exploration of plant-fungal symbioses and their associated shifts in diversification rate · July 1, 2012 Lecture Krakow, Poland
An evolutionary, ecological and genomic exploration of the lichen symbiosis and its microbiome · May 11, 2012 Lecture Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
The Dating of fungi and plants · January 1, 2012 Lecture Bangkok, Thailand
Interdisciplinary research on symbiotic systems using lichens as a model system · December 21, 2011 Lecture Duke University Center for Microbial Genomics – Annual Retreat
A comprehensive phylogenetic overview of spatial and host distribution of endolichenic and endophytic fungi based on 15,000 tissue samples · August 1, 2011 Lecture annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Fairbanks, Alaska
Diversity and biogeography of endophytic and en- dolichenic fungal communities · August 1, 2011 Lecture annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Fairbanks, Alaska
Evolutionary insights from comparative genomics of lichen symbioses · August 1, 2011 Lecture annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Fairbanks, Alaska
Lichen genomics · April 1, 2011 Lecture Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Origin of the lichen symbiosis and contribution of the lichen microbiome to fungal and bacterial diversity · March 9, 2011 Lecture Finnish Museum of Natural History. Helsinki, Finland
Macroevolution as a unifying framework for integrative studies of fungal symbiotic systems · December 18, 2010 Lecture 10th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG10). The Netherlands.
Symbiosis genomics: Lichens as a model system for mutualism between heterotrophs and photoautotrophs · December 18, 2010 Lecture Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy – Annual Retreat
Horizontal gene transfer in the evolutionary history of ammonium transporters in fungi · August 5, 2010 Lecture The 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9), Edinburgh, UK
Origins and co-evolution of endolichenic and endophytic fungi · August 4, 2010 Lecture The 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9), Edinburgh, UK
A comprehensive estimation of divergence time for the fungi and their coevolution with land plants · August 4, 2010 Lecture The 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9), Edinburgh, UK
Fungal-Algal Interactions in Lichen Symbiosis · August 2, 2010 Lecture The 9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9), Edinburgh, UK
Macroevolution as a unifying framework for integrative studies of symbiotic systems · January 4, 2009 Lecture Sixth International Symbiosis Society Congress. University of Wisconsin – Madison
The lichen microbiome and the evolution of fungi · January 4, 2009 Lecture Annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah.
Evolutionary perspectives on the origins of endophytic fungi. · January 4, 2009 Lecture Annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah.
Macroevolution as the unifying framework for integrative studies of symbiotic systems. · December 14, 2008 Lecture Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University
A bioinformatic management and data processing pipeline for assembling the tree of life · December 14, 2008 Lecture George Washington University
A mutualistic approach to the study of symbiotic systems · December 1, 2008 Lecture Department of Biology, University of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
(Keynote Speaker) Macroevolution as the unifying framework for integrative studies of symbiotic systems. · November 1, 2008 Lecture Darwin-Day symposium at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia.
(Keynote Speaker) No title is provided because the entire congress was cancelled · September 1, 2008 Lecture “Journées du Réseau de Mycologie de la Société Française de Microbiologie” in Brest, France.
Extremotolerance as a possible source of virulence factors in the Chaetothyrialean black yeast: evidence from molecular phylogenetic studies. · August 1, 2008 Lecture International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) symposium (focusing on medical mycology), Istanbul, Turkey.
Past, present, and future of AFToL phyloinformatics. · August 1, 2008 Lecture Annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Penn. State University.
Large-scale data management and visualization of phylogenetic inference for multidisciplinary mycological research · August 1, 2008 Lecture International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) symposium (focusing on medical mycology), Istanbul, Turkey.
(Keynote Speaker) A mutualistic approach to the study of lichens · July 1, 2008 Lecture Sixth International Association for Lichenology Symposium. Asilomar, California.
Developing a lichen model system and a new scheme to assemble the tree of life · March 1, 2008 Lecture University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Priming the fungal tree of life · January 4, 2008 Lecture Annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America, Pennsylvania State University
Developing a lichen model system and a new scheme to assemble the tree of life · January 1, 2008 Lecture Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship


Unknown - GenomeLIFE article written about the Lutzoni Lab · 2010 Other Service to the Community ; Anonymous. 2010. Two to Tango: Genomic studies of symbioses reveal the impact of life’s most intimate partnerships. GenomeLIFE 38: September/October. Published by Duke Institute For Genome Sciences and Policy. (Cover Story.)
Unknown - ScienceNews article written about the Lutzoni Lab · 2009 Other Service to the Community ; Milius, Susan. 2009. A partnership apart. ScienceNews November 7:16-20. (Cover story.)

Service to the Profession


Member : NSF Panel · December 19, 2013 Editorial Activities National Science Foundation
Member : Scientific Committee for the 10th International Mycological Congress (IMC10) · May 2013 Editorial Activities Bangkok, Thailand
Participant : Dimensions of Biodiversity (DoB) PI meeting · January 16, 2013 Editorial Activities NSF, Arlington, Virginia
NSF grant review panel member · October 2012 Committee Service NSF
Referee : Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2011 Editorial Activities
Referee : Science · 2011 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Israel Science Foundation · December 19, 2010 Committee Service
Participant : NSF workshop entitled “Cyberinfrastructure and the Dimensions in Biodiversity – Planning for success” · December 19, 2010 Committee Service University of Wisconsin, Madison
Member of Board of Reviewers, PLoS Currents: Tree of Life · 2010 Editorial Activities
Member of Board of Reviewers : PLoS Currents: Tree of Life · 2010 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Molecular Ecology · 2010 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Mycological Progress · 2010 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : New Phytologist · 2010 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Science · 2010 Editorial Activities
Associate Editor, Mycologia · 2010 Editorial Activities
Associate Editor : Mycologia · 2009 Editorial Activities
Journal referee for Systematic Biology · 2009 Editorial Activities
Member of Editorial Board : International Journal of Plant Sciences · December 19, 2008 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Reviewer for BMC Evolutionary Biology · 2008 Editorial Activities
Reviewer : Mycological Research · 2008 Editorial Activities