Francois M. Lutzoni
Professor of Biology
Education
Ph.D., Duke University 1995
M.S., Ottawa University 1990
B.S., Grinnel College and University of Laval 1987
Armaleo, Daniele, Olaf Müller, François Lutzoni, Ólafur S. Andrésson, Guillaume Blanc, Helge B. Bode, Frank R. Collart, et al. “The lichen symbiosis re-viewed through the genomes of Cladonia grayi and its algal partner Asterochloris glomerata..” Bmc Genomics 20, no. 1 (July 23, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-5629-x. Full Text
Carbone, Ignazio, James B. White, Jolanta Miadlikowska, A Elizabeth Arnold, Mark A. Miller, Nicolas Magain, Jana M. U’Ren, and François Lutzoni. “T-BAS Version 2.1: Tree-Based Alignment Selector Toolkit for Evolutionary Placement of DNA Sequences and Viewing Alignments and Specimen Metadata on Curated and Custom Trees..” Microbiology Resource Announcements 8, no. 29 (July 18, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00328-19. Full Text
Chagnon, P. L., N. Magain, J. Miadlikowska, and F. Lutzoni. “Species diversification and phylogenetically constrained symbiont switching generated high modularity in the lichen genus Peltigera.” Journal of Ecology 107, no. 4 (July 1, 2019): 1645–61. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13207. Full Text
Chen, Ko-Hsuan, Hui-Ling Liao, Jean-Philippe Bellenger, and François Lutzoni. “Differential gene expression associated with fungal trophic shifts along the senescence gradient of the moss Dicranum scoparium..” Environmental Microbiology, March 22, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14605. Full Text
Lutzoni, François, Michael D. Nowak, Michael E. Alfaro, Valérie Reeb, Jolanta Miadlikowska, Michael Krug, A Elizabeth Arnold, et al. “Contemporaneous radiations of fungi and plants linked to symbiosis..” Nature Communications 9, no. 1 (December 21, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07849-9. Full Text
Miadlikowska, J, Magain, N, Pardo-De La Hoz, CJ, Niu, D, Goward, T, Sérusiaux, E, and Lutzoni, F. "Species in section Peltidea (aphthosa group) of the genus Peltigera remain cryptic after molecular phylogenetic revision." Plant and Fungal Systematics 63, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 45-64. Full Text
Hoz, C. J. P. D. L., N. Magain, F. Lutzoni, T. Goward, S. Restrepo, and J. Miadlikowska. “Contrasting Symbiotic Patterns in Two Closely Related Lineages of Trimembered Lichens of the Genus Peltigera.” Frontiers in Microbiology 9, no. NOV (November 16, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02770. Full Text
Korotkin, Hailee B., Rachel A. Swenie, Otto Miettinen, Jessica M. Budke, Ko-Hsuan Chen, François Lutzoni, Matthew E. Smith, and P Brandon Matheny. “Stable isotope analyses reveal previously unknown trophic mode diversity in the Hymenochaetales..” American Journal of Botany 105, no. 11 (November 2018): 1869–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1183. Full Text
Magain, N., C. Truong, T. Goward, D. Niu, B. Goffinet, E. Sérusiaux, O. Vitikainen, F. Lutzoni, and J. Miadlikowska. “Species delimitation at a global scale reveals high species richness with complex biogeography and patterns of symbiont association in peltigera section peltigera (Lichenized ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes).” Taxon 67, no. 5 (October 1, 2018): 836–70. https://doi.org/10.12705/675.3. Full Text
Lu, Jade, Nicolas Magain, Jolanta Miadlikowska, Jessica R. Coyle, Camille Truong, and François Lutzoni. “Bioclimatic factors at an intrabiome scale are more limiting than cyanobiont availability for the lichen-forming genus Peltigera..” American Journal of Botany 105, no. 7 (July 12, 2018): 1198–1211. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1119. Full Text
Pages
Magain, N., J. Miadlikowska, B. Goffinet, E. Sérusiaux, and F. Lutzoni. “Macroevolution of Specificity in Cyanolichens of the Genus Peltigera Section Polydactylon (Lecanoromycetes, Ascomycota)..” In Systematic Biology, 66:74–99, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw065. Full Text
Lutzoni, François, and Rytas Vilgalys. “Integration of morphological and molecular data sets in estimating fungal phytogenies.” In Canadian Journal of Botany, 73:649–59. Canadian Science Publishing, 1995. https://doi.org/10.1139/b95-307. Full Text
Selected Grants
Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 2019 to 2024
Spatio-temporal factors shaping symbiotic networks: a case study with cyanolichens awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2022
Spatio-temporal factors shaping symbiotic networks: a case study with cyanolichens awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2019 to 2022
Collaborative Research: Filling the largest phylogenetic void of the fungal genealogy of life and integrating symbiotic, environmental and physiological data awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2020
Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1979 to 2020
Genetics Training Grant awarded by National Institutes of Health (Mentor). 1979 to 2020
SG: Combining phylogenetic and network analyses for the study of symbiotic systems: a case study using lichens awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2016 to 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Assessing the Importance of Trophic Lability for Fungal Endophytism Using the Moss Dicranum scoparium and its Associated Fungi awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
Dimensions: Collaborative Research: An Interdisciplinary Study of Hyperdiverse Endophytic Fungi and Their Function in awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2016
Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: North American Lichens and Bryophytes awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2011 to 2016