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heathobrien
I am a genome scientist based in Bristol, England. I am currently studying the genetic basis of neuropsychiatric disorders, but I have also done research on iridescent plants, plant pathogens and lichens. I have continued my work on lichen-associated algae and cyanobacteria for my blog
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Trebouxia update
After considerable fiddling, I’ve finally managed to update the phylogeny and host-association matrix for the most common lichen photobiont, Trebouxia. The methods are similar to those used in my previous post on Nostoc rbcX sequences, to the extent that the … Continue reading
Photobionts of aquatic Peltigera
After a long hiatus, I’ve decided that it’s time to write some updates on the photobiont sequences that have been released over the last few months. I haven’t been entirely idle during the interim and have made a number of … Continue reading
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Tagged Lichen, Nostoc, Peltigera
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PhotobiontDiversity has moved!
I’ve recently completed migration of this blog from wordpress.com to photobiontdiversity.org This move will allow the creation of a number of new features, the first of which is described in this post. Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to migrate subscriptions … Continue reading
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