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Michele T. Hoffman

As a member of the Arnold lab, I am interested in the ecology and evolutionary history of fungal endophytes. I am a microbiologist with broad interests in the evolution of microfungi and the symbiotic relationships that they establish with other organisms. My research is focused on the tripartite interactions of fungal endophytes, bacterial endosymbionts, and host plants within the leaf tissue of coniferous trees in the family Cupressaceae.

My life continues to be thoroughly entrenched in all aspects of computer technology, lending a critical component to my current interest in microscopy and digital imaging. Check back for a link to my still-image videos capturing a day in the life of a fungal endophyte.

Michele's publications

Hoffman, M.T. and A.E. Arnold. 2008. Geography and host identity interact to shape communities of endophytic fungi in cupressaceous trees. Mycological Research 112:331-344.

Arnold, A.E., M. Hoffman, M. Gunatilaka, J. Ong, and M. Shimabukuro. 2008. Molecular analysis reveals a distinctive fungal endophyte community associated with foliage of montane oaks in southeastern Arizona. Report to the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science, Journal of the Arizona Nevada Academy of Science, in press.