Welcome: Braydon
Excited to have our second postdoc join the lab, bringing skills in engineering and studying difficult non-model fungi! Braydon is shifting from his PhD work on fungal pathogens, to harness fungal potential for waste upcycling in our group!
Seminar: Nancy Keller
UW Madison Professor Nancy Keller visited our lab for a day and presented a campus-wide seminar on the ecology and evolution of fungal natural products. A true honor to learn from a true legend!
Outreach: Stanford Engineering Centennial
We shared our work on fungi, food, and sustainability with thousands of excited participants as part of the Stanford Engineering Centennial celebration
Vayu named 2025-2027 Azrieli Global Scholar
Vayu just won a prestigious early career award for his interdisciplinary work and leadership potential! Go us!
Outreach: Lafayette Library
We shared our work on fungi and food with the local Bay Area community in Lafayette!
Fermentation Workshop
We hosted a vibrant fermentation workshop in our temporary kitchen space, with chef Andrew Mayne of RD&E and the Sonnenburg Lab
Lab outing to Jasper Ridge
Our rotation student Shreya brought us to Jasper Ridge where we did a beautiful mushroom walk in the California winter rain!
Seminar: Louise Glass
UC Berkeley Professor and National Academy Member Louise Glass came to campus to meet with our lab and share her decades of inspiring work in molecular mycology
Lab outing to NASA Ames
We had a wonderful outing to the Rotschild lab to learn about applications of fungi for space travel!
Seminar: Pablo Cruz-Morales
Pablo Cruz-Morales came all the way from Denmark to share his work on fungi for addressing sustainability challenges
Welcome: Jaqueline
Excited to have our first postdoc join the lab, bringing 10 years of fungal genetics experience!
Welcome: Shreya, Deniz, Adrian
We welcome our first BioE rotation students and visiting student to the lab for the winter quarter!