WHO WE ARE

Zoë Hilbert, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: January 2024-present
Email: hilbertz [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Dreschlerella dactyloides

Leah Farinella
Research Technician
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: May 2024-present
Email: farine [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Marasmius oreades

Kyra Gallagher
Undergraduate Researcher
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: May 2024-present
Email: gallagcs [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Candida auris

Ellie Gaylord, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: September 2024-present
Email: gaylorde [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis

Jake Leinas
Ph.D. Student
(he/him/his)

Time in lab: January 2024-present
Email: leinasj [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Mycena manipularis

Renee Robinson
Undergraduate Researcher
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: September 2024-present
Email: robinsrz [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Amanita phalloides (The Death Cap)

Marina Ruzic
Ph.D. Student
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: January 2024-present
Email: ruzic [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Candida lusitaniae

Fiona Schlegel
Undergraduate Researcher
(she/her/hers)

Time in lab: September 2024-present
Email: schlegef [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)

Daniel Strickland
Undergraduate Researcher
(he/him/his)

Time in lab: May 2024-present
Email: strickdb [at] bc [dot] edu
Favorite Fungus: Laetiporus sulphureus (and other shelf fungi!)

Gus, Geoffrey, and Pebbles
Honorary Lab Members

Time in lab: Spring 2024-present
Email: hilbertlabBC [at] gmail [dot] com
Favorite Fungus: Antarctomyces psychrotrophicus

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Distinct routes to thermotolerance in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
Mara J.W. Schwiesow, Nels C. Elde, and Zoë A. Hilbert bioRxiv (2024)
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Rapid Evolution of Glycan Recognition Receptors Reveals an Axis of Host–Microbe Arms Races beyond Canonical Protein–Protein Interfaces
Zoë A. Hilbert, Paige E. Haffener, Hannah J. Young, Mara J.W. Schwiesow, Ellen M. Leffler, and Nels C. Elde, Genome Biology and Evolution (2023)
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Distinct pathways of adaptive evolution in Cryptococcus neoformans reveal a mutation in adenylyl cyclase with trade-offs for pathogenicity
Zoë A. Hilbert, Joseph M. Bednarek, Mara J.W. Schwiesow, Krystal Y. Chung, Christian T. Moreau, Jessica C.S. Brown, and Nels C. Elde Current Biology (2023).
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