Anna Fijarczyk, PhD
Research associate / Evolutionary genomics
e-mail: anna.fijarczyk.1 [at] ulaval.ca
Biography
I use genomics and bioinformatics to study the evolution of fungi and other species. I am particularly interested in molecular mechanisms of adaptation to new environments. My background is in population genetics, and I received my PhD from Jagiellonian University, where I focused on phylogeographic reconstruction of amphibian species migration. I later moved to the Institute of Environmental Sciences in Krakow, Poland, for a postdoc, to study how gene flow and balancing selection shape the genetic diversity of immune genes in closely related species.
Research interests
In 2017, I joined the Landry Lab, where I developed a strong interest in fungi and began working across several areas of fungal genomics:
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- Investigating the role of hybridization in the emergence of fungal pathogens (Ophiostoma sp.) that cause Dutch Elm Disease (part of the Genome Canada bioSAFE project).
- Investigating hybrid speciation and mutation rates in wild yeast Saccharomyces paradoxus.
- Studying the evolution of genome size and complexity in fungal pathogens.
- Detecting and predicting antifungal resistance in Candida albicans from clinical samples (Genome Canada GAPP project).
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