Speaker: Dr. Hiromi Matsumae
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, Tokai University School of Medicine
Title: Genomics of a mushroom Schizophyllum commune to understand biodiversity and our health
Date/Time: Oct, 6th, 2023, 17:00~
Place: Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter Build, 6F Seminar room
Language: English
Online: https://00m.in/HQRsI
Abstract
Biodiversity explores three levels of diversity; species, intra-species, and ecosystems. The fungal kingdom is estimated to have six times as many species as land plants, but our knowledge of intra-species genetic diversity in fungi lags behind that of animals and plants. Interestingly, the highest genetic diversity of any known eukaryote is reported from a mushroom, Schizophyllum commune. The species causes a rare human respiratory disease, but whether the high genetic diversity is associated with phenotypes such as pathogenicity in humans is unclear. Here I present our reference genome project of S. commune to investigate genomic and phenotypic diversity. We found that genomes of JapaneseS. commune differ by 7%, greater than those between humans and chimps. Our study would contribute to understanding diversity in fungi and the relationships between human health and biodiversity.
