​Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Systematics

Crédito: Luiz Carlos Forti
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FAPESP Thematic grant (# 2019/03746-0)

 

Collaborative research: Dimensions US-São Paulo: integrating phylogeny, genetics, and chemical ecology to unravel the tangled bank of the multipartite fungus-farming ant symbiosis (2019-2024) - Thematic grant

Data sharing

 

Fungal cultures obtained can be found at SpeciesLink and LESF database.

 

Project folder in Google Drive.

 

Past FAPESP grants

 

Collaborative research: Dimensions US-São Paulo: integrating phylogeny, genetics, and chemical ecology to unravel the tangled bank of the multipartite fungus-farming ant symbiosis (2019-2024) - Thematic grant

 

Parasites in ant gardens: exploring host parasite interactions in fungus farming ants (2018-2020) - Sprint grant

 

Host-specificity and mechanisms of action of Escovopsis parasites found in the gardens of attine ants (2017-2019) - Regular grant

 

Phylogeny of fungal parasites in gardens of attine ants (2015-2017) - Regular grant

 

DNA barcoding and biotechnological potential of microfungi associated with leaf-cutting ants (2012-2014) - Young Investigators Awards

 

 

Past CNPq grant

 

Bacterial helper communities in the leaf-cutting ant fungiculture (2019-2021) - Chamada Universal