Scientists & Staff

Featured Publications & Products

• Palmer, Jonathan M.; Drees, Kevin P.; Foster, Jeffrey T.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2018. Extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light in the fungal pathogen causing white-nose syndrome of bats. Nature Communications
• Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Ballmann, Anne E.; George, Kyle G.; Griffin, Kathryn; Knowles, Susan; Huckabee, John R.; Haman, Katherine H.; Anderson, Christopher D.; Becker, Penny A.; Buchanan, Joseph B.; Foster, Jeffrey T.; Blehert, David S.; McMahon, Katherine. 2016. First detection of bat white-nose syndrome in western North America. mSphere
• Palmer, Jonathan M.; Kubatova, Alena; Novakova, Alena; Minnis, Andrew M.; Kolarik, Miroslav; Lindner, Daniel L. 2014. Molecular characterization of a heterothallic mating system in Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the fungus causing white-nose syndrome of bats. Genes|Genomes|Genetics. 4(9): 1755-1763.

Publications & Products

• Crooks, Casey ; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2018. Draft genome sequence of Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17759, a polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate copolymer-producing bacterium. Genome Announcements. 6(17): 1-2.
• Lorch, J.M.; Palmer, J.M.; Vanderwolf, K.J.; Schmidt, K.Z.; Verant, M.L.; Weller, T.J.; Blehert, D.S. 2018. Malassezia vespertilionis sp. nov.: a new cold-tolerant species of yeast isolated from bats. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 41: 56-70.
• Miller, Marisa E.; Zhang, Ying; Omidvar, Vahid; Sperschneider, Jana; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Raley, Castle; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Garnica, Diana; Upadhyaya, Narayana; Rathjen, John; Taylor, Jennifer M.; Park, Robert F.; Dodds, Peter N.; Hirsch, Cory D.; Kianian, Shahryar F.; Figueroa, Melania. 2018. De novo assembly and phasing of dikaryotic genomes from two isolates of Puccini coronata f. sp. avenae, the causal agent of oat crown rust. mBio. 9(1): e01650-17. 21 p.
• Palmer, Jonathan M.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Banik, Mark T.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2018. Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data. PeerJ
• Wray, Amy K; Jusino, Michelle A; Banik, Mark T; Palmer, Jonathan M; Kaarakka, Heather; White, J Paul; Lindner, Daniel L; Gratton, Claudio; Peery, M Zachariah. 2018. Incidence and taxonomic richness of mosquitoes in the diets of little brown and big brown bats. Journal of Mammalogy
• Drees, Kevin P.; Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Puechmaille, Sebastien J.; Parise, Katy L.; Wibbelt, Gudrun; Hoyt, Joseph R.; Sun, Keping; Jargalsaikhan, Ariunbold; Dalannast, Munkhnast; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Marm Kilpatrick, A.; Pearson, Talima; Keim, Paul S.; Blehert, David S.; Foster, Jeffrey T.; Heitman, Joseph. 2017. Phylogenetics of a fungal invasion: origins and widespread dispersal of white-nose syndrome. mBio. 8(6): e01941-17. 15 p.
• Fischer, Gregory J.; Bacon, William; Yang, Jun; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Dagenais, Taylor; Hammock, Bruce D.; Keller, Nancy P. 2017. Lipoxygenase activity accelerates programmed spore germination in Aspergillus fumigatus. Frontiers in Microbiology
• Kirker, Grant T.; Bishell, Amy B.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Hickey, William J.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2017. Amplicon-Based Sequencing of Soil Fungi from Wood Preservative Test Sites. Frontiers in Microbiology
• Kirker, Grant T.; Bishell, Amy B.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Hickey, William J.; Lindner, Daniel L. 2017. Amplicon-based sequencing of soil fungi from wood preservative test sites. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 1-16
• Pfannenstiel, Brandon T.; Zhao, Xixi; Wortman, Jennifer; Wiemann, Philipp; Throckmorton, Kurt; Spraker, Joseph E.; Soukup, Alexandra A.; Luo, Xingyu; Lindner, Daniel L.; Lim, Fang Yun; Knox, Benjamin P.; Haas, Brian; Fischer, Gregory J.; Choera, Tsokyi; Butchko, Robert A. E.; Bok, Jin-Woo; Affeldt, Katharyn J.; Keller, Nancy P.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Turgeon, B. Gillian. 2017. Revitalization of a forward genetic screen identifies three new regulators of fungal secondary metabolism in the genus Aspergillus. mBio
• Reeder, Sophia M.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Prokkola, Jenni M.; Lilley, Thomas M.; Reeder, DeeAnn M.; Field, Kenneth A. 2017. Pseudogymnoascus destructans transcriptome changes during white-nose syndrome infections. Virulence
• Drees, Kevin P.; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Sebra, Robert; Lorch, Jeffrey M.; Chen, Cynthia; Wu, Cheng-Cang; Bok, Jin Woo; Keller, Nancy P.; Blehert, David S.; Cuomo, Christina A.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Foster, Jeffrey T. 2016. Use of multiple sequencing technologies to produce a high-quality genome of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causative agent of bat white-nose syndrome. Genome Announcements. 4(3). e00445-16.
• Wiemann, Phillipp; Guo, Chun-Jun; Palmer, Jonathan M.; Sekonyela, Relebohile; Wang, Clay C.C.; Keller, Nancy P. 2013. Prototype of an intertwined secondary-metabolite supercluster. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(42): 17065-17070.
• Palmer, Jonathan M.; Lindner, Daniel L.; Volk, Thomas J. 2008. Ectomycorrhizal characterization of an American chestnut (Castanea dentata)-dominated community in Western Wisconsin. Mycorrhiza. 19: 27-36.