Research: Host-specific virulence factors and niche colonization traits on supernumerary chromosomes in fungi.
Areas: Mycology
The Coleman laboratory is primarily focused on supernumerary chromosomes in fungi and the role of these chromosomes in conferring pathogenicity.
Areas:
- F. oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum and cotton
- Evolutionary genomics
- Medical mycology
- Phytoalexin tolerance
- Fungal efflux
- F. solani genetics
