Timothy Y.
James
Department of
Biology
McMaster
University
Hamilton, ON
L8S 4K1 Canada
email: jamesti@mcmaster.ca
EDUCATION
1992-1996 University of Georgia, B.Sc.
Botany
1997-2003 Duke University, Durham, NC,
Ph.D. Biology
POSTDOCTORAL
TRAINING
2003-2006 Duke University, Durham, NC (advisor Rytas Vilgalys)
2006-2007 Uppsala University, Uppsala,
Sweden (advisor Hanna Johannesson)
2008 McMaster
University, Hamilton, ON, Canada (advisor J.P. Xu)
ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS
U. Michigan, Assistant
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Assistant Curator of Fungi, beginning
2009.
RECENT
PUBLICATIONS
James, T. Y., J. Stenlid, Å. Olson, and H. Johannesson. 2008. Evolutionary significance of imbalanced nuclear
ratios within heterokaryons of the basidiomycete fungus Heterobasidion parviporum. Evolution 62:
2279-2296.
Hoffman, Y., C. Aflalo, A. Zarka, J. Gutman, T. Y. James,
and S. Boussiba. 2008. Isolation and characterization of a novel chytrid species (Phylum Blastocladiomycota), parasitic on the
green alga Haematococcus. Mycol. Res. 112: 70-81.
James, T.
Y., P. M. Letcher, J. E. Longcore, S.
E. Mozley-Standridge, D. Porter, M.
J. Powell, G. W. Griffith, R. Vilgalys (2006. A molecular
phylogeny of the flagellated Fungi (Chytridiomycota) and a proposal for a new
phylum (Blastocladiomycota. Mycologia 98:
860-871.
White, M. M., T.
Y. James, K. O’Donnell, M. J. Cafaro, Y. Tanabe, and
J. Sugiyama. 2006. Phylogeny of the Zygomycota based on nuclear ribosomal sequence data. Mycologia 98:
872-884.
James, T. Y., F. Kauff, C. Schoch, P. B. Matheny,
V. Hofstetter, C. Cox, G. Celio,
C. Gueidan, E. Fraker, J. Miadlikowska, H. T. Lumbsch, A. Rauhut, V. Reeb, A. E. Arnold, A. Amtoft, J. E. Stajich, K. Hosaka, G.-H. Sung, D. Johnson, B.
O’Rourke, M. Crockett, M. Binder, J. M. Curtis, J. C. Slot, Z. Wang,
A. W. Wilson, A. Schüßler, J. E. Longcore,
K. O’Donnell, S. Mozley-Standridge, D. Porter, P. M.
Letcher, M. J. Powell, J. W. Taylor, M. M. White, G. W. Griffith, D. R. Davies,
R. A. Humber, J. B. Morton, J. Sugiyama, A. Y. Rossman,
J. D. Rogers, D. H. Pfister, D. Hewitt, K. Hansen, S. Hambleton, R. A. Shoemaker, J. Kohlmeyer,
B. Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, R. A. Spotts, M. Serdani, P. W. Crous, K. W. Hughes, K.
Matsuura, E. Langer, G. Langer, W. A. Untereiner, R. Lücking, B. Büdel, D. M. Geiser, A. Aptroot, P. Diederich, I. Schmitt, M. Schultz, R. Yahr,
D. Hibbett, F Lutzoni, D.
McLaughlin, J. Spatafora, and R. Vilgalys (2006. Reconstructing the early evolution of the fungi using a six gene phylogeny. Nature 443: 818-822.
James, T. Y., P. Srivilai,
U. Kües, and R. Vilgalys. 2006. Evolution of the bipolar mating system of the mushroom Coprinellus disseminatus from its tetrapolar ancestors involves loss of
mating-type-specific pheromone receptor function. Genetics 172: 1877-1891.
Hoegger, P. J., S. Kilaru,
T. Y. James, J. R. Thacker, and U. Kües. 2006. Phylogenetic comparison and classification of laccase and related multicopper oxidase protein sequences. FEBS Journal 273: 2308-2326.
Harris, R. N., T. Y. James, A. Lauer, M. A. Simon, and A. Patel. 2006. Amphibian
pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is inhibited by the cutaneous bacteria of amphibian species. EcoHealth 3: 53-56.
James, T. Y., S.-R. Liou, and R. Vilgalys. 2004. The genetic structure and diversity of the A and B mating-type genes
from the tropical oyster mushroom, Pleurotus djamor. Fungal
Genet. Biol. 41: 813-825.
James, T. Y.,
U. Kües, S. A. Rehner, and
R. Vilgalys. 2004. Evolution of the gene encoding
mitochondrial intermediate peptidase and its cosegregation with the A mating-type locus of
mushroom fungi. Fungal Genet. Biol. 41: 381-390.
Morehouse, E.
A., T. Y. James, A. R. D. Ganley,
R. Vilgalys, L. Berger, P. J. Murphy, and J. E.
Longcore. 2003. Multilocus sequence typing suggests the chytrid pathogen
of amphibians is a
recently emerged clone. Mol. Ecol. 12:
395-403.
ACADEMIC
SERVICE
Annual Karling Lecture Committee of the Mycological Society of
America (2008-present).
Deep Hypha Steering Committee, research coordination network for
North American fungal systematists (2000-2006).
Coauthor of two webpages on fungi for the “Tree of Life web project.”
Reviewer for
following journals: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Aquatic Diseases,
Bryologist, Canadian Journal of Botany, Eukaryotic Cell, Evolution, Fungal
Genetics and Biology, Gene, Genetics, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Mycologia,
Mycological Research, New Phytologist, PLoS Biology, PLoS Genetics,
Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B, Sydowia,
Systematic Biology.
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