Research in the Maloney lab focuses on the small organic molecules (natural products) produced by some organisms to facilitate their interactions with other organisms. In one project, we are conducting field collections of endophytic fungi living in the Bernard Field Station and examining them for natural products whose production is induced or suppressed in the presence of other microbes. In a collaborative project with Professor McFadden in the Biology department, we are exploring the use of natural product profiles to complement molecular (DNA) phylogenetic analyses in studies of the evolutionary relationships among soft corals.

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