J. Stephen Horton
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1990
- Research Interests: Molecular genetics of fungal development. Our lab is currently examining the genetic regulation of mushroom development, with potential application to the commercial mushroom industry.
- Representative Publications:
- Palmer, G.E. & Horton, J.S., 2006. Mushrooms by magic: making connections between signal transduction and fruiting body development in the basidiomycete fungus schizophyllum commune. FEMS Microbiology Letters 262:1-8.
- Courses: Molecular Biology of the Cell (Bio 225), Molecular Genetics (Bio 384), Bioinformatics (Bio 283)
- email: hortons@union.edu
- Phone: (518) 388-6328