Alex Idnurm
aidnurm.bsky.social
Alex Idnurm
@aidnurm.bsky.social
An academic in the School of BioSciences, the University of Melbourne.

The profile photo? Trying to clear out lab fridges late in 2024, and found this enzyme that arrived in January 1992. But don't worry, we haven't thrown it away yet...
Despite being known about since the 1980s, there is still much to be learned about the basic mechanism(s) of how this mutation process—which appears unique to fungi—occurs and the implications of it on the evolution of fungi.
November 24, 2024 at 5:30 AM