Anthony Amend
@fungaloha.bsky.social
Professor of environmental microbes and marine fungi at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Amendlab.com
@pgirguis.bsky.social TY! Let me know what you got. If we're all interested in the same polymer(s) splitting the cost would make the whole thing more reasonable. The only quote I've gotten is $6k for 100mg, which is more than we want to spend. But there's good economy of scale.
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
@pgirguis.bsky.social TY! Let me know what you got. If we're all interested in the same polymer(s) splitting the cost would make the whole thing more reasonable. The only quote I've gotten is $6k for 100mg, which is more than we want to spend. But there's good economy of scale.
P20 will soon be in the same boat. Our institutional guidance is to check the FAQs on the Provost's website on the "Evolving Federal Landscape". Good luck!
February 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
P20 will soon be in the same boat. Our institutional guidance is to check the FAQs on the Provost's website on the "Evolving Federal Landscape". Good luck!
Thanks for coming all this way to see us!
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanks for coming all this way to see us!
Rich Humber was the PI, and I think Kathie Hodge was a grad student. I was in charge of growing, freeze-drying and maintaining isolates. Looking back on myself as a teenager I was the *WORST*, he was a saint for keeping me on. Apologies to all those receiving my contaminated cultures.
February 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Rich Humber was the PI, and I think Kathie Hodge was a grad student. I was in charge of growing, freeze-drying and maintaining isolates. Looking back on myself as a teenager I was the *WORST*, he was a saint for keeping me on. Apologies to all those receiving my contaminated cultures.
I was an undergrad GA in this lab 30 years ago. AMA!
January 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was an undergrad GA in this lab 30 years ago. AMA!
No one seems to read the paper anymore, so you gotta put the good stuff up front!
December 7, 2024 at 12:35 AM
No one seems to read the paper anymore, so you gotta put the good stuff up front!
Hah. That got cut off. We raced them against their unevolved counterparts and some of them got faster (by ~15%).
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Hah. That got cut off. We raced them against their unevolved counterparts and some of them got faster (by ~15%).
Undergrad Ronja Steinbach completed this study on her own while I was on sabbatical. Proof that great things can and do happen when I get out of the way of my students! Lots of exciting next steps, get in touch if you want to help leverage fungi to clean up our oceans.
December 6, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Undergrad Ronja Steinbach completed this study on her own while I was on sabbatical. Proof that great things can and do happen when I get out of the way of my students! Lots of exciting next steps, get in touch if you want to help leverage fungi to clean up our oceans.
After "evolving" the fungi on increasing concentrations of PU for multiple gen
December 6, 2024 at 12:43 AM
After "evolving" the fungi on increasing concentrations of PU for multiple gen
We screened our marine fungal collection using a nifty clearance assay in which Polyurethane is provided as the sole C source. Remarkably, >60% or our screened isolates could clear some or most of the plate. This is a higher percentage than is reported in most studies using terrestrial fungi.
December 6, 2024 at 12:43 AM
We screened our marine fungal collection using a nifty clearance assay in which Polyurethane is provided as the sole C source. Remarkably, >60% or our screened isolates could clear some or most of the plate. This is a higher percentage than is reported in most studies using terrestrial fungi.