Digging Into The Diverse World Of Fungal Biology With Dr. Paul Dyer
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this conversation, we sit down with Dr. Paul Dyer, a Professor of Fungal Biology at the University of Nottingham. Obtaining a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 1991, Dr. Dyer has a deep fascination for fungi and other microorganisms. His research interests include population biology of fungi, fungicide resistance and molecular diagnostics in fungal pathogens, fungal genomics, and more…
Fungi are essential to our environment – but they can also be harmful. Want to learn more about the fascinating and mysterious world of fungi? Listen in now!
Click play to learn more about:
- What makes fungi so important for the environment as a whole.
- Diseases that fungi can cause.
- What constitutes fungal organisms.
- The tremendous diversity that exists within the fungus kingdom.
To learn more about Dr. Dyer and his work, click here!
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| 0:36.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | And I guess it is Paul Dyer. |
| 0:42.0 | He's a professor of Google Biology and the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. |
| 0:46.0 | And we're going to talk about his work with fungi. |
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| 0:49.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:50.0 | Yeah, tell me a bit about your background and how you got to this point to study fungi and everything. |
| 0:54.0 | Yes, so I've been studying fungi for worrying to say over 30 years now. |
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