Jamie Platt

Work Address: Associate Scientific Director, Molecular Microbiology Quest Diagnostics Incorporated 33608 Ortega Highway San Juan Capistrano CA 92690-6130 phone: 949-728-4126 fax: 949-728-4022 email: Jamie.L.Platt@questdiagnostics.com

Jamie joined the Taylor lab in July of 1999. Jamie received her B.Sc. in Molecular Biology from California State Univeristy, San Marcos and her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Oregon State University. Jamie’s dissertation entitled, "Lichens, earth tongues, and endophytes: Molecular phylogenetic hypotheses inferred from multiple loci." was conducted in the laboratory of Joeseph W. Spatafora. Jamie’s postdoctoral research is focused on understanding the population genetics of Aspergillus fumigatus, including potential elucidation of cryptic species and recombination in asexual lineages.

Jamie left the Taylor lab in December 2001 after being offered a position at the Nichols Research Institute in San Juan Capistrano. At the Nichols Institute, Jamie is an Associate Scientific Director and works in the research and development of molecular markers for infectious diseases.

Publications:

• Pringle, A., D.M. Baker, J.L. Platt, J.P. Wares, J.P. Latge and J.W. Taylor. 2005. Cryptic speciation in the cosmopolitan and clonal human pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Evolution 59(9): 1886-1899.
  
  
• Gernandt, D.S., Platt, J.L., Stone, J.K., Spatafora, J.W., Holst-Jensen, A., Hamelin, R.C., Kohn, L.M. 2001. Phylogenetics of Helotiales and Rhytismatales based on partial small subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. Mycologia 93 (5): 915-933.
  
  
• Jamie L. Platt, Joseph W. Spatafora. 2000. Evolutionary relationships of nonsexual lichenized fungi: molecular phylogenetic hypotheses for the genera Siphula and Thamnolia from SSU and LSU rDNA. Mycologia 92(3): 475–487.
  
  
• G.O. Poinar Jr., E.B. Peterson, and J.L. Platt. 2000. Fossil Parmelia in New World Amber. Lichenologist 32(3): 263-269.
  
  
• Platt, J.L. and Spatafora, J.W. 1999. " A Re-examination of Generic Concepts of Baeomycetoid Lichens Based on Phylogenetic Analyses of Nuclear SSU and LSU Ribosomal DNA." The Lichenologist 31(5): 409-418.
  
  
• McCune, B, Amsberry, K.A., Camacho, F.J., Clery, S., Cole, C., Emerson, C. Felder, G., French, P., Greene, D., Harris, R., Hutten, M., Larsen, B., Lesko, M., Majors, S., Markwell, T., Parker, G., Pendergrass, K., Peterson, E.B., Peterson, E.T., Platt, J., Proctor, J., Rambo, T., Rosso, A., Shaw, R., Turner, R., Widmer, M. 1997. "Vertical Profiles of a Pacific Northwest Old Growth Forest." Northwest Science 7(12): 145-151.
  
  
• Armstrong, W.P. and Platt, J.L. 1993. "The Marriage Between Algae and Fungi." Fremontia 2(2): 3-12.
  

Web: Co-developer of LichenLand: http://mgd.nacse.org/hyperSQL/lichenland/index.html

Presented Research & Abstracts:

Platt, J.L., D.S. Gernandt, J.K. Stone, and J.W. Spatafora. 1999. "Phylogenetic Hypotheses for the Inoperculate Discomycetes Inferred from Sequence Data from Multiple Loci." International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, 1999.

Platt, J.L., and J.W. Spatafora. 1998. "Evolution of the lichen symbiosis within the Leotiales: molecular phylogenetic hypotheses." (Presentation) Progress in Molecular Studies of Lichens, Graz, Austria, August 1998, p.5.

Platt, J.L. and J.W. Spatafora. 1998. "Lichens, Earth Tongues and Endophytes: Moelcular Phylogenetic Hypotheses of the Leotiales." (Presentation) Mycological Society of America, Puerto Rico, USA, June 1998. Inoculum 49(2):43.

Gernandt, D.S., J.L. Platt, J.K. Stone, J.W. Spatafora, A. Holst-Jensen, and L.M. Kohn. 1998. "A phylgoenetic reconstruction of inoperculate discomycetes inferred from partial small subunit rDNA sequences." (Presentation) Mycological Society of America, Puerto Rico, USA, June 1998. Inoculum 49(2):21.

Jumpponen, A., E. Cazares, J.M. Trappe, F. Camacho, and J.L. Platt. 1998. "Ectomycorrhizal fungi in Lyman Lake Basin: a comparison between primary and secondary successional sites." (Poster). Second International Conference on Mycorrhiza Prgramme and Abstracts, p93.

Platt, J.L., and J.W. Spatafora. 1997. "Evolution of the lichen symbiosis in the Leotiales; evidence from moleuclar data." (Presentation) Mycological Society of America/American Institute of Biolgoical Sciences, Montreal, Canada. August 1997. Inoculum 48(3):31.

McCune, B, Amsberry, K.A., Camacho, F.J., Clery, S., Cole, C., Emerson, C. Felder, G., French, P., Greene, D., Harris, R., Hutten, M., Larsen, B., Lesko, M., Majors, S., Markwell, T., Parker, G., Pendergrass, K., Peterson, E.B., Peterson, E.T., Platt, J., Proctor, J., Rambo, T., Rosso, A., Shaw, R., Turner, R., Widmer, M. 1997. "Vertical Profiles of a Pacific Northwest Old Growth Forest." (Poster) Northwest Science Annual Meeting, Olympia, Washington, USA.

Krohen, A.J., J.L. Platt, and D. Myrrold. 1995. "PCR-RFLP Patterns of Frankia-infected Alder." (Poster) Abstracts of the International Converence of Frankia. Davis, California, USA, July 1995.

Platt, J.L., and Roark, M. 1992. "Novel Protein Patterns of Symbiosis in the Lichen Cladonia cristatella." (Presentation) Abstracts of the Conference on Undergraduate Research, CalTech, Pasadena, California, USA.

Invited Seminars & Lectures:

"Tip-toe through the Earth Tongues: A pictorial and phylogenetic journey through some of the spring-fruiting discomycetes." Invited speaker: North American Truffling Society, March 1999.

"The Lichen Symbiosis" Invited speaker: Oregon Mycological Society, November 1998.

"The Evolution of Lichens and Earth Tongues; phylogenetic hypotheses for some inoperculate discomcyetes." Invited speaker: Harvard University, The Farlow Herbarium, August 1998.

"Detection of Chimeric Sequences in Moelcualr Phylogenetic Data." Invited speaker: Discussion forum: Genes and their information content for phylogenetic studies. Progress in Molecular Studies of Lichens, Graz, Austria, August 1998.

"Molecular Phylogenetic Hypotheses for Lichens, Earth Tongues, and Endophytes." Invited speaker: Chicago Field Museum of Natural History, July, 1998.

"Lichens are Fungi Too." Invited speaker: North American Truffling Society, October, 1996.

Professional Societies:

• Mycological Society of America
• Society of Systematic Biologist
• Botanical Society of America
• Northwest Lichen Guild
• International Association of Lichenology
• North American Truffling Society

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