Hao Hao Pontius

Hao Hao Pontius

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Hao Hao Pontius

Advisor

Megan McClean

Current Reearch

Interdomain conjugation

Fungi are an important part of the microbiome and are the cause of many human diseases. Currently, there aren’t many effective ways to control them due to the rise in antifungal resistance. Interdomain conjugation between bacteria and fungi can be used to control fungal populations through essentially cross domain horizontal gene transfer. I am currently developing a system to target the clinically relevant species, Candida albicans.