Yan Wang

Yan Wang
Assistant Professor
Telephone number
416-208-2739

Keywords

early-diverging fungi, horizontal gene transfer, host-microbe interactions, insects

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in the genomic evolution of fungi. I seek to understand the genetic make-up of fungal symbionts and how they have adapted to their host environments over evolutionary timescales. The research program in my laboratory primarily uses fungi and insects to study adaptation, evolution, host-microbe interactions, and host specificity by integrating modern genomic approaches with traditional phylogenetic methods.