Since you asked, my name is Robert Carl Ullrich. Most people call me, "Bob".
I work at The University of
Vermont.
You can also
find me at my department within the University, The
Department of Botany and Agricultural Biochemistry.
You may be interested in various facts of my academic
career:.
So you wanted to learn about SEX! You're in luck! That is what we
research in my laboratory. Sex in fungi, the fungi that form mushrooms.
"'GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT!' you say"; "'Au contraire,' I say."
Below is a figure that depicts the molecules coded for by the sex genes
in Schizophyllum.
Working model
for regulation of sexual development in Schizophyllum commune. See
animations for detailed description.
A-alpha 3 cell with mating-type proteins Z3 and Y3 unable
to activate
expression from target developmental gene. An A-alpha 4 cell with
mating-type proteins Z4 and Y4 would, likewise, be unable to activate
expression from target developmental gene.
A-alpha 3/A-alpha 4 cell with mating-type proteins Z3, Z4, Y3 and Y4.
Z3/Y4 and Z4/Y3 complexes are believed to form, bind to DNA and
activate expression of the target gene. Wavy line represents transcript from
target developmental gene.
Mycologists having fun! A considerable amount of
the gray matter associated with fungal genetics in N. America gets lost if
this raft goes down.
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You are the 
Fruiting bodies, i.e., mushrooms, of Schizophyllum commune
aka Schizo!
Fungal geneticists at work:
Bob and collaborator, Charles Novotny,
examining the results from an electrophoretic gel.
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