Spencer J Gray

The paper presents a place-based CURE model where students isolate and deploy wild yeast, confirming its identity and partnering with local breweries to create a historical ale, with sensory validation and design principles outlined.

The paper maps helicase activity genome-wide using AID-mediated mutational footprints, revealing Hrq1's association with RNA polymerase III-transcribed genes.

This study uses genome-scale sequencing to reveal hidden diversity and population structure in wild yeasts, uncovering mixed cultures, a rare species, and a new population while showing that some apparent gene flow signals are artifacts.

The paper introduces FIDDL, a tool to distinguish genuine interspecific introgression from artifacts by using depth-matched negative controls and locus-level tests.

This paper investigates G-quadruplex tolerance in yeast by testing helicase mutants, finding that redundancy across multiple helicases, not single families, is required for G4 resolution.

This paper shows that Cdc13 dimerization is required for dynamic DNA exchange on telomeres, using biochemical assays and mutants.

This study shows that Cdc13 can dynamically exchange DNA strands in the presence of telomeric DNA, revealing a mechanism for its movement at telomeres.