{"id":2708,"date":"2024-05-31T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2025-05-01T12:04:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T16:04:58","slug":"2708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/2024\/2708\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight &#8211; Jordan Di Stefano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Student Spotlight &#8211; Jordan Di Stefano\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"publication-alert-natural-products-from-a-foliar-conifer-endophyte\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Publication alert: Natural products from a foliar conifer endophyte<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/Jordan1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2719\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jordan Di Stefano<\/strong>&nbsp;(B.Sc. Biochemistry\/2022) has had their honours thesis research on antifungal compounds from a fungal endophyte of spruce trees published. Endophytes are important but poorly studied components of ecosystems. This work represents the first reports of natural products from the endophyte studied. This research was part of a larger project in the groups of Profs. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/david-mcmullin\/\">David McMullin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/miller-d\/\">David Miller<\/a> (Institute of Biochemistry). The characterization of endophyte communities has the potential to identify new sustainable management strategies to control forest pests and pathogens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the research here (<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs11557-023-01869-6&amp;data=05%7C02%7CSalmanKhanPathan%40cunet.carleton.ca%7C5e7ce45084424ab7bbe008dc80bff219%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638526809095400830%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7QgeEmYvvOFgiEKpFSTh7L2MhpBqHDNJp95idWzKu2I%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11557-023-01869-6<\/a>).<br>\nFor more information on Prof. McMullin\u2019s research, visit his Natural Products Chemistry Research Group at <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcmullinlab\/\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mcmullinlab\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publication alert: Natural products from a foliar conifer endophyte &nbsp; Jordan Di Stefano&nbsp;(B.Sc. Biochemistry\/2022) has had their honours thesis research on antifungal compounds from a fungal endophyte of spruce trees published. Endophytes are important but poorly studied components of ecosystems. This work represents the first reports of natural products from the endophyte studied. 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