{"id":2541,"date":"2017-05-24T11:47:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/chemistry\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:56:21","slug":"msc-candidate-grace-daly-presents-partnership-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/2017\/msc-candidate-grace-daly-presents-partnership-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"MSc Candidate Grace Daly Presents at the Partnership Exchange"},"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                        MSc Candidate Grace Daly Presents at the Partnership Exchange\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>MSc Candidate Grace Daly in Dr. David Miller&#8217;s Lab presented on &#8220;<strong>Can we push out the cheaters?&#8221; <\/strong>at the Partnership Exchange this past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121;\">Plants and fungal endophytes exist in a mutualistic symbiotic relationship, where both organisms benefit from the activity of the other. Some endophytes are \u2018<b>cheaters<\/b>\u2018 because they use the plant for its resources&nbsp;without providing any benefits in return.&nbsp;The white pine blister rust, is a fungal pathogen which kills white pine trees and therefore heavily impacts Canada\u2019s forestry industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain endophytes produce beneficial&nbsp;chemicals that&nbsp;help the tree&nbsp;defend itself&nbsp;against harmful&nbsp;fungal pathogens and insects.&nbsp;We are trying to identify&nbsp;fungal endophytes of white pine, which produce chemicals that are specifically toxic&nbsp;to the white pine blister rust.&nbsp;The goal is to introduce these \u2018good fungi\u2019 into pine seedlings, to ultimately&nbsp;<b>push out<\/b>&nbsp;the cheating endophytes and help the tree be more tolerant to the pathogen.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/2017\/grad-research-showcasing-wares\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSc Candidate Grace Daly in Dr. David Miller&#8217;s Lab presented on &#8220;Can we push out the cheaters?&#8221; at the Partnership Exchange this past week. Plants and fungal endophytes exist in a mutualistic symbiotic relationship, where both organisms benefit from the activity of the other. 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