Lynne Sigler, MSc

University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium
Devonian Botanic Garden
T6G 2R3 Edmonton, AB
Canada

Ph : (780) 987-4811
Fx : (780) 987-4141
Em: lynne.sigler@ualberta.ca

 

 

Positions:

• Professor, Dept. of Medical Microbiology & Immunology
• Curator of the University of Alberta Microfungus Collection and Herbarium (UAMH)

 

Research:

• Systematics and ecology of microfungi with emphasis on medically important fungi
• Conserving fungal diversity through curating a specialized Canadian culture collection containing over 11,000 isolates
• Environmental mycology

 

Publications:

Click here for most recent publications

 

Selected Publications:

1. Morio F, Fraissinet F, Gastinne T, Pape PL, Delaunay J, Sigler L, Gibas CF, Miegeville M. Invasive Myceliophthora infection mimicking invasive aspergillosis in a neutropenic patient: a new cause of cross-reactivity with the Aspergillus galactomannan serum antigen assay. Med Mycol. 2011 May 30. [Epub ahead of print]
2. De Ravin SS, Challipalli M, Anderson V, Shea YR, Marciano B, Hilligoss D, Marquesen M, Decastro R, Liu YC, Sutton DA, Wickes BL, Kammeyer PL, Sigler L, Sullivan K, Kang EM, Malech HL, Holland SM, Zelazny AM. Geosmithia argillacea: an emerging cause of invasive mycosis in human chronic granulomatous disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar 15;52(6):e136-43.
3. Kang, HJ, Sigler L, Lee J, Gibas CFC, Yun SH, Lee YW. 2010. Xylogone ganodermophthora sp. nov., an ascomycetous pathogen causing yellow rot on cultivated mushroom Ganoderma lucidum in Korea. Mycologia 102:1167–1184.
4. Sigler L, Gibas CF, Kokotovica B, Bertelsen MF. 2010. Disseminated mycoses in veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) caused by Chamaeleomyces granulomatis, a new fungus related to Paecilomyces viridis. J Clin Microbiol 48:3182-3192
5. Sigler L, Sutton DA, Gibas CFC, Summerbell RC, Noel RK, Iwen PC. 2010. Phialosimplex, a new anamorphic genus associated with infections in dogs and having phylogenetic affinity to the Trichocomaceae. Medical Mycology 48:335-345
6. Dewar CL, Sigler L. 2010. Fungal arthritis of the knee caused by Mycoleptodiscus indicus. Clinical Rheumatology 29:1061-1065.
7. Adam H, Groenewald M, Mohan S, Richardson S, Bunn U, Gibas CFC, Poutanen S, Sigler L. 2009. Identification of a new species, Candida subhashii, as a cause of peritonitis. Med. Mycol. 47:305-311.
8. Tan DH, Sigler L, Gibas CF, Fong IW. Disseminated fungal infection in a renal transplant recipient involving Macrophomina phaseolina and Scytalidium dimidiatum: case report and review of taxonomic changes among medically important members of the Botryosphaeriaceae. Med Mycol. 2008 May;46(3):285-92. PubMed PMID: 18404556.
9. Balajee SA, Sigler L, Brandt ME. DNA and the classical way: identification of medically important molds in the 21st century. Med Mycol. 2007; 45(6):475-90. Review. PubMed PMID: 17710617.
10. Sigler L. Adiaspiromycosis and other infections caused by Emmonsia species. p 809-824. IN: Medical Mycology, Topley & Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 10 th ed. (Vol Eds. R. Hay and W. Merz) Arnold Hodder, London, U.K. 2005.