Editorial Board for section 'Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology'
- Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control Section
- Fungal Evolution, Biodiversity and Systematics Section
- Environmental and Ecological Interactions of Fungi Section
- Fungal Cell Biology, Metabolism and Physiology Section
- Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology Section
- Fungi in Agriculture and Biotechnology Section
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Members (33)

Interests: yeast cell biology; sporulation; spore wall assembly; vesicle trafficking
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Interests: fungal genetics and genomics; Aspergillus; nutrient uptake; transporters; metabolism; fungal cell biology; filamentous growth; secretion; endocytosis; intracellular trafficking

Interests: fungal morphogenesis; fungal cell polarity; signaling in fungal pathogens; membrane traffic; cell organization; cytoskeleton

Interests: fungal genomics; cell wall stress response; cell wall remodelling; fungal cell signalling; MAPKs; control of gene expression

Interests: epigenetics; chromatin; histone modifications; histone methyltransferases; transcriptional regulation; antifungal drug resistance; fungal pathogenesis; ergosterol biosynthesis; Candida

Interests: natural product chemistry; bioactive fungal metabolites; isolation and structure elucidation; chromatographic techniques; spectroscopic methods; biological activity
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Interests: fungal immunology; host response to Histoplasma capsulatum; lung immunology; cytokines; chemokines; macrophages; T cells

Interests: molecular fungal pathogenesis; fungal metabolites; cell signalling; kinases; phosphate homeostasis; stress responses; virulence; drug discovery; Cryptococcus neoformans
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Interests: biological control of fungal pests; biological degradation of synthetic polymers; DNA BarCoding; fungal – bacterial interactions; fungal cell biology; fungal communities; fungal diversity; fungal fitness; fungal genomics; fungal taxonomy; genetics and genomics; heterologous protein production; horizontal gene transfer in fungi; hydrophobins; hypocreales; microbial ecology; microbial ecophysiology; molecular evolution and phylogeny; mycoparasitism; phenotype profiling; small secreted cysteine-rich proteins (SSCPs); surface-active proteins; Trichoderma; tropical ecology

Interests: sustainable textile; microbial biotechnology; microbial production of pigments and colorants; fermentation; bioprocess engineering and fermentation technology
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Interests: membrane proteins; detergent design; structural biochemistry; antifungal and anticancer drugs resistance; yeast; human and bacterial ABC and MFS multidrug efflux pumps

Interests: Aspergillus fumigatus hyphal growth; septation; drug resistance and stress response mechanisms
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2. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Interests: immunology of fungal infections; host-fungal pathogen interactions; dimorphic fungi; T cells; lung epithelium; genetic susceptibility to fungal infection
Interests: Candida albicans; candidiasis; fungal adherence; fungal functional amyloid; serum amyloid-P component; Chagas disease; kissing bugs; envenomations

Interests: Candida cell biology; cell cycle regulation; morphogenesis; micronutrient acquisition

Interests: fungal cell division; cytokinesis; biology of septins; antifungal drug resistance; Cryptococcus neoformans

Interests: Aspergillus; mating; metabolism; molecular mycology; virulence

Interests: innate immunity to Candida albicans; mechanisms of tolerance and resistance; immunoregulation; cytokines and costimulatory molecules; drug discovery

Interests: Aspergillus; cell wall; glycobiology; diagnosis

Interests: yeast metabolic engineering; genome-scale metabolic model; laboratory adaptative evolution of yeast; genetic circuits; organic acids production by yeast
Interests: yeast genetics; MAPK signaling; antifungal drug development
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Interests: small, cationic, antimicrobial proteins and peptides; antifungal activity; new antimicrobial therapeutics
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Interests: mechanisms of antifungal resistance; structural biology of antifungal targets; antifungal drug discovery; yeast biotechnology
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Interests: fungal cell wall; virulence factors; host–fungus interaction
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Interests: fungal cell wall; fungal morphogenesis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Aspergillosis; fungal diseases

Interests: yeast synthetic biology; yeast biotechnology for understanding human disease variants; chemogenomic screening; yeast in extreme environments
Interests: Aspergillus nidulans; secondary metabolism; fungal protein

Interests: adaptive response and tolerance to stresses in yeasts; yeast functional and comparative genomics; yeast physiology and physiological genomics; gene and genomic transcription regulation in yeasts; solute transport and membrane transporters in yeasts; MDR/MXR transporters; yeast biotechnology; yeast biorefineries
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Interests: antibiotic biosynthesis; synthetic biology; transcriptional regulation; signalling molecule; metabolomics

Interests: mRNA editing; fungal development; fungal genetics; cell signaling and differentiation; ascospore formation