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Dr. Willem JG Melchers
Dr. Willem JG Melchers
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Interests: pathogenesis of Aspergillus; Aspergillus resistance; molecular aspects of resistance; molecular aspects of adaptaton; germination
* Section "Fungal Genomics, Genetics and Molecular Biology"
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Prof. Dr. Joan W. Bennett
Prof. Dr. Joan W. Bennett
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Section Board Member
Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Interests: fungal genetics; mycotoxins; volatile organic compounds; women in science
Prof. Dr. Paola Bonfante
Prof. Dr. Paola Bonfante
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Section Board Member
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Viale P.A. Mattioli 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy
Interests: plant-microbe interactions; mycorrhizal symbioses; omics approaches; endobacteria; fungi as components of plant microbiota; sustainable agriculture
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Dr. Chris M. Brown
Dr. Chris M. Brown
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Section Board Member
Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Genetics Otago, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Interests: fungal genomics; fungal bioinformatics; fungal genetics
Dr. Sascha Brunke
Dr. Sascha Brunke
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Section Board Member
Dept. Microbial Pathogenicity Factors, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knöll-Institut, Jena, Germany
Interests: fungal pathogen adaptations; metal acquisition; host-fungus interactions
Dr. Vincent Bruno
Dr. Vincent Bruno
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Section Board Member
Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for Genome Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Interests: mucormycosis; host-pathogen interactions; transcriptomics; Candida; filamentous fungi; fungal genomics
Dr. Miguel Cacho Teixeira
Dr. Miguel Cacho Teixeira
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Section Board Member
Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Bioengineering Department, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: drug resistance; drug transporters; transcription regulation; regulatory networks; biofilm formation; pathogenic yeasts; Candida species; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; cell factories; probiotic yeasts
Dr. Christina Cuomo
Dr. Christina Cuomo
grade
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Section Board Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
Interests: evolution of fungal pathogens; fungal genomics; host-pathogen interactions; Candida; Cryptococcus
Dr. Célia Fortuna Rodrigues
Dr. Célia Fortuna Rodrigues
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Section Board Member
1. Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, University Institute of Health Sciences—CESPU, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
2. ALiCE—Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Interests: biofilms;
Candida; AMR; fungal infection; polymicrobial biofilms; alternatives to antifungals
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Special Issue in
Biomedicines: Biofilms in Wounds: New Advances in Therapy and in Healing Management
Special Issue in
Journal of Clinical Medicine: Biomaterial-Related Infections
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Applied Sciences: New bioactive Molecules: Challenges in Environmental and Nutritional Health
Special Issue in
Microorganisms: Identification of Microorganisms: Old, New and Future Methods
Special Issue in
Journal of Clinical Medicine: Bioactive Phytochemicals in Health and Disease
Special Issue in
Journal of Fungi: Fungal Biofilms 2020
Special Issue in
Journal of Fungi: Fungal Infections: New Challenges and Opportunities
Special Issue in
Journal of Fungi: Fungal Biofilms, 2nd Edition
Special Issue in
Journal of Fungi: Fungal Infections: New Challenges and Opportunities, 2nd Edition
Special Issue in
International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Revolutionizing Antifungal Therapeutics: From Understanding to Intervention
Special Issue in
Antioxidants: Antioxidants as Weapons to Maintain or Restore Oral Health
Special Issue in
Antibiotics: Microbial Biofilms: Identification, Resistance and Novel Drugs
Special Issue in
Cosmetics: Biofilms in Cosmetic Dermatology
Special Issue in
Biomedicines: Infectious Diseases: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Under Antimicrobial Resistance Global Urgency
Special Issue in
Journal of Fungi: Fungal Infections: New Challenges and Opportunities, 3rd Edition
Special Issue in
Journal of Fungi: Fungal Biofilms, 3rd Edition
Special Issue in
Antibiotics: New Approaches to the Treatment and Prevention of Fungal Infections
Topics:
Multidrug Resistance Across Pathogens: Fungi, Bacteria, Parasites, and Viruses
Topics:
Infectious Diseases
Topics:
Natural Products to Fight Fungal Infections
Prof. Dr. Gustavo H. Goldman
Prof. Dr. Gustavo H. Goldman
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Section Board Member
Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Interests: fungal molecular genetics; fungal genomics and evolution; filamentous fungi; Aspergillus
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Gräser
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Gräser
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Section Board Member
Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Charité-University Medical Centre Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, 12203 Berlin, Germany
Interests: dermatophytes; taxonomy; phylogeny; PCR diagnostics; epidemiology; mating types; antifungal resistence
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Prof. Igor V. Grigoriev
Prof. Igor V. Grigoriev
grade
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Section Board Member
Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Interests: fungal genomics; algal genomics; genome annotation; computational genomics; multi-omics; metabolic modeling; gene networks
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Section Board Member
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
Interests: environmental microbiology; white rot fungi; fungal biodegradation
Prof. Dr. Nancy P. Keller
Prof. Dr. Nancy P. Keller
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Section Board Member
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Interests: fungal genetics; fungal-bacterial interactions; mining fungal genomes for bioactive chemicals
Prof. Dr. James Konopka
Prof. Dr. James Konopka
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Section Board Member
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5222, USA
Interests: molecular mechanisms of fungal pathogenesis; fungal cell signaling; fungal morphogenesis; fungal virulence factors; plasma membrane microdomains
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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kück
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kück
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Section Board Member
Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Interests: fungal morphogenesis; sexual development; secondary metabolism; gene expression; fungal signal transduction pathways
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Prof. Dr. Shu-Ming Li
Prof. Dr. Shu-Ming Li
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Section Board Member
Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Interests: biosynthesis of microbial natural products; prenylated metabolites and prenyltransferases; polyketide synthases; enzyme catalysts; genetic manipulation in ascomycetes and actinomyces
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Dr. Shawn R. Lockhart
Dr. Shawn R. Lockhart
grade
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Section Board Member
Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Interests: Candida; Aspergillus; mold infections; antifungal resistance; population genomics; public health
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Löffler
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Löffler
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Section Board Member
Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital of Würzburg, 97070 Würzburg, Germany
Interests: innate immunity, infection, inflammation; invasive aspergillosis; aspergillus fumigatus
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Prof. Dr. Maria Mendes Giannini
Prof. Dr. Maria Mendes Giannini
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Section Board Member
Proteomics Center, Mycology Laboratory, UNESP, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, State University, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
Interests: endemic mycoses; biofilm; virulence factors; adhesins; antifungal
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Dr. Andrew Miller
Dr. Andrew Miller
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Section Board Member
Mycologist and Director of the Herbarium/Fungarium, University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL 61820, USA
Interests: ascomycota; DNA barcoding; molecular phylogenetics; systematics; taxonomy
Dr. Aaron P. Mitchell
Dr. Aaron P. Mitchell
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Section Board Member
Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: Candida; genetics; biofilm; hyphae; transcriptional regulation; stress response
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Section Board Member
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Interests: human fungal pathogens; host-pathogen interactions; molecular biology; genetics; cell biology; immunology; drug resistance; pathogenesis
Prof. Dr. Mahfuz Rahman
Prof. Dr. Mahfuz Rahman
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Section Board Member
Extension Service, Davis College of Agriculture, West Virginia University, 1194 Evansdale Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Interests: plant disease diagnostics; epidemiology and management of plant fungal diseases; integrated plant disease management; biological control; chemical control; soilborne pathogens; fungicide resistance management
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Section Board Member
Genetics, Genomics and Microbiology Research Group, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology (IMAB-UPNa), Public University of Navarre, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: the genetics and breeding of higher basidiomycetes
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Prof. Dr. Jose Ramos
Prof. Dr. Jose Ramos
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Section Board Member
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Edaphology and Microbiology, University of Córdoba, E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: salt tolerance; ion homeostasis; food and
D. hansenii interactions
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Dr. Aitor D. Rementeria-Ruiz
Dr. Aitor D. Rementeria-Ruiz
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Section Board Member
Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
Interests: Aspergillus; Lomentospora/Scedosporium; Candida; pathogenesis; molecular diagnostic; proteomics; transcriptomics; molecular mechanisms of host-fungal interaction
Dr. Dominique Sanglard
Dr. Dominique Sanglard
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Section Board Member
Institute of Microbiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Interests: Candida;
Aspergillus; antifungal resistance; fungal pathogenesis
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Dr. Sheng Sun
Dr. Sheng Sun
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Section Board Member
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Interests: fungal genetics and genomics; fungal pathogens; Cryptococcus; mating type locus and sexual reproduction in fungi; fungal population genetics/genomics and evolution