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Fungal and yeast genetics research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Kyungyong Seong
University of California, Berkeley
2
Carl L. McCombe
California Institute of Technology
3
Xiaofan Jin
Chalmers University of Technology
4
Alexia F. Kalogeropulou
Foghorn Therapeutics (United States)
5
Kwang-Rim Baek
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
6
Daniel S.W. Lee
University of California, Berkeley
7
Malitha C. Dickwella Widanage
National Laboratory of the Rockies
8
Kong Fei Chai
Nanyang Technological University
9
Élodie Caudal
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10
Victor Loegler
Université de Strasbourg

Papers

1
Publication in Heliyon (2024) [68 citations, W4392580430]
Heliyon|2024
68 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [66 citations, W4401184074]
Nature Communications|2024
66 cit.
3
Publication in G3 Genes Genomes Genetics (2024) [30 citations, W4404502580]
G3 Genes Genomes Genetics|2024
30 cit.
4
Distinct echinocandin responses of Candida albicans and Candida auris cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR
Nature Communications|2025
30 cit.
5
Publication in Journal of Functional Foods (2024) [18 citations, W4404864713]
Journal of Functional Foods|2024
18 cit.
6
Publication in Nature (2025) [16 citations, W4415196206]
Nature|2025
16 cit.
7
Publication in Food Chemistry (2025) [10 citations, W4408978861]
Food Chemistry|2025
10 cit.
8
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [5 citations, W4411886975]
Nature Communications|2025
5 cit.
9
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [5 citations, W4412941398]
Nature Communications|2025
5 cit.
10
Publication in Cell Genomics (2025) [5 citations, W4416328446]
Cell Genomics|2025
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Ilmin Kwon
Sungkyunkwan University
2
Rubén Fernández‐Busnadiego
Biocompatibles (United Kingdom)
3
Benjamin VanderSluis
University of Minnesota
4
Zengyi Shao
Iowa State University
5
Daniel F. Jarosz
Stanford University
6
Pedro T. Monteiro
University of Lisbon
7
Andrea Sánchez‐Vallet
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
8
Özgür Bayram
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
9
David E. Cook
Kansas State University
10
Abigail L. LaBella
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers

1
YEASTRACT+: a portal for the exploitation of global transcription regulation and metabolic model data in yeast biotechnology and pathogenesis
Nucleic Acids Research|2022
103 cit.
2
CRISPR guides induce gene silencing in plants in the absence of Cas
Genome biology|2022
58 cit.
3
The KdmB-EcoA-RpdA-SntB chromatin complex binds regulatory genes and coordinates fungal development with mycotoxin synthesis
Nucleic Acids Research|2022
51 cit.
4
CRISPR-Cas12a induced DNA double-strand breaks are repaired by multiple pathways with different mutation profiles in Magnaporthe oryzae
Nature Communications|2022
41 cit.
5
Tissue-specific landscape of protein aggregation and quality control in an aging vertebrate
Developmental Cell|2024
40 cit.
6
Local Rather than Global H3K27me3 Dynamics Are Associated with Differential Gene Expression in Verticillium dahliae
mBio|2022
29 cit.
7
Natural variation in <i>Avr3D1</i> from <i>Zymoseptoria</i> sp. contributes to quantitative gene‐for‐gene resistance and to host specificity
New Phytologist|2022
26 cit.
8
Xylose and shikimate transporters facilitates microbial consortium as a chassis for benzylisoquinoline alkaloid production
Nature Communications|2023
26 cit.
9
The KdmB-EcoA-RpdA-SntB (KERS) chromatin regulatory complex controls development, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity in Aspergillus flavus
Fungal Genetics and Biology|2023
19 cit.
10
Virulent strains of Zymoseptoria tritici suppress the host immune response and facilitate the success of avirulent strains in mixed infections
PLoS Pathogens|2023
18 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Gerald R. Fink
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
2
Paul Nurse
The Francis Crick Institute
3
Ronald W. Davis
Corning (United States)
4
Kim Nasmyth
University of Oxford
5
David Botstein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6
John R. Pringle
Stanford University
7
Patrick O. Brown
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8
Randy Schekman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
9
Jens Nielsen
BioInnovation Institute
10
Scott D. Emr
Cornell University

Papers

1
Cluster analysis and display of genome-wide expression patterns
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1998
16.4k cit.
2
Molecular portraits of human breast tumours
Nature|2000
16.3k cit.
3
Quantitative Monitoring of Gene Expression Patterns with a Complementary DNA Microarray
Science|1995
9.6k cit.
4
Construction of a genetic linkage map in man using restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
PubMed|1980
8.4k cit.
5
Additional modules for versatile and economical PCR-based gene deletion and modification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yeast|1998
5.5k cit.
6
Repeated observation of breast tumor subtypes in independent gene expression data sets
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2003
5.4k cit.
7
Mapping mendelian factors underlying quantitative traits using RFLP linkage maps.
Genetics|1989
5.3k cit.
8
Genomic Expression Programs in the Response of Yeast Cells to Environmental Changes
Molecular Biology of the Cell|2000
4.9k cit.
9
Screening λgt Recombinant Clones by Hybridization to Single Plaques in Situ
Science|1977
4.7k cit.
10
Exploring the Metabolic and Genetic Control of Gene Expression on a Genomic Scale
Science|1997
4.5k cit.

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