Joseph Heitman

Also affiliated with Duke Medical Center, Duke University Hospital

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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0.490Author DataRank

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Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis

PLoS Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002682

Top 39%

0.490DataRank

Top 39%20 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage M. Smith, Arman W. Mohammad +7 more

Papers

Driven by 100 papers — median percentile 49. Top paper: “Unisexual Reproduction”.

Unisexual Reproduction

Advances in Genetics(2014)10.1016/b978-0-12-800271-1.00005-6

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1.4DataRank · unranked

37 citations

Marianna Feretzaki, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Kevin C. Roach

Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

Nature(2009)10.1038/nature08064

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1.1DataRank · unranked

1097 citations

Albert J. Vilella, Alireza Heravi-Moussavi, Manuel A. S. Santos, Sharadha Sakthikumar, Carol A. Munro +52 more

Centromere deletion in Cryptococcus deuterogattii leads to neocentromere formation and chromosome fusions

eLife(2020)10.7554/elife.56026

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0.907DataRank · unranked

30 citations

Joseph Heitman, Klaas Schotanus

Convergent Evolution of Calcineurin Pathway Roles in Thermotolerance and Virulence inCandida glabrata

G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics(2012)10.1534/g3.112.002279

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0.697DataRank · unranked

103 citations

Jay H. Konieczka, Deborah J. Springer, Samantha E Bowen, Jing Zhang, Fitz Gerald S. Silao +10 more

Fungal impacts on Earth’s ecosystems

Nature(2025)10.1038/s41586-024-08419-4

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0.688DataRank · unranked

97 citations

Sarah J. Gurr, Matthew C. Fisher, David S. Blehert, Charles Boone, Arturo Casadevall +28 more

The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks

Fungal Diversity(2021)10.1007/s13225-021-00475-9

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0.654DataRank · unranked

77 citations

M. Catherine Aime, Dominik Begerow, Toni Gabaldón, Joseph Heitman, Martin Kemler +7 more

Transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus is mutagenic during infection and promotes drug resistance in vitro

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2020)10.1073/pnas.2001451117

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0.650DataRank · unranked

75 citations

Jonathan Williams, Jang-Eun Cho, Anna Floyd Averette, Sheng Sun, Eva Mei Shouse +4 more

Focus on fungi

Cell(2024)10.1016/j.cell.2024.08.016

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0.626DataRank · unranked

64 citations

Gordon D. Brown, Petra Bächer, Sarah L. Gaffen, Joseph Heitman, Bruce S. Klein +2 more

Genome-wide analysis of heat stress-stimulated transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2209831120

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0.609DataRank · unranked

57 citations

Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, Jonathan D. Williams, Eva Mei Shouse, Paul M. Magwene +3 more

The future of fungi: threats and opportunities

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2022)10.1093/g3journal/jkac224

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0.606DataRank · unranked

56 citations

Judith Berman, David S. Blehert, Robert A. Cramer, Christina A. Cuomo, Cameron R. Currie +29 more

FKBP12 is the only FK506 binding protein mediating T-cell inhibition by the immunosuppressant FK5061

Transplantation(2002)10.1097/00007890-200206150-00023

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0.587DataRank · unranked

49 citations

Bing Su, Robert J. Barndt, Hanying Chen, Hongbo Xin, Guifan Yan +7 more

Pleiotropy and epistasis within and between signaling pathways defines the genetic architecture of fungal virulence

PLoS Genetics(2021)10.1371/journal.pgen.1009313

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0.571DataRank · unranked

44 citations

Debra Murray, Alexandria Scott, Ci Fu, Anna Floyd Averette, Sheng Sun +3 more

The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence

PLoS Pathogens(2024)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012735

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0.542DataRank · unranked

25 citations

Jin-Tae Choi, Ci Fu, Leah E. Cowen, Sheng Sun, Yong‐Sun Bahn +2 more

Infection and inflammation: New perspectives on Alzheimer's disease

Brain Behavior & Immunity - Health(2022)10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100462

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0.538DataRank · unranked

35 citations

Carol A. Colton, Joseph El Khoury, David Gate, Alison Goate, Michael T. Heneka +19 more

Multiple Hybridization Events Punctuate the Evolutionary Trajectory of Malassezia furfur

mBio(2022)10.1128/mbio.03853-21

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0.520DataRank · unranked

31 citations

Verónica Mixão, Giuseppe Ianiri, Joleen Pei Zhen Goh, Jan Dijksterhuis, Joseph Heitman +4 more

Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis

PLoS Biology(2024)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002682

Top 39%

0.490DataRank

Top 39%20 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage M. Smith, Arman W. Mohammad +7 more

Application of an optimized annotation pipeline to the Cryptococcus deuterogattii genome reveals dynamic primary metabolic gene clusters and genomic impact of RNAi loss

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2021)10.1093/g3journal/jkaa070

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0.483DataRank · unranked

18 citations

Corinne Maufrais, Rodrigo Silva Araujo Streit, Shelby Priest, Christina A. Cuomo, Joseph Heitman +3 more

Heterochromatin and RNAi act independently to ensure genome stability in Mucorales human fungal pathogens

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023)10.1073/pnas.2220475120

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0.470DataRank · unranked

22 citations

Carlos Pérez‐Arques, Joseph Heitman, María Isabel Navarro-Mendoza

Clonal evolution in serially passaged Cryptococcus neoformans × deneoformans hybrids reveals a heterogenous landscape of genomic change

Genetics(2021)10.1093/genetics/iyab142

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0.400DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Timothy Y. James, Lucas A. Michelotti

Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex

eLife(2022)10.7554/elife.79114

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0.373DataRank · unranked

11 citations

Shelly Applen Clancey, Terrance Shea, Márcia David‐Palma, Anna Floyd Averette, Teun Boekhout +7 more

An atlas of genetic variation for linking pathogen-induced cellular traits to human disease

10.1101/202325

Top 51%

0.345DataRank

Top 51%9 citations

Kelly J. Pittman, Jeffrey R. Barker, Raul E. Salinas, Ian B. Stanaway, Graham D. Williams +16 more

Butyrolactol A enhances caspofungin efficacy via flippase inhibition in drug-resistant fungi

Cell(2025)10.1016/j.cell.2025.11.036

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0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

H. Diessel Duan, Michael J. Hoy, Kalinka Koteva, Michaela Spitzer, Allison K. Guitor +23 more

Calcineurin contributes to RNAi-mediated transgene silencing and small interfering RNA production in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Genetics(2024)10.1093/genetics/iyae010

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0.330DataRank · unranked

8 citations

Riya Mohan, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

Discovery of Mycodnaviridae , a clade of giant viruses that persistently infect zoosporic fungi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.01.04.574182

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0.292DataRank · unranked

6 citations

Frederik Schulz, Saleh Rahimlou, Vikas Yadav, Sheng Sun, Kevin R. Amses +6 more

Essential genes encoded by the mating-type locus of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

mBio(2025)10.1128/mbio.00223-25

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0.269DataRank · unranked

5 citations

Ziyan Xu, Arend F. van Peer, Yeseul Choi, Shelby Priest, Konstantina Akritidou +8 more

The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery

Current Biology(2025)10.1016/j.cub.2025.04.013

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0.208DataRank · unranked

3 citations

Joseph Heitman

Uniparental nuclear inheritance following bisexual mating in fungi

eLife(2021)10.7554/elife.66234

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0.135DataRank · unranked

1 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

Faculty Opinions recommendation of A spontaneous mutation in DNA polymerase POL3 during in vitro passaging causes a hypermutator phenotype in Cryptococcus species.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature(2020)10.3410/f.737092157.793576405

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0 citations

Shelby Priest, Vikas Yadav, Joseph Heitman

Reconstructing genome evolution in historic samples of the Irish potato famine pathogen

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/qtre-kf31

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0 citations

Anders Krogh, Eske Willerslev, José Alfredo Samaniego Castruita, Nathan Wales, Simon Y. W. Ho +11 more

Antifungal drug resistance evoked via RNAi-dependent epimutations

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/sh94-mh40

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Francisco E. Nicolás, Soo Chan Lee, Joseph Heitman, Silvia Calo, Santiago Torres‐Martínez +6 more

Cryptococcus gattii VGIII Isolates Causing Infections in HIV/AIDS Patients in Southern California: Identification of the Local Environmental Source as Arboreal

Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)(2020)10.17615/hbs6-2j37

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0 citations

Scott G. Filler, Joseph Heitman, Elan E. Filler, Robin C. May, Rhiannon Pursall +6 more

Unisexual Reproduction Drives Meiotic Recombination and Phenotypic and Karyotypic Plasticity in Cryptococcus neoformans

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/9hc6-g023

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, R. Blake Billmyre

Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.05.21.108084

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Marco A. Coelho, Verónica Mixão, Shelly Applen Clancey, Yitong Xu, Sheng Sun +3 more

Expression of a Malassezia codon optimized mCherry fluorescent protein in a bicistronic vector

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.04.16.044297

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0DataRank · unranked

0 citations

Giuseppe Ianiri, Joseph Heitman, Thomas L. Dawson, Joleen P. Z. Goh

Factors enforcing the species boundary between the human pathogens Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus deneoformans

PLoS Genetics(2021)10.1371/journal.pgen.1008871

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30 citations

Marco A. Coelho, Verónica Mixão, Shelly Applen Clancey, Yitong Xu, Sheng Sun +3 more

Epigenetic dynamics of centromeres and neocentromeres in Cryptococcus deuterogattii

PLoS Genetics(2021)10.1371/journal.pgen.1009743

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20 citations

Vikas Yadav, Joseph Heitman, Klaas Schotanus

Leveraging Fungal Calcineurin-Inhibitor Structures, Biophysics and Dynamics to Design Selective and Non-Immunosuppressive FK506 Analogs

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.04.14.039800

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1 citations

Benjamin G. Bobay, Praveen R. Juvvadi, Deborah Cole, Joseph Heitman, William J. Steinbach +3 more

Multiple Pathways to Homothallism in Closely Related Yeast Lineages in the Basidiomycota

mBio(2021)10.1128/mbio.03130-20

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12 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Patrícia H. Brito, Joseph Heitman, Marco A. Coelho, Paula Gonçalves +1 more

Application of an Optimized Annotation Pipeline to the Cryptococcus Deuterogattii Genome Reveals Dynamic Primary Metabolic Gene Clusters and Genomic Impact of RNAi Loss

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.09.01.278374

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3 citations

Corinne Maufrais, Rodrigo Silva Araujo Streit, Shelby Priest, Christina A. Cuomo, Joseph Heitman +3 more

Rampant transposition following RNAi loss causes hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in clinical isolates of a human fungal pathogen

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.08.11.455996

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2 citations

Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, Tim A. Dahlmann, Ulrich Kück, Paul M. Magwene +2 more

Showcasing Fungal Genetics & Genomics with the Genetics Society of America

Genetics(2021)10.1093/genetics/iyaa034

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0 citations

Joseph Heitman, Leah E. Cowen

Showcasing Fungal Genetics & Genomics with the Genetics Society of America

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics(2021)10.1093/g3journal/jkaa041

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0 citations

Joseph Heitman, Leah E. Cowen

Clonal evolution in serially passaged Cryptococcus neoformans x deneoformans hybrids reveals a heterogenous landscape of genomic change

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.03.02.433606

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0 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Timothy Y. James, Lucas A. Michelotti

Rampant transposition following RNAi loss causes hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in clinical isolates of a human fungal pathogen

Research Square(2021)10.21203/rs.3.rs-804218/v1

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0 citations

Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, Tim A. Dahlmann, Ulrich Kueck, Paul M. Magwene +2 more

Epistatic genetic interactions govern morphogenesis during sexual reproduction and infection in a global human fungal pathogen

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.12.09.472005

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0 citations

Cullen Roth, Anna Floyd Averette, Paul M. Magwene, Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun

Uncontrolled transposition following RNAi loss causes hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans

Nature Microbiology(2022)10.1038/s41564-022-01183-z

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55 citations

Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, Tim A. Dahlmann, Ulrich Kück, Paul M. Magwene +2 more

A Flucytosine-Responsive Mbp1/Swi4-Like Protein, Mbs1, Plays Pleiotropic Roles in Antifungal Drug Resistance, Stress Response, and Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/dp9j-mm26

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2 citations

Anna H. L. Floyd, Kirsten Vang Nielsen, Anna K. Strain, Joseph Heitman, Yong‐Sun Bahn +6 more

Elucidation of the calcineurin-Crz1 stress response transcriptional network in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/wnhv-9v46

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1 citations

Piotr A. Mieczkowski, R. Blake Billmyre, Eve W. L. Chow, Shelly A. Clancey, Anna Floyd Averette +3 more

FKBP12 dimerization mutations effect FK506 binding and differentially alter calcineurin inhibition in the human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications(2020)10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.062

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7 citations

Benjamin G. Bobay, S. Gobeil, Deborah Cole, Ronald A. Venters, Joseph Heitman +3 more

Expression of a Malassezia Codon Optimized mCherry Fluorescent Protein in a Bicistronic Vector

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2020)10.3389/fcimb.2020.00367

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7 citations

Giuseppe Ianiri, Joseph Heitman, Thomas L. Dawson, Joleen P. Z. Goh

Unraveling the Pathobiological Role of the Fungal KEOPS Complex in Cryptococcus neoformans

mBio(2022)10.1128/mbio.02944-22

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9 citations

Eunji Jeong, Dong‐Gi Lee, Jae‐Hyung Jin, Yee‐Seul So, Seong-Ryong Yu +12 more

Genome-wide analysis of heat stress-stimulated transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.06.10.495668

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1 citations

Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, Jonathan D. Williams, Eva Mei Shouse, Paul M. Magwene +3 more

Obligate sexual reproduction of a homothallic fungus closely related to the Cryptococcus pathogenic species complex

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.03.30.486436

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0 citations

Shelly Applen Clancey, Terrance Shea, Márcia David‐Palma, Anna Floyd Averette, Teun Boekhout +7 more

Heterochromatin and RNAi act independently to ensure genome stability in Mucorales human fungal pathogens

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2022)10.1101/2022.12.01.518749

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0 citations

Carlos Pérez‐Arques, Joseph Heitman, María Isabel Navarro-Mendoza

Microbe Profile: Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

Microbiology(2020)10.1099/mic.0.000973

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43 citations

Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Xiaorong Lin, Yong‐Sun Bahn

Calcineurin: The Achilles’ heel of fungal pathogens

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011445

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33 citations

Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

Genus-Wide Comparative Genomics of Malassezia Delineates Its Phylogeny, Physiology, and Niche Adaptation on Human Skin

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/z4xx-3v09

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9 citations

Wing C. Wong, Bart Theelen, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Niranjan Nagarajan, Markus Schröder +19 more

Amoeba predation of Cryptococcus: A quantitative and population genomic evaluation of the accidental pathogen hypothesis

PLoS Pathogens(2023)10.1371/journal.ppat.1011763

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14 citations

Cullen Roth, Debra Murray, Sheng Sun, Anna Floyd Averette, Chinaemerem U. Onyishi +4 more

Enhanced fungal specificity and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of a C-22-modified FK520 analog against C. neoformans

mBio(2023)10.1128/mbio.01810-23

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6 citations

Won Young Lim, Eunchong Park, Patrick A. Dome, Michael J. Hoy, Ivan Spasojević +9 more

Lessons learned: from mentored to mentor

Journal of Clinical Investigation(2023)10.1172/jci167444

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1 citations

Joseph Heitman

Drug Target Elucidation Through Isolation and Analysis of Drug-Resistant Mutants in Cryptococcus neoformans

Methods in molecular biology(2023)10.1007/978-1-0716-3155-3_9

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1 citations

Joseph Heitman, Michael J. Hoy

Calcineurin contributes to RNAi-mediated transgene silencing and small interfering RNA production in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.07.25.550548

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2 citations

Riya Mohan, Sheng Sun, Joseph Heitman, Vikas Yadav

Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in Malassezia and early steps in sexual reproduction

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.03.25.534224

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1 citations

Giuseppe Ianiri, Márcia David‐Palma, Bart Theelen, Rohit Goyal, Aswathy Narayanan +5 more

Enhanced fungal specificity and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of a C-22 modified FK520 analog against C. neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.06.05.543712

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0 citations

Won Young Lim, Eunchong Park, Patrick A. Dome, Michael J. Hoy, Ivan Spasojević +9 more

Comparative genomics of Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals pathogenesis evolution and contrasting karyotype dynamics via intercentromeric recombination or chromosome fusion

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.12.27.573464

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Márcia David‐Palma, Terrance Shea, Katharine Bowers, Sage M. Smith, Arman W. Mohammad +7 more

The Untapped Australasian Diversity of Astaxanthin-Producing Yeasts with Biotechnological Potential—Phaffia australis sp. nov. and Phaffia tasmanica sp. nov.

Microorganisms(2020)10.3390/microorganisms8111651

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12 citations

Diego Libkind, Patrícia H. Brito, Margarida Silva, Nicolás Bellora, Joseph Heitman +3 more

Unisexual and Heterosexual Meiotic Reproduction Generate Aneuploidy and Phenotypic Diversity De Novo in the Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans

UNC Libraries(2020)10.17615/5se7-ca58

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10 citations

Marianna Feretzaki, Anna Floyd Averette, Joseph Heitman, Wen‐Jun Li, Fred S. Dietrich +2 more

Approaches for Genetic Discoveries in the Skin Commensal and Pathogenic Malassezia Yeasts

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2020)10.3389/fcimb.2020.00393

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21 citations

Joseph Heitman, Giuseppe Ianiri

Alternative ergosterol biosynthetic pathways confer antifungal drug resistance in the human pathogens within the Mucor species complex

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.01661-24

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15 citations

Carlos Pérez‐Arques, Josie E. Parker, Ziyan Xu, Steven L. Kelly, Joseph Heitman +1 more

Distinct evolutionary trajectories following loss of RNA interference in Cryptococcus neoformans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)10.1073/pnas.2416656121

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16 citations

Connor J. Larmore, Shelby Priest, Ziyan Xu, Fred S. Dietrich, Vikas Yadav +4 more

Malassezia responds to environmental pH signals through the conserved Rim/Pal pathway

mBio(2024)10.1128/mbio.02060-24

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10 citations

Calla L. Telzrow, Hannah Brown, Jacob T. Brooks, Joshua A. Granek, Eduardo Gushiken-Ibañez +5 more

Fungal pathogens and symbionts: Living off the fat of the land

PLoS Pathogens(2024)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012551

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5 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Joseph Heitman, Alistair J. P. Brown, Marco A. Coelho, Olga A. Nev

Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024)10.1073/pnas.2419883121

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2 citations

Pyeonghwa Jeong, Gibeom Nam, Hongjun Jang, Angela Rivera, Anna Floyd Averette +12 more

A Novel Mycovirus Evokes Transcriptional Rewiring in the Fungus Malassezia and Stimulates Beta Interferon Production in Macrophages

mBio(2020)10.1128/mbio.01534-20

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47 citations

Fiorella Ruchti, Salomé LeibundGut‐Landmann, Joseph Heitman, Giuseppe Ianiri, Shelly Applen Clancey

Genome-wide functional analysis of phosphatases in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-18028-0

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59 citations

Kyung-Tae ‍Lee, Joohyeon Hong, Dongpil Lee, Eun-Ha Jang, Jin Young Kim +27 more

The Cryptococcus neoformans STRIPAK complex controls genome stability, sexual development, and virulence

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.08.06.606879

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3 citations

Jin-Tae Choi, Ci Fu, Leah E. Cowen, Sheng Sun, Yong‐Sun Bahn +2 more

Essential genes encoded by the mating-type locus of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.12.02.626420

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3 citations

Ziyan Xu, Arend F. van Peer, Yeseul Choi, Shelby Priest, Konstantina Akritidou +8 more

Malassezia responds to environmental pH signals through the conserved Rim/Pal pathway

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.07.11.603086

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0 citations

Calla L. Telzrow, Hannah Brown, Jacob T. Brooks, Joshua A. Granek, Eduardo Gushiken-Ibañez +5 more

Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2024)10.1101/2024.09.27.615491

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Pyeonghwa Jeong, Gibeom Nam, Hongjun Jang, Angela Rivera, Anna Floyd Averette +12 more

Advances in understanding the evolution of fungal genome architecture

F1000Research(2020)10.12688/f1000research.25424.1

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66 citations

Vikas Yadav, Joseph Heitman, Shelby Priest

RNAi epimutations conferring antifungal drug resistance are inheritable

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-62572-6

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13 citations

María Isabel Navarro-Mendoza, Ziyan Xu, Grit Walther, Joseph Heitman, Carlos Pérez‐Arques

Fungal pathogens

Current Biology(2020)10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.032

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74 citations

Michael J. Hoy, Joseph Heitman, Sheng Sun

Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence

PLoS Pathogens(2025)10.1371/journal.ppat.1012876

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8 citations

Márcia David‐Palma, Janneke Aylward, Nam Q. Pham, Cobus M. Visagie, Taygen Fuchs +9 more

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