🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Kirsten Nielsen

University of Minnesota

ORCID: 0000-0002-2318-168X

Also affiliated with University of Minnesota System, Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Driven by 17 papers. Top paper: “Single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with strain-specific virulence differences among clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans”.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with strain-specific virulence differences among clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-54729-6

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0.429DataRank · unranked

13 citations

Thomas J. Y. Kono, Jovany J. Betancourt, Yina Wang, Kisakye Diana Kabbale, Minna Ding +12 more

The Cyclin Cln1 Controls Polyploid Titan Cell Formation following a Stress-Induced G 2 Arrest in Cryptococcus

mBio(2021)10.1128/mbio.02509-21

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40 citations

Zhongming Li, Man Shun Fu, Minna Ding, Sophie R. Fulton, J. Marina Yoder +3 more

ATI-2307 Exhibits Equivalent Antifungal Activity in Cryptococcus neoformans Clinical Isolates With High and Low Fluconazole IC50

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2021)10.3389/fcimb.2021.695240

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16 citations

Sophie Altamirano, J. Marina Yoder, Tony Luggya, Andrew Akampurira, David B. Meya +4 more

The cyclin Cln1 controls polyploid titan cell formation following a stress-induced G2 arrest in Cryptococcus

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.08.24.457603

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1 citations

Zhongming Li, Man Shun Fu, Minna Ding, Sophie R. Fulton, J. Marina Yoder +3 more

Use of Clinical Isolates to Establish Criteria for a Mouse Model of Latent Cryptococcus neoformans Infection

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology(2022)10.3389/fcimb.2021.804059

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24 citations

Kyle D. Smith, Darin L. Wiesner, Judith N. Nielsen, Katrina M. Jackson, Kirsten Nielsen +1 more

Association of Hyponatremia on Mortality in Cryptococcal Meningitis: A Prospective Cohort

Open Forum Infectious Diseases(2022)10.1093/ofid/ofac301

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12 citations

Ann Fieberg, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Edwin Nuwagira, Darlisha A Williams, Edward Mpoza +38 more

Lack of Association between Fluconazole Susceptibility and ERG11 Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Cryptococcus neoformans Clinical Isolates from Uganda

Journal of Fungi(2022)10.3390/jof8050508

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10 citations

David B. Meya, Elliot S. Gerlach, Dennis Muhanguzi, Allan Male, Benedict Kanamwanji +2 more

Importance of Clinical Isolates in Cryptococcus neoformans Research

Journal of Fungi(2023)10.3390/jof9030364

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25 citations

Minna Ding, Kirsten Nielsen, Katrina M. Jackson

Inbred Mouse Models in Cryptococcus neoformans Research

Journal of Fungi(2024)10.3390/jof10060426

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5 citations

Kirsten Nielsen, Minna Ding

Virulence-associated variants in Cryptococcus neoformans sequence type 93 are less likely to be associated with population structure compared to independent rare mutations

Microbiology Spectrum(2024)10.1128/spectrum.01709-24

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0 citations

Kisakye Diana Kabbale, Marissa Macchietto, David B Meya, Peter Tiffin, Kirsten Nielsen +1 more

Pulmonary granuloma formation during latent Cryptococcus neoformans infection in C3HeB/FeJ mice involves progression through three immunological phases

mBio(2025)10.1128/mbio.03610-24

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8 citations

Minna Ding, J. Marina Yoder, Issa Mutyaba, Hannah Atkins, Gabriela De la Cruz +3 more

Insights from Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics on Cryptococcus neoformans

Journal of Fungi(2025)10.3390/jof11070529

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1 citations

Kirsten Nielsen, Jovany J. Betancourt

An Optimized In-House Protocol for Cryptococcus neoformans DNA Extraction from Whole Blood: “Comparison of Lysis Buffer and Ox-Bile Methods”

Journal of Fungi(2025)10.3390/jof11060430

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1 citations

Kennedy Kassaza, Kirsten Nielsen, Joel Bazira, Fredrickson B Wasswa

Global proteomic analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans clinical strains reveals significant differences between latent and lethal infection

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.06.03.657666

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0 citations

Jason A. McAlister, Jesenia M. Perez, David B. Meya, Stefani N. Thomas, Jennifer Geddes‐McAlister +2 more

Insights from Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics on Cryptococcus neoformans

Preprints.org(2025)10.20944/preprints202506.2281.v1

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0 citations

Kirsten Nielsen, Jovany J. Betancourt

Blastomyces dermatitidis Environmental Prevalence in Minnesota: Analysis and Modeling Using Soil Collected at Basal and Outbreak Sites

Applied and Environmental Microbiology(2020)10.1128/aem.01922-20

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16 citations

Keith C. Pelletier, Joni Scheftel, Joshua D. Kerkaert, Serina L. Robinson, Tami McDonald +5 more

Characterization of latent pulmonary cryptococcal infection reveals distinct immunological phases 9211

The Journal of Immunology(2025)10.1093/jimmun/vkaf283.2641

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0 citations

Minna Ding, Kirsten Nielsen, Jovany J. Betancourt