ArticlePLoS pathogens2025
Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence.
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- Primary Cryptococcal Cellulitis With High Antigenemia in an Immunocompromised Host: A Case Report and Laboratory Investigation of the CausativeOpen forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Thermotolerant insect-associated selective pressure may drive increased lipid metabolic plasticity and emerging pathogenic potential in yeasts.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Vaccine-Mediated Protection of Mice Against African and Asian Clinical Strains ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
- Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of thebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The complex evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus and Kwoniella.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
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Marco A CoelhoDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-0561
Márcia David-PalmaDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5515-7625
Janneke AylwardDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9038-9595
Nam Q PhamDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-9067
Cobus M VisagieDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-5353
Taygen FuchsDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8635-5627
Neriman YilmazDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4396-4630
Francois RoetsDepartment of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-9057
Sheng SunDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-1153
John W TaylorDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-7700
Brenda D WingfieldDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Matthew C FisherDepartment of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, White City, Imperial, London, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1862-6402
Michael J WingfieldDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9346-2009
Joseph HeitmanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6369-5995
Funding
Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locusR01AI050113 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2002 to 2024
$8.5MROLE OF CALCINEURIN IN C. NEOFORMANS MATING AND FRUITINGR01AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 1997 to 2025
$6.7MThe Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus NeoformansR01AI133654 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN, Paul Mitaari Magwene · 2017 to 2026
$4.7MRNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesisR01AI170543 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2022 to 2026
$3.6MCalcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulenceR01AI172451 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2023 to 2026
$2.7MMalassezia and Candida auris: skin microbiome dysbiosis and de-regulation of cutaneous homeostasisR21AI168672 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH, LEIBUNDGUT-LANDMANN, SALOME · 2023 to 2024
$400kNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039115NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050113NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133654NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI170543NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172451NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI168672
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