Fungi may be the next big threat - Leah Cowen on the Fungal Kingdom
https://cifar.ca/cifarnews/2020/05/05/fungi-may-be-the-next-big-threat/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4rgnifFxhc
Fungal Kingdom
https://cifar.ca/research-programs/fungal-kingdom/
Founded 2019
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Molecular genetics
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Bioinformatics
Public Health
Biochemistry
Fungi may be the next big threat - Leah Cowen on the Fungal Kingdom
https://cifar.ca/cifarnews/2020/05/05/fungi-may-be-the-next-big-threat/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4rgnifFxhc
Fungal Kingdom
https://cifar.ca/research-programs/fungal-kingdom/
Founded 2019
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Molecular genetics
Microbiology
Epidemiology
Bioinformatics
Public Health
Biochemistry
worth digging
consortium of researchers from various universities around the world
NIH / NIAID funding
on their way to developing vaccines
considering use of PCR tests
expressing concern for "COVID orphans"
E Pluribus Unum: The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for Biology and Medicine
https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/213/1/1/5930566
Abstract
THE Genetics Society of America’s (GSA’s) Edward Novitski Prize recognizes a single experimental accomplishment or a body of work in which an exceptional level of creativity, and intellectual ingenuity, has been used to design and execute scientific experiments to solve a difficult problem in genetics. The 2019 recipient is Joseph Heitman, who is recognized for his work on fungal pathogens of humans and for ingenious experiments using yeast to identify the molecular targets of widely used immunosuppressive drugs. The latter work, part of Heitman’s postdoctoral research, proved to be a seminal contribution to the discovery of the conserved Target of Rapamycin (TOR) pathway. In his own research group, a recurring theme has been the linking of fundamental insights in fungal biology to medically important problems. His studies have included defining fungal mating-type loci, including their evolution and links to virulence, and illustrating convergent transitions from outcrossing to inbreeding in fungal pathogens of plants and animals. He has led efforts to establish new genetic and genomic methods for studying pathogenesis in Cryptococcus species. Heitman’s group also discovered unisexual reproduction, a novel mode of fungal reproduction with implications for pathogen evolution and the origins of sexual reproduction.
also hydrogen peroxide
wish more people knew about this