The 26th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, USA, 15th-20th March 2011

Gurr, S. J., Dyer, P. S., Brown, N. A., Urban, M. and Tauati, S. 2012. The 26th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, USA, 15th-20th March 2011. BSPP News. 67, pp. 20-25.

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Identifying the Fusarium effector proteases that play a role in pathogenesis in wheat

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Srivastava, M., Kroll, E., Darino, M., Smith, D., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Identifying the Fusarium effector proteases that play a role in pathogenesis in wheat. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 37 (5 supplement), p. S1.24. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-37-5-S1.1

PHI-base - The multi-species Pathogen-Host Interaction Database in 2025

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Urban, M., Cuzick, A., Seager, J., Nonavinakere, N., Sahu, J., Sahu, P., Iyer, V. L., Khamari, L., Martinez, M. C. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. PHI-base - The multi-species Pathogen-Host Interaction Database in 2025. Nucleic Acids Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae1084

Data from: A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is vital for maintaining cell wall integrity and host plant pathogenesis

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Kroll, E., Bayon, C., Rudd, J. J., Armer, V., Magaji-Umashankar, A., Ames, R., Urban, M., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Data from: A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is vital for maintaining cell wall integrity and host plant pathogenesis. Rothamsted Research. https://doi.org/10.23637/rothamsted.99163

Navigating the Fusarium species complex: Host-range plasticity and genome variations

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Armer, V., Kroll, E., Darino, M., Smith, D., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Navigating the Fusarium species complex: Host-range plasticity and genome variations. Fungal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2024.07.004

The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol facilitates cell-to-cell invasion during wheat-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum

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Armer, V., Urban, M., Ashfield, T., Deeks, M. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. The trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol facilitates cell-to-cell invasion during wheat-tissue colonisation by Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant Pathology. 25 (6), p. e13485. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13485

Identification and functional characterisation of a locus for target site integration in Fusarium graminearum

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Darino, M., Urban, M., Kaur, N., Wood, A. K. M., Smith, D., Grimwade-Mann, M., Beacham, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2024. Identification and functional characterisation of a locus for target site integration in Fusarium graminearum. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. 11 (2), pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40694-024-00171-8

A framework for community curation of interspecies interactions literature

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Cuzick, A., Seager, J., Wood, V., Urban, M., Rutherford, K. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2023. A framework for community curation of interspecies interactions literature. eLife. 12, p. e84658. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84658

Ensembl Genomes 2022: an expanding genome resource for non-vertebrates

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Yates, A. D., Allen, J., Amode, R. M., Azov, A. G., Barba, M., Becerra, A., Bhai, J., Campbell, L. I., Carbajo Martinez, M., Chakiachvili, M, Chougule, K., Christensen, M., Contreras-Moreira, B., Cuzick, A., Fioretto, L. D. R., Davis, P., Silva, N. H. D., Diamantakis, S., Dyer, S., Elser, J., Filippi, C. V., Gall, A., Grigoriadis, D., Guijarro-Clarke, C., Gupta, P., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Howe, K. L., Jaiswal, P., Kaikala, V., Kumar, V., Kumari, S., Langridge, N., Le, T., Luypaert, M., Maslen, G. L., Maurel, T., Moore, B., Muffato, M., Mushtaq, A., Naamati, G., Naithani, S., Olson, A., Parker, A., Paulini, M., Pedro, H., Perry, E., Preece, J., Quinton-Tulloch, M., Rodgers, F., Rosello, M., Ruffier, M., Seager, J., Sitnik, V., Szpak, M., Tate, J., Tello-Ruiz, M. K., Trevanion, S. J., Urban, M., Ware, D., Wei, S., Williams, G., Winterbottom, A., Zarowiecki, M., Finn, R. D. and Flicek, P. 2022. Ensembl Genomes 2022: an expanding genome resource for non-vertebrates. Nucleic Acids Research. 50 (D1), pp. D996-D1003. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab1007

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani species complex.

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Geiser, D. M., Al-Hatmi, A. M. S., Aoki, T., Arie, T., Balmas, V., Barnes, I., Bergstrom, G. C., Bhattacharyya, M. K., Blomquist, C. L., Bowden, R. L., Brankovics, B., Brown, D. W., Burgess, L. W., Bushley, K., Busman, M., Cano-Lira, J. F., Carrillo, J. D., Chang, H., Chen, C., Chen, W., Chilvers, M., Chulze, S., Coleman, J. J., Cuomo, C. A., De Beer, Z. W., De Hoog, G. S., Del Castillo-Munera, J., Del Ponte, E. M., Dieguez-Uribeondo, J., Di Pietro, A., Edel-Hermann, V., Elmer, W. H., Epstein, L., Eskalen, A., Esposto, M. C., Everts, K. L., Fernandez-Pavía, S. P., Ferreira-Da-Silva, G., Foroud, N. A., Fourie, G., Frandsen, R. J. N., Freeman, S., Freitag, M., Frenkel, O., Fuller, K. K., Gagkaeva, T., Gardiner, D. M., Glenn, A. E., Gold, S. E., Gordon, T. R., Gregory, N. F., Gryzenhout, M., Guarro, J., Gugino, B. K., Gutierrez, S., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Harris, L. J., Homa, M., Hong, C., Hornok, L., Huang, J., Ilkit, M., Jacobs, A., Jacobs, K., Jiang, C., Del Mar Jimenez-Gasco, M., Kang, S., Kasson, M. T., Kazan, K., Kennell, J. C., Kim, H., Kistler, H. C., Kuldau, G. A., Kulik, T., Kurzai, O., Laraba, I., Laurence, M. H., Lee, T., Lee, Y., Lee, Y., Leslie, J. F., Liew, E. C. Y., Lofton, L. W., Logrieco, A. F., Lopez-Berges, M. S., Luque, A. G., Lysoe, E., Ma, L., Marra, R. E., Martin, F. N., May, S. R., McCormick, S. P., McGee, C., Meis, J. F., Migheli, Q., Nor, N. M. I. M., Monod, M., Moretti, A., Mostert, D., Mule, G., Munaut, F., Munkvold, G. P., Nicholson, P., Nucci, M., O’Donnell, K., Pasquali, M., Pfenning, L. H., Prigitano, A., Proctor, R. H., Ranque, S., Rehner, S. A., Rep, M., Rodriguez-Alvarado, G., Rose, L. J., Roth, M. G., Ruiz-Roldan, C., Saleh, A. A., Salleh, B., Sang, H., Scandiani, M. M., Scauflaire, J., Schmale, D. G. III., Short, D. P. G., Sisic, A., Smith, J. A., Smyth, C. W., Son, H., Spahr, E., Stajich, J. E., Steenkamp, E., Steinberg, C., Subramaniam, R., Suga, H., Summerell, B. A., Susca, A., Swett, C. L., Toomajian, C., Torres-Cruz, T. J., Tortorano, A. M., Urban, M., Vaillancourt, L. J., Vallad, G. E., Van Der Lee, T. A. J., Vanderpool, D., VanDiepeningen, A. D., Vaughan, M. M., Venter, E., Vermeulen, M., Verweij, P. E., Viljoen, A., Waalwijk, C., Wallace, E. C., Walther, G., Wang, J., Ward, T. J., Wickes, B. L., Wiederhold, N. P., Wingfield, M. J., Wood, A. K. M., Xu, J., Yang, X., Yli-Mattila, T., Yun, S., Zakaria, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, N., Zhang, S. X. and Zhang, X. 2021. Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani species complex. Phytopathology. 111 (7), pp. 1064-1079. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-08-20-0330-LE

PHI-base in 2022 a multi-species phenotype database for Pathogen–Host Interactions

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Urban, M., Cuzick, A., Seager, J., Wood, V., Rutherford, K., Venkatesh, S. Y., Sahu, J., Iyer, S. V., Khamari, L., De Silva, N., Martinez, M. C., Pedro, H., Yates, A. D. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2021. PHI-base in 2022 a multi-species phenotype database for Pathogen–Host Interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 50, pp. D837-D847. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab1037

Ensembl Genomes 2020-enabling non-vertebrate genomic research

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Cuzick, A., Howe, K. L., Contreras-Moreira, B., Silva, N. D., Maslen, G., Akanni, W., Allen, J., Alvarez-Jarreta, J., Barba, M., Bolser, D. M., Cambell, L., Carbajo, M., Chakiachvili, M., Christensen, M., Cummins, C., Cuzick, A., Davis, P., Fexova, S., Gall, A., George, N., Gil, L., Gupta, P., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Haskell, E., Hunt, S. E., Jaiswal, P., Janacek, S. H., Kersey, P. J., Langridge, N., Maheswari, U., Maurel, T., McDowall, M. D., Moore, B., Muffato, M., Naamati, G., Naithani, S., Olson, A., Papatheodorou, I., Patricio, M., Paulini, M., Pedro, H., Perry, E., Preece, J., Rosello, M., Russell, M., Sitnik, V., Staines, D. M., Stein, J., Tello-Ruiz, M. K., Trevanion, S. J., Urban, M., Wei, S., Ware, D., Williams, G., Yates, A. D. and Flicek, P. 2020. Ensembl Genomes 2020-enabling non-vertebrate genomic research. Nucleic Acids Research. 48 (D1), pp. D689-D695. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz890

Functional evaluation of a homologue of plant rapid alkalinisation factor (RALF) peptides in Fusarium graminearum

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Machado, A., Walker, C., Lee, W., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2020. Functional evaluation of a homologue of plant rapid alkalinisation factor (RALF) peptides in Fusarium graminearum . Fungal Biology. 124 (9), pp. 753-765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2020.05.001

Genome Sequence of Fusarium graminearum strain CML3066 isolated from a wheat spike in Southern Brazil

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Wood, A. K. M., King, R., Urban, M., Nicolli, C. P., Del Ponte, E. M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2020. Genome Sequence of Fusarium graminearum strain CML3066 isolated from a wheat spike in Southern Brazil. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9 (19), pp. e00157-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00157-20

PHI-base - the Pathogen–Host Interactions database

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Urban, M., Cuzick, A., Seager, J., Wood, V., Rutherford, K., De Silva, N., Venkatesh, S. Y, Martinez, M. C., Pedro, H., Yates, A. D., Hassani-Pak, K. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2020. PHI-base - the Pathogen–Host Interactions database . Nucleic Acids Research. 48 (Database issue D1), pp. D613-D620. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz904

GPCR-mediated glucose sensing system regulates light-dependent fungal development and mycotoxin production

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Dos Reis, T. F., Mellado, L., Lohmar, J. M., Pereira Silva, L., Zhou, J-J., Calvo, A. M., Goldman, G. H. and Brown, N. A. 2019. GPCR-mediated glucose sensing system regulates light-dependent fungal development and mycotoxin production. PLOS Genetics. 15 (10), p. e1008419. https://doi.org/10.1371/journalpgen.1008419

PHI-Nets: A Network Resource for Ascomycete Fungal Pathogens to Annotate and Identify Putative Virulence Interacting Proteins and siRNA Targets

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Janowska-Seja, E. I., Lysenko, A., Urban, M., Rawlings, C. J., Toska, S. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2019. PHI-Nets: A Network Resource for Ascomycete Fungal Pathogens to Annotate and Identify Putative Virulence Interacting Proteins and siRNA Targets. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10 (2721). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02721

Non-canonical fungal G-protein coupled receptors promote Fusarium head blight on wheat

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Dilks, T., Halsey, K., De Vos, R., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Brown, N. A. 2019. Non-canonical fungal G-protein coupled receptors promote Fusarium head blight on wheat. PLOS Pathogens. 15 (4), p. e1007666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007666

Abstracts of Presentations at ICPP2018: Analysis of Fusarium graminearum pangenome

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Machado, A., King, R., Urban, M., Del Ponte, E. M., Tessmann, D. J., Kanyuka, K. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2018. Abstracts of Presentations at ICPP2018: Analysis of Fusarium graminearum pangenome. International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) 2018. Boston, USA 29 Jul 2018 American Phytopathological Society (APS). https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-108-10-S1.1

Fungal G-protein-coupled receptors: mediators of pathogenesis and targets for disease control

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Brown, N. A., Schrevens, S., Van Dijck, P. and Goldman, G. H. 2018. Fungal G-protein-coupled receptors: mediators of pathogenesis and targets for disease control. Nature Microbiology. 3 (4), pp. 402-414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0127-5

Ensembl Genomes 2018: an integrated omics infrastructure for non-vertebrate species

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Kersey, P. J., Allen, J. E., Allot, A., Barba, M., Boddu, S., Bolt, B. J., Carvalho-Silva, D., Christensen, M., Davis, P., Grabmueller, C., Kumar, N., Liu, Z., Maurel, T., Moore, B., Mcdowall, M. D., Maheswari, U., Naamati, G., Newman, V., Ong, C. K., Paulini, M., Pedro, H., Perry, E., Russell, M., Sparrow, H., Tapanari, E., Taylor, K., Vullo, A., Williams, G., Zadissia, A., Olson, A., Stein, J., Wei, S., Tello-Ruiz, M., Ware, D., Luciani, A., Potter, S., Finn, R. D., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Bolser, D. M., De Silva, N., Howe, K. L., Langridge, N., Maslen, G., Staines, D. M. and Yates, A. 2018. Ensembl Genomes 2018: an integrated omics infrastructure for non-vertebrate species. Nucleic Acids Research. 46 (D1), pp. D802-D808. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1011

The adaptation of Fusarium culmorum to DMI Fungicides Is Mediated by Major Transcriptome Modifications in Response to Azole Fungicide, Including the Overexpression of a PDR Transporter (FcABC1).

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Hellin, P., King, R., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Legreve, A 2018. The adaptation of Fusarium culmorum to DMI Fungicides Is Mediated by Major Transcriptome Modifications in Response to Azole Fungicide, Including the Overexpression of a PDR Transporter (FcABC1). Frontiers in Microbiology. 9 (1385). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01385

Inter-genome comparison of the Quorn fungus Fusarium venenatum and the closely related plant infecting pathogen Fusarium graminearum

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King, R., Brown, N. A., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2018. Inter-genome comparison of the Quorn fungus Fusarium venenatum and the closely related plant infecting pathogen Fusarium graminearum. BMC Genomics. 19, p. 269. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-018-4612-2

Sharing mutants and experimental information prepublication using FgMutantDb (https://scabusa.org/FgMutantDb)

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Baldwin, T. T., Basenko, E., Harb, O., Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Bregitzer, P. P. 2018. Sharing mutants and experimental information prepublication using FgMutantDb (https://scabusa.org/FgMutantDb). Fungal Genetics and Biology. 115 (June), pp. 90-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2018.01.002

Host-induced gene silencing for the control of the Fusarium Head Blight in wheat fields

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Kanyuka, K., Machado, A., Urban, M., Lee, W. S., Brown, N. J., King, R. A., Lau, E. Y., Sparks, C. A., Bonato, A. L. V., Tibola, C. S., Martins, N. F., Aragao, F. J., West, J., Fernandes, J. M. C. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2017. Host-induced gene silencing for the control of the Fusarium Head Blight in wheat fields. 1st COST iPlanta Conferernce; "Creating the plant RNAi research network CA15223", La Sapienza - CNR Headquarter , Rome, Italy, 15-17 February 2017.

The putative flavin carrier family FlcA-C is important for Aspergillus fumigatus virulence

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De Castro, P. A., Chiaratto, J., Morais, E. R., Dos Reis, T. F., Mitchell, T. K., Brown, N. A. and Goldman, G. H. 2017. The putative flavin carrier family FlcA-C is important for Aspergillus fumigatus virulence. Virulence. 8 (6), pp. 797-809. https://doi.org/10.1080/21505594.2016.1239010

RNAi as an emerging approach to control Fusarium Head Blight disease and mycotoxin contamination in cereals

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Machado, A., Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Kanyuka, K. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2017. RNAi as an emerging approach to control Fusarium Head Blight disease and mycotoxin contamination in cereals. Pest Management Science. 74 (4), pp. 790-799. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4748

NOxious gases and the unpredictability of emerging plant pathogens under climate change

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Fones, H. N. and Gurr, S. J. 2017. NOxious gases and the unpredictability of emerging plant pathogens under climate change. BMC Biology. 15 (1), p. 36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0376-4

A spatial temporal analysis of the Fusarium graminearum transcriptome during symptomless and symptomatic wheat infection

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Brown, N. A., Evans, J., Mead, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2017. A spatial temporal analysis of the Fusarium graminearum transcriptome during symptomless and symptomatic wheat infection. Molecular Plant Pathology. 18 (9), pp. 1295-1312. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12564

A role for random, humidity-dependent epiphytic growth prior to invasion of wheat by Zymoseptoria tritici

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Fones, H. N., Eyles, C. J., Kay, W., Cowper, J. and Gurr, S. J. 2017. A role for random, humidity-dependent epiphytic growth prior to invasion of wheat by Zymoseptoria tritici. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 106 (Supplement C), pp. 51-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2017.07.002

Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus exposed to osmotic stress reveals regulators of osmotic and cell wall stresses that are SakA(HOG1) and MpkC dependent.

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Pereira Silva, L., De Castro, P. A., Dos Reis, T. F., Paziani, M. H., Von Zeska Kress, M. R., Riano-Pachon, D. M., Hagiwara, D., Ries, L. N. A., Brown, N. A. and Goldman, G. H. 2017. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus exposed to osmotic stress reveals regulators of osmotic and cell wall stresses that are SakA(HOG1) and MpkC dependent. Cellular Microbiology. 19 (4), p. e12681. https://doi.org/10.1111/cmi.12681

Exploitation of endophytes for sustainable agricultural intensification Exploitation of endophytes

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Le Cocq, K., Gurr, S. J., Hirsch, P. R. and Mauchline, T. H. 2017. Exploitation of endophytes for sustainable agricultural intensification Exploitation of endophytes. Molecular Plant Pathology. 18 (3), pp. 469-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12483

PHI-base: a new interface and further additions for the multi-species pathogen–host interactions database

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Urban, M., Cuzick, A., Rutherford, K., Irvine, A. G., Pedro, H., Pant, R., Sadanadan, V., Khamari, L., Billal, S., Mohanty, Sagar and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2017. PHI-base: a new interface and further additions for the multi-species pathogen–host interactions database. Nucleic Acids Research. 45 (D1), pp. D604-D610. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw1089

Annotation of Fusarium graminearum (PH-1) version 5.0

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King, R., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2017. Annotation of Fusarium graminearum (PH-1) version 5.0. Genome Announcements. 5 (2), pp. e01479-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01479-16

A conserved fungal glycosyltransferase facilitates pathogenesis of plants by enabling hyphal growth on solid surfaces

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King, R., Urban, M., Lauder, R. P., Hawkins, N. J., Evans, M., Plummer, A., Halsey, K., Lovegrove, A., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Rudd, J. J. 2017. A conserved fungal glycosyltransferase facilitates pathogenesis of plants by enabling hyphal growth on solid surfaces. PLOS Pathogens. 13 (10), p. e1006672. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006672

The Aspergillus fumigatus SchASCH9 kinase modulates SakAHOG1 MAP kinase activity and it is essential for virulence

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Alves de Castro, P., Dos Reis, Thaila F., Dolan, S. K., Oliveira Manfiolli, A., Brown, N. A., Jones, G. W., Doyle, S., Riano-Pachon, D. M., Squina, F. M., Caldana, C., Singh, A., Del Poeta, M., Hagiwara, D., Silva-Rocha, R. and Goldman, G. H. 2016. The Aspergillus fumigatus SchASCH9 kinase modulates SakAHOG1 MAP kinase activity and it is essential for virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 102 (4), pp. 642-671. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13484

GPCRs from fusarium graminearum detection, modeling and virtual screening - the search for new routes to control head blight disease.

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Bresso, E., Togawa, R., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Urban, M., Maigret, B. and Martins, N. F. 2016. GPCRs from fusarium graminearum detection, modeling and virtual screening - the search for new routes to control head blight disease. BMC Bioinformatics. 17 (Suppl 18), p. 463. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-016-1342-9

Searching for novel targets to control wheat head blight disease—I-Protein identification,3D modeling and virtual screening

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Martens, N. F., Bresso, E., Togawa, R. C., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F., Maigret, B. and Hammond-Kosack, M. 2016. Searching for novel targets to control wheat head blight disease—I-Protein identification,3D modeling and virtual screening. Advances in Microbiology. 6 (11), pp. 811-830. https://doi.org/10.4236/aim.2016.611079

Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience

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Fisher, M. C., Gow, N. A. R. and Gurr, S. J. 2016. Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 371 (1709). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0332

Modelling coffee leaf rust risk in Colombia with climate reanalysis data

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Bebber, D. P., Castillo, A. D. and Gurr, S. J. 2016. Modelling coffee leaf rust risk in Colombia with climate reanalysis data. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences. 371 (1709). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0458

A role for the asexual spores in infection of Fraxinus excelsior by the ash-dieback fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus

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Fones, H. N., Mardon, C. and Gurr, S. J. 2016. A role for the asexual spores in infection of Fraxinus excelsior by the ash-dieback fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Scientific Reports. 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep34638

Mitogen activated protein kinases SakA(HOG1) and MpkC collaborate for Aspergillus fumigatus virulence

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Nascimento, Acmdb, Dos Reis, T. F., De Castro, P. A., Hori, J. I., Bom, V. L. P., De Assis, L. J., Ramalho, L. N. Z., Rocha, M. C., Malavazi, I., Brown, N. A., Valiante, V., Brakhage, A. A., Hagiwara, D. and Goldman, G. H. 2016. Mitogen activated protein kinases SakA(HOG1) and MpkC collaborate for Aspergillus fumigatus virulence. Molecular Microbiology. 100 (5), pp. 841-859. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13354

Using the phenotypic information in the pathogen-host interactions database (PHI-BASE) to explore Fusarium and Magnaporthe genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes

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Urban, M., Irvine, A., Cuzick, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2016. Using the phenotypic information in the pathogen-host interactions database (PHI-BASE) to explore Fusarium and Magnaporthe genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes. Proceedings 5th ISFHB - 2nd IWWB Symposium, 5-10, Florianopolis, Brasil.

First draft genome sequence of a UK strain (UK99) of Fusarium culmorum

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Urban, M., King, R., Andongabo, A. E., Maheswari, U., Pedro, H., Kersey, P. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2016. First draft genome sequence of a UK strain (UK99) of Fusarium culmorum. Genome Announcements. 4 (5), pp. e00771-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00771-16

RNAseq reveals hydrophobins that are involved in the adaptation of Aspergillus nidulans to lignocellulose

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A., Ries, L. N. A., Reis, T. F., Rajendran, R., Correa dos Santos, R. A., Ramage, G., Riano-Pachon, D. M. and Goldman, G. H. 2016. RNAseq reveals hydrophobins that are involved in the adaptation of Aspergillus nidulans to lignocellulose. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9, p. 145. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-016-0558-2

Structure-based virtual screening of hypothetical inhibitors of the enzyme longiborneal synthase - a potential target to reduce Fusarium head blight disease

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bresso, E., Leroux, V., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Maigret, B. and Martins, N. F. 2016. Structure-based virtual screening of hypothetical inhibitors of the enzyme longiborneal synthase - a potential target to reduce Fusarium head blight disease. Journal Of Molecular Modeling. 22, p. 163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-016-3021-1

The North Wyke Farm Platform: effect of temperate grassland farming systems on soil moisture contents, runoff and associated water quality dynamics

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Orr, R. J., Murray, P. J., Eyles, C. J., Blackwell, M. S. A., Cardenas, L. M., Collins, A. L., Dungait, J. A. J., Goulding, K. W. T., Griffith, B. A., Gurr, S. J., Harris, P., Hawkins, J. M. B., Misselbrook, T. H., Rawlings, C. J., Shepherd, A., Sint, H. M., Takahashi, T., Tozer, K. N., Whitmore, A. P., Wu, L. and Lee, M. R. F. 2016. The North Wyke Farm Platform: effect of temperate grassland farming systems on soil moisture contents, runoff and associated water quality dynamics. European Journal of Soil Science. 67 (4), pp. 374-385. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12350

Publishing FAIR data: an exemplar methodology utilizing PHI-base

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rodriguez-Iglesias, A., Rodriguez-Gonzales, A., Irvine, A. G., Sesma, A., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Wilkinson, M. D. 2016. Publishing FAIR data: an exemplar methodology utilizing PHI-base. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, p. 641. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00641

The contribution of Aspergillus fumigatus stress responses to virulence and antifungal resistance

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A. and Goldman, G. H. 2016. The contribution of Aspergillus fumigatus stress responses to virulence and antifungal resistance. Journal of Microbiology. 54, pp. 243-253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-016-5510-4

PhytoPath: an integrative resource for plant pathogen genomics

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Pedro, H., Maheswari, U., Urban, M., Irvine, A. G., Cuzick, A., Mcdowall, M. D., Staines, D. M., Kulesha, E., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kersey, P. J. 2016. PhytoPath: an integrative resource for plant pathogen genomics. Nucleic Acids Research. 44 (D1), pp. D688-D693. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv1052

The trans-kingdom identification of negative regulators of pathogen hypervirulence

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2016. The trans-kingdom identification of negative regulators of pathogen hypervirulence. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 40 (1), pp. 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuv042

Crop-destroying fungal and oomycete pathogens challenge food security

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bebber, D. P. and Gurr, S. J. 2015. Crop-destroying fungal and oomycete pathogens challenge food security. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 74, pp. 62-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2014.10.012

Aspergillus nidulans protein kinase A plays an important role in cellulase production

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

De Assis, L. J., Ries, L. N. A., Savoldi, M., Dos Reis, T. F., Brown, N. A. and Goldman, G. H. 2015. Aspergillus nidulans protein kinase A plays an important role in cellulase production. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 8, p. 213. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-015-0401-1

Secreted biomolecules in fungal plant pathogenesis

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Secreted biomolecules in fungal plant pathogenesis. in: Gupta, V. K., Sreenivasaprasad, S. and Mach, R. L. (ed.) Fungal biomolecules: sources, applications and recent developments John Wiley & Sons Chichester, West Sussex. pp. 263-310

The Aspergillus fumigatus pkcA G579R mutant is defective in the activation of the cell wall integrity pathway but is dispensable for virulence in a neutropenic mouse infection model

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Rocha, M. C., De Godoy, K. F., De Castro, P. A., Hori, J. I., Bom, V. L. P., Brown, N. A., Da Cunha, A. F., Goldman, G. H. and Malavazi, I. 2015. The Aspergillus fumigatus pkcA G579R mutant is defective in the activation of the cell wall integrity pathway but is dispensable for virulence in a neutropenic mouse infection model. PLOS ONE. 10, p. e0135195. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135195

G‐protein coupled receptor‐mediated nutrient sensing and developmental control in Aspergillus nidulans

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A., Dos Reis, T. F., Ries, L. N. A., Caldana, C., Mah, J-H., Yu, J-H., Macdonald, J. M. and Goldman, G. H. 2015. G‐protein coupled receptor‐mediated nutrient sensing and developmental control in Aspergillus nidulans. Molecular Microbiology. 98 (3), pp. 420-439. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13135

Using the pathogen-host interactions database (PHI-base) to investigate plant pathogen genomes and genes implicated in virulence

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Urban, M., Irvine, A. G., Cuzick, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Using the pathogen-host interactions database (PHI-base) to investigate plant pathogen genomes and genes implicated in virulence. Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, p. 605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00605

The completed genome sequence of the pathogenic ascomycete fungus Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

King, R., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, M. C. U., Hassani-Pak, K. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. The completed genome sequence of the pathogenic ascomycete fungus Fusarium graminearum. BMC Genomics. 16, p. 544. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1756-1

An interspecies comparative analysis of the predicted secretomes of the necrotrophic plant pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Heard, S., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. An interspecies comparative analysis of the predicted secretomes of the necrotrophic plant pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea. PLOS ONE. 10, p. e0130534. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130534

Whole-genome analysis of Fusarium graminearum insertional mutants identifies virulence associated genes and unmasks untagged chromosomal deletions

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Urban, M., King, R., Hassani-Pak, K. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. Whole-genome analysis of Fusarium graminearum insertional mutants identifies virulence associated genes and unmasks untagged chromosomal deletions. BMC Genomics. 16, p. 261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1412-9

The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base): additions and future developments

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Urban, M., Pant, R., Raghunath, A., Irvine, A. G., Pedro, H. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2015. The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base): additions and future developments. Nucleic Acids Research. 43, pp. D645-D655. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku1165

The North Wyke Farm Platform, a national capability for research into sustainability of temperate agricultural grassland management: data and modelling opportunities

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Harris, P., Griffith, B. A., Shepherd, A., Peukert, S., Hawkins, J. M. B., Elyes, C., Whitmore, A. P., Blackwell, M. S. A., Brazier, R. E., Cardenas, L. M., Wu, L., Dungait, J. A. J., Collins, A. L., Gurr, S. J., Murray, P. J., Goulding, K. W. T. and Orr, R. J. 2014. The North Wyke Farm Platform, a national capability for research into sustainability of temperate agricultural grassland management: data and modelling opportunities. Abstracts Tereno International Conference: from Observation to Prediction in Terrestrial Systems, Bonn, 29 September-2 October 2014 . pp. P2-07

The global spread of crop pests and pathogens

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bebber, D. P., Holmes, T. and Gurr, S. J. 2014. The global spread of crop pests and pathogens. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 23 (12), pp. 1398-1407. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12214

Economic and physical determinants of the global distributions of crop pests and pathogens

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Bebber, D. P., Holmes, T., Smith, D. and Gurr, S. J. 2014. Economic and physical determinants of the global distributions of crop pests and pathogens. New Phytologist. 202 (3), pp. 901-910. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12722

Genus-specific CYP51C of Fusarium graminearum identified as a novel CYP51 rather than azole fungicide target sterol 14alpha-demethylases

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Fan, J., Urban, M., Parker, J. E., Brewer, H. C., Kelly, S. L., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Fraaije, B. A., Liu, X. and Cools, H. J. 2013. Genus-specific CYP51C of Fusarium graminearum identified as a novel CYP51 rather than azole fungicide target sterol 14alpha-demethylases. Chinese Society for Plant Pathology.

Molecular genetics and genomic approaches to explore Fusarium infection of wheat floral tissue

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2013. Molecular genetics and genomic approaches to explore Fusarium infection of wheat floral tissue. in: Brown, D. W. and Proctor, R. H. (ed.) Fusarium: genomics, molecular and cellular biology Caister Academic Press, Norwich, Norfolk. pp. 43-79

Network-based data integration for selecting candidate virulence associated proteins in the cereal infecting fungus Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Lysenko, A., Urban, M., Bennett, L., Tsoka, S., Janowska-Sejda, E., Rawlings, C. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Saqi, M. 2013. Network-based data integration for selecting candidate virulence associated proteins in the cereal infecting fungus Fusarium graminearum. PLOS ONE. 8, p. e67926. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067926

Using the phenotypic information in the PHI-base database to explore pathogen genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F., Martins, N., Lysenko, A., Grzebyta, J., Janowska-Sedja, E., Saqi, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2013. Using the phenotypic information in the PHI-base database to explore pathogen genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes. Abstracts 27th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, 12-17 March 2013 . pp. 177

Exploring the metabolome of cereal infecting fusaria

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Lowe, R. G. T., Canning, G., Urban, M., Beale, M. H. and Ward, J. L. 2013. Exploring the metabolome of cereal infecting fusaria. Abstracts 27th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, 12-17 March 2013 . pp. 21

Characterization of the sterol 14alpha-demethylases of Fusarium graminearum identifies a novel genus-specific CYP51 function

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Fan, J., Urban, M., Parker, J. E., Brewer, H. C., Kelly, S. L., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Fraaije, B. A., Liu, X. and Cools, H. J. 2013. Characterization of the sterol 14alpha-demethylases of Fusarium graminearum identifies a novel genus-specific CYP51 function. New Phytologist. 198 (3), pp. 821-835. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12193

Detection of multi-clustered genes and community structure for the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Bennett, L., Lysenko, A., Papageorgiou, L. G., Urban, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Rawlings, C. J., Saqi, M. and Tsoka, S. 2012. Detection of multi-clustered genes and community structure for the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum. in: Gilbert, D. and Heiner, M. (ed.) Computational Methods in Systems Biology Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Phytopath - A new bioinformatics resource for plant pathogens

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Pedro, H., Grzebyta, J., Urban, M., Saqi, M., Kerhornou, A., Maheswari, U., Kersey, P. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. Phytopath - A new bioinformatics resource for plant pathogens. Abstracts 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Marburg, 30 March - 2 April 2012 . pp. 138

Phytopath: new pathogen resource launched

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications

Kersey, P., Pedro, H., Maheswari, U., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Urban, M., Saqi, M. and Grzebyta, J. 2012. Phytopath: new pathogen resource launched. GARNish Newsletter. 17, p. 8.

Exploring the early symptomless phase of Fusarium graminearum infection of wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Brown, N. A., Urban, M. and Antoniw, J. F. 2012. Exploring the early symptomless phase of Fusarium graminearum infection of wheat ears. Abstracts 11th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Marburg, 30 March - 2 April 2012 . pp. 74

The velvet gene, FgVe1, affects fungal development and positively regulates trichothecene biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Merhej, J., Urban, M., Dufresne, M., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Richard-Forget, F. and Barreau, C. 2012. The velvet gene, FgVe1, affects fungal development and positively regulates trichothecene biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13 (4), pp. 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00755.x

The predicted secretome of the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum: a refined comparative analysis

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. The predicted secretome of the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium graminearum: a refined comparative analysis. PLOS ONE. 7, p. e33731 (14pp). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033731

The induction of mycotoxins by trichothecene producing Fusarium species

B - Book chapters etc edited externally

Lowe, R., Jubault, M., Canning, G., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2012. The induction of mycotoxins by trichothecene producing Fusarium species. in: Thomma, B. P. H. J. and Bolton, M. D. (ed.) Plant fungal pathogens: methods and protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol 835) Springer, Berlin. pp. 439-455

OmniMapFree a unified tool to visualise and explore sequenced genomes

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Antoniw, J. F., Beacham, A. M., Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M., Rudd, J. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. OmniMapFree a unified tool to visualise and explore sequenced genomes. BMC Bioinformatics. 12, p. 447 (14pp). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-447

A comparison of the infection biology and transcriptome of wild-type and single gene deletion strains of Fusarium graminearum

F - Theses

Brown, N. A. 2011. A comparison of the infection biology and transcriptome of wild-type and single gene deletion strains of Fusarium graminearum. F - Theses

Characterisation of the Fusarium graminearum-wheat floral interaction

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A., Bass, C. G., Baldwin, T. K., Chen, Huaigu, Massot, F., Carion, P. W. C., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. M. L. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. Characterisation of the Fusarium graminearum-wheat floral interaction. Journal of Pathogens. 2011, p. 626345. https://doi.org/10.4061/2011/626345

Infection of the wheat ear by the fungus Fusarium culmorum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Van De Meene, A., Urban, M., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. Infection of the wheat ear by the fungus Fusarium culmorum. Abstracts Botanical Microscopy Conference, Wageningen, 16-21 April 2011 .

The unseen threat of symptomless Fusarium wheat ear infection

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies

Brown, N. A., Bass, C. G., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. The unseen threat of symptomless Fusarium wheat ear infection. Crop protection in Southern Britain. Aspects of Applied Biology 106 . pp. 143-149

Inactivation of plant infecting fungal and viral pathogens to achieve biological containment in drainage water using UV treatment

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Urban, M., Motteram, J., Jing, H-C., Powers, S. J., Townsend, J. A., Devonshire, J., Pearman, I., Kanyuka, K., Franklin, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2011. Inactivation of plant infecting fungal and viral pathogens to achieve biological containment in drainage water using UV treatment. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 110 (3), pp. 675-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04917.x

The unseen threat to UK wheat production from Fusarium ear blight

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Brown, N. A., Bass, C. G., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. The unseen threat to UK wheat production from Fusarium ear blight. Abstracts CropWorld, London, 1-3 November 2010 .

Be more specific! Using laser capture micro-dissection to investigate Fusarium ear blight

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. Be more specific! Using laser capture micro-dissection to investigate Fusarium ear blight. Abstracts 9th International Mycological Congress: the Biology of Fungi, Edinburgh, 1-6 August 2010 .

A combined 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry analysis to understand the basal metabolism of plant-pathogenic Fusarium spp

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Lowe, R. G. T., Allwood, J. W., Galster, A. M., Urban, M., Daudi, A., Canning, G., Ward, J. L., Beale, M. H. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. A combined 1H nuclear magnetic resonance and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry analysis to understand the basal metabolism of plant-pathogenic Fusarium spp. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 23 (12), pp. 1605-1618. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-04-10-0092

The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. M. L. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum: defining the pathways of spikelet to spikelet colonisation in wheat ears. Fungal Biology. 114 (7), pp. 555-571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2010.04.006

A partial chromosomal deletion caused by random plasmid integration resulted in a reduced virulence phenotype in Fusarium graminearum

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Baldwin, T. K., Gaffoor, I., Antoniw, J. F., Andries, C., Guenther, J., Urban, M., Hallen-Adams, H. E., Pitkin, J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Trail, F. 2010. A partial chromosomal deletion caused by random plasmid integration resulted in a reduced virulence phenotype in Fusarium graminearum. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 23 (8), pp. 1083-1096. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-23-8-1083

The identification of a virulence factor-enriched micro-region in the Fusarium graminearum genome

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Antoniw, J. F., Freeman, A., Urban, M., Welham, S. J. and Beacham, A. 2010. The identification of a virulence factor-enriched micro-region in the Fusarium graminearum genome. Abstracts Fusarium Workshop, Amsterdam, 28-29 March 2010 .

A role for topoisomerase I in Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum pathogenesis and sporulation

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M., Brown, N. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2010. A role for topoisomerase I in Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum pathogenesis and sporulation. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 23 (5), pp. 566-577. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-23-5-0566

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum in Arabidopsis floral tissue

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Freeman, A., Desmouceaux, N., Urban, M. and Cuzick, A. 2009. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum in Arabidopsis floral tissue. Abstracts 14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Quebec, 19-23 July 2009 .

Molecular and genetic studies on Fusarium Ear Blight disease of wheat

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Kanyuka, K., Brown, N. A., Beacham, A. M., Cuzick, A., Antoniw, J. F. and Urban, M. 2009. Molecular and genetic studies on Fusarium Ear Blight disease of wheat. Abstracts 2009 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, Orlando, 7-9 December 2009 .

Construction and establishment of a containment level 3 plant growth facility at Rothamsted Research

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Urban, M., Franklin, J. F. and Taberer, R. 2009. Construction and establishment of a containment level 3 plant growth facility at Rothamsted Research.

Genomic analysis of transcriptional regulators of Fusarium graminearum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Coulson, R., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Genomic analysis of transcriptional regulators of Fusarium graminearum.

Metabolomic and phenotypic analyses of Fusarium graminearum wild-type and mutant strains

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Urban, M., Lowe, R., Allwood, W., Ward, J. L., Beale, M. H. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Metabolomic and phenotypic analyses of Fusarium graminearum wild-type and mutant strains.

The infection biology and transcriptome of wheat pathogen Fusarium graminearum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. The infection biology and transcriptome of wheat pathogen Fusarium graminearum. Abstracts Syngenta Student Showcase, Jealott's Hill, 16 September 2008 .

Pathogenicity determinants of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A. M., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Pathogenicity determinants of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. Abstracts BSPP Presidentail Meeting on Cereal Pathosystems, London, 16-17 December 2008 . pp. 11

Analysis of the newly sequenced Fusarium genomes using PHI-Base and ONDEX

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A. M., Cavenet, C., Taubert, J., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F., Rawlings, C. J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Analysis of the newly sequenced Fusarium genomes using PHI-Base and ONDEX.

Pathogenicity determinants of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A. M., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Pathogenicity determinants of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. Abstracts Syngenta Student Showcase, Jealott's Hill, 22 September 2008 .

Pathogenicity determinants of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A. M., Antoniw, J. F., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Pathogenicity determinants of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. Asbtracts 9th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9), Edinburgh, 5-8 April 2008 . pp. PR1.24

Fusarium graminearum kinome analysis and progress report. Confidential report to industrial sponsor

D1 - Technical reports: non-confidential

Antoniw, J. F., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Fusarium graminearum kinome analysis and progress report. Confidential report to industrial sponsor.

The infection biology and transcriptome of wheat pathogen Fusarium graminearum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Brown, N. A., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. The infection biology and transcriptome of wheat pathogen Fusarium graminearum. Abstracts BSPP Presidential Meeting on Cereal Pathosystems, London, 16-17 December 2008 . pp. 13

The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum single gene deletion strains

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Brown, N. A., Baldwin, T., Urban, M., Van De Meene, A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. The infection biology of Fusarium graminearum single gene deletion strains. Abstracts 9th European Conference on Fungal Genetics (ECFG9), Edinburgh, 5-8 April 2008 .

PHI-base update: additions to the pathogen-host interaction database

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Winnenburg, R., Urban, M., Beacham, A., Baldwin, T. K., Holland, S., Lindeberg, M., Hansen, H., Rawlings, C. J., Hammond-Kosack, K. E. and Kohler, J. 2008. PHI-base update: additions to the pathogen-host interaction database. Nucleic Acids Research. 36, pp. D572-D576. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkm858

Fusarium graminearum gene deletion mutants map1 and tri5 reveal similarities and differences in the pathogenicity requirements to cause disease on Arabidopsis and wheat floral tissue

A - Papers appearing in refereed journals

Cuzick, A., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2008. Fusarium graminearum gene deletion mutants map1 and tri5 reveal similarities and differences in the pathogenicity requirements to cause disease on Arabidopsis and wheat floral tissue. New Phytologist. 177 (4), pp. 990-1000. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02333.x

Phenotypic and metabolomic analyses of the Fusarium graminearum SNF1 mutant

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F., Allwood, W., Beacham, A., Ward, J. L., Beale, M. H. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Phenotypic and metabolomic analyses of the Fusarium graminearum SNF1 mutant. Abstracts 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, 21-27 July 2007 . pp. 212

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium ear blight disease in Arabidopsis

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Cuzick, A., Urban, M., Maguire, K., Lee, S. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium ear blight disease in Arabidopsis. Abstracts BSPP Presidential Meeting 2007: Attack and Defence in Plant Disease, Bath, 12-14 September 2007 . pp. 52

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum in Arabidopsis floral and wheat floral and leaf tissue

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Cuzick, A., Lee, S., Daudi, A., Bass, C. G., Maguire, K. and Urban, M. 2007. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum in Arabidopsis floral and wheat floral and leaf tissue. Abstracts 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, 21-27 July 2007 . pp. 107-108

DON mycotoxin biosynthesis by Fusarium species, a metabolomics perspective

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Lowe, R., Allwood, J. W., Urban, M., Beale, M. H., Ward, J. L. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. DON mycotoxin biosynthesis by Fusarium species, a metabolomics perspective. Abstracts BSPP Presidential Meeting 2007: Attack and Defence in Plant Disease, Bath, 12-14 September 2007 . pp. 64

Grain fungus genome published

G - Articles in popular magazines and other technical publications

Antoniw, J. F., Baldwin, T., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Grain fungus genome published. EPSO News. No. 3.

Pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A., Antoniw, J. F., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum on wheat ears. Abstracts BSPP Presidential Meeting 2007: Attack and Defence in Plant Disease, Bath, 12-14 September 2007 .

Pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A., Antoniw, J. F., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum on wheat ears. Abstracts Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens (MBPP) Meeting, Bath, 10-11 September 2007 .

Pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Beacham, A., Antoniw, J. F., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. Pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum on wheat ears. Abstracts Syngenta Student Showcase, Jealott's Hill, September 2007 .

The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization

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Cuomo, C. A., Guldener, U., Xu, J-R., Trail, F., Turgeon, B. G., Di Pietro, A., Walton, J. D., Ma, L-J., Baker, S. E., Rep, M., Adam, G., Antoniw, J. F., Baldwin, T., Calvo, S., Chang, Y-L., Decaprio, D., Gale, L. R., Gnerre, S., Goswami, R. S., Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Harris, L. J., Hilburn, K., Kennell, J. C., Kroken, S., Magnuson, J. K., Mannhaupt, G., Mauceli, E., Mewes, H-W., Mitterbauer, R., Munsterkotter, M., Nelson, D., O'donnell, K., Ouellet, T., Qi, W., Quesneville, H., Roncero, M. I. G., Seong, K-Y., Tetko, I. V., Urban, M., Waalwijk, C., Ward, T. J., Yao, J., Birren, B. W. and Kistler, H. C. 2007. The Fusarium graminearum genome reveals a link between localized polymorphism and pathogen specialization. Science - AAAS. 317, pp. 1400-1402. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1143708

PHI-base: a database of experimentally verified pathogenicity, virulence and effector genes in fungal, oomycete and bacterial pathogens of animals and plants

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Baldwin, T. K., Winnenburg, R., Beacham, A., Urban, M., Rawlings, C. J., Koehler, J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2007. PHI-base: a database of experimentally verified pathogenicity, virulence and effector genes in fungal, oomycete and bacterial pathogens of animals and plants. Abstracts 13th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Sorrento, 21-27 July 2007 .

Molecular tools for the study of Fusarium ear blight caused by Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Bass, C. G., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2006. Molecular tools for the study of Fusarium ear blight caused by Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum. Abstracts 8th European Conference of Fungal Genetics, Vienna, 8-11 April 2006 . pp. 364

Molecular genetics to identify genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2006. Molecular genetics to identify genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. In %Abstracts Syngenta Postgraduate Symposium, Bracknell, 14 September 2006 .

Molecular genetics to identify genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2006. Molecular genetics to identify genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. Abstracts 9th International Fungal Biology Conference and 16th New Phytologist Symposium on Impact of Genomics on Fungal Biology, Nancy, 18-20 September 2006 . pp. 17-18

The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base) provides insights into generic and novel themes of pathogenicity

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Baldwin, T. K., Winnenburg, R., Urban, M., Rawlings, C. J., Koehler, J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2006. The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base) provides insights into generic and novel themes of pathogenicity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions - MPMI. 19 (12), pp. 1451-1462. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-19-1451

PHI-base: a new database for pathogen host interactions

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Winnenburg, R., Baldwin, T. K., Urban, M., Rawlings, C. J., Koehler, J. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2006. PHI-base: a new database for pathogen host interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 34 (1), pp. D459-D464. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkj047

Bioinformatic and molecular genetic tools for identifying genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Baldwin, T. K., Winnenburg, R., Koehler, J., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. Bioinformatic and molecular genetic tools for identifying genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. Abstracts Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens Meeting, Ambleside, 19-21 September 2005 .

Bioinformatic and molecular genetic tools for identifying genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Baldwin, T. K., Winnenburg, R., Koehler, J., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. Bioinformatic and molecular genetic tools for identifying genes involved in the pathogenicity of Fusarium graminearum on wheat ears. Abstracts ESF-EMBO Symposium on the Comparative Genomics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Sant Feliu de Guixols, 12-17 November 2005 .

The transcription-associated proteins of Fusarium graminearum identified by sequence clustering and profile analyses

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Coulson, R., Urban, M., Antoniw, J. F. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. The transcription-associated proteins of Fusarium graminearum identified by sequence clustering and profile analyses. Abstracts 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, 15-20 March 2005 . pp. 113

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against fusarium ear blight disease in arabidopsis

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Cuzick, A., Lee, S., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against fusarium ear blight disease in arabidopsis. Abstracts LAMP (London Area Molecular Plant Sciences) Meeting, Wye, 5 October 2005 .

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Leptosphaeria app. and Oculimacula spp. with the reef coral gene DsRed and the jellyfish gene gfp

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Eckert, M., Maguire, K. L., Urban, M., Foster, S. J., Fitt, B. D. L., Lucas, J. A. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Leptosphaeria app. and Oculimacula spp. with the reef coral gene DsRed and the jellyfish gene gfp. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 253, pp. 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.041

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against fusarium ear blight disease in arabidopsis

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Cuzick, A., Lee, S., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against fusarium ear blight disease in arabidopsis. Abstracts 4th Plant Genomics European Meetings (Plant-GEMs 4), Amsterdam, 20-23 September 2005 .

Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against fusarium ear blight disease in arabidopsis

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Cuzick, A., Lee, S., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2005. Functional evaluation of plant defence signalling against fusarium ear blight disease in arabidopsis. Abstracts 16th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, 15-19 June 2005 . pp. No 530

Changes in protein secondary structure during gluten deformation studied by dynamic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

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Wellner, N., Mills, E. N. C., Brownsey, G., Wilson, R. H., Brown, N. A., Freeman, J., Halford, N. G., Shewry, P. R. and Belton, P. S. 2005. Changes in protein secondary structure during gluten deformation studied by dynamic Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biomacromolecules. 6 (1), pp. 255-261. https://doi.org/10.1021/bm049584d

Structure and biomechanical properties of the gluten proteins deposited in the developing wheat grain: relationship to functional properties at harvest

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies

Shewry, P. R., Wellner, N., Mills, E. N. C., Brownsey, G., Wilson, R. H., Brown, N. A., Freeman, J., Halford, N. G. and Belton, P. S. 2004. Structure and biomechanical properties of the gluten proteins deposited in the developing wheat grain: relationship to functional properties at harvest. Black, C. K., Rebetzke, G. J. and Panozzo, J. F. (ed.) Cereals 2004: Proceedings 54th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference and 11th Wheat Breeders' Assembly, Canberra, 21-24 September 2004 . Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Melbourne. pp. 377-379

Plant pathogens: how can molecular genetic information on plant pathogens assist in breeding disease resistant crops

C1 - Edited contributions to conferences/learned societies

Hammond-Kosack, K. E., Urban, M., Baldwin, T., Daudi, A., Rudd, J. J., Keon, J., Lucas, J. A., Magiure, K., Kornyukhin, D., Jing, H-C., Bass, C. G. and Antoniw, J. F. 2004. Plant pathogens: how can molecular genetic information on plant pathogens assist in breeding disease resistant crops. Fischer, T. (ed.) New Directions for a Diverse Planet: Proceedings 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, 26 September-1 October 2004 . Regional Institute, Gosford. pp. www.cropscience.org.au

Quinoxyfen perturbs signal transduction in barley powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei )

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Wheeler, I. E., Hollomon, D. W., Gustafson, G., Mitchell, J. C., Longhurst, C., Zhang, Z. and Gurr, S. J. 2003. Quinoxyfen perturbs signal transduction in barley powdery mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei ). Molecular Plant Pathology. 4, pp. 177-186.

The Fusarium graminearum MAP1 gene is essential for pathogenicity and development of perithecia

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Urban, M., Mott, E., Farley, T. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2003. The Fusarium graminearum MAP1 gene is essential for pathogenicity and development of perithecia. Molecular Plant Pathology. 4 (5), pp. 347-359. https://doi.org/10.1046/J.1364-3703.2003.00183.X

Identifying pathogenicity genes and developing tools to monitor trichothecene mycotoxin production in Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum

C2 - Non-edited contributions to conferences

Daudi, A., Urban, M. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2003. Identifying pathogenicity genes and developing tools to monitor trichothecene mycotoxin production in Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum. Abstracts SCI Student Conference on Advances in Fungal Control Strategies, Bracknell, 29 April 2003 .

Arabidopsis is susceptible to the cereal ear blight fungal pathogens Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum

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Urban, M., Daniels, S., Mott, E. and Hammond-Kosack, K. E. 2002. Arabidopsis is susceptible to the cereal ear blight fungal pathogens Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum. The Plant Journal. 32 (6), pp. 961-973. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01480.x