Marco A. Coelho

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies(38), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(28), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(24), Fungal Infections and Studies(17), Fungal and yeast genetics research(16)

Publications83 total

Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the Cryptococcus genus
PLoS Genetics·2025Open Access
Long transposon-rich centromeres in an oomycete reveal divergence of centromere features in Stramenopila-Alveolata-Rhizaria lineages
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
The complex evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in Cryptococcus and Kwoniella
PLoS Biology·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy enables rapid species discrimination across <i>Malassezia</i> and strain-level typing in <i>M. pachydermatis</i>
2025Open Access
Genomic rearrangements at the MAT locus suggest reproductive shifts in Rhodotorula yeasts
2025Open Access
Exploring biological properties of sulfa-based copper(II) complexes: in vitro genotoxicity, cytotoxicity (2D and 3D) and mechanistic insights
BioMetals·2025
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the <i>Cryptococcus</i> genus
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Fungal sexual reproduction and mating-type loci
Current Biology·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Tracing the evolution and genomic dynamics of mating-type loci in <i>Cryptococcus</i> pathogens and closely related species
2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Decoding Cryptococcus: From African biodiversity to worldwide prevalence
PLoS Pathogens·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
SÍNTESE CONTROLADA DO TRIÓXIDO DE MOLIBDÊNIO (MOO3): RELAÇÃO ENTRE MORFOLOGIA E PROPRIEDADES
2025Open Access
Ten Pressing Questions (and Answers) About Marine Fungi and Opportunities for Collaborations in the Ocean Sciences
Oceanography·2025Open Access
Fungal pathogens and symbionts: Living off the fat of the land
PLoS Pathogens·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Comparative genomics of the closely related fungal genera Cryptococcus and Kwoniella reveals karyotype dynamics and suggests evolutionary mechanisms of pathogenesis
PLoS Biology·2024· 16 citedOpen Access
Review for "Richness patterns in vertebrates are robust to the Linnean and Wallacean shortfalls"
2024
Comparative genomics of <i>Cryptococcus</i> and <i>Kwoniella</i> reveals pathogenesis evolution and contrasting karyotype dynamics via intercentromeric recombination or chromosome fusion
2023Open Access
Não são apenas o calor e a umidade que fazem dos climas tropicais os mais biodiversos da Terra
2023Open Access
Tropical climates are the most biodiverse on Earth − but it’s not only because of how warm and wet they are
2023Open Access
Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in <i>Malassezia</i> and early steps in sexual reproduction
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in <i>Malassezia</i> and early steps in sexual reproduction
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Joseph Heitman(29), Sheng Sun(19), Márcia David‐Palma(14), Paula Gonçalves(13), José Paulo Sampaio(10), Minou Nowrousian(7), Vikas Yadav(6), Giuseppe Ianiri(6), Kaustuv Sanyal(6), Michael E. Hood(5), Tatiana Giraud(5), Ci Fu(5), Bhagya C. Thimmappa(4), Andrey Yurkov(4), Christina A. Cuomo(4), Sara Branco(3), Ricardo C. Rodŕıguez de la Vega(3), Fantin Carpentier(3), Shelby Priest(3), Diego Libkind(3)