Joseph Heitman

Duke University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

134h-index59.9kcitations1.1kworks5.12yr avg
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Research Topics

Fungal Infections and Studies(384), Antifungal resistance and susceptibility(289), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(193), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies(140), Signaling Pathways in Disease(126)

Publications1.1k total

The protein phosphatase 2C domain contributes to the pathobiological function of adenylyl cyclase in <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>
2025Open Access
Genomic evidence for a-α heterothallic and α-α unisexual mating and recombination in an environmental Cryptococcus deneoformans population
PLoS Genetics·2025Open Access
Dissecting the homeodomain <i>MAT</i> locus and engineering novel tripolar and bipolar mating systems in <i>Cryptococcus amylolentus</i>
2025Open Access
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
Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogen <i> <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> </i>
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·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
Whole-chromosome duplications drive antimicrobial resistance in <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>
2025Open Access
The fungal STRIPAK complex: Cellular conductor orchestrating growth and pathogenicity
PLoS Pathogens·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
On the Repair of DNA Breaks and the Specificity of the EcoRI Restriction Enzyme
Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University)·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Genomic Evidence for a-α Heterothallic and α-α Unisexual Mating and Recombination in an Environmental <i>Cryptococcus deneoformans</i> Population
2025Open Access
Thermoregulation network governing virulence of a critical human fungal pathogen
2025Open Access
RNAi epimutations conferring antifungal drug resistance are inheritable
Nature Communications·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: Harnessing calcineurin-FK506-FKBP12 crystal structures from invasive fungal pathogens to develop antifungal agents
Nature Communications·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
STRIPAK complex defects result in pseudosexual reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans
PLoS Genetics·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Genomic and phenotypic insights into the expanding phylogenetic landscape of the <i>Cryptococcus</i> genus
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Epimutations driven by RNAi or heterochromatin evoke transient antimicrobial drug resistance in fungi
2025Open Access
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of 4,9,10-Trihydroxyguaia-11(13)en-12,6-olide and Discovery of Its Anticancer Activity against Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor
ACS Central Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogen <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i>
2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

John R. Perfect(8), James A. Fraser(7), Cletus A. D’Souza(5), María E. Cárdenas(5), Fred S. Dietrich(5), Alexander Idnurm(5), Sheng Sun(4), Michael Lorenz(4), Klaus B. Lengeler(4), James W. Kronstad(4), Jason Stajich(4), Edmond J. Byrnes(4), Yong‐Sun Bahn(4), Kirsten Nielsen(4), Michael N. Hall(3), Christina A. Cuomo(3), Toshiaki Harashima(3), Xuewen Pan(3), Ping Wang(3), Andria Allen(3)