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Jibril Lubega

National Institute of Agricultural Botany

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Research Focus:database / resource· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:genome assembly· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Approach:machine learning (classical)· 1

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Haplotype-phased genomes of the barley leaf rust pathogen reveal evidence of repeat element expansion and somatic hybridization

Rebecca Spanner, Eric S. Nazareno, Eva C. Henningsen, Alexis Feist, Oadi Matny, Matthew Moscou, Matthew N. Rouse, Shahryar F. Kianian, Hayley Mangelson, Kyle Langford, Ivan Liachko, Jibril Lubega, Kanyuka Kostya, Jana Sperschneider, Peter N. Dodds, , Brian Joel Steffenson

The paper presents haplotype-phased, chromosome-scale genomes of Puccinia hordei isolates, revealing repeat expansion, somatic hybridization, and genome plasticity.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · May 28, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics

EffectorGeneP: accurate gene annotation in pathogen genomes from infection transcriptomes

Jana Sperschneider, Camilla Langlands-Perry, Jian Chen, Jibril Lubega, Taj Arndell, David Lewis, Eva C. Henningsen, Cheryl Blundell, Thomas Vanhercke, Kanyuka Kostya, Melania Figueroa, Peter N. Dodds

EffectorGeneP improves gene annotation in pathogen genomes by predicting coding sequences from transcript data, outperforming existing methods and expanding the predicted secretome.

bioRxiv · May 5, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Haplotype-resolved genomes of diverse oat crown rust isolates reveal both global dispersion of long-lived clonal haplotypes and limited recombination between haplotypes.

Eva C. Henningsen, Eric N Nazareno, Rebecca Spanner, David Lewis, Jibril Lubega, Erin P Moreau, Matthew Moscou, Brendan Boesen, Eric A. Stone, K. Kanyuka, Shahryar F. Kianian, Brian Joel Steffenson, Peter N. Dodds, Jana Sperschneider, Melania Figueroa

bioRxiv · Aug 26, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

A wheat tandem kinase sensor activates an NLR helper to trigger immunity

Renjie Chen, Jian Chen, Oliver R. Powell, Megan A. Outram, Taj Arndell, Karthick Gajendiran, Yan L. Wang, Jibril Lubega, Yang Xu, Michael Ayliffe, Cheryl Blundell, Melania Figueroa, Jana Sperschneider, Thomas Vanhercke, K. Kanyuka, , Brande B. H. Wulff

The paper identifies a two-component resistance mechanism in wheat where a tandem kinase sensor recruits an NLR helper to trigger immunity against fungal pathogens.

Science · Mar 27, 2025Peer-reviewedPlant Biology