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M. C. Fisher

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Approach:experimental assay· 8 Organism:fungi (other)· 6 Assay:DNA methylation· 3 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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J. M. Shelton· 3 shared J. Rhodes· 3 shared A. C. Singer· 2 shared C. Weldon· 2 shared H. Chown· 2 shared T. R. Sewell· 2 shared T. W. Garner· 2 shared A. A. Cunningham· 1 shared

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Elevated mutation rates in the multi-azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus cladedrives rapid evolution of antifungal resistance

M. J. Bottery, N. J. van Rhijn, H. Chown, J. L. Rhodes, B. N. Celia-Sanchez, M. T. Brewer, M. Momany, M. C. Fisher, C. G. Knight, M. J. Bromley

This study identifies a mutation rate increase in a multi-azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus clade, linking it to rapid antifungal resistance evolution.

bioRxiv · Dec 5, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Genomic epidemiology of European Aspergillus fumigatus causing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in Europe

B. Simmons, J. Rhodes, T. Rogers, A. F. Talento, A. Griffin, M. Mansfield, A. Abdolrasouli, P. E. Verweij, T. Bosch, S. Schelenz, S. Hemmings, D. Sheehan, M. C. Fisher

This study analyzes the genomic epidemiology of Aspergillus fumigatus causing CAPA in Europe, finding no unique genetic background but a notable prevalence of azole-resistance alleles.

bioRxiv · Jul 21, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Exploring a novel genomic safe-haven site in the human pathogenic mould Aspergillus fumigatus.

T. Furukawa, N. van Rhijn, H. Chown, J. Rhodes, N. Alfuraji, R. Fortune-Grant, E. Bignell, M. C. Fisher, M. Bromley

The paper identifies a conserved genomic safe-haven locus in Aspergillus fumigatus for inserting genetic constructs without affecting phenotype.

bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2022Microbiology

A series of terribly unfortunate events: How environment and infection synergized to cause the Kihansi spray toad extinction

T. R. Sewell, L. van Dorp, P. Ghosh, C. Wierzbicki, C. Caroe, J. V. Lyakurwa, E. Tonelli, A. Bowkett, S. Marsden, A. A. Cunningham, M. C. Fisher, T. W. Garner, C. Weldon, E. Tonelli

The paper investigates the extinction of the Kihansi spray toad, showing that a BdCAPE chytrid infection, not environmental factors alone, caused the decline, with environmental changes exacerbating the impact.

bioRxiv · Nov 10, 2021 · PreprintEcology

Citizen-science surveillance of triazole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in UK residential garden soils

J. M. Shelton, R. Collins, C. B. Uzzell, A. Alghamdi, P. S. Dyer, A. C. Singer, M. C. Fisher

This study finds that 14% of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates from UK garden soils are resistant to tebuconazole, a common fungicide, and highlights compost as a potential health hazard.

bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2021Microbiology

Campaign-Based Citizen Science for Environmental Mycology: the "Science Solstice" and "Summer Soil-stice" Projects to Assess Drug Resistance in Air and Soilborne Aspergillus fumigatus

J. M. Shelton, M. C. Fisher, A. C. Singer

The paper describes two citizen science projects that collected environmental samples to assess drug resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus across the UK.

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice · Sep 18, 2020Peer-reviewedScientific Communication & Education

Discriminating lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using quantitative PCR

P. N. Ghosh, R. Verster, T. Sewell, S. O'Hanlon, L. M. Brookes, A. Rieux, T. W. Garner, C. Weldon, M. C. Fisher

This paper develops a TaqMan qPCR assay to distinguish two virulent lineages of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibian populations.

bioRxiv · Aug 14, 2020Ecology

Microbial grazers may aid in controlling infections caused by aquatic zoosporic fungi

H. N. Farthing, J. Jiang, A. J. Henwood, A. Fenton, T. Garner, D. R. Daversa, M. C. Fisher, D. J. S. Montagnes

The paper evaluates how micrograzers control chytrid infections in amphibians by modeling their grazing impact on zoospores.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology

Elevated prevalence of azole resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in urban versus rural environments in the United Kingdom

T. R. Sewell, Y. Zhang, A. P. Brackin, J. M. Shelton, J. Rhodes, M. C. Fisher

The paper assesses azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus prevalence in urban vs. rural soils in the UK, finding higher resistance in urban areas with specific genetic alleles.

bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2019Microbiology

The Cryptococcus neoformans Titan cell is an inducible and regulated morphotype underlying pathogenesis

I. M. Dambuza, T. Drake, A. Chapuis, L. Taylor-Smith, N. LeGrave, T. Rasmussen, M. C. Fisher, T. Bicanic, T. S. Harrison, M. Jaspars, R. C. May, G. D. Brown, R. Yuecel, D. M. MacCallum, E. R. Ballou

This paper establishes an in vitro system to induce Titan cells in Cryptococcus neoformans, identifies bacterial peptidoglycan as an inducer, and shows that Titanisation is regulated and conserved across species.

bioRxiv · Sep 19, 2017Microbiology