Alexander Idnurm

This study develops fluorescently labelled fungal pathogens to study their infection biology and interactions in pyrethrum plants.

The paper isolates and analyzes 20 new Ampelomyces strains from Australian powdery mildews, revealing four molecular taxonomic units and generating two high-quality genome assemblies.

This study shows that Sirodesmin PL, a toxin from Leptosphaeria maculans, induces cell death and defense responses in Brassica napus by disrupting photosynthesis.

The paper identifies a mobile transposable element in the fungus Paecilomyces variotii that carries genes conferring metal resistance, suggesting a role for eukaryotic transposable elements in horizontal gene transfer of beneficial DNA.