George R. Thompson

This study identifies novel diagnostic antigens for coccidioidomycosis using high-dimensional peptide serology, showing improved accuracy in distinguishing infected individuals from controls.

This study identifies genetic and transcriptomic factors associated with severe coccidioidomycosis, finding a founder variant in NLRX1 linked to African ancestry and increased disease risk.

This study uses single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze human airway epithelial cell responses to Aspergillus and Coccidioides, revealing distinct stress and cytokine pathways.

This study identifies Eng2 as a conserved antigen in dimorphic fungi that elicits protective immunity and memory T cell responses in mice and humans.

This study characterizes two clinical Sarocladium spinificis strains that inhibit Coccidioides posadasii growth, revealing their genomic features and potential antifungal properties.

The paper tests existing drugs for antifungal activity against Coccidioides in mice, finding that sertraline combined with fluconazole reduces lung fungal load.

The paper presents a chromosomal-level genome assembly of the Coccidioides posadasii Silveira strain using SMRT sequencing, improving genome annotation and enabling future genomic studies.