Sajeet Haridas

This paper introduces fMEM, a fungal microbial enrichment method that enables direct fungal metagenomic analysis from clinical samples, recovering MAGs with high completeness and resolving clinically relevant genes.

The paper identifies shared accessory regions between two Fusarium species complexes that cause garden pea disease, suggesting a common origin and horizontal transfer of virulence genes.

MAESTRO identifies tandem paralog copy number variation as a key mechanism for stress adaptation in Pichia kudriavzevii, linking it to drug resistance and environmental tolerance.

This study compares two Fusarium oxysporum strains causing human and plant diseases, finding differences in virulence and accessory chromosomes associated with host adaptation.

The paper uses comparative genomics to analyze Cryomyces antarcticus and other psychrophilic fungi to identify genetic features associated with extremophilic traits.

This study uses multi-omics analysis to characterize Neurospora intermedia in oncom, revealing its role in byproduct conversion and potential for waste-to-food upcycling.

The paper improves the functional annotation of the mushroom-forming fungus Coprinopsis cinerea by integrating a chromosome-level genome assembly with extensive expression profiling across multiple conditions.

This study examines transcription factor repertoires in the Fusarium oxysporum species complex, finding expanded families linked to host-specific adaptation and pathogenicity.

The paper uses long-read sequencing to resolve the complex structure of T-toxin biosynthesis genes in the fungus Cochliobolus heterostrophus and identifies translocation breakpoints associated with super-virulence.

This study identifies symbiont-derived carotenoids and conserved genes as drivers of metamorphosis in Cassiopea xamachana, highlighting the role of microbial signals in developmental gene regulation.

This study compares the genomes of pathogenic and endophytic Phyllosticta species colonizing citrus to determine the lifestyle of Phyllosticta citrichinaensis, finding it to be intermediate between the two.

The paper shows that secondary metabolism gene clusters in Xylariales fungi are linked to broader ecological roles and increased gene diversity.

The paper identifies novel biosynthetic gene clusters in Dothideomycetes fungi and shows their diversity scales with repertoire size, suggesting limited structural redundancy in secondary metabolites.