Giuseppe Ianiri

This study shows that Malassezia furfur hyphal growth depends on mating-type loci and is promoted by host skin lipids, linking parasexual reproduction to pathogenic traits.

This study identifies a carbonic sensing pathway (CSP) in Candida auris that enhances drug resistance and skin colonization through mechanisms involving ROS response, cell wall remodeling, and energy metabolism.

This study shows Malassezia promotes skin homeostasis by producing tryptophan metabolites that activate AhR, enhancing barrier function and reducing inflammation.

This study identifies the Rim/Pal pathway in Malassezia sympodialis as essential for alkaline pH adaptation and demonstrates its role in atopic dermatitis.

This study identifies genomic transitions in mating-type locus organization in Malassezia and shows engineered strains exhibit hyphal development and upregulated mating-related genes.

The paper describes a bicistronic vector using a Picornavirus 2A peptide to express mCherry in Malassezia, enabling functional studies and gene co-expression.

The paper identifies centromere regions in Malassezia species and shows that centromere loss drives karyotype evolution by causing chromosome breakage and fusion.

This study identifies the pheromone and pheromone receptor mating-type locus as controlling mitochondrial uniparental inheritance in Cryptococcus species.

This study identifies essential mating-type specific ribosomal proteins in Cryptococcus neoformans that regulate sexual reproduction and viability through differential expression and RNAi mechanisms.