Tania Chancellor

Transcriptional signatures underlying divergent lifestyles of endophytic and pathogenic fungi in early colonisation of wheat roots

This study compares the transcriptional profiles of two closely related fungi during early wheat root colonization, revealing differences in gene expression that underlie their distinct lifestyles.

Spatiotemporal regulation of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis at cellular resolution

This study uses spatial transcriptomics and TRAP-seq to analyze gene expression dynamics in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, revealing spatiotemporal regulation of nutrient exchange and defense responses.

Reductive evolution of the DNA replication machinery in endosymbiotic fungi

This study shows that two fungal lineages lost DNA polymerase complexes, leading to increased genetic variation and suggesting alternative DNA replication mechanisms in endosymbiotic fungi.