Zhuyun Bian

This study identifies three hybrid groups in Cryptococcus neoformans with genomic features indicative of parasexual reproduction, including LOH, aneuploidy, and haploid recombinants.

This study identifies meiosis-specific genes critical for ploidy reduction in Cryptococcus neoformans titan cells, showing their role in generating stable diploid daughter cells.

The paper identifies butyrolactol A as a compound that enhances caspofungin efficacy against resistant fungi by inhibiting phospholipid flippase, thereby improving antifungal treatment.

This study shows that mutating the RIC8 gene in Cryptococcus neoformans enables unisexual reproduction involving meiotic recombination, suggesting it may be more common in nature than previously thought.

This study identifies essential genes in the mating-type locus of Cryptococcus neoformans, showing that four genes are essential for viability while MYO2 is critical for pathogenicity despite not being essential.