Manuel S. López‐Berges

This study shows that the meiotic driver Spore Killer (spok) prevents chromosome loss and enhances fitness in the fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum by maintaining dispensable chromosomes during meiosis.

The paper presents a near-complete genome assembly of Fusarium oxysporum MRL8996 using hybrid Nanopore and Hi-C scaffolding, revealing 16 chromosomes and structural variations.

This study identifies copper acquisition via Mac1 as essential for virulence in Fusarium oxysporum, showing that copper transporters and reductases can compensate for Mac1 loss.

This study shows that constitutive activation of TORC1 signaling in Fusarium oxysporum reduces virulence by impairing invasive hyphal growth and pathogenicity in both plant and animal hosts.

This paper introduces a novel genetic engineering method using endogenous pyrimidine salvage pathway genes as selectable markers for targeted DNA insertion in fungal pathogens.