Ben Auxier

The paper identifies a genetic locus, somA, responsible for allorecognition in Coprinopsis cinerea, revealing a novel mechanism for fungal nonself recognition through polymorphic alleles and purifying selection on an LRR-encoding protein.

The paper maps incompatibility alleles in Agaricus bisporus and identifies three chromosomal loci associated with mycelial compatibility.

This study shows non-triazole fungicides can indirectly select for triazole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus through genomic hitch-hiking.

The paper analyzes genomic divergence in Alternaria alternata populations across wild tomato hosts, finding two divergent clades not linked to host, geography, or habitat.

The paper investigates the nuclear composition of fungal spores in Botrytis cinerea and Neurospora crassa, finding evidence that multiple nuclei are mitotic copies rather than sharing a single haploid set of chromosomes.

This study links triazole-resistant A. fumigatus isolates from environmental hotspots to clinical cases of aspergillosis, showing widespread clonal expansion that limits genomic epidemiology's ability to trace infection sources.

The paper shows that meiosis in Aspergillus fumigatus has the highest known crossover rate, producing ~29 crossovers per chromosome, and can generate azole-resistant haplotypes.