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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2025

The Fungal Kingdom as a Rosetta Stone for biological discovery.

Joseph Heitman

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Two new species ofMycoKeys · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Joseph HeitmanDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Electronic address: heitm001@duke.edu.

Funding

Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locusR01AI050113 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 2002 to 2024
$8.5M
ROLE OF CALCINEURIN IN C. NEOFORMANS MATING AND FRUITINGR01AI039115 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH · 1997 to 2025
$6.7M
The Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus NeoformansR01AI133654 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN, Paul Mitaari Magwene · 2017 to 2026
$4.7M
RNAi-dependent epimutation roles in antimicrobial drug resistance and pathogenesisR01AI170543 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2022 to 2026
$3.6M
Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulenceR01AI172451 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH HEITMAN · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Malassezia and Candida auris: skin microbiome dysbiosis and de-regulation of cutaneous homeostasisR21AI168672 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HEITMAN, JOSEPH, LEIBUNDGUT-LANDMANN, SALOME · 2023 to 2024
$400k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039115NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050113NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI133654NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI170543NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172451NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI168672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-time Current Biology advisory board member, Joseph Heitman, introduces this special issue on 'The Fungi'.

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Fungi

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PMID40494291
PMCPMC12329767

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