Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., McMaster University (Canada) 2009
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Impact of RNAi and unisexual reproduction on Cryptococcus evolution, drug resistance, and pathogenesis awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2026
  • Structure, function, and evolution of the Cryptococcus MAT locus awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2025
  • The Genetic Basis of Virulence in Cryptococcus Neoformans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2023
  • Implications of mycoviral infection in Talaromyces marneffei: an analysis of human patient samples, RNAi, and hypermutation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2023
  • The Genetic Architecture of Virulence in Cryptococcus Neoformans awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Passer, Andrew Ryan, Marco A. Coelho, Robert Blake Billmyre, Minou Nowrousian, Moritz Mittelbach, Andrey M. Yurkov, Anna Floyd Averette, Christina A. Cuomo, Sheng Sun, and Joseph Heitman. “Genetic and Genomic Analyses Reveal Boundaries between Species Closely Related to Cryptococcus Pathogens.” Mbio 10, no. 3 (June 11, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00764-19.
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