Skip to main content

Vikas Yadav

Research Associate, Senior
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Current Appointments & Affiliations


In the News


Published January 30, 2023
Warmer Climate May Drive Fungi to Be More Dangerous to Our Health
Published August 3, 2022
This is how highly resistant strains of fungi emerge
Published August 11, 2017
SCIENTISTS MAP SEX CHROMOSOME EVOLUTION IN FUNGI

View All News

Recent Publications


Calcineurin controls the cytokinesis machinery during thermal stress in Cryptococcus deneoformans.

Journal Article Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · May 27, 2025 Calcineurin is a highly conserved phosphatase that plays a central role in sensing calcium and governing transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and posttranslational signaling networks. Calcineurin is a heterodimer consisting of a catalytic A subunit and a ... Full text Link to item Cite
View All Publications

Recent Grants


Calcineurin signaling cascades governing Cryptococcus virulence

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Impact of RNAi and unisexual reproduction on Cryptococcus evolution, drug resistance, and pathogenesis

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 1997 - 2026

Structural Biological Development of Fungal-Specific Calcineurin Inhibitors

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2022

View All Grants

External Links


LinkedIn Twitter