Elizabeth Ripley Ballou

This paper develops genetic tools for Emergomyces africanus, including a fluorescent reporter strain and CRISPR/Cas9 system, to study its pathogenesis in infection models.

This paper identifies and characterizes the titanide morphotype of Cryptococcus neoformans, showing its distinct morphology, resistance to stress, and role in pathogenesis.

This study shows that the fungus Beauveria bassiana causes cell loss in the Drosophila brain through Toll-1/Wek/Sarm signaling, which drives immune evasion.

The paper presents a near-complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly for B. dendrobatidis JEL423, revealing gene family expansions and contractions.

The paper shows how inactive pseudonucleases in fungi evolved from active Dis3L2 enzymes, retaining non-nuclease functions across lineages.