José Ignacio Ibeas

This study shows that perinuclear telomere anchoring via Lem2 is essential for Ustilago maydis to infect plants, as its deletion disrupts nuclear migration and leads to infection failure.

This study identifies Row1 as a conserved fungal protein essential for appressoria function in Ustilago maydis, showing its role in cell wall modification and secretion during plant infection.

The paper systematically studies sirtuins in Ustilago maydis, showing Sir2 modulates dimorphic switching and pathogenic development by repressing biotrophic gene expression without histone deacetylation.