Heba M. M. Ibrahim

This study identifies that lipopeptide elicitor surfactin activates immunity in Arabidopsis by docking into sphingolipid domains, causing membrane deformation and mechanosensitive ion channel activation, leading to resistance against B. cinerea.

The paper establishes Arachnopeziza species as a model system for studying powdery mildew fungi by generating their genome assemblies and demonstrating genetic modification capabilities.

The paper identifies host-specific transcriptional programs in a fungal plant pathogen and shows cis-regulatory variation contributes to host range expansion.

This study identifies alternative splicing events in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum during host colonization, revealing host-specific transcript variation and potential functional diversity in secreted proteins.