PhD Sonja Aits
Biological and related sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, biomedicine
University of Minnesota
Biological and related sciences
Yeast Genetics, Genomics and Cell Biology; Candida albicans Genome dynamics; Drug Resistance in pathogenic fungi; Rapid evolutionary processes; Centromeres, Replication, Telomeres, Repetitive DNA, Aneuploidy
Distinguished McKnight University Prof, University of Minnesota, 2008
Fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, 2007
Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, 2006
English, Hebrew
Kashem, S.W., Igyarto, B.Z., Gerami-Nejad, ., Kumamoto, Y., Jarrett, E., Drummond, R.A., Zurawski, S.M., Zurawski, G., Berman, J., Iwasaki, A., Brown, G.D., and D.H. Kaplan. 2015. Candida albicans morphology and DC subsets determine T-helper differentiation. Immunity, 42(2):356-66. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.008.
Anderson, M.Z., Wigen, L.J., Burrack, L.S. and J. Berman 2015 Real-time evolution of a subtelomeric gene family, Genetics, 200: 907–919 doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.177451
Hickman, M.A., Paulson, C., Dudley, A. and J. Berman 2015 Parasexual ploidy reduction drives population heterogeneity through random and transient aneuploidy in C. albicans GENETICS Vol. 200, 781–794 doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.178020.
Gerstein, A., and J. Berman. 2015 Shift and adapt: the costs and benefits of karyotype variations. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 2015 doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.06.010
"Genome dynamics of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans" funded by the Marie Curie European Union Fund, 2012-2016
"Replication initiation in Candida albicans" funded by the Israel Science Foundation, 2013-2018
"RAPLODAPT, Ploidy change as a rapid mechanism of adaptation" funded by an European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2014-2018
"Genome Integrity in Candida albicans" funded by the National Institutes of Health, 2010-2016
"Role of Candida albicans genome plasticity during host-pathogen interactions" funded by the National Institutes of Health, 2014-2017
Australian Society for Microbiology Keynote, 2015
American Society for Microbiology, Division X Chair, Vice Chair, Counselor, Division X Lecturer, 2014-2017
Genetics Society of America, Elected to Board of Directors, 2012-2014
Inaugural Board of Editors G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics of the GSA, since 2010
Inaugural Board of Editors mBio® of the ASM, since 2011
Editorial Board, Eukaryotic cell, 2007-2015
Editor, Yeast; 2004-2009 Editor, Microbiology UK, 2006-2013
Permanent member NIH AOIC, Ad hoc: NIH Presidential Award panel; NIH Inovator awards; NIH ZRG Mol Mycology; BBSRC; Welcome Trust
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Biological and related sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, biomedicine
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