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  1. Unisexual reproduction in the global human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ci Fu

  2. The fungal STRIPAK complex: Cellular conductor orchestrating growth and pathogenicity

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2025, PLOS

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  3. STRIPAK complex defects result in pseudosexual reproduction in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Article • PLoS Genetics, June 2025, PLOS

    Ci Fu

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

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2025, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ci Fu

  5. Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ci Fu

  6. Distinct evolutionary trajectories following loss of RNA interference in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ci Fu

  7. Frequent transitions in mating-type locus chromosomal organization in Malassezia and early steps in sexual reproduction

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Ci Fu

  8. Detecting genome plasticity in a sexually promiscuous human fungal pathogen

    Article • PLoS Genetics, November 2021, PLOS

    Ci Fu

  9. Unisexual reproduction promotes competition for mating partners in the global human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans

    Article • PLoS Genetics, September 2019, PLOS

    Ci Fu