Professional appointments
2018-2020 Assistant Professor (Research), Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Brown University
2017-2018 Investigator, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Brown University
2013-2017 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bennett Lab, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Brown University (Graduate Women in Science Fellow)
Education
2012 Ph.D. Molecular Biology, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, UK (Marie Curie Fellow)
2009 B.Sc. Biochemistry (Honors), B.A. Psychology, Brown University, USA
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2021Comparative genomics of white and opaque cell states supports an epigenetic mechanism of phenotypic switching in Candida albicans, G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, Volume 11, Issue 2, February 2021.
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2020Short-term evolution strategies for host adaptation and drug escape in human fungal pathogens, PLoS Pathog 2020 05; 16(5): e1008519.
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2019Hemizygosity Enables a Mutational Transition Governing Fungal Virulence and Commensalism, Cell Host Microbe 2019 03; 25(3): 418-431.e6.
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2019Mechanisms of genome evolution in Candida albicans, Curr Opin Microbiol 2019 12; 52(): 47-54.
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2018Antifungal tolerance is a subpopulation effect distinct from resistance and is associated with persistent candidemia, Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 25;9(1):2470.
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2018Global analysis of mutations driving microevolution of a heterozygous diploid fungal pathogen, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018 09; 115(37): E8688-E8697.
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2016Systematic Genetic Screen for Transcriptional Regulators of the Candida albicans White-Opaque Switch, Genetics 2016 08; 203(4): 1679-92.
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2016Phenotypic Profiling Reveals that Candida albicans Opaque Cells Represent a Metabolically Specialized Cell State Compared to Default White Cells, mBio 2016 11; 7(6): .
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2015Cell Wall Remodeling Enzymes Modulate Fungal Cell Wall Elasticity and Osmotic Stress Resistance, mBio 2015 Jul; 6(4): e00986.
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2014Metabolism in fungal pathogenesis, Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2014 Sep; 4(12): a019695.
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