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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Aaron P. Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology as subfields.

The main topics of Aaron P. Mitchell's work include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, fungal and yeast genetics research, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, peptidase inhibition and analysis, probiotics and fermented foods, and bacterial infections and vaccines.

Recent publications by Aaron P. Mitchell include:

  • Coordination of fungal biofilm development by extracellular vesicle cargo, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Activation of EphA2-EGFR signaling in oral epithelial cells by Candida albicans virulence factors, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • A common vesicle proteome drives fungal biofilm development, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature of β-1,3-Glucan-Exposing Features on Candida albicans Cell Wall and Their Modulation, 2022, mBio
  • The future of fungi: threats and opportunities, 2022, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Aaron P. Mitchell frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • mBio
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • mSphere
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Frequent collaborators include Scott G. Filler, Norma V. Solis, Manning Y. Huang, Max V. Cravener, and Robert Żarnowski.

Aaron P. Mitchell has received the ASM Graduate Microbiology Teaching Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2015 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Rapid Hypothesis Testing with Candida albicans through Gene Disruption with Short Homology Regions

    R. Bryce Wilson;Dana Davis;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • Genetic control of Candida albicans biofilm development.

    Jonathan S. Finkel;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • How to build a biofilm : a fungal perspective

    Jill R Blankenship;Aaron P Mitchell

  • Critical role of Bcr1-dependent adhesins in C. albicans biofilm formation in vitro and in vivo.

    Clarissa J. Nobile;David R. Andes;Jeniel E. Nett;Frank J. Smith

  • Fungal Biofilms

    Saranna Fanning;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • Regulation of cell-surface genes and biofilm formation by the C. albicans transcription factor Bcr1p.

    Clarissa J. Nobile;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • Function of Candida albicans Adhesin Hwp1 in Biofilm Formation

    Clarissa J. Nobile;Jeniel E. Nett;David R. Andes;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • Complementary adhesin function in C. albicans biofilm formation.

    Clarissa J. Nobile;Heather A. Schneider;Jeniel E. Nett;Donald C. Sheppard

  • A Human-Curated Annotation of the Candida albicans Genome

    Burkhard R Braun;Marco van het Hoog;Christophe d'Enfert;Mikhail Martchenko

  • Control of meiotic gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    A P Mitchell

  • Identification of the FKS1 gene of Candida albicans as the essential target of 1,3-beta-D-glucan synthase inhibitors.

    C M Douglas;J A D'Ippolito;G J Shei;M Meinz

  • Biofilm Matrix Regulation by Candida albicans Zap1

    Clarissa J. Nobile;Jeniel E. Nett;Aaron D. Hernday;Oliver R. Homann

  • RIM101-dependent and-independent pathways govern pH responses in Candida albicans.

    Dana Davis;R. Bryce Wilson;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • PKC Signaling Regulates Drug Resistance of the Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans via Circuitry Comprised of Mkc1, Calcineurin, and Hsp90

    Shantelle L. LaFayette;Cathy Collins;Aimee K. Zaas;Wiley A. Schell

  • Candida albicans RIM101 pH Response Pathway Is Required for Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Dana Davis;John E. Edwards;Aaron P. Mitchell;Ashraf S. Ibrahim

  • Dimorphism and virulence in Candida albicans.

    Aaron P Mitchell

  • A Candida biofilm-induced pathway for matrix glucan delivery: implications for drug resistance.

    Heather T. Taff;Jeniel E. Nett;Robert Zarnowski;Kelly M. Ross

  • Genetics and Genomics of Candida albicans Biofilm Formation

    Clarissa J. Nobile;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • The transcription factor Rim101p governs ion tolerance and cell differentiation by direct repression of the regulatory genes NRG1 and SMP1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Teresa M. Lamb;Aaron P. Mitchell

  • Novel Entries in a Fungal Biofilm Matrix Encyclopedia

    Robert Zarnowski;William M. Westler;Ghislain Ade Lacmbouh;Jane M. Marita

  • In liver fibrosis, dendritic cells govern hepatic inflammation in mice via TNF-α

    Michael K. Connolly;Andrea S. Bedrosian;Jon Mallen-St. Clair;Aaron P. Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Clarissa J. Nobile
Clarissa J. Nobile University of California, Merced
David R. Andes
David R. Andes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeniel E. Nett
Jeniel E. Nett University of Wisconsin–Madison
André Nantel
André Nantel National Research Council Canada
Albert T. Corbett
Albert T. Corbett Carnegie Mellon University
John E. Edwards
John E. Edwards University of California, Los Angeles
Cornelius J. Clancy
Cornelius J. Clancy University of Pittsburgh
Ryan S. Baker
Ryan S. Baker University of Pennsylvania
Michael R. Yeaman
Michael R. Yeaman University of California, Los Angeles

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