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Alan Kuo is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research is concentrated primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several key subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Cell Biology, and Pharmacology. Their research focuses on topics such as Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Fungal Biology and Applications, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, and Algal Biology and Biofuel Production.

Alan Kuo has contributed to multiple publications, often appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Communications Biology, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Frequent co-authors of their work include Igor V. Grigoriev, Anna Lipzen, Kerrie Barry, Kurt LaButti, and Jasmyn Pangilinan.

The following notable papers highlight the scope of their recent research:

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • PhycoCosm, a comparative algal genomics resource, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Genomic Analysis Enlightens Agaricales Lifestyle Evolution and Increasing Peroxidase Diversity, 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Gene family expansions and transcriptome signatures uncover fungal adaptations to wood decay, 2021, Environmental Microbiology
  • Comparative genomics reveals dynamic genome evolution in host specialist ectomycorrhizal fungi, 2020, New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

    Chris Bowler;Andrew E. Allen;Andrew E. Allen;Jonathan H. Badger;Jane Grimwood

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • MycoCosm portal: gearing up for 1000 fungal genomes

    Igor V. Grigoriev;Roman Nikitin;Sajeet Haridas;Alan Kuo

  • The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans.

    Nicole King;M Jody Westbrook;Susan L Young;Alan Kuo

  • Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists.

    Annegret Kohler;Annegret Kohler;Alan Kuo;Laszlo G Nagy;Laszlo G Nagy;Emmanuelle Morin;Emmanuelle Morin

  • The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans

    Mansi Srivastava;Emina Begovic;Emina Begovic;Jarrod Chapman;Nicholas H. Putnam;Nicholas H. Putnam

  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

    Emilie Tisserant;Mathilde Malbreil;Alan Kuo;Annegret Kohler

  • Genomic Analysis of Organismal Complexity in the Multicellular Green Alga Volvox carteri

    Simon E. Prochnik;James Umen;Aurora M. Nedelcu;Armin Hallmann

  • The Genome Portal of the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute

    Igor V. Grigoriev;Henrik Nordberg;Igor Shabalov;Andrea Aerts

  • The Chlorella variabilis NC64A Genome Reveals Adaptation to Photosymbiosis, Coevolution with Viruses, and Cryptic Sex

    Guillaume Blanc;Garry A. Duncan;Irina Agarkova;Mark Borodovsky

  • Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution

    Betsy A. Read;Jessica Kegel;Mary J. Klute;Alan Kuo

  • The genome of Nectria haematococca: contribution of supernumerary chromosomes to gene expansion.

    Jeffrey J. Coleman;Jeffrey J. Coleman;Steve D. Rounsley;Marianela Rodriguez-Carres;Marianela Rodriguez-Carres;Alan Kuo

  • The Genome of Naegleria gruberi Illuminates Early Eukaryotic Versatility

    Lillian K. Fritz-Laylin;Simon E. Prochnik;Michael L. Ginger;Joel B. Dacks;Joel B. Dacks

  • Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald P. de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits.

    Shingo Miyauchi;Enikő Kiss;Alan Kuo;Elodie Drula

  • A Human-Curated Annotation of the Candida albicans Genome

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

  • Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs.

    Bruce A. Curtis;Goro Tanifuji;Goro Tanifuji;Fabien Burki;Ansgar Gruber;Ansgar Gruber

  • The genome of the polar eukaryotic microalga Coccomyxa subellipsoidea reveals traits of cold adaptation

    Guillaume Blanc;Irina V. Agarkova;Jane Grimwood;Alan Kuo

  • Niche of harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens revealed through ecogenomics

    Christopher J. Gobler;Dianna L. Berry;Sonya T. Dyhrman;Steven W. Wilhelm

  • Widespread adenine N6-methylation of active genes in fungi

    Stephen J Mondo;Richard O Dannebaum;Rita C Kuo;Katherine B Louie

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Asaf Salamov
Asaf Salamov Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kerrie Barry
Kerrie Barry United States Department of Energy
Kurt LaButti
Kurt LaButti United States Department of Energy
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Anna Lipzen
Anna Lipzen United States Department of Energy
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Annegret Kohler
Annegret Kohler University of Lorraine

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