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Chris Todd Hittinger is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans various subfields, including molecular biology, food science, plant science, cell biology, and biomedical engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to fungi and yeasts, including fermentation and sensory analysis, fungal and yeast genetics research, yeasts and rust fungi studies, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, genomics and phylogenetic studies, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, and microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction.

Chris Todd Hittinger has coauthored numerous publications alongside several researchers, notably Antonis Rokas, Dana A. Opulente, Abigail L. LaBella, Marizeth Groenewald, and John F. Wolters.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Yeast
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • FEMS Yeast Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Chris Todd Hittinger include:

  • "A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi," 2021, Current Biology
  • "Toward a Fully Resolved Fungal Tree of Life," 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "Genome-scale phylogeny and contrasting modes of genome evolution in the fungal phylum Ascomycota," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A genome-informed higher rank classification of the biotechnologically important fungal subphylum Saccharomycotina," 2023, Studies in Mycology
  • "Genomic factors shape carbon and nitrogen metabolic niche breadth across Saccharomycotina yeasts," 2024, Science

Best Publications

  • Microbe domestication and the identification of the wild genetic stock of lager-brewing yeast

    Diego Libkind;Chris Todd Hittinger;Elisabete Valério;Carla Gonçalves

  • Tempo and Mode of Genome Evolution in the Budding Yeast Subphylum.

    Xing-Xing Shen;Dana A. Opulente;Dana A. Opulente;Jacek Kominek;Jacek Kominek;Xiaofan Zhou;Xiaofan Zhou

  • Gene duplication and the adaptive evolution of a classic genetic switch.

    Chris Todd Hittinger;Chris Todd Hittinger;Sean B. Carroll

  • Evolution of Key Cell Signaling and Adhesion Protein Families Predates Animal Origins

    Nicole King;Christopher T. Hittinger;Sean B. Carroll

  • Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes.

    Xing-Xing Shen;Chris Todd Hittinger;Antonis Rokas

  • Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts

    Robert Riley;Sajeet Haridas;Kenneth H Wolfe;Mariana R Lopes

  • Identifying genes of agronomic importance in maize by screening microsatellites for evidence of selection during domestication

    Y. Vigouroux;M. McMullen;C. T. Hittinger;K. Houchins

  • The Awesome Power of Yeast Evolutionary Genetics: New Genome Sequences and Strain Resources for the Saccharomyces sensu stricto Genus

    Devin R. Scannell;Oliver A. Zill;Antonis Rokas;Celia Payen

  • A genome-scale phylogeny of the kingdom Fungi.

    Yuanning Li;Jacob L. Steenwyk;Ying Chang;Yan Wang

  • A Gondwanan imprint on global diversity and domestication of wine and cider yeast Saccharomyces uvarum

    Pedro Almeida;Carla Gonçalves;Sara Teixeira;Diego Libkind

  • Reconstructing the Backbone of the Saccharomycotina Yeast Phylogeny Using Genome-Scale Data.

    Xing-Xing Shen;Xiaofan Zhou;Jacek Kominek;Cletus P Kurtzman

  • The Genome Sequence of Saccharomyces eubayanus and the Domestication of Lager-Brewing Yeasts

    EmilyClare Baker;Bing Wang;Nicolas Bellora;David Peris

  • Parallel inactivation of multiple GAL pathway genes and ecological diversification in yeasts

    Chris Todd Hittinger;Antonis Rokas;Sean B. Carroll

  • Toward a Fully Resolved Fungal Tree of Life.

    Timothy Y James;Jason E Stajich;Chris Todd Hittinger;Antonis Rokas

  • Saccharomyces diversity and evolution: a budding model genus.

    Chris Todd Hittinger

  • Evaluating Fast Maximum Likelihood-Based Phylogenetic Programs Using Empirical Phylogenomic Data Sets.

    Xiaofan Zhou;Xing-Xing Shen;Chris Todd Hittinger;Antonis Rokas

  • Speciation driven by hybridization and chromosomal plasticity in a wild yeast

    Jean-Baptiste Leducq;Lou Nielly-Thibault;Guillaume Charron;Chris Eberlein

  • Benchmarking Next-Generation Transcriptome Sequencing for Functional and Evolutionary Genomics

    John G. Gibbons;Eric M. Janson;Chris Todd Hittinger;Chris Todd Hittinger;Mark Johnston;Mark Johnston

  • Population structure and reticulate evolution of Saccharomyces eubayanus and its lager-brewing hybrids.

    David Peris;Kayla Sylvester;Diego Libkind;Paula Gonçalves

  • Remarkably ancient balanced polymorphisms in a multi-locus gene network

    Chris Todd Hittinger;Paula Gonçalves;José Paulo Sampaio;Jim Dover;Jim Dover

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonis Rokas
Antonis Rokas Vanderbilt University
Cletus P. Kurtzman
Cletus P. Kurtzman National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark Johnston
Mark Johnston University of Colorado Denver
Audrey P. Gasch
Audrey P. Gasch University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carlos A. Rosa
Carlos A. Rosa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Joshua J. Coon
Joshua J. Coon University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marizeth Groenewald
Marizeth Groenewald Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute
Sean B. Carroll
Sean B. Carroll University of Maryland, College Park
Marc-André Lachance
Marc-André Lachance University of Western Ontario

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