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  • 2015 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

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Geraldine Butler is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these disciplines, their work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Epidemiology, and Cell Biology.

The scientist has contributed to topics including antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, yeasts and rust fungi studies, fungal and yeast genetics research, plant disease resistance and genetics, and chromosomal and genetic variations.

Among Geraldine Butler's recent research papers are:

  • High-resolution mycobiota analysis reveals dynamic intestinal translocation preceding invasive candidiasis (2020, Nature Medicine)
  • Candida pathogens induce protective mitochondria-associated type I interferon signalling and a damage-driven response in vaginal epithelial cells (2021, Nature Microbiology)
  • Population genomics of the pathogenic yeast Candida tropicalis identifies hybrid isolates in environmental samples (2021, PLoS Pathogens)
  • The CRISPR toolbox in medical mycology: State of the art and perspectives (2020, PLoS Pathogens)
  • Spatial inter-centromeric interactions facilitated the emergence of evolutionary new centromeres (2020, eLife)

Frequent co-authors of this researcher include Kenneth H. Wolfe, Sean A. Bergin, Adam P. Ryan, Kevin P. Byrne, and Eoin Ó Cinnéide.

Publication venues that have featured Geraldine Butler's work most often are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • mBio
  • Nature Medicine
  • PLoS Pathogens

Geraldine Butler was awarded membership of the Royal Irish Academy in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes.

    Geraldine Butler;Matthew D. Rasmussen;Michael F. Lin;Michael F. Lin;Manuel A. S. Santos

  • A fungal phylogeny based on 42 complete genomes derived from supertree and combined gene analysis

    David A Fitzpatrick;Mary E Logue;Jason E Stajich;Geraldine Butler

  • Candida parapsilosis: from Genes to the Bedside.

    Renáta Tóth;Jozef Nosek;Héctor M. Mora-Montes;Toni Gabaldon;Toni Gabaldon

  • High-resolution mycobiota analysis reveals dynamic intestinal translocation preceding invasive candidiasis

    Bing Zhai;Mihaela Ola;Thierry Rolling;Thierry Rolling;Nicholas L Tosini

  • The Candida Pathogenic Species Complex

    Siobhán A. Turner;Geraldine Butler

  • Comparative genomics of the fungal pathogens Candida dubliniensis and Candida albicans

    Andrew P. Jackson;John A. Gamble;Tim Yeomans;Gary P. Moran

  • Parallel pathways of gene regulation: homologous regulators SWI5 and ACE2 differentially control transcription of HO and chitinase.

    Paul R. Dohrmann;Geraldine Butler;Kathetine Tamai;Scott Dorland

  • Evolution of the MAT locus and its Ho endonuclease in yeast species

    Geraldine Butler;Claire Kenny;Ailís Fagan;Cornelia Kurischko

  • Genus-Wide Comparative Genomics of Malassezia Delineates Its Phylogeny, Physiology, and Niche Adaptation on Human Skin.

    Guangxi Wu;He Zhao;Chenhao Li;Menaka Priyadarsani Rajapakse

  • Candida parapsilosis is a significant neonatal pathogen: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mohan Pammi;Linda Holland;Geraldine Butler;Attila Gacser

  • The Candida albicans CaACE2 gene affects morphogenesis, adherence and virulence

    Mary T. Kelly;Donna M. MacCallum;Susanne D. Clancy;Frank C. Odds

  • Gene Order Evolution and Paleopolyploidy in Hemiascomycete Yeasts

    Simon Wong;Geraldine Butler;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Yeast genome evolution--the origin of the species.

    Devin R. Scannell;Geraldine Butler;Kenneth H. Wolfe

  • Overlapping and distinct roles of the duplicated yeast transcription factors Ace2p and Swi5p.

    Marie-Therese Doolin;Anthony L. Johnson;Leland H. Johnston;Geraldine Butler

  • Regulation of the Hypoxic Response in Candida albicans

    John M. Synnott;Alessandro Guida;Siobhan Mulhern-Haughey;Desmond G. Higgins

  • Phenotype switching affects biofilm formation by Candida parapsilosis.

    Sean F. Laffey;Geraldine Butler

  • Evidence from comparative genomics for a complete sexual cycle in the 'asexual' pathogenic yeast Candida glabrata

    Simon Wong;Mario A Fares;Wolfgang Zimmermann;Geraldine Butler

  • Candida albicans Transcription Factor Ace2 Regulates Metabolism and Is Required for Filamentation in Hypoxic Conditions

    Siobhan M. Mulhern;Mary E. Logue;Geraldine Butler

  • Genomic Insights into the Atopic Eczema-Associated Skin Commensal Yeast Malassezia sympodialis

    Anastasia Gioti;Björn Nystedt;Wenjun Li;Jun Xu

  • Candida glabrata environmental stress response involves Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msn2/4 orthologous transcription factors.

    Andreas Roetzer;Christa Gregori;Ann Marie Jennings;Jessica Quintin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth H. Wolfe
Kenneth H. Wolfe University College Dublin
Desmond G. Higgins
Desmond G. Higgins University College Dublin
Joana Azeredo
Joana Azeredo University of Minho
David R. Andes
David R. Andes University of Wisconsin–Madison
Toni Gabaldón
Toni Gabaldón Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Neil A. R. Gow
Neil A. R. Gow University of Exeter
Carol A. Munro
Carol A. Munro University of Aberdeen
Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues
Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues University of Porto
Mariana Henriques
Mariana Henriques University of Minho
Bernhard Hube
Bernhard Hube Leibniz Association

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