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  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Howard S. Judelson is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant focus on plant science and molecular biology subfields.

The research interests of Howard S. Judelson encompass several core topics related to plant pathogens and interactions. These include:

  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Plant and Fungal Interactions Research

Judelson has contributed to multiple publications across notable journals, including frequent appearances in mBio, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Methods in Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology Journal, and PLoS Pathogens.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Spray-induced gene silencing for disease control is dependent on the efficiency of pathogen RNA uptake," 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • "Genome-Wide Increased Copy Number is Associated with Emergence of Dominant Clones of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen Phytophthora infestans," 2020, mBio
  • "A Cas12a-based gene editing system for Phytophthora infestans reveals monoallelic expression of an elicitor," 2021, Molecular Plant Pathology
  • "Karyotype variation, spontaneous genome rearrangements affecting chemical insensitivity, and expression level polymorphisms in the plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans revealed using its first chromosome-scale assembly," 2022, PLoS Pathogens
  • "Spray-induced gene silencing for disease control is dependent on the efficiency of pathogen RNA uptake," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Judelson has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Audrey M. V. Ah-Fong, Michael E. H. Matson, Lulu Qiao, Chi Lan, and Luca Capriotti.

Their contributions have been recognized by professional societies, as evidenced by the following distinctions:

  • Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society, 2018
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2016

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans.

    Brian J Haas;Sophien Kamoun;Sophien Kamoun;Michael C Zody;Michael C Zody;Rays H Y Jiang;Rays H Y Jiang

  • The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

    Sophien Kamoun;Oliver Furzer;Jonathan D. G. Jones;Howard S. Judelson

  • Signatures of adaptation to obligate biotrophy in the Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis genome

    Laura Baxter;Sucheta Tripathy;Naveed Ishaque;Nico Boot

  • Spray-induced gene silencing for disease control is dependent on the efficiency of pathogen RNA uptake

    Lulu Qiao;Lulu Qiao;Lulu Qiao;Chi Lan;Chi Lan;Luca Capriotti;Luca Capriotti;Audrey Ah-Fong

  • Oomycete pathogens encode RNA silencing suppressors

    Yongli Qiao;Lin Liu;Lin Liu;Qin Xiong;Cristina Flores

  • Transformation of the oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora infestans.

    H. S. Judelson;B. M. Tyler;Richard W Michelmore

  • Large-scale gene discovery in the oomycete Phytophthora infestans reveals likely components of phytopathogenicity shared with true fungi

    Thomas A. Randall;Rex A. Dwyer;Edgar Huitema;Katinka Beyer

  • Enhanced Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Detecting and Quantifying Phytophthora infestans in Plants

    Howard S. Judelson;Paul W. Tooley

  • The genetics and biology of Phytophthora infestans: modern approaches to a historical challenge.

    Howard S. Judelson

  • The 2009 late blight pandemic in the eastern United States - causes and results

    W. E. Fry;M. T. McGrath;A. Seaman;T. A. Zitter

  • Genome analyses of the sunflower pathogen Plasmopara halstedii provide insights into effector evolution in downy mildews and Phytophthora

    Rahul Sharma;Xiaojuan Xia;Liliana M. Cano;Liliana M. Cano;Edouard Evangelisti

  • Genetic Mapping and Non-Mendelian Segregation of Mating Type Loci in the Oomycete, Phytophthora Infestans

    H S Judelson;L J Spielman;R C Shattock

  • The ipiO gene of Phytophthora infestans is highly expressed in invading hyphae during infection.

    Pieter van West;Anke J. de Jong;Howard S. Judelson;Anne Mie C. Emons

  • A bZIP transcription factor from Phytophthora interacts with a protein kinase and is required for zoospore motility and plant infection

    Flavio A. Blanco;Howard S. Judelson

  • Gene expression profiling during asexual development of the late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans reveals a highly dynamic transcriptome.

    Howard S Judelson;Audrey M V Ah-Fong;George Aux;Anna O Avrova

  • Cell cycle regulator Cdc14 is expressed during sporulation but not hyphal growth in the fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infestans.

    Audrey M. V. Ah Fong;Howard S. Judelson

  • RNA-seq of life stages of the oomycete Phytophthora infestans reveals dynamic changes in metabolic, signal transduction, and pathogenesis genes and a major role for calcium signaling in development

    Audrey M. V. Ah-Fong;Kyoung Su Kim;Kyoung Su Kim;Howard S. Judelson

  • Genetic Analysis of Metalaxyl Insensitivity Loci in Phytophthora infestans Using Linked DNA Markers.

    Anna-Liisa Fabritius;Richard C. Shattock;Howard S. Judelson

  • Dynamics and innovations within oomycete genomes: insights into biology, pathology, and evolution

    Howard S. Judelson

  • Novel Protein Kinase Induced during Sporangial Cleavage in the Oomycete Phytophthora infestans

    Howard S. Judelson;Samuel Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Francine Govers
Francine Govers Wageningen University & Research
Niklaus J. Grünwald
Niklaus J. Grünwald Oregon State University
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
William E. Fry
William E. Fry Cornell University
Jean B. Ristaino
Jean B. Ristaino North Carolina State University
Paul R. J. Birch
Paul R. J. Birch James Hutton Institute
Brett M. Tyler
Brett M. Tyler Oregon State University
Richard W. Michelmore
Richard W. Michelmore University of California, Davis
Marco Thines
Marco Thines Goethe University Frankfurt
Christine D. Smart
Christine D. Smart Cornell University

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