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Judith Berman

Judith Berman

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Genetics
Israel
2026

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Genetics

D-Index
83
Citations
23953
World Ranking
1423
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Israel Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Judith Berman is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, molecular biology, and epidemiology, with key emphasis on antifungal resistance and susceptibility as well as fungal infections and studies.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal infections and studies
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Plant-microbe interactions and immunity
  • Plant pathogens and fungal diseases
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Gut microbiota and health

Judith Berman has published papers in numerous venues, often collaborating across a broad scientific community. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Nature Microbiology

Some of their frequently collaborating coauthors are:

  • Feng Yang
  • Markus Ralser
  • Yuanying Jiang
  • Nora Kawar
  • Jacob L. Steenwyk

Recent significant publications include:

  • "Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health," 2022, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi," 2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis: From basics to clinics," 2021, Studies in Mycology
  • "The importance of antimicrobial resistance in medical mycology," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Microbial communities form rich extracellular metabolomes that foster metabolic interactions and promote drug tolerance," 2022, Nature Microbiology

The scientist's academic influence is also marked by a fellowship awarded in 2007 as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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

  • The distinct morphogenic states of Candida albicans.

    Peter Sudbery;Neil A. R. Gow;Judith Berman

  • Aneuploidy and isochromosome formation in drug-resistant Candida albicans

    Anna Selmecki;Anja Forche;Judith Berman

  • Candida albicans : A molecular revolution built on lessons from budding yeast

    Judith Berman;Peter E. Sudbery

  • Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi.

    Judith Berman;Damian J Krysan

  • Skin-Resident Murine Dendritic Cell Subsets Promote Distinct and Opposing Antigen-Specific T Helper Cell Responses

    Botond Z. Igyártó;Krystal Haley;Daniela Ortner;Aleh Bobr

  • Linkage of Adhesion, Filamentous Growth, and Virulence in Candida albicans to a Single Gene, INT1

    Cheryl A. Gale;Catherine M. Bendel;Mark McClellan;Melinda Hauser

  • A Mutation in Tac1p, a Transcription Factor Regulating CDR1 and CDR2, Is Coupled With Loss of Heterozygosity at Chromosome 5 to Mediate Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans

    Alix T. Coste;Vincent Turner;Françoise Ischer;Joachim Morschhäuser

  • A Human-Curated Annotation of the Candida albicans Genome

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

  • The Parasexual Cycle in Candida albicans Provides an Alternative Pathway to Meiosis for the Formation of Recombinant Strains

    Anja Forche;Kevin Alby;Dana Schaefer;Alexander D Johnson

  • Acquisition of aneuploidy provides increased fitness during the evolution of antifungal drug resistance.

    Anna M. Selmecki;Keely Dulmage;Leah E. Cowen;James B. Anderson

  • Genotypic Evolution of Azole Resistance Mechanisms in Sequential Candida albicans Isolates

    Alix Coste;Anna Selmecki;Anja Forche;Dorothée Diogo

  • Involvement of pp60c-src with two major signaling pathways in human breast cancer

    D K Luttrell;A Lee;T J Lansing;R M Crosby

  • The evolution of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Candida albicans

    Christopher B Ford;Jason M Funt;Darren Abbey;Luca Issi

  • An isochromosome confers drug resistance in vivo by amplification of two genes, ERG11 and TAC1.

    Anna Selmecki;Maryam Gerami-Nejad;Carsten Paulson;Anja Forche

  • Rewiring of the yeast transcriptional network through the evolution of motif usage.

    Jan Ihmels;Sven Bergmann;Sven Bergmann;Maryam Gerami-Nejad;Maryam Gerami-Nejad;Itai Yanai;Itai Yanai

  • Genetic and phenotypic intra-species variation in Candida albicans

    Matthew P. Hirakawa;Diego A. Martinez;Sharadha Sakthikumar;Matthew Z. Anderson;Matthew Z. Anderson

  • Multidrug-Resistant Candida haemulonii and C. auris, Tel Aviv, Israel.

    Ronen Ben-Ami;Judith Berman;Ana Novikov;Edna Bash

  • The ‘obligate diploid’ Candida albicans forms mating-competent haploids

    Meleah A. Hickman;Guisheng Zeng;Anja Forche;Matthew P. Hirakawa

  • Transcriptional profiling in Candida albicans reveals new adaptive responses to extracellular pH and functions for Rim101p.

    Eric S. Bensen;Samuel J. Martin;Mingchun Li;Judith Berman

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel H. Kaplan
Daniel H. Kaplan University of Pittsburgh
Christophe d'Enfert
Christophe d'Enfert Institut Pasteur
Roded Sharan
Roded Sharan Tel Aviv University
Sven Bergmann
Sven Bergmann Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Neil A. R. Gow
Neil A. R. Gow University of Exeter
Naama Barkai
Naama Barkai Weizmann Institute of Science
Christina A. Cuomo
Christina A. Cuomo Broad Institute
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Dominique Sanglard
Dominique Sanglard University of Lausanne

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