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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Michael Freitag is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, and Ecology.

The scientist's key research topics include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Fungal and yeast genetics research, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Protist diversity and phylogeny.

Recent influential papers authored by Michael Freitag include:

  • "Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a MonophyleticFusarium that Includes theFusarium solani Species Complex" (2020, Phytopathology)
  • "Genome compartmentalization predates species divergence in the plant pathogen genus Zymoseptoria" (2020, BMC Genomics)
  • "Recent loss of the Dim2 DNA methyltransferase decreases mutation rate in repeats and changes evolutionary trajectory in a fungal pathogen" (2021, PLoS Genetics)
  • "Comparative Genomics of Eight Fusarium graminearum Strains with Contrasting Aggressiveness Reveals an Expanded Open Pangenome and Extended Effector Content Signatures" (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Polycomb Repression without Bristles: Facultative Heterochromatin and Genome Stability in Fungi" (2020, Genes)

Michael Freitag frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Mareike Möller, Alice Feurtey, Cécile Lorrain, Michael Habig, and Janine Haueisen. These collaborations are reflected in multiple joint publications and research contributions.

The scientist has published extensively in specific venues, highlighting their research interests:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Phytopathology

Michael Freitag was recognized with the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Katherine A. Borkovich;Eric U. Selker

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • Lessons from the Genome Sequence of Neurospora crassa: Tracing the Path from Genomic Blueprint to Multicellular Organism

    Katherine A. Borkovich;Lisa A. Alex;Oded Yarden;Michael Freitag

  • 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

  • Deciphering the cryptic genome : genome-wide analyses of the rice pathogen Fusarium fujikuroi reveal complex regulation of secondary metabolism and novel metabolites

    Philipp Wiemann;Christian M.K. Sieber;Katharina W. von Bargen;Lena Studt

  • Diverse Pathways Generate MicroRNA-like RNAs and Dicer-Independent Small Interfering RNAs in Fungi

    Heng Chi Lee;Liande Li;Weifeng Gu;Zhihong Xue

  • GFP as a tool to analyze the organization, dynamics and function of nuclei and microtubules in Neurospora crassa.

    Michael Freitag;Patrick C. Hickey;Namboori B. Raju;Eric U. Selker

  • Improved plasmids for gene targeting at the his-3 locus of Neurospora crassa by electroporation

    B. S. Margolin;M. Freitag;E. U. Selker

  • The Fusarium graminearum histone H3 K27 methyltransferase KMT6 regulates development and expression of secondary metabolite gene clusters.

    Lanelle R. Connolly;Kristina M. Smith;Michael Freitag

  • The methylated component of the Neurospora crassa genome

    Eric U Selker;Nikolaos A Tountas;Nikolaos A Tountas;Sally H Cross;Sally H Cross;Brian S Margolin;Brian S Margolin

  • A cytosine methyltransferase homologue is essential for repeat-induced point mutation in Neurospora crassa.

    Michael Freitag;Rebecca L. Williams;Gregory O. Kothe;Eric U. Selker

  • HP1 Is Essential for DNA Methylation in Neurospora

    Michael Freitag;Patrick C. Hickey;Tamir K. Khlafallah;Nick D. Read

  • Transcription Factors in Light and Circadian Clock Signaling Networks Revealed by Genomewide Mapping of Direct Targets for Neurospora White Collar Complex

    Kristina M. Smith;Gencer Sancar;Rigzin Dekhang;Christopher M. Sullivan

  • Epigenetic Control of Effector Gene Expression in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Leptosphaeria maculans

    Jessica L Soyer;Mennat El Ghalid;Nicolas Glaser;Bénédicte Ollivier

  • Genome-wide high throughput analysis of DNA methylation in eukaryotes

    Kyle R. Pomraning;Kristina M. Smith;Michael Freitag

  • The putative protein methyltransferase LAE1 controls cellulase gene expression in Trichoderma reesei

    Bernhard Seiboth;Razieh Aghcheh Karimi;Pallavi A. Phatale;Rita Linke

  • Comparative genomics of a plant-pathogenic fungus, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, reveals transduplication and the impact of repeat elements on pathogenicity and population divergence.

    Viola A. Manning;Iovanna Pandelova;Braham Dhillon;Larry J. Wilhelm;Larry J. Wilhelm

  • De novo assembly of a 40 Mb eukaryotic genome from short sequence reads: Sordaria macrospora, a model organism for fungal morphogenesis.

    Minou Nowrousian;Jason E Stajich;Meiling Chu;Ines Engh

  • Genome resequencing reveals multiscale geographic structure and extensive linkage disequilibrium in the forest tree Populus trichocarpa

    Gancho Trifonu Slavov;Gancho Trifonu Slavov;Stephen P. Difazio;Joel Martin;Wendy Schackwitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric U. Selker
Eric U. Selker University of Oregon
Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Deborah Bell-Pedersen Texas A&M University
Matthew S. Sachs
Matthew S. Sachs Texas A&M University
James E. Galagan
James E. Galagan Boston University
Todd C. Mockler
Todd C. Mockler Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Nick D. Read
Nick D. Read University of Manchester
Steven H. Strauss
Steven H. Strauss Oregon State University
Jay C. Dunlap
Jay C. Dunlap Dartmouth College
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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