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Oded Yarden is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research broadly encompasses the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, Yarden's work mainly focuses on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's research interests and topics include:

  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications

Yarden has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications with recent papers including:

  • "Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper," 2020, published in Fungal Biology and Biotechnology
  • "The phoma-like dilemma," 2020, published in Studies in Mycology
  • "Seeking the Roles for Fungal Small-Secreted Proteins in Affecting Saprophytic Lifestyles," 2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The Third International Symposium on Fungal Stress - ISFUS," 2020, published in Fungal Biology
  • "The Sordariomycetes: an expanding resource with Big Data for mining in evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics," 2023, published in Frontiers in Fungal Biology

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Yarden include Jeffrey P. Townsend, Zheng Wang, Frances Trail, Francesc López-Giráldez, and Yen-Wen Wang. Yarden's work is regularly published in venues such as Frontiers in Fungal Biology, Journal of Fungi, Postharvest Biology and Technology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Fungal Biology and Biotechnology.

This scientific profile indicates a focus on fungal biology applied to plant science and molecular research, particularly concerning plant pathogens, fungal genetics, and plant-fungal interactions. The publication record shows a well-rounded involvement in both fundamental and applied research within fungal and plant biology domains.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

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

  • Genomic Analysis of the Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Botrytis cinerea

    Joelle Amselem;Christina A. Cuomo;Jan A. L. van Kan;Muriel Viaud

  • 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

  • Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper

    Vera Meyer;Evelina Y Basenko;J Philipp Benz;Gerhard H Braus

  • Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis

    Elena Fernandez-Fueyo;Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas;Patricia Ferreira;Dimitrios Floudas

  • The involvement of polyphenols and peroxidase activities in heavy-metal accumulation by epidermal glands of the waterlily (Nymphaeaceae).

    Noa Lavid;Amnon Schwartz;Oded Yarden;Elisha Tel-Or

  • Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems.

    Anthony Amend;Gaetan Burgaud;Michael Cunliffe;Virginia P. Edgcomb

  • cot-1, a gene required for hyphal elongation in Neurospora crassa, encodes a protein kinase

    O Yarden;M Plamann;D J Ebbole;C Yanofsky

  • Mutations leading to substitutions at amino acids 198 and 200 of beta-tubulin that correlate with benomyl-resistance phenotypes of field strains of Botrytis cinerea

    Oded Yarden

  • Pathogenic attributes of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: switching from a biotrophic to necrotrophic lifestyle.

    Mehdi Kabbage;Oded Yarden;Martin B. Dickman

  • Chitin synthase 1 plays a major role in cell wall biogenesis in Neurospora crassa.

    O Yarden;C Yanofsky

  • SERINE/THREONINE PROTEIN KINASES AND PHOSPHATASES IN FILAMENTIOUS FUNGI

    Martin B. Dickman;Oded Yarden

  • Microwave-assisted extraction of bioactive saponins from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L)

    Zohar Kerem;Hilla German-Shashoua;Oded Yarden

  • Architecture and development of the Neurospora crassa hypha -- a model cell for polarized growth.

    Meritxell Riquelme;Oded Yarden;Salomon Bartnicki-Garcia;Barry Bowman

  • Analysis of quantitative interactions between two species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus mosseae and G. intraradices, by real-time PCR

    Noam Alkan;Vijay Gadkar;Oded Yarden;Yoram Kapulnik

  • Marine isolates of Trichoderma spp. as potential halotolerant agents of biological control for arid-zone agriculture.

    Inbal Gal-Hemed;Lea Atanasova;Monika Komon-Zelazowska;Irina S. Druzhinina

  • A comparative genomic analysis of the calcium signaling machinery in Neurospora crassa, Magnaporthe grisea, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Alex Zelter;Mojca Bencina;Barry J Bowman;Oded Yarden

  • Impairment of calcineurin function in Neurospora crassa reveals its essential role in hyphal growth, morphology and maintenance of the apical Ca2+ gradient

    H. Prokisch;O. Yarden;M. Dieminger;M. Tropschug

  • Distinct roles for PP1 and PP2A in the Neurospora circadian clock

    Yuhong Yang;Qun He;Ping Cheng;Philip Wrage

  • MAPK regulation of sclerotial development in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is linked with pH and cAMP sensing.

    Changbin Chen;Arye Harel;Rena Gorovoits;Oded Yarden

Frequent Co-Authors

Yitzhak Hadar
Yitzhak Hadar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jaacov Katan
Jaacov Katan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Martin B. Dickman
Martin B. Dickman Texas A&M University
Shmuel Carmeli
Shmuel Carmeli Tel Aviv University
Ilan Chet
Ilan Chet Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yigal Cohen
Yigal Cohen Bar-Ilan University
Talma Katan
Talma Katan Agricultural Research Organization
Stanley Freeman
Stanley Freeman Agricultural Research Organization
Leah Tsror
Leah Tsror Agricultural Research Organization
Baruch Rubin
Baruch Rubin Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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