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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Promega Biotechnology Research Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Raymond J. St. Leger is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions also in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Insect Science, Genetics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Key topics in their research include Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Nematode management and characterization studies, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Insect Utilization and Effects.

Recent papers authored by Raymond J. St. Leger include:

  • Metarhizium: jack of all trades, master of many (2020) published in Open Biology
  • Insects and their pathogens in a changing climate (2021) published in Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
  • Bioremediation of mercury-polluted soil and water by the plant symbiotic fungus Metarhizium robertsii (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Metarhizium: an opportunistic middleman for multitrophic lifestyles (2022) published in Current Opinion in Microbiology
  • Going gentle into that pathogen-induced goodnight (2020) published in Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include Jonathan B. Wang, Huiyu Sheng, Dan Tang, Xingyuan Tang, and Jiali Ning.

Their publications frequently appear in journals such as the Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Open Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Opinion in Microbiology, and Fungal Biology.

Awards received by Raymond J. St. Leger include the Promega Biotechnology Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 2017 and designation as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN FUNGAL PATHOGENS AND INSECT HOSTS

    A. E. Hajek;R. J. St

  • Genomic perspectives on the evolution of fungal entomopathogenicity in Beauveria bassiana

    Guohua Xiao;Sheng-Hua Ying;Peng Zheng;Zheng-Liang Wang

  • Genome sequencing and comparative transcriptomics of the model entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. acridum.

    Qiang Gao;Kai Jin;Sheng-Hua Ying;Yongjun Zhang

  • Metarhizium spp., cosmopolitan insect-pathogenic fungi: mycological aspects.

    Donald W. Roberts;Raymond J. St. Leger

  • Genome sequence of the insect pathogenic fungus Cordyceps militaris , a valued traditional chinese medicine

    Peng Zheng;Yongliang Xia;Guohua Xiao;Chenghui Xiong

  • Field studies using a recombinant mycoinsecticide (Metarhizium anisopliae) reveal that it is rhizosphere competent.

    Gang Hu;Raymond J. St. Leger

  • The MAD1 Adhesin of Metarhizium anisopliae Links Adhesion with Blastospore Production and Virulence to Insects, and the MAD2 Adhesin Enables Attachment to Plants

    Chengshu Wang;Chengshu Wang;Raymond J. St Leger

  • A collagenous protective coat enables Metarhizium anisopliae to evade insect immune responses.

    Chengshu Wang;Raymond J. St. Leger

  • Trajectory and genomic determinants of fungal-pathogen speciation and host adaptation

    Xiao Hu;Guohua Xiao;Peng Zheng;Yanfang Shang

  • Development of Transgenic Fungi That Kill Human Malaria Parasites in Mosquitoes

    Weiguo Fang;Joel Vega-Rodríguez;Anil K. Ghosh;Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena

  • A scorpion neurotoxin increases the potency of a fungal insecticide

    Chengshu Wang;Raymond J St Leger

  • Genetic engineering of fungal biocontrol agents to achieve greater efficacy against insect pests.

    Raymond J. St. Leger;Chengshu Wang

  • Adaptation of proteases and carbohydrases of saprophytic, phytopathogenic and entomopathogenic fungi to the requirements of their ecological niches

    Raymond J. St Leger;Lokesh Joshi;Donald W. Roberts

  • Molecular cloning and regulatory analysis of the cuticle-degrading-protease structural gene from the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae.

    Raymond J. St. Leger;David C. Frank;Donald W. Roberts;Richard C. Staples

  • Ambient pH Is a Major Determinant in the Expression of Cuticle-Degrading Enzymes and Hydrophobin by Metarhizium anisopliae

    Raymond J. St. Leger;Lokesh Joshi;Donald W. Roberts

  • Differentiation of species and strains of entomopathogenic fungi by random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD)

    Michael J. Bidochka;Melanie A. McDonald;Raymond J. St. Leger;Donald W. Roberts

  • Lack of Host Specialization in Aspergillus flavus

    Raymond J. St. Leger;Steven E. Screen;Bijan Shams-Pirzadeh

  • Insect Immunity to Entomopathogenic Fungi.

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  • Fungal peptide Destruxin A plays a specific role in suppressing the innate immune response in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Subhamoy Pal;Raymond J. St. Leger;Louisa P. Wu

  • Cuticle-degrading Enzymes of Entomopathogenic Fungi: Regulation of Production of Chitinolytic Enzymes

    Raymond J. St Leger;Richard M. Cooper;A. Keith Charnley

  • The Metarhizium anisopliae Perilipin Homolog MPL1 Regulates Lipid Metabolism, Appressorial Turgor Pressure, and Virulence.

    Chengshu Wang;Raymond J. St. Leger

Frequent Co-Authors

Chengshu Wang
Chengshu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Donald W. Roberts
Donald W. Roberts Boyce Thompson Institute
Richard C. Staples
Richard C. Staples Boyce Thompson Institute
Donald W. Roberts
Donald W. Roberts Utah State University
Lokesh Joshi
Lokesh Joshi University of Galway
Abdoulaye Diabaté
Abdoulaye Diabaté National Institutes of Health
Tariq M. Butt
Tariq M. Butt Swansea University
Guoping Zhao
Guoping Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Roch K. Dabiré
Roch K. Dabiré Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
Xingzhong Liu
Xingzhong Liu Nankai University

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