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Robert A. Cramer

Robert A. Cramer

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Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
11991
World Ranking
3571
National Ranking
1411

Overview

Robert A. Cramer is a researcher affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on infectious diseases, fungal biology, and respiratory medicine.

Their research encompasses several subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Epidemiology. Key topics addressed in their work include antifungal resistance and susceptibility, fungal infections and studies, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, cystic fibrosis research advances, mycotoxins in agriculture and food, infectious diseases and mycology, and bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Robert A. Cramer has published extensively in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, The Journal of Immunology, mSphere, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Robert A. Cramer include:

  • Jason Stajich
  • Brandon S. Ross
  • Lotus Lofgren
  • Caitlin H. Kowalski
  • Elisa M. Vesely

Some of Robert A. Cramer's recent papers are:

  • The negative cofactor 2 complex is a key regulator of drug resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fungal biofilm architecture produces hypoxic microenvironments that drive antifungal resistance, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Aspergillus fumigatus biofilms: Toward understanding how growth as a multicellular network increases antifungal resistance and disease progression, 2021, PLoS Pathogens
  • The pan-genome of Aspergillus fumigatus provides a high-resolution view of its population structure revealing high levels of lineage-specific diversity driven by recombination, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions, 2021, mBio

Best Publications

  • mTOR- and HIF-1α–mediated aerobic glycolysis as metabolic basis for trained immunity

    Shih-Chin Cheng;Jessica Quintin;Robert A. Cramer;Kelly M. Shepardson

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Chemical Diversity in Aspergillus fumigatus by LaeA

    Robyn M Perrin;Natalie D Fedorova;Jin Woo Bok;Robert A Cramer

  • Alt a 1 allergen homologs from Alternaria and related taxa: analysis of phylogenetic content and secondary structure

    Soon Gyu Hong;Robert A. Cramer;Christopher B. Lawrence;Barry M. Pryor

  • A Sterol-Regulatory Element Binding Protein Is Required for Cell Polarity, Hypoxia Adaptation, Azole Drug Resistance, and Virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus

    Sven D. Willger;Srisombat Puttikamonkul;Kwang-Hyung Kim;James B. Burritt

  • Harnessing calcineurin as a novel anti-infective agent against invasive fungal infections

    William J. Steinbach;Jennifer L. Reedy;Robert A. Cramer;John R. Perfect

  • Calcineurin Controls Growth, Morphology, and Pathogenicity in Aspergillus fumigatus

    William J. Steinbach;Robert A. Cramer;B. Zachary Perfect;Yohannes G. Asfaw

  • Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to honey bee colony decline.

    Jerry J. Bromenshenk;Colin B. Henderson;Charles H. Wick;Michael F. Stanford

  • Disruption of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase in Aspergillus fumigatus eliminates gliotoxin production.

    Robert A. Cramer;Michael P. Gamcsik;Rhea M. Brooking;Laura K. Najvar

  • In vivo Hypoxia and a Fungal Alcohol Dehydrogenase Influence the Pathogenesis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

    Nora Grahl;Srisombat Puttikamonkul;Jeffrey M. Macdonald;Michael P. Gamcsik

  • Differential Adaptation of Candida albicans In Vivo Modulates Immune Recognition by Dectin-1

    Mohlopheni J. Marakalala;Simon Vautier;Joanna Potrykus;Louise A. Walker

  • Unique metabolic activation of adipose tissue macrophages in obesity promotes inflammatory responses.

    Lily Boutens;Guido J. Hooiveld;Sourabh Dhingra;Robert A. Cramer

  • Hypoxia and fungal pathogenesis: to air or not to air?

    Nora Grahl;Kelly M. Shepardson;Dawoon Chung;Robert A. Cramer

  • ChIP-seq and in vivo transcriptome analyses of the Aspergillus fumigatus SREBP SrbA reveals a new regulator of the fungal hypoxia response and virulence.

    Dawoon Chung;Bridget M. Barker;Charles C. Carey;Brittney Merriman

  • SREBP coordinates iron and ergosterol homeostasis to mediate triazole drug and hypoxia responses in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Michael Blatzer;Bridget M. Barker;Sven D. Willger;Nicola Beckmann

  • Calcineurin target CrzA regulates conidial germination, hyphal growth, and pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Robert A. Cramer;B. Zachary Perfect;Nadthanan Pinchai;Steven Park

  • The Janus transcription factor HapX controls fungal adaptation to both iron starvation and iron excess

    Fabio Gsaller;Peter Hortschansky;Sarah R Beattie;Veronika Klammer

  • Diverse Regulation of the CreA Carbon Catabolite Repressor in Aspergillus nidulans

    Laure N A Ries;Sarah R Beattie;Eduardo A Espeso;Robert A Cramer

  • IL-1α Signaling Is Critical for Leukocyte Recruitment after Pulmonary Aspergillus fumigatus Challenge

    Alayna K. Caffrey;Margaret M. Lehmann;Julianne M. Zickovich;Vanessa Espinosa

  • A Novel Zn2-Cys6 Transcription Factor AtrR Plays a Key Role in an Azole Resistance Mechanism of Aspergillus fumigatus by Co-regulating cyp51A and cdr1B Expressions.

    Daisuke Hagiwara;Daisuke Miura;Kiminori Shimizu;Sanjoy Paul

  • Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses of the Aspergillus fumigatus hypoxia response using an oxygen-controlled fermenter

    Bridget M. Barker;Kristin Kroll;Kristin Kroll;Martin Vödisch;Martin Vödisch;Aurélien J. Mazurie

  • Trehalose 6‐phosphate phosphatase is required for cell wall integrity and fungal virulence but not trehalose biosynthesis in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

    Srisombat Puttikamonkul;Sven D. Willger;Nora Grahl;John R. Perfect

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobias M. Hohl
Tobias M. Hohl Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
John R. Perfect
John R. Perfect Duke University
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside
Gustavo H. Goldman
Gustavo H. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
William J. Steinbach
William J. Steinbach Duke University
Mihai G. Netea
Mihai G. Netea Radboud University
Hubertus Haas
Hubertus Haas Innsbruck Medical University
Joseph Heitman
Joseph Heitman Duke University
Thomas K. Mitchell
Thomas K. Mitchell The Ohio State University
Gordon D. Brown
Gordon D. Brown University of Exeter

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