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Alex K. Lancaster

Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education · SE
Area of research
Molecular Biology · Immunology
Research interest
Research interests include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, and Fungal and yeast genetics research.
h-index
24
citations
4,041
works
61
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

PyPop: a mature open-source software pipeline for population genomics
Frontiers in Immunology 2024cited by 10position: firstdoi
Feed-forward regulation adaptively evolves via dynamics rather than topology when there is intrinsic noise
Nature Communications 2019cited by 16position: middledoi
Inhibiting mitochondrial phosphate transport as an unexploited antifungal strategy
Nature Chemical Biology 2017cited by 49position: middledoi
Luminidependens (LD) is an Arabidopsis protein with prion behavior
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 198position: middledoi
A Fungal-Selective Cytochrome bc1 Inhibitor Impairs Virulence and Prevents the Evolution of Drug Resistance
Cell chemical biology 2016cited by 61position: middledoi
Scalable and cost-effective NGS genotyping in the cloud
BMC Medical Genomics 2015cited by 25position: middledoi
PLAAC: a web and command-line application to identify proteins with prion-like amino acid composition
Bioinformatics 2014cited by 630position: firstdoi
Cross-Kingdom Chemical Communication Drives a Heritable, Mutually Beneficial Prion-Based Transformation of Metabolism
Cell 2014cited by 156position: middledoi
An Evolutionarily Conserved Prion-like Element Converts Wild Fungi from Metabolic Specialists to Generalists
Cell 2014cited by 120position: middledoi
Fitness Trade-offs Restrict the Evolution of Resistance to Amphotericin B
PLoS Biology 2013cited by 321position: middledoi
Yeast Reveal a “Druggable” Rsp5/Nedd4 Network that Ameliorates α-Synuclein Toxicity in Neurons
Science 2013cited by 255position: middledoi
Heritable Remodeling of Yeast Multicellularity by an Environmentally Responsive Prion
Cell 2013cited by 164position: middledoi
Prions are a common mechanism for phenotypic inheritance in wild yeasts
Nature 2012cited by 395position: middledoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

Susan Lindquist · Massachusetts Institute of Technology10 papers (2012–2017)Benjamin Vincent · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2013–2017) · 3 papers (2012–2014)Luke Whitesell · University of Toronto3 papers (2013–2017)Jessica C. S. Brown · University of Utah2 papers (2014–2014)Randal Halfmann · Stowers Institute for Medical Research2 papers (2012–2013)Amelia Chang · Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research2 papers (2012–2014)Ruth Scherz‐Shouval · Weizmann Institute of Science2 papers (2013–2016)Gregory A. Newby · Elon University2 papers (2014–2016)Stephen L. Buchwald · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2013–2016)Ettore Rizzo · Directorate-General for Interpretation1 papers (2015–2015)Jean‐Christophe Rochet · Purdue University West Lafayette1 papers (2013–2013)Vikram Khurana · Broad Institute1 papers (2013–2013)Yassine Souilmi · Australian National University1 papers (2015–2015)Linda F. Bisson · University of California, Davis1 papers (2014–2014) · 1 papers (2013–2013)Norma V. Solis · UCLA Medical Center1 papers (2017–2017)Jared B. Hawkins · Boston Children's Hospital1 papers (2015–2015)Michael Mariani · Dartmouth College1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2017–2017)