Damian J. Krysan

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
120 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Damian J. Krysan is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Damian J. Krysan has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Infectious Diseases, 59 papers in Epidemiology and 52 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Damian J. Krysan's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (66 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (54 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). Damian J. Krysan is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (66 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (54 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers). Damian J. Krysan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Damian J. Krysan's co-authors include Terry Roemer, Judith Berman, Melanie Wellington, Louis DiDone, Kristy Koselny, Hyun Koo, Robert S. Fuller, Arielle Butts, Nathan C. Rockwell and Fayyaz S. Sutterwala and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Damian J. Krysan

114 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Symbiotic Relationship between Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans Synergizes Virulence of Plaque Biofilms In Vivo

2014 429 citations Damian J. Krysan et al. profile →
Antifungal Drug Development: Challenges, Unmet Clinical Needs, and New Approaches

2014 427 citations Damian J. Krysan et al. profile →
Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi

2020 401 citations Judith Berman, Damian J. Krysan Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Damian J. Krysan United States	37	2.5k	1.8k	1.8k	682	592	120	4.9k
Priya Uppuluri United States	31	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	332 0.5×	406 0.7×	54	4.4k
Brian C. Monk New Zealand	40	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	793 1.2×	194 0.3×	122	5.2k
Ann R. Holmes New Zealand	33	2.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	328 0.5×	606 1.0×	69	3.7k
Ana Marisa Fusco‐Almeida Brazil	34	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	414 0.6×	209 0.4×	155	4.5k
Duncan Wilson United Kingdom	31	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	186 0.3×	299 0.5×	69	4.7k
Christopher G. Pierce United States	20	1.9k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	359 0.5×	251 0.4×	24	3.1k
Beth Burgwyn Fuchs United States	37	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	968 0.6×	368 0.5×	173 0.3×	89	4.5k
Stephen P. Saville United States	24	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	188 0.3×	297 0.5×	36	3.3k
Maria José Soares Mendes‐Giannini Brazil	47	3.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	3.7k 2.1×	476 0.7×	288 0.5×	235	7.3k
Jeniel E. Nett United States	47	5.8k 2.4×	2.7k 1.6×	3.5k 2.0×	372 0.5×	919 1.6×	82	7.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ristow, Laura C., et al.. (2025). Microevolution of Cryptococcus neoformans in high CO2 converges on mutations isolated from patients with relapsed cryptococcosis. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115349–115349.

Jezewski, Andrew J., Andrew Fuller, Bart L. Staker, et al.. (2024). A single Leishmania adenylate–forming enzyme of the ANL superfamily generates both acetyl- and acetoacetyl-CoA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(11). 107879–107879. 1 indexed citations

Kramara, Juraj, Min-Ju Kim, Laura C. Ristow, et al.. (2024). Systematic analysis of the Candida albicans kinome reveals environmentally contingent protein kinase-mediated regulation of filamentation and biofilm formation in vitro and in vivo. mBio. 15(8). e0124924–e0124924. 3 indexed citations

Krysan, Damian J., et al.. (2024). Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of Stereoisomers of Mefloquine Analogs. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(6). 822–827. 4 indexed citations

Ristow, Laura C., et al.. (2023). Intravital imaging-based genetic screen reveals the transcriptional network governing Candida albicans filamentation during mammalian infection. eLife. 12. 16 indexed citations

Beattie, Sarah R., Andrew J. Jezewski, Laura C. Ristow, Melanie Wellington, & Damian J. Krysan. (2022). FKS1 Is Required for Cryptococcus neoformans Fitness In Vivo : Application of Copper-Regulated Gene Expression to Mouse Models of Cryptococcosis. mSphere. 7(3). e0016322–e0016322. 4 indexed citations

Kramara, Juraj, et al.. (2022). Candida albicans Filamentation Does Not Require the cAMP-PKA Pathway In Vivo. mBio. 13(3). e0085122–e0085122. 11 indexed citations

Ristow, Laura C., et al.. (2022). The RAM signaling pathway links morphology, thermotolerance, and CO2 tolerance in the global fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. eLife. 11. 15 indexed citations

Huang, Manning Y., et al.. (2021). Intravital Imaging of Candida albicans Identifies Differential In Vitro and In Vivo Filamentation Phenotypes for Transcription Factor Deletion Mutants. mSphere. 6(3). e0043621–e0043621. 20 indexed citations

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Beattie, Sarah R., et al.. (2020). Derivatives of the Antimalarial Drug Mefloquine Are Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Molecules with Activity against Drug-Resistant Clinical Isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(3). 28 indexed citations

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Ristow, Laura C., et al.. (2020). The Ndr/LATS Kinase Cbk1 Regulates a Specific Subset of Ace2 Functions and Suppresses the Hypha-to-Yeast Transition in Candida albicans. mBio. 11(4). 11 indexed citations

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Berman, Judith & Damian J. Krysan. (2020). Author Correction: Drug resistance and tolerance in fungi. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 18(9). 539–539. 2 indexed citations

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Krysan, Damian J., et al.. (2020). Genetic interaction analysis comes to the diploid human pathogen Candida albicans. PLoS Pathogens. 16(4). e1008399–e1008399. 4 indexed citations

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Krysan, Damian J., et al.. (2019). Host Carbon Dioxide Concentration Is an Independent Stress for Cryptococcus neoformans That Affects Virulence and Antifungal Susceptibility. mBio. 10(4). 21 indexed citations

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LeBlanc, Emmanuelle V., Tanvi Shekhar‐Guturja, Nicole Robbins, et al.. (2019). Design and Synthesis of Fungal-Selective Resorcylate Aminopyrazole Hsp90 Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(5). 2139–2180. 53 indexed citations

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O’Meara, Teresa R., Michelle E. Maxson, Ryan G. Gaudet, et al.. (2018). High-Throughput Screening Identifies Genes Required for Candida albicans Induction of Macrophage Pyroptosis. mBio. 9(4). 53 indexed citations

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Koselny, Kristy, et al.. (2018). A Genome-Wide Screen of Deletion Mutants in the Filamentous Saccharomyces cerevisiae Background Identifies Ergosterol as a Direct Trigger of Macrophage Pyroptosis. mBio. 9(4). 46 indexed citations

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Wellington, Melanie, Kristy Koselny, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, & Damian J. Krysan. (2013). Candida albicans Triggers NLRP3-Mediated Pyroptosis in Macrophages. Eukaryotic Cell. 13(2). 329–340. 168 indexed citations

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Chabrier‐Roselló, Yeissa, Tao Xu, Qingxuan Song, et al.. (2011). A Large-Scale Complex Haploinsufficiency-Based Genetic Interaction Screen in Candida albicans: Analysis of the RAM Network during Morphogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 7(4). e1002058–e1002058. 43 indexed citations

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Montgomery, Sara, et al.. (2009). Antifungal Activity of Tamoxifen: In Vitro and In Vivo Activities and Mechanistic Characterization. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 53(8). 3337–3346. 86 indexed citations

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