Dr Andrew Urquhart
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher
School of BioSciences
26 Scholarly works
2 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2025
Journal article
The role of toxin/antidote genes in the maintenance and evolution of accessory chromosomes in Fusarium
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyaf1972025
Journal article
Are Fungal Disease Outbreaks Instigated by Starship Transposons?
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.701242025
Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)
Starship Transposons as a Mediator of Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer
2025
Research grants (other domestic)
Starship Transposons as a Mediator of Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer
2024
Journal article
Gene acquisition by giant transposons primes eukaryotes for rapid evolution via horizontal gene transfer
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp87382024
Journal article
Starships: a new frontier for fungal biology
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.08.0062024
Journal article
A multilocus phylogeny reveals two new species and two first reports of Backusella (Mucorales, Mucoromycota) in the New World
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-024-02004-9
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
Journal article
The conserved WetA protein involved in asexual development in fungi is localized to the nuclei in the asexual spores of Paecilomyces variotii
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2024.08.0032024
Journal article
Fluorescently Tagged Verticillium dahliae to Understand the Infection Process on Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) and Weed Plant Species
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens130604422024
Journal article
Mooraboolomyces wintlei gen. & sp. nov. from Victoria, Australia
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.644.1.52024
Book Chapter
Starship Discovery: A Collaborative Approach to Uncover Massive Transposable Elements
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-75666-5_12023
Journal article
Three new pathogenicity genes in Leptosphaeria maculans identified by Agrobacterium-mediated insertional mutagenesis
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-023-00929-5