Josephine Wee

Assistant Professor of Food Science

432 Rodney A. Erickson Food Science
University Park, PA
jmw970@psu.edu
814-863-2956

Bio & Links
Papers

Huck Affiliations

Microbiome Center

Plant Institute

Publication Tags

Aflatoxins Aspergillus Genes Aflatoxin Oxidative Stress Reactive Oxygen Species Secondary Metabolism Basic Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors Transcription Factors Fermentation Rna Biosynthesis Strain Rna Seq Reactive Oxygen Metabolite Genome Aspergillus Flavus Enzymes Virulence Leucine Yeasts Zinc Mitochondria Chemical Activation Gene Expression

Most Recent Papers

Microbial and chemical analysis of non-saccharomyces yeasts from chambourcin hybrid grapes for potential use in winemaking

Chun Tang Feng, Xue Du, Josephine Wee, 2021, Fermentation

A Digital Fluency Framework to Support 21st-Century Skills

E Fleming, Jenay Robert, Jennifer Sparrow, Josephine Wee, P Dudas, M Slattery, 2021, Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning on p. 41-48

Characterization of Microbial Dynamics and Volatile Metabolome Changes During Fermentation of Chambourcin Hybrid Grapes From Two Pennsylvania Regions

Hung Li Wang, Helene Hopfer, Darrell W. Cockburn, Josephine Wee, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology on p. 3454

Docosahexaenoic Acid Suppresses Silica-Induced Inflammasome Activation and IL-1 Cytokine Release by Interfering With Priming Signal

Kathryn A. Wierenga, Josephine Wee, Kristen N. Gilley, Lichchavi D. Rajasinghe, Melissa A. Bates, Mikhail A. Gavrilin, Andrij Holian, James J. Pestka, 2019, Frontiers in Immunology

Novel insights into global translational regulation through Pumilio family RNA-binding protein Puf3p revealed by ribosomal profiling

Zhe Wang, Xuepeng Sun, Josephine Wee, Xiaoxian Guo, Zhenglong Gu, 2019, Current Genetics on p. 201-212

Understand the genomic diversity and evolution of fungal pathogen Candida glabrata by genome-wide analysis of genetic variations

Xiaoxian Guo, Ruoyu Zhang, Yudong Li, Zhe Wang, Olena P. Ishchuk, Khadija M. Ahmad, Josephine Wee, Jure Piskur, Joshua A. Shapiro, Zhenglong Gu, 2019, ImmunoMethods

Activation of aflatoxin biosynthesis alleviates total ROS in Aspergillus parasiticus

Gabriel J. Kenne, Phani M. Gummadidala, Mayomi H. Omebeyinje, Ananda M. Mondal, Dominic K. Bett, Sandra McFadden, Sydney Bromfield, Nora Banaszek, Michelle Velez-Martinez, Chandrani Mitra, Isabelle Mikell, Saurabh Chatterjee, Josephine Wee, Anindya Chanda, 2018, Toxins

The fungal bZIP transcription factor AtfB controls virulence-associated processes in Aspergillus parasiticus

Josephine Wee, Sung Yong Hong, Ludmila V. Roze, Devin M. Day, Anindya Chanda, John E. Linz, 2017, Toxins

RNA Seq analysis of the role of calcium chloride stress and electron transport in mitochondria for malachite green decolorization by Aspergillus niger

Ola M. Gomaa, Nabila S. Selim, Josephine Wee, John E. Linz, 2017, Fungal Genetics and Biology on p. 1-7

Bioactive compounds in Diospyros mafiensis roots inhibit growth, sporulation and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

J. A. Mmongoyo, M. G. Nair, J. E. Linz, F. Wu, J. K. Mugula, A. A. Dissanayake, C. Zhang, D. M. Day, J. M. Wee, G. M. Strasburg, 2017, World Mycotoxin Journal on p. 237-248

Most-Cited Papers

Stress-related transcription factor AtfB integrates secondary metabolism with oxidative stress response in aspergilli

Ludmila V. Roze, Anindya Chanda, Josephine Wee, Deena Awad, John E. Linz, 2011, Journal of Biological Chemistry on p. 35137-35148

Evidence that a transcription factor regulatory network coordinates oxidative stress response and secondary metabolism in aspergilli

Sung Yong Hong, Ludmila V. Roze, Josephine Wee, John E. Linz, 2013, MicrobiologyOpen on p. 144-160

Aflatoxin biosynthesis is a novel source of reactive oxygen species—a potential redox signal to initiate resistance to oxidative stress?

Ludmila V. Roze, Maris Laivenieks, Sung Yong Hong, Josephine Wee, Shu Shyan Wong, Benjamin Vanos, Deena Awad, Kenneth C. Ehrlich, John E. Linz, 2015, Toxins on p. 1411-1430

Aspergillus parasiticus SU-1 genome sequence, predicted chromosome structure, and comparative gene expression under aflatoxin-inducing conditions

John E. Linz, Josephine Wee, Ludmila V. Roze, 2014, Eukaryotic Cell on p. 1113-1123