Seogchan Kang

Professor of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology

Seogchan Kang

Research Summary

Genetic and cellular mechanisms underpinning plant-fungal interactions with Arabidopsis thaliana and Fusarium oxysporum as a model system. Molecular genetics and comparative genomics of fungal plant pathogens. Bioinformatics.

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Fungi Genes Fusarium Virulence Proteins Verticillium Genomics Immunity Volatile Organic Compounds Metabolomics Protein Kinases Chemical Ecology Gene Expression Pathogens Microbial Ecology Sucrose Enzymes Growth Genome Health Oryza Lycopersicon Esculentum Xylem Blood Vessels Insects

Most Recent Papers

Evaluation of multi-color genetically encoded Ca2+ indicators in filamentous fungi

Hye-Seon Kim, Jungeun Kim, Aram Hwangbo, Jasper Akerboom, Loren Luger, Larry Duncan, Hokyoung Son, Kirk Czymmek, Seogchan Kang, Fungal Genetics & Biology on p. 103540

Phylogenomic analysis of a 55.1 kb 19-gene dataset resolves a monophyletic Fusarium that includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex

David Geiser, Abdullah Al-Hatmi, Takayuki Aoki, Tsutomu Arie, Virgilio Balmas, Irene Barnes, Gary Bergstrom, MKK Bhattacharyya, Cheryl Blomquist, Robert Bowden, B Brankovics, DW Brown, LW Burgess, K Bushley, M Busman, JF Cano-Lira, JD Carrillo, H-X Chang, C-Y Chen, Weicheng Chen, M Chilvers, S Chulze, JJ Coleman, CA Cuomo, ZW de Beer, GS de Hoog, J Del Castillo-Múnera, EM Del Ponte, J Diéguez-Uribeondo, A Di Pietro, V Edel-Hermann, WH Elmer, L Epstein, A Eskalen, MC Esposto, KL Everts, SP Fernández-Pavía, Ferreira da Silva, G, NA Foroud, G Fourie, RJN Frandsen, S Freeman, M Freitag, O Frenkel, KK Fuller, T Gagkaeva, DM Gardiner, AE Glenn, SE Gold, TR Gordon, NF Gregory, M Gryzenhout, J Guarro, BK Gugino, S Gutierrez, KE Hammond-Kosack, LJ Harris, M Homa, C-F Hong, L Hornok, J-W Huang, M Ilkit, A Jacobs, K Jacobs, Cheng Jiang, Maria Jimenez Gasco, Seogchan Kang, MT Kasson, K Kazan, JC Kennell, H-S Kim, HC Kistler, GA Kuldau, T Kulik, O Kurzai, I Laraba, MH Laurence, Tae-Hee Lee, Y-W Lee, Y-H Lee, JF Leslie, ECY Liew, LW Lofton, AF Logrieco, MS López-Berges, AG Luque, E Lysøe, L-M Ma, RE Marra, FN Martin, May, SR, SP McCormick, C McGee, JF Meis, Q Migheli, NMIM Nor, M Monod, A Moretti, D Mostert, G Mule, F Munaut, GP Munkvold, P Nicholson, M Nucci, K O’Donnell, M Pasquali, LH Pfenning, A Prigitano, RH Proctor, S Ranque, SA Rehner, M Rep, G Rodríguez-Alvarado, LJ Rose, MG Roth, C Ruiz-Roldán, AA Saleh, B Salleh, H Sang, MM Scandiani, J Scauflaire, DG Schmale, III, DPG Short, A Šišić, JA Smith, CW Smyth, H Son, E Spahr, JE Stajich, E Steenkamp, C Steinberg, R Subramaniam, H Suga, BA Summerell, A Susca, CS Swett, C Toomajian, TJ Torres-Cruz, AM Tortorano, M Urban, LJ Vaillancourt, GE Vallad, TAJ van der Lee, D Vanderpool, AD van Diepeningen, MM Vaughan, E Venter, M Vermeulen, PE Verweij, A Viljoen, C Waalwijk, EC Wallace, G Walther, Jiexin Wang, TJ Ward, BL Wickes, NP Wiederhold, MJ Wingfield, AKM Wood, J-R Xu, X-B Yang, T Yli-Mattila, S-H Yun, L Zakaria, Huilan Zhang, Nan Zhang, SX Zhang, Xuesheng Zhang, Phytopathology

Evaluation of multi-color genetically encoded Ca<sup>2+</sup> indicators in filamentous fungi

Hye Seon Kim, Jung Eun Kim, Aram Hwangbo, Jasper Akerboom, Loren L. Looger, Randall Duncan, Hokyoung Son, Kirk J. Czymmek, Seogchan Kang, 2021, Fungal Genetics and Biology

Multi-pronged investigation of volatile compound-mediated interactions of Fusarium oxysporum with plants, fungi, and bacteria

Ningxiao Li, Seogchan Kang, 2021, Fusarium Wilt: Methods in Molecular Biology

Time-lapse imaging of root pathogenesis and fungal proliferation without physically disrupting roots

Hye-Seon Kim, Sook-Young Park, Seogchan Kang, Kirk Czummek, 2021, Fusarium Wilt: Methods in Molecular Biology

Two nuclear effectors of the rice blast fungus modulate host immunity via transcriptional reprogramming

Seongbeom Kim, Chi Yeol Kim, Sook Young Park, Ki Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Hyunjung Chung, Gobong Choi, Seomun Kwon, Jaeyoung Choi, Junhyun Jeon, Jong Seong Jeon, Chang Hyun Khang, Seogchan Kang, Yong Hwan Lee, 2020, Nature Communications

Molecular changes associated with spontaneous phenotypic variation of Paenibacillus polymyxa, a commonly used biocontrol agent, and temperature-dependent control of variation

Younmi Lee, Young Soo Kim, Kotnala Balaraju, Young Su Seo, Jungwook Park, Choong Min Ryu, Seung Hwan Park, Jihyun F. Kim, Seogchan Kang, Yongho Jeon, 2020, Scientific Reports

Phytophthora Diversity in Pennsylvania Nurseries and Greenhouses Inferred from Clinical Samples Collected over Four Decades

Cody Molnar, Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Seonghwan Kim, Tracey Olson, Devin Bily, Jung-Eun Kim, Seogchan Kang, 2020, Microorganisms on p. 1056

Metabolomics, an essential tool in exploring and harnessing microbial chemical ecology

Joshua Kellogg, Seogchan Kang, 2020, Phytobiomes Journal on p. 195-210

First report of Fusarium equiseti causing wilt on lentils (Lens culinaris Medik.) in Pakistan

Khola Rafique, Chaudhary Abdul Rauf, Seogchan Kang, 2020, Journal of Plant Pathology

Most-Cited Papers

Comparative genomics yields insights into niche adaptation of plant vascular wilt pathogens

Steven J. Klosterman, Krishna V. Subbarao, Seogchan Kang, Paola Veronese, Scott E. Gold, Bart P.H.J. Thomma, Zehua Chen, Bernard Henrissat, Yong Hwan Lee, Jongsun Park, Maria D. Garcia-Pedrajas, Dez J. Barbara, Amy Anchieta, Ronnie de Jonge, Parthasarathy Santhanam, Karunakaran Maruthachalam, Zahi Atallah, Stefan G. Amyotte, Zahi Paz, Patrik Inderbitzin, Ryan J. Hayes, David I. Heiman, Sarah Young, Qiandong Zeng, Reinhard Engels, James Galagan, Christina A. Cuomo, Katherine F. Dobinson, Li Jun Ma, 2011, PLoS Pathogens

Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

Kerry O'Donnell, Alejandro P. Rooney, Robert H. Proctor, Daren W. Brown, Susan P. McCormick, Todd J. Ward, Rasmus J.N. Frandsen, Erik Lysøe, Stephen A. Rehner, Takayuki Aoki, Vincent A.R.G. Robert, Pedro W. Crous, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Seogchan Kang, David M. Geiser, 2013, Fungal Genetics and Biology on p. 20-31

One fungus, one name: Defining the genus Fusarium in a scientifically robust way that preserves longstanding use

David M. Geiser, Takayuki Aoki, Charles W. Bacon, Scott E. Baker, Madan K. Bhattacharyya, Mary E. Brandt, Daren W. Brown, Lester W. Burgess, Sofia Chulze, Jeffrey J. Coleman, James C. Correll, Sarah F. Covert, Pedro W. Crous, Christina A. Cuomo, G. Sybren De Hoog, Antonio Di Pietro, Wade H. Elmer, Lynn Epstein, Rasmus J.N. Frandsen, Stanley Freeman, Tatiana Gagkaeva, Anthony E. Glenn, Thomas R. Gordon, Nancy F. Gregory, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack, Linda E. Hanson, María Del Mar Jímenez-Gasco, Seogchan Kang, H. Corby Kistler, Gretchen A. Kuldau, John F. Leslie, Antonio Logrieco, Guozhong Lu, Erik Lysøe, Li Jun Ma, Susan P. McCormick, Quirico Migheli, Antonio Moretti, Françoise Munaut, Kerry O'Donnell, Ludwig Pfenning, Randy C. Ploetz, Robert H. Proctor, Stephen A. Rehner, Vincent A.R.G. Robert, Alejandro P. Rooney, Baharuddin Bin Salleh, Maria Mercedes Scandiani, Jonathan Scauflaire, Dylan P.G. Short, Emma Steenkamp, Haruhisa Suga, Brett A. Summerell, Deanna A. Sutton, Ulf Thrane, Francis Trail, Anne Van Diepeningen, Hans D. VanEtten, Altus Viljoen, Cees Waalwijk, Todd J. Ward, Michael J. Wingfield, Jin Rong Xu, Xiao Bing Yang, Tapani Yli-Mattila, Ning Zhang, 2013, Phytopathology on p. 400-408

Sniffing on microbes

Vasileios Bitas, Hye Seon Kim, Joan W. Bennett, Seogchan Kang, 2013, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 835-843

DNA sequence-based identification of Fusarium

Kerry O’Donnell, Todd J. Ward, Vincent A.R.G. Robert, Pedro W. Crous, David M. Geiser, Seogchan Kang, 2015, Phytoparasitica on p. 583-595

Phylogenetic diversity of insecticolous fusaria inferred from multilocus DNA sequence data and their molecular identification via FUSARIUM-ID and Fusarium MLST

Kerry O'Donnell, Richard A. Humber, David M. Geiser, Seogchan Kang, Bongsoo Park, Vincent A.R.G. Robert, Pedro W. Crous, Peter R. Johnston, Takayuki Aoki, Alejandro P. Rooney, Stephen A. Rehner, 2012, Mycologia on p. 427-445

Systematic and searchable classification of cytochrome P450 proteins encoded by fungal and oomycete genomes

Venkatesh Moktali, Jongsun Park, Natalie D. Fedorova-Abrams, Bongsoo Park, Jaeyoung Choi, Yong Hwan Lee, Seogchan Kang, 2012, BMC Genomics

Kingdom-wide analysis of fungal small secreted proteins (SSPs) reveals their potential role in host association

Ki Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Jaeyoung Choi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Hyeunjeong Song, Gobong Choi, Seogchan Kang, Yong Hwan Lee, 2016, Frontiers in Plant Science

VdSNF1, the sucrose nonfermenting protein kinase gene of verticillium dahliae, is required for virulence and expression of genes involved in cell-wall degradation

Aliki K. Tzima, Epaminondas J. Paplomatas, Payungsak Rauyaree, Manuel D. Ospina-Giraldo, Seogchan Kang, 2011, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 129-142

The G protein β subunit controls virulence and multiple growth- and development-related traits in Verticillium dahliae

Aliki K. Tzima, Epaminondas J. Paplomatas, Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis, Seogchan Kang, 2012, Fungal Genetics and Biology on p. 271-283