Curriculum Vitae

a. Name in Full: Jianping (JP) Xub. Home Address: 70 Robin Hood Drive, Dundas, Ontario, L9H 4G3,

Canada; phone: 905-628-3044c. Business Address: Dept. of Biology, McMaster University,

Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada; Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 27934; Fax: 905-522-6066; Email: jpxu@mcmaster.ca

d. Other Personal Data: Birthday: November 5, 1965e. Education Background: Doctor of Philosophy: Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto,

Canada, 1997Master of Science: Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto,

Canada, 1993Master of Agriculture: Dept. of Soil Science, Nanjing Agricultural

University, Nanjing, China, 1988Bachelor of Science (Agronomy): Dept. of Agronomy, Jiangxi

Agricultural University, Nanchang, China, 1985

f. Current Status at McMaster University:Tenured Full Professor in the Department of Biology since 2012

g. Professional OrganizationsMycological Society of AmericaCanadian Society of Ecology and EvolutionCanadian Society of MicrobiologistsInternational Society of Human and Animal Mycology

h. Employment History:

Start time (Month/Year)

End time (Month/Year)

Position Institution

01/2017 Associate Chair

Department of Biology, McMaster University, Canada

07/2012 Professor Department of Biology, McMaster University, Canada

07/2010 06/2012 Associate Chair

Department of Biology, McMaster University, Canada

07/2005 06/2012 Associate Department of Biology,

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Professor McMaster University, Canada

08/2000 06/2005 Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, McMaster University, Canada

01/1997 07/2000 Research Associate

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Duke University, USA

09/1991 12/1996 Teaching Assistant

Department of Biology, University of Toronto in Mississauga, Canada

03/1991 08/1991 Research Assistant

Canada Agriculture Research Station, Saskatoon, Canada

06/1989 02/1991 Research Scientist

Institute of Microbiology, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang, China

07/1988 05/1989 Research Assistant

Institute of Agricultural Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China

07/1983 08/1983 Research Assistant

Department of Agronomy, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China

i. Scholarly and Professional Activities(i) Editorial board:

Fungal Diversity (Editorial Board Member, 2016-present)Genes (Editorial Board Member, 2019-)Genome (Associate Editor, 2016- present)Mycology (Associate Editor, 2009-present)Mycopathologia (Associate Editor, 2011-present)Mycoses (Associate Editor, 2012 – present)Acta Edulis Fungi (Editorial Board Member, 2017-present)Acta Botanica Yunnanica (Board Member, 2008-2016)Cell Biology Insight (Editor-In-Chief, 2009-2013)

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The Open Ecology Journal (Associate Editor, 2007-2012)

(ii) Grants and Personnel Committees:Member of 6 committees for hiring new faculty in Biology

(iii) Executive CommitteesMedical and Environmental Mycology Committee of the

Mycological Society of America (Member: 2004-2006, Chair: 2005-2006)

Eastern Director of the Genetics Society of Canada (2006-2010)

(iv) Journal referee since 2010:African Journal of Microbiology Research (2)American Journal of Infection Control (1)Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (12)BMC Microbiology (3)BMC Evolutionary Biology (5)BMC Genomics (5)Canadian Journal of Microbiology (4)Eukaryotic Cell (3)Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine (1)FEMS Yeast Research (3)Fungal Biology (3)Fungal Ecology (2)Fungal Genetics and Biology (5)Genetics (7)Genome (6)Genome Biology and Evolution (1)Journal of Basic Microbiology (1)ISME Journal (2)mBio (2)Medical Mycology (7)Microbiology (3)Molecular Biology and Evolution (3)Molecular Ecology (8)mSphere (6)Mycology (7)Mycopathologia (8)Mycological Progress (1)Nature (1)PLoS ONE (10)PLoS Genetics (2)PNAS (3)Process Chemistry (2)Science (2)Scientific Reports (10)

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(v) External grant reviews:NSERC (Canada)Welcome Trust (UK)The Raine Priming grant (Australia)NSF-Metagenomics Program (US)NIH (US)NOW-NOH (the Netherlands)Austrian Genome Research Programme GEN-AUEU PathoGenoMicsNSF in ChinaSingapore National Science FoundationMinistry of Science and Technology of China Awards ApplicationsISF: Israel Science FoundationChangjiang Scholar Program, Ministry of Education, PRCState Natural Sciences Prize, PRCEuropean Research Council Starting Grant, EU

j. Areas of Interest(i) Research: Molecular Ecology; Genetics; Molecular Biology; Medical

Mycology; Population Biology; Genomics; Mushroomology; Conservation Biology; Microbial Ecology; Molecular Epidemiology

(ii) Teaching: Microbiology; Medical Microbiology; Environmental Microbiology; Molecular Ecology; Mycology

(iii) Consulting: Mold contamination; Fungal infection/treatment; Antifungal drug testing

k. HonoursPremier’s Research Excellence Award (2002-2007)Robert Hayes Young Scientist Award, the Genetics Society of Canada (2005)Distinguished Overseas’ Young Scholar, NSFC (2007-2009)Guest Professorships:

Hainan Medical College (2005-2015)Central South University of Forestry and Technology (2007-

2017)Yunnan University (2006-present)Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2007-

2009)Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

(2006-2007)

l. Courses taught (since 2009):(i) Undergraduate: BIO2EE3: Introductory Microbiology and Biotechnology (2009, 2010,

2011, 2012)

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BIO2C03 (Mol Biol 2C03): Genetics (2018; 2019)BIO4P03 (Mol Biol 4P03): Medical Microbiology (2009, 2010, 2011,

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)BIO4PP3: Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (2014,

2015, 2016, 2018)Ontario University Program in Field Biology Module 23 (2012)Ontario University Program in Field Biology Module 7 (2015)Ontario University Program in Field Biology Module 8 (2017)Ontario University Program in Field Biology Module 22 (2018)Ontario University Program in Field Biology Module 7 (2019)

(ii) Graduate:BIO6P03: Medical Microbiology (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,

2015, 2016, 2017)BIO709: Special topics in Biology (2018)BIO724: Molecular Ecology (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018)

(iii) PostgraduateFungal Ecology and Evolutionary Biology training workshop, Kunming

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, August 23-28, 2010 (Guest Lecturer)

Microbial Population and Evolutionary Genetics Workshop, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, May 7-12, 2013 (Organizer)

Fungal Genomics Training Workshop/Symposium, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, May 6-11, 2014 (Co-organizer)

Mushroom Genetics Research Workshop, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, May 9-13, 2016 (Organizer)

Fungal Genetics Research Workshop, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, May 17-18, 2016 (Organizer)

Fungal Population Genetics Workshop, Zhejiang University (June 17-21, 2018)

m. Supervisor-ship(i) Master

Start Year

Finish Year Surname First Name

Current employment

2001 2003 Tey RovenaMcMaster Medical Center

2001 2003 Li XiaogangResearch Scientist, Baxter Co.

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2002 2004 Han XiaoyuConsultant/Database management

2003 2005 Sun ShengProfessor at Duke University

2005 2006 Shahid MorvaridDentist in London, England

2007 2009 Li Mochan

Research scientist, Normerica Inc/Northdown Industries

2007 2008 Hiremath Sanjay Consultant

2008 2010 Skosireva Irina Dentist in Toronto

2009 2011 Wilson AmandaHigh School Teacher in Hamilton

2010 2011 Maganti HarinadMD/PhD program, University of Ottawa

2010 2012 Vogan AaronPostdoctoral Fellow in Sweden

2013 2014 Wang ZixuanClinical Trials Specialist

2013 2014 Khankhet JordanDental School, Western University

2014 2016 Forsythe Adrian

PhD student at McMaster University

2015 2017 Hua Wenjing Consultant

2015 2017Samarasinghe

Y.A.Himeshi

Continued to PhD in my lab

2016 2018 You Man

Continued to PhD in my lab and jointly with Agricultural Canada

2016 2018 Aljohani RenadLecturer in Saudi Arabia

2017 2019 Korfanty Gregory Continued to PhD in

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my lab

2017 2019 Liu Lijun Chem Eng

2018 Sandor Sarah In program

2018 Wang Yue In program

2019 Fan YuYing In program

(ii) DoctoralStart Year

Finish Year Surname First Name Current status

2001 2006 Yan Zhun

Chief Research Scientist, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2005 2009 Sun ShengResearch Professor, Duke University

2007 2009 Hiremath SanjayWithdrew due to medical reason

2012 2016 Vogan Aaron

Postdoctoral fellow at Uppasala University in Sweden

2014 2017 Ashu Eta Postdoctoral fellow

2016 2017 Pun NicholasWithdraw/Career change

2016 Forsythe Adrian In program

2017Samarasinghe Himeshi In program

2018 Man You In program

2019 Korfanty Greg In program

(iii) Postdoctoral

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Start year

Finish Year

Surname First name

Current position

2002 2006 Guo Hong Professor in China

2008 2009 James Timothy Professor at Univ. Michigan

(iv) Professional

Start year

Finish Year

Surname First name

Current position

2003 2003 Ásmundsdóttir

Lena Medical Doctor in Iceland

2006 2006 Wang Huamin Professor in China

2008 2008 Liang Junfeng Research Scientist in China

2008 2009 Wu Jianrong Professor in China

2009 2010 Zhang Ping Professor in China

2009 2009 Chowdhary Anuradha Professor/Medical Doctor in India

2012 2013 Zhang Yongjie Professor in China

2013 2014 Wang Shouxian Professor in China

2015 2015 Feng Bang Research Scientist in China

2016 2016 Li Cuixin Professor in China

2016 2016 Li Lili Research

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Scientist in China

2016 2018 El Sheikha Aly Professor in Egypt

2017 2018 Wang Hancheng Professor in China

2017 2017 (3 months)

Li Yongmei Professor in China

2017 2017 (3 months)

Li Zhimin Returned to Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

2017 2018 Hu Dianming Professor in China

2017 2018 Yu Xiaodan Professor in China

2017 2018 (five months)

Pum Nicole Graduate study in Germany

2018 2019 Zhang Ying Professor in China

(v) Supervisory Committees (Since 2009)Zhang Ye (PhD student)David Capstick (PhD student)Sharmila Sathiasothy (MSc student)Tao Dong (PhD student)Stephanie Sun (MSc student)Adam Bewich (PhD student)Yifei Huang (PhD student)Xuesen Zhao (PhD student)Bei Li (MSc student)Ryan Kelly (MSc student)Andrew Clark (PhD student)George DiCenzo (PhD student)Hermina Genium (MSc student)Wendy Wang (PhD student)Yasser Salama (MSc student)

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Wenqing Zhang (PhD)Mara McHaffie (MSc)Lijun Liu (MSc)Xiafei Zhang (PhD)

n. Research Funding:Start Time(Month/Year)

End Time (Month/Year)

Project Title Role on Project

Funding Agency

Total Project Funding

05/2019 04/2020 Omics analyses of drug resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

PI IIDR $50,000

10/2018 07/2019 Synergy testing between photo-activated compounds and antifungal drugs against dermatophytes

PI Ontario Centers of Excellence

$45,000

09/2018 03/2019 Microbes in Action (Experiential Learning)

PI McMaster University

$4,500

12/2017 6/2018 Testing of photo-activated and anti-fungal compounds against dermatophytes using Photodynamic therapy

PI Ontario Centers of Excellence

$45,000

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10/2017 05/2020 Developing a prophylactic probiotic approach for reducing WNS severity

Co-PI US Fish and Wildlife Services

$409,203 (US)

09/2015 08/2019 Development of biomarkers for efficient identification of human fungal pathogens

PI NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Program

$600,000

05/2015 04/2020 Speciation genetics and genomics of a basidiomycetous yeast

PI NSERC Discovery Program

$170,000

01/2013 12/2017 Phylogeography and population genetics of the Boletaceae mushrooms

Co-PI Natural Science Foundation of China

¥2,750,000

10/2010 10/2015 Genetics and genomics of gourmet mushrooms in southwest China

PI Yunnan Provincial Government, China

¥2,500,000

11/2010 12/2014 Nail permeation study of an antifungal drug against onychomysosis

PI BioCepta Corporation, Canada

$68,000

05/2010 04/2015 Evolutionary genetics and

PI Natural Sciences

$200,000

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genomics of a basidiomycetous yeast

and Engineering Research Council of Canada

01/2010 12/2012 Molecular ecology of the ectomycorrhizal mushroom Lactarius deliciousus from southern China

Co-PI National Science Foundation of China

¥250,000

01/2009 12/2012 Population genetics and conservation biology of economically important wild mushrooms in southwestern China

Co-PI Joint Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Yunnan Provincial Government

¥1,700,000

07/2009 06/2011 Molecular epidemiology of Candidemia in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

PI Institute of Infectious Diseases Research, McMaster University

$12,000

01/2008 12/2010 Molecular epidemiology of the human pathogenic yeast Candida tropicalis from China

Co-PI National Science Foundation of China

¥250,000

01/2007 12/2009 Multiple gene genealogical

PI Overseas Young

¥400,000

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analyses of the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans in China

Scholar Collaborative Research Award, National Science Foundation of China

05/2005 04/2010 Evolutionary genetics of a basidiomycetous yeast

PI Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

$150,000

04/2003 03/2006 Genomic analysis of soil microorganisms

Co-PI Genome Canada

$3,000,000

01/2002 12/2009 Ecology and evolutionary genetics of human pathogenic fungi

PI Premier’s Research Excellence Award, Ontario Government

$100,000

05/2001 04/2005 Evolutionary genetic analyses of a basidiomycete yeast

PI Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

$104,000

01/2001 12/2002 Research facility for fungal genomics and population biology

PI Canadian Foundation for Innovation

$168,000

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01/2001 12/2002 Research facility for fungal genomics and population biology

PI Ontario Innovation Trust

$168,000

o. Lifetime Publications(i) Peer-reviewed(a) Books: 6. El Sheikha, A., Levin, R. and Xu, J (Editors). (2018) Molecular

Techniques in Food Biology. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 5. Xu, J. (Editor) 2014. Next Generation Sequencing: Current

Technologies and Applications. Caister Academic Press.4. Singh, R. S., Xu, J., Kulathinal, R (Editors). 2012. Evolution in the

fast lane: rapid evolution of genes and genetic systems. Oxford University Press.

3. Xu, J. (Editor). 2010. Microbial Population Genetics. Horizon Bioscience. UK

2. Xu, J. and Wu, Q. 2006. Essentials of Life Science. 1st Edition. Higher Education Press (Beijing) and Thomson Scientific (Toronto).

1. Xu, J. (Editor). 2005. Evolutionary Genetics of Fungi. Horizon Scientific Press. UK.

(b) Contributions to books:29. Zhang YJ and Xu J. (2018) Molecular mechanisms of fungal

adaptive evolution. In Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution. (eds. Pabulo et al.) Springer.

28. Hua W, Al Sheihka A, and Xu J. (2018) Molecular Techniques for Making Recombinant Enzymes Used in Food Processing. In Molecular Techniques in Food Biology (pp. 95-114). Wiley & Sons Limited.

27. Ting, J., R. Xu, and J. Xu (2018). Molecular identification and distribution of yeasts in fruits. In Molecular Techniques in Food Microbiology (pp. 115-144). Wiley & Sons Limited.

26. Dong K, Samarasinghe YAH, Hua W, Kocherry L and Xu J. 2017. Recombinant Enzymes in the Meat Industry and the Regulations of Recombinant Enzymes in Food Processing. Pp. 363-374. In Microbial Enzyme Technology in Food Applications (Editors Drs. Ramesh C. Ray and Cristina M. Rosell). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

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25. Samarasinghe YAH, Hua W, Dong K, Kocherry L and Xu J. 2017. Recombinant Enzymes Used in Fruit and Vegetable Juice Industry. Pp. 375-395. In Microbial Enzyme Technology in Food Applications (Editors Drs. Ramesh C. Ray and Cristina M. Rosell). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.

24. Ashu, E., Forsythe A, Vogan AA, and Xu J. 2015. Filamentous Fungi in Fermented Foods. In Fermented Foods: Biochemistry and Biotechnology. CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/b19872-5

23. Xu, J. 2014. Microbial ecology in the age of metagenomics: an introduction. In Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer.

22. Xu, J. (2012) Rapid evolution in experimental populations of all major life forms. In Rapidly Evolving Genes and Genetic Systems (eds. Singh, R. S., Xu, J., Kulathinal, R). Oxford University Press. Pp. 40-52.

21. Idnurm, A and J. Xu. (2012). Experimental and natural evolution in the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complex. In Evolution of Virulence in Eukaryotic Microbes (eds. David Sibley, Barbara Howlett, Joseph Heitman), Wiley/Blackwell Press, pp. 208-230

20. Litvintseva, A.P., J. Xu, and T. G. Mitchell. (2011) Population Structure and Ecology of Cryptococcus. In Cryptococcus: from human pathogen to model organism. (Editors J. Heitman, J. Kwon-Chung, J. Perfect, A. Casadevall). ASM Press. Pp. 97-112

19. Xu, J., W. Manosuthi, U. Banerjee, L-P Zhu, J.H. Chen, S. Kohno, K. Izumikawa, Y.H. Chen, S. Sungkanuparph, T. S. Harrison, M. Fisher. (2011) Cryptococcosis in Asia. In Cryptococcus: from human pathogen to model organism. (Editors J. Heitman, J. Kwon-Chung, J. Perfect, A. Casadevall). ASM Press. Pp. 287-298

18. Xu, J. (2011) Microbial ecology in the age of metagenomics. In Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches (Editor Frans J. de Bruijn). Wiley/Blackwell

17. Luo, Y.Q., K. Lin, and J. Xu. (2010) Comparative Microbial Genomics: Analytical Tools, Population Genetic Patterns and Evolutionary Implications. Chapter 2. In Microbial Population Genetics. (Editor J. Xu), Horizon Scientific Press.

16. Eardly, B.D. and J. Xu. (2010) Population Genetics of the Symbiotic Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria Rhizobia. Chapter 5. In Microbial Population Genetics. (Editor J. Xu), Horizon Scientific Press.

15. Xu, J. (2010) Population Genetics in the Age of Metagenomics: Impact on Investigations of Viral, Bacterial, Archaeal and Eukaryotic Microbial Communities Chapter 12. In Microbial Population Genetics. (Editor J. Xu), Horizon Scientific Press.

14. Xu, J. (2009) Metagenomics and ecosystems biology: conceptual frameworks, tools, and methods. In Metagenomics: Theory,

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Methods and Applications (Editor Diana Marco), Caister Academic Press.

13. Xu, J. (2009) Reproduction and sex in microorganisms. Encyclopedia of Life Supporting Systems. UN-UNESCO.

12. Xu, J. (2008) Using 1-2 individual organisms to address population genetic questions. In Genetic Inheritance Patterns. Nova Publishers.

11. Xu, J. (2007) Origin, evolution and extinction of asexual fungi: experimental tests using Cryptococcus neoformans. Pp. 461-476. In Sex in Fungi. American Society for Microbiology Press.

10. Xu, J., M. Cheng, Q. Tan, and Y. Pan. (2005) Molecular population genetics of basidiomycete fungi. In Evolutionary Genetics of Fungi (J. Xu editor). Horizon Scientific Press, England. Pp. 189-220.

9. Xu, J. (2005) Fundamentals of fungal molecular population genetic analyses. In Evolutionary Genetics of Fungi (J. Xu editor). Horizon Scientific Press, England. Pp. 87-116.

8. Yan, Z. and J. Xu (2005) Fungal mitochondrial inheritance and evolution. In Evolutionary Genetics of Fungi (J. Xu editor). Horizon Scientific Press, England. Pp. 221-252.

7. Xu, J. (2004) Gene Genealogical analyses of human fungal pathogens. Pp.299-318. “Pathogenic Fungi: Structural Biology and Taxonomy" (editors Gioconda San-Blas, Richard Calderone), Horizon Scientific Press.

6. Tey, R., S. Han, Z. Yan, X. Li, K. Lazzazera, S. Sun, and J. Xu. (2003) Genotypic and phenotypic diversities of human pathogenic yeasts. Research Advances in Microbiology. Global Research Network. 3: 67-85.

5. Xu, J. (2003) Molecular population genetics of the commercial mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Research Advances in Microbiology. Global Research Network. 3:35-50

4. Mitchell, T. G. and J. Xu. (2003) Molecular methods to identify pathogenic fungi. Pp.677-702. Pathogenic Fungi in Humans and Animals (2nd Edition). Editor D. H. Howard. Marcel Dekker, New York.

3. Xu, J. and Mitchell, T. G. 2003. Population genetic analyses of medically important fungi. Pp. 703-722. Pathogenic Fungi in Humans and Animals (2nd Edition). Editor D. H. Howard. Marcel Dekker, New York.

2. Xu, J. and Mitchell, T. G. 2002. Population genetic analyses of Candida. Pp.55-64. Chapter 4. in "Candida and Candidiasis"(3rd edition). Editor R. Calderone, P. Magee, N. Gow, P. Fidel, D. Sanglard, S. Filler, D. Coleman and B. Merz. American Society for Microbiology Press. Washington, D. C.

1. Xu, J. and Mitchell, T. G. 2002. Strain variation and clonality in species of Candida and Cryptococcus neoformans. Pp. 739-750.

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Chapter 33. in Fungal Pathogenesis: Principles and Clinical Applications. Editor Richard Calderone and R. L. Cihlar. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y.

(c) Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (*Corresponding author; underlined: students and trainees in my lab)

204.Dong K, You M , Xu J* (submitted) Genetic Changes in Experimental Populations of a Hybrid in the Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex. Pathogens (provisionally accepted with revision)

203.Samarasinghe YAH, Vogan AA, Pum N, Xu J*. (In press) Patterns of allele distribution in a hybrid population of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Mycoses. doi: 10.1111/MYC.13040

202. Zhang SP, Guo Y, Li SZ, Zhou GY, Liu JA, Xu J, and He Li. (2019) Functional analysis of CfSnf1 in the development and pathogenicity of anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum fructicola on tea-oil tree. BMC Genetics. 20: 94. doi:10.1186/s12863-019-0796-y

201. Wang S, Fang M, Xu J, Jiang L, Zhou D, Zhang KQ, Zhang Y. (2019) Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Orbilia dorsalia, a species producing mature sexual structures on culture. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 4 (1), 1645-1645

200. Fang M, Wang S, Xu J, Jiang L, Zhou D, Zhang KQ, Zhang Y. (2019) Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Drechslerella brochopaga, a fungal species trapping nematodes with constricting rings. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 4 (1), 1646-1646

199. Zhou D, Zhang Y, Xu J, Jiang L, Zhang KQ, Zhang Y. (2019) The complete mitochondrial genome of the nematode-trapping fungus Dactylellina haptotyla. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 4 (1), 1712-1712.

198. Zheng H, Yang XQ, Deng J-S; Xu J, Yu ZF. (In press) Beltrania sinensis sp. nov., a new endophytic fungus from China and a key to species of the genus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Ms. No. IJSEM-D-19-00629R1

197. Zhou JL, Xu J*, Jiao AG, Yang L, Chen J, Callac P, Liu Y, Wang SX*. (2019). Patterns of PCR Amplification Artifacts of the Fungal Barcode Marker in a Hybrid Mushroom. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:2686 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02686

196.Ke LQ*, Li PD, Xu J, Wang QS, Wang LL, and Wen HP. 2019. Microbial communities and soil chemical features associated with commercial production of the medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lingzhi in soil. Scientific Reports. 9: 15839. (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52368-2)

195. Sandor SR, Wang HC, Vaario LM, Trudell SA, Xu J*. (In press) Mitochondrial Multilocus DNA Sequence Analyses Reveal Limited Genetic Variability within and Consistent Differences between

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Species Within the Global Matsutake Species Complex. Acta Edulis Fungi.

194. Brown P, RELISH Consortium, Zhou Y. (2019) Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search. Database. Vol. 2019: article ID baz085; doi:10.1093/database/baz085

193. Manawasinghe IS, Dissanayake AJ, Li X, Liu M, Wanasinghe DN, Xu J, Zhao W, Zhang W, Zhou Y, Hyde KD, Brooks S and Yan J (2019) High Genetic Diversity and Species Complexity of Diaporthe Associated with Grapevine Dieback in China. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:1936. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01936

192. Samarasinghe YAH, Aljohani R, Jimenez C, Xu J*. 2019. Fantastic Yeasts and Where to Find Them: The Discovery of a Predominantly Clonal Cryptococcus deneoformans Population in Saudi Arabian Soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology Sep 1;95(9). pii: fiz122. (doi:10.1093/femsec/fiz122)

191. Han LH, Wu G, Horak E, Halling RE, Xu J, Ndolo EST, Sato H, Fechner N, Sharma YP, Yang ZL. 2019. Phylogeny and species delimitation of Strobilomyces (Boletaceae), with an emphasis on the Asian species. Persoonia (In press)

190. Korfanty G, Teng L, Pum N, Xu J*. 2019. Contemporary gene flow is a major force shaping the Aspergillus fumigatus population in Auckland, New Zealand. Mycopathologia 184: 479–492 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-019-00361-8)

189. Chen YL, Tao J, Zhao PJ, Tang W, Xu J, Zhang KQ, and Zou CG. 2019. Adiponectin receptor PAQR-2 signaling senses low temperature to promote C. elegans longevity by regulating autophagy. Nat Commun. 10(1):2602. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10475-8.

188. Wu JY, Zhou DY, Zhang Y, Mi F, Xu J*. 2019. Analyses of the global multilocus genotypes of the human pathogenic yeast Candida tropicalis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:900. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00900

187. Ashu EE, Xu J, Yuan ZC. 2019. Bacteria in Cancer Therapeutics: A Framework for Effective Therapeutic Bacterial Screening and Identification. J. Cancer. 10(8): 1781-1793. doi:10.7150/jca.31699

186. Adamowicz SJ, Boatwright JS, Chain F, Fisher BL, Hogg ID, Leese F, Lijtmaer DA, Mwale M, Naaum AM, Pochon X, Steinke D, Wilson JJ, Wood S, Xu J, Xu S, Zhou X, van der Bank M. Trends in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. Genome, 2019, 62: v-viii, https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2019-0054

185. Liu L, Cao YR, Zhang CC, Fan HF, Guo ZY, Yang HY, Chen M, Han JJ, Xu J, Zhang KQ, Liang LM. 2019. An efficient gene disruption system for the nematophagous fungus Purpureocillium

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lavendulum. Fungal Biology. 123 (4): 274-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2018.10.009.

184. Hua WJ, Vogan AA, Xu J*. 2019. Genotypic and phenotypic analyses of two “isogenic” strains of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans. Mycopathologia. 184(2), 195-212 (DOI: 10.1007/s11046-019-00328-9)

183. Qiao M, Tian W, Castañeda-Ruiz RF, Xu J, Yu Z. 2019. Two new species of Verruconis from Hainan, China. MycoKeys. 48:41-53. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.48.32147.

182. Liang LM, Zou CG, Xu J, Zhang KQ. 2019. Signal pathways involved in microbe-nematode interactions provide new insights in the biocontrol of plant-parasitic nematodes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 347. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2018.0317.

181. Liu L.-N., Razaq A., Atri N.S., Bau T., Belbahri L., Chenari Bouket A., Chen L.-P., Deng C., Ilyas S., Khalid A.N., Kitaura M.J., Kobayashi T., Li Y., Lorenz A.P., Ma Y.-H., Malysheva E., Malysheva V., Nuytinck J., Qiao M., Saini M.K., Scur M.C., Sharma S., Shu L.-L., Spirin V., Tanaka Y., Tojo M., Uzuhashi S., Valerio-Junior C., Verbeken A., Verma B., Wu R.-H., Xu J.-P., Yu Z.-F., Zeng H., Zhang B., Banerjee A., Beddiar A., Bordallo J.J., Dafri A., Dima B., Krisai-Greilhuber I., Lorenzini M., Mandal R., Morte A., Nath P.S., PappV., Pavlik J., Rodriguez A., Sevcˇikova H., Urban A.,Voglmayr H. & Zapparoli G. (2018) Fungal Systematics and Evolution: FUSE 4. – Sydowia 70: 211–286.

180. Samarasinghe H, Xu J*. (2018). Hybrids and hybridization in the Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii species complexes. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 66: 245-255. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.10.011.

179. Qiao M, Du X, Zhang Z, Xu J, Yu ZF (2018) Three new species of soil-inhabiting Trichoderma from southwest China. MycoKeys. 44: 63–80. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.44.30295

178. Qiao M, Li W, Huang Y, Xu J, Zhang L, Yu Z*. (2018) Classicula sinensis, a new species of basidiomycetous aquatic hyphomycetes from southwest China. MycoKeys. 40:1-12. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.40.23828.

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83. Chowdhary, A.*, H. S. Randhawa, G. Sundar, S. Kathuria, A. Prakash, Z. U. Khan, S. SUN & J. Xu. 2011. In vitro antifungal susceptibility profiles and genotypes of 308 clinical and environmental isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Cryptococcus gattii serotype B from north-western India. Journal of Medical Microbiology 60:961-967.

82. Rajkumar S.S., R.J. Rudd, J.C. Okoniewski, J. Xu, S. Chaturvedi, and V. Chaturvedi*. 2011. Dispersal of a single, clonal genotype of Geomyces destructans among New York bats with geomycosis (White Nose Syndrome). Emerging Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/17/7/1273.htm; DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.102056

81. Maganti H, D. Yamamura, and J. Xu*. 2011. Prevalent nosocomial clusters among causative agents for candidemia in Hamilton, Canada. Medical Mycology 49(5):530-538. DOI:10.3109/13693786.2010.547880

80. Cao CW, Liang L*, Wang WJ, Luo H, Huang SB, Liu DH, Xu J, Henk DA, Fisher MC. 2011. Common reservoirs for Penicillium marneffei infection in humans and rodents, China. Emerging Infectious Diseases 17:209-214.

79. Randhawa, H. S.*, T. Kowshik, A. Chowdhary, K. Preeti Sinha, Z. U. Khan, J. Xu. 2011. Seasonal variations in prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Cryptococcus gattii in decayed wood inside trunk hollows of diverse tree species in north- western India: a retrospective study. Medical Mycology 49:320-323

78. Qiao M, Zhang Y, Li SF, Baral H.-O., Weber E., Su HY, Xu J, Zhang KQ, Yu ZF. 2011. Orbilia blumenaviensis and its Arthrobotrys anamorph. Mycological Progress. On line: DOI: 10.1007/s11557-011-0744-3.

77. Qin L, Qiao M, Yang Y, Yang GZ, Lu KP, Zhang KQ, Xu J, Yu ZF. 2010. Dactylella pseudobrevistipitata, a new species from China. Annals of Microbiology. On line: DOI: 10.1007/s13213-010-0177-2.

76. Niu, QH, Huang XW, Zhang L, Xu J, Yang DM, Wei KB, Niu XM, An ZQ, Bennett JW, Zou CG, Yang JK, and Zhang KQ*. 2010. A Trojan horse mechanism of bacterial pathogenesis against nematodes. PNAS 107: 16631–16636. Published online 2010 August 23. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1007276107 (www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1007276107)

75. Li MC, Liang JF, Li YC, Feng B, Yang ZL, James TY, and Xu J*. 2010. Genetic diversity of Dahongjun, the commercially important "Big Red Mushroom" from southern China" PLoS ONE 5(5): e10684. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010684

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74. Nayak R* and Xu J. 2010. Effects of sertraline hydrochloride and fluconazole combinations on Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. Mycology 1: 99-105

73. Ge SH, Wan Z, Li J, Xu J, Li RY, and Bai FY*. 2010. Correlation between Azole Susceptibilities, Genotypes and ERG11 Mutations in Candida albicans Isolates Associated with Vulvovaginal Candidiasis in China. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 54:3126-3131

72. Fan JY, Guo LY*, Xu J, Luo Y, Michailides TJ. 2010. Genetic Diversity of Populations of Monilinia fructicola (Fungi, Ascomycota, Helotiales) from China. J Eukaryotic Microbiology 57: 206-212.

71. Liang, J. F., Yang, Z. L.*, Xu J and Z-W Ge. 2010. Two new unusual Leucoagaricus species (Agaricaceae) from tropical China with blue-green staining reactions. Mycologia 102: 1141-1152

70. Wu, J. R., H.C. Ma，M. LÜ, S.F. Han, Y.Y. Zhu, H. Jin, J.F. Liang, L. Liu, and J. Xu*. 2010. Rhizoctonia fungi enhance the growth of the endangered orchid Cymbidium goeringii. Botany 88: 20-29

69. Skosireva, I., T. Y. James, S. Sun, and J. Xu*. 2010. Mitochondrial inheritance in haploid x non-haploid crosses in Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Genetics 56:163-176

68. Xu, J.*, Cadorin, M., Liang, Y-J, and Yang, Z.L.. 2010. DNA-based geographical typing of the gourmet mushroom Tricholoma matsutake traded in China. Mycoscience 51:248–251. DOI 10.1007/s10267-009-0024-0)

67. Wang, Q.M.. J. Xu, H.M. Wang, J. Li, F.Y. Bai*. 2009. Torulaspora quercuum sp. nov. and Candida pseudohumilis sp. nov., novel yeasts from human and forest habitats. FEMS Yeast Research 9:1322-1326

66. Guo, H., S. Sun, B. Eardly, T. Finan, and J. Xu*, 2009. Genome variation in the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. Genome 52:862-875

65. Liang*, J. F., J. Xu, and Z. L. Yang. 2009. Divergence, dispersal and recombination in Lepiota cristata from China. Fungal Diversity 38:105–124

64. Xu, J*., Z. Yan, and H. Guo. 2009. Divergence, hybridization, and recombination in the mitochondrial genome of the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii. Molecular Ecology 18: 2628-2642

63. Li, M. and Xu, J*. 2009. Molecular ecology of ectomycorrhizal fungi: molecular markers, genets and ecological importance. Acta Botanica Yunnanica 31: 193-209

62. Sun, S. and J. Xu*. 2009. Chromosomal rearrangements between serotype A and D strains in Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS ONE. 4(5): e5524

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61. Sha, T., J. Xu*, M. G. Palanichamy, H.-B. Zhang, T. Li, Z.-W. Zhao, Y.-P. Zhang*. 2008. Genetic diversity of an endemic gourmet mushroom Thelephora ganbajun from southwestern China. Microbiology-SGM 154, 3460-3468

60. Ciccotelli*, W., Haider S., and Xu, J. 2008. A traveler in time: phylogenetic analysis diagnoses the first case of reactivated sub-acute disseminated African histoplasmosis in an immunocompromised host from Tanzania. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 19: 313-315

59. Ásmundsdóttir, L. R., Erlendsdóttir, H., Haraldsson, G., Guo, H., Xu, J., Gottfredsson*. M. 2008. Molecular epidemiology of candidemia: Evidence for smoldering nosocomial clustering. Clinical Infectious Diseases 47:17-24

58. M. I. Bidartondo et al. [one of 256 authors] (2008). Preserving Accuracy in GenBank. Science 319, 1616. DOI: 10.1126/science.319.5870.1616a

57. Hiremath, S. S., A. Chowdhary, T. Kowshik, H. S. Randhawa, S. Sun and J. Xu* 2008 Long-distance dispersal and recombination in environmental populations of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii from India. Microbiology-SGM. 154: 1513-1524

56. Randhawa, H. S., T. Kowshik, A. Chowdhary, K. Preeti Sinha, Z. U. Khan, S. Sun and J. Xu, 2008 The expanding host tree species spectrum of Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans and their isolations from surrounding soil in India. Medical Mycology 18: 1-11

55. Shahid, M., Han, S., Yoell, H., and Xu, J*. 2008. Fitness distribution and transgressive segregation across 40 environmental conditions in a hybrid progeny population of the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. Genome 51:272-281

54. Xu, J*., Sha, T., Li, Y.-C., Zhao, Z.-W., and Yang, Z.- L. 2008. Recombination and genetic differentiation among natural populations of the ectomycorrhizal mushroom Tricholoma matsutake from southwestern China. Molecular Ecology 17: 1238-1247

53. Sun, S., and Xu, J*. 2007. Genetic analyses of a hybrid cross between serotypes A and D strains of the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Genetics 177:1475-1486

52. Li, G., Zhang, K*., Xu, J., Dong, J., and Liu, Y. 2007. Nematicidal substances from fungi. Recent Patents in Biotechnology 1: 212-233

51. Wang, H., Guo, H., Sun, S., and Xu, J*. 2007. Abundant sequence variation around the mitochondrial origin of replication in the human opportunistic yeast pathogen Candida albicans from a tropical island in China. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44:991-1001

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50. Wang, H., Wang, Y., Chen, J., Zhan, Z., Li, Y., and Xu, J*. 2007. Oral yeast flora and their ITS sequence diversity among a large cohort of medical students in Hainan, China. Mycopathologia. 164:65-72

49. Xu, J*., Guo, H., and Yang, Z-L*. 2007. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ectomycorrhizal mushroom Tricholoma matsutake. Microbiology 153:2002-2012 (cover photo)

48. Yan, Z., Hull, C. M., Sun, S., Heitman, J., and Xu, J*. 2007. The mating type-specific homeodomain genes SXI1 and SXI2a coordinately control uniparental mitochondrial inheritance in Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Genetics 51:187-195

47. Yan, Z., Sun, S., Shahid, M., and Xu, J*. 2007. Environment factors can influence mitochondrial inheritance in the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44:315-322

46. Xu, J. 2006. Evolution of microbial pathogens. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 8:1306-1307

45. Randawa HS*, Kowshik T, Preeti Sinha K, Chowdhary A, Khan ZU, Yan Z, Xu J, Kumar A. 2006. Distribution of Cryptococcus gattii and Cryptococcus neoformans in decayed trunk wood of Syzygium cumini trees in north-western India. Medical Mycology. 44:623-630

44. Sun, S., Guo, H., and Xu, J*. 2006. Multiple gene genealogical analyses reveal both common and distinct population genetic patterns among replicons in the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. Microbiology. 152:3245-3259

43. Xu, J. 2006. Extracting haplotypes from diploid organisms. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 8:113-122

42. Xu, J. 2006. Fundamentals of fungal molecular population genetic analyses. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 8:75-89

41. Lan, L. and Xu, J*. 2006. Multiple gene genealogical analyses suggest divergence and recent clonal dispersal in the opportunistic human pathogen Candida guilliermondii. Microbiology. 152:1539-1549

40. Xu, J. 2006. Microbial ecology in the age of genomics and metagenomics: concepts, tools and recent advances. Molecular Ecology 15:1713-1731

39. Xu, J. 2005. Cost of interacting with sexual partners in a facultative sexual microbe. Genetics. 171:1597-1604

38. Xu, J. 2005. The inheritance of organelle genes and genomes: patterns and mechanisms. Genome. 48:951-958

37. Kidd, S.E., Guo, H., Bartlett, K., Xu, J., Kronstad, J. W*. 2005. Comparative gene genealogies indicate that two clonal lineages of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia resemble strains from other geographical areas. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 1629-1638

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36. Guo, H., Sun, S., Finan, T.M. and Xu, J*. 2005. Novel DNA sequences from natural strains of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:7130-7138

35. Xu, J. 2004. Genotype-environment interactions of spontaneous mutations affecting vegetative fitness in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Genetics 168:1177-1188.

34. Yan, Z, Hull, C. M., Heitman, J., Sun, S. and Xu, J*. 2004. SXI1 controls uniparental mitochondrial inheritance in Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Biology. 14:R743-R744.

33. Xu, J. 2004. The prevalence and evolution of sex in microorganisms. Genome 47:775-780

32. Xu, J*. and Mitchell, T. G. 2003. Comparative gene genealogical analyses of strains of serotype AD identify recombination in populations of serotypes A and D in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. Microbiology. 149:2147-2154.

31. Montour, L. Tey, R. and Xu, J*. 2003. Isolation of Candida dubliniensis in an aboriginal community in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41:3423-3426.

30. Gottfredsson, M*., Vredenburgh, J., Xu, J., Schell, W. A., Perfect, J. R. 2003. Candidemia in women with breast carcinoma treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation. Cancer. 98:24-30.

29. Yan, Z. and Xu, J*. 2003. Mitochondria are transmitted from MATa parent in sexual crosses of the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Genetics 163, 1315-1325.

28. Xu, J. and Mitchell, T. G*. 2003. Geographic differences in human oral yeast flora. Clinical Infectious Diseases 36: 221-224.

27. Li, X., Yan, Z., and Xu, J*. 2003. Quantitative variation in biofilms among strains in natural populations of Candida albicans. Microbiology 149: 353-362.

26. Khan, Z.U*., Al-Anezi, A. A., Chandy, R. and Xu, J. 2003. Disseminated cryptococcosis in an AIDS patient caused by a canavanine-resistant strain of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii. Journal of Medical Microbiology 52: 271-275.

25. Xu, J*. 2002. Estimating the spontaneous mutation rate of loss of sex in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Genetics 162:1157-1167.

24. Xu, J*. 2002. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Genetics 41:43-47.

23. Kam, A., and Xu, J*. 2002. Diversity of commensal yeasts from within and between healthy hosts. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 43:19-28.

22. Xu, J*., Desmerger, C., and Callac, P. 2002. Fine scale genetic analyses reveal unexpected spatial-temporal heterogeneity in two

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natural populations of the commercial mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Microbiology 148:1253-1262.

21. Yan, Z., Li X, and Xu, J*. 2002. Geographic distribution of mating type alleles of Cryptococcus neoformans in four areas of the United States. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40:965-972.

20. Xu, J*., Luo, G., Vilgalys R., Brandt, M. E., and Mitchell, T. G. 2002. Multiple origins of hybrid strains of Cryptococcus neoformans with serotype AD. Microbiology 148:203-212.

19. Forche, A., Xu, J., Vilgalys R., and Mitchell, T. G*. 2001. Development and characterization of a genetic linkage map of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) and other markers. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 31:189-203.

18. Xu, J*., Onyewu, C., Yoell, H. J., Ali, R. Y., Vilgalys, R., and Mitchell, T. G. 2001. Dynamic and heterogeneous mutations to fluconazole resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 45:420-427.

17. McEwen JG*, Taylor JW, Carter D, Xu J, Felipe MSS, Vilgalys R, Mitchell TG, Kasuga T, White T, Bui T, Soares CMA. 2000. Molecular typing of pathogenic fungi. Medical Mycology 38(sppl 1):189-197.

16. Xu, J. Vilgalys, R., and Mitchell, T. G*. 2000. Multiple gene genealogies reveal recent dispersion and hybridization in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Molecular Ecology. 9:1471-1481.

15. Xu, J., Ramos, A., Vilgalys, R. and Mitchell, T. G*. 2000. Clonal and spontaneous origins of fluconazole resistance in Candida albicans. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 38:1214-1220.

14. Xu, J., Ali, R., Gregory, D., Amick, D., Lambert, S., Yoell, H., Vilgalys, R. and Mitchell, T. G*. 2000. Uniparental mitochondrial transmission in sexual crosses in Cryptococcus neoformans. Current Microbiology. 40:269-273. DOI: 10.1007/s002849910053

13. Kerrigan, R. W*., Callac, P., Xu, J., and Noble, R. 1999. Population and phylogenetic structure within the Agaricus subfloccosus complex. Mycological Research. 103:1515-1523.

12. Xu, J., Boyd, C. M., Livingstone, E., Meyer, W., Madden, J. F., and Mitchell, T. G*. 1999. Species and genotypic diversities and similarities of pathogenic yeasts colonizing women. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 37:3835-3843.

11. Xu, J., Vilgalys, R. and Mitchell, T. G*. 1999. Lack of genetic differentiation between two geographic samples of Candida albicans isolated from patients infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Journal of Bacteriology. 181:1369-1373.

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10. Xu, J., Mitchell, T. G. and Vilgalys, R*. 1999. PCR-RFLP analyses reveal both extensive clonality and local genetic differentiation in Candida albicans. Molecular Ecology. 8:59-74.

9. Xu, J., Vilgalys, R., and Mitchell, T. G*. 1998. Colony size can be used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration of fluconazole for pathogenic yeasts. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 36:2383-2385.

8. Xu, J., Kerrigan, R. W., Sonnenberg, A. S., Callac, P., Horgen, P. A. and Anderson, J. B*. 1998. Mitochondrial DNA variation in natural populations of the mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Molecular Ecology 7:19-33.

7. Xu, J., Kerrigan, R. W., Callac, P., Horgen, P. A., and Anderson, J. B*. 1997. The genetic structure of natural populations of Agaricus bisporus. the commercial button mushroom. Journal of Heredity 88:482-488.

6. Xu, J., Horgen, P. A., and Anderson, J. B*. 1996b. Variation in mating interactions in Agaricus bisporus. The Cultivated Mushroom Research Newsletter 3:23-30.

5. Xu, J., Horgen, P. A., and Anderson, J. B*. 1996a. Somatic recombination in the cultivated mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Mycological Research 100: 188-192.

4. Xu, J. 1995. Analysis of inbreeding depression in Agaricus bisporus. Genetics 141:137-145.

3. Xu, J*., Yoell, H. J., and Anderson, J. B. 1994. An efficient protocol for isolating DNA from higher fungi. Trends in Genetics 10:26-27.

2. Xu, J., Kerrigan, R. W., Horgen, P. A., and Anderson, J. B*. 1993b. Localization of the mating type gene in Agaricus bisporus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 59: 3044-3049.

1. Xu, J., Horgen, P. A., and Anderson, J. B*. 1993a. Media and temperature effects on mating interactions of Agaricus bisporus The Cultivated Mushroom Research Newsletter. 1: 25-32.

(ii) Not Peer-Reviewed(a) Books(b) Contributions to books(c) Journal articles

7. Xu J. 2017. The life and work of Dr. Fan Qingsheng: a pioneer in antibiotics research, agricultural microbiology, systems agriculture, and agricultural education in China. Protein and Cell. DOI 10.1007/s13238-017-0374-x

6. Adamowicz SJ*, Chain FJ, Clare EL, Deiner K, Dincă V, Elias-Gutierrez M, Hausmann A, Hogg ID, Kekkonen M, Lijtmaer DA, Naaum A, Steinke D, Valdez-Moreno M, Van der Bank M, Wilson JJ, Xu J. 2016. From Barcodes to Biomes: Special Issues from the

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6th International Barcode of Life Conference. Genome. 59(11):v-ix. doi: 10.1139/gen-2016-0159

5. Cheng XY, Zhang LS, Tian T, Li H, Harvey C, Xu J*, He JS*. Insights from a biology field course at McMaster University. Theory and Practice of Contemporary Education, 2016, 8(12): 44-47. DOI:10.13582/j.cnki.1674-5884.2016.12.01

4. Xu J, Cai L. 2015. Diversity, population genetics, and phylogeography of selected wild mushrooms. Mycology 6(2): 77

3. Xu J. 2010. DNA barcoding, fungal diversity, and authentication of wild gourmet mushrooms. Acta Agriculturae Universitatis Jiangxiensis. 32 (5): 1010-1017.

2. Xu, J. 2010. Molecular, developmental, and evolutionary genetic studies highlight rapid evolution of genes and genetic systems. Genome 53 (10): 848-852

1. Xu, J., and Yang Z-L. 2012. Prof. Mu ZANG, 1930-2011. Mycology. 3(1):87-88.

(iii) Unpublished Documents(a) Technical report series(b) Other

(iv) Submitted ManuscriptsDong K, You M, Xu J* (submitted) Genetic Changes in Experimental

Populations of a Hybrid in the Cryptococcus neoformans Species Complex. Pathogens (provisionally accepted with revision)

Samarasinghe YAH, Vogan AA, Pum N, Xu J*. (submitted) Patterns of allele distribution in a hybrid population of the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Mycoses (provisionally accepted with revision)

p. Presentations at Conferences

(i) Invited (since 2000)Xu J. 2018. Fungal populations on the move. Ontario Ecology,

Evolution, and Ethology Colloquium. May 11-13, London, Canada (Plenary Speaker)

Xu J. 2017. Exploring genotype-environment interactions for mushroom breeding. Edible Mushroom Genetics and Breeding Meeting of the Chinese Agronomy Society. August 20-22, 2017, Shanghai, China. (Plenary Speaker)

Xu, J. 2015. Barcoding Wild Edible Mushrooms in Southwestern China. The 6th International Barcode of Life Conference: Barcodes to Biomes. August 17-21, 2015. Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Xu J. 2015. Mitochondrial inheritance in fungi. Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of China. September 20-22, 2015. Shanghai, China.

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Xu J. 2014. Biomarker development for the identification of fungal pathogens. 4th BIT Gene Convention. November 13-16, 2014, Haikou, Hainan, China

Xu J. 2012. Diversity and population genetics of wild edible mushrooms in southwest China. The 18th Congress of the International Society of Mushroom Science. Beijing, August 26-30, 2012.

Xu, J. Yoell, H. Lougheed, W. 2012. Effective permeation of a novel antifungal drug that kills the dominant agent of nail infection. 10th

BioPartnering North America. Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Feb. 26-28, 2012.

Xu, J. 2011. Diversity and population biology of wild edible mushrooms in southwestern China. The 7th International Conference on Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products. Arcachon, France, October 4-7, 2011

Xu, J. 2011. Microbial population genetics in the age of metagenomics. BIT’s 2nd World DNA and Genome Day. Dalian, China, April 25-30, 2011

Xu, J. 2010. Fundamentals of fungal population genetics. Workshop on fungal diversity, evolution and biogeography. Kunming, August 27-September 2, 2010.

Xu, J. 2010. Analytical tools and computer programs for fungal population genetics. Kunming, August 27-September 2, 2010.

Xu, J. 2010. Case studies of fungal population genetics. Kunming, August 27-September 2, 2010.

Xu, J. 2009. Divergence, hybridization and recombination in the mitochondrial genome of a human pathogenic yeast. Satellite Meeting of the International Congress of Human and Animal Mycology, Beijing, China. May 29-June 2, 2009.

Xu, J. 2009. Sequence-based identification and the fungal barcoding initiative. International Congress of Human and Animal Mycology. Tokyo, Japan. May 25-29, 2009

Xu, J. 2008. Genomic architecture of a human fungal pathogen. China-Japan Asian Pacific Mycology Forum. Changchun, Jilin, China. July 27-July 31, 2008

Xu, J. 2008. Molecular ecology and epidemiology of two divergent human pathogenic yeasts. Medical Mycology Forum. Three Gorges. China. June 20-23, 2008.

Xu, J. 2007. Two talks: (i) Fundamentals of fungal molecular population genetic analyses (May 9th); (ii) Multiple gene genealogical analysis of human pathogenic yeasts (May 12th). Molecular Medical Mycology Conference. Nanjing, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Xu, J. 2007. Evolutionary genetics of Cryptococcus: a mitochondrial story. March 19-28 24th Fungal Genetics Conference in Asilomar, California

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Xu, J. 2006. Evolutionary genetic analysis of a basidiomycete yeast. October 20-24, in Qingdao for a Chinese Young Mycologists meeting

Yan, Z. and Xu, J. 2006. Mitochondrial inheritance in a fungus. American Phytopathology Society/Mycological Society of America Joint Annual Meeting. Quebec City, July 29-August 2. 2006

Xu, J. 2005. Experimental population biology of a basidiomycete yeast. Beijing Mycological Symposium. July 5-8, Beijing, China

Xu, J. 2005. Mitochondrial inheritance in a fungus. Genetics Society of Canada. March 16-19, Banff, Alberta, Canada. (Invited)

Xu, J. 2003. Genotype-environment interactions of spontaneous mutation in a fungus. PARTNER Conference, November 19-23, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Xu, J. 2003. Hybridization and recombination in Cryptococcus neoformans. 3rd Cryptococcus Genome Conference. August 9-10, 2003, UBC, Vancouver, B.C.

Xu, J. 2002. Differentiation and gene flow among geographical populations of C. albicans. Invited speaker to the 6th ASM conference on Candida and Candidiasis. Jan. 2002. Tampa, Florida

Xu, J., Vilgalys, R. and Mitchell, T. G. 2000. Molecular population genetics of Candida albicans. 14th International Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. May 8-12, 2000. Buenos Aires, Argentina

(ii) Contributed (since 2000)Sandor S and Xu J. The tale of mushrooms and insects: living together, changing

together. Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

Forsythe A and Xu J. Using public data to track the spread of a fungal epizoonotic: Is human activity contributing to the spread of White-nose Syndrome? Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

You M and Xu J. Phenotypic plasticity and genotypic diversity of aneuploid or diploid progeny of the two human pathogenic fungi within Cryptococcus species complex. Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

Wang Y and Xu J. Dynamic distributions of mitochondrial introns in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus deneoformans. Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

Samarasinghe YAH and Xu J. Fantastic yeasts and where to find them: Discovery of the opportunistic yeast pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans in Saudi Arabian soils.

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Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

Korfanty G and Xu J. Contemporary gene flow is a major force shaping the Aspergillus fumigatus population in Auckland, New Zealand. Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

Xu J. Fungal species concepts in the genomics era. Joint Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Entomological Society of Canada, and Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Fredericton, NB, August 18 – 21, 2019.

Forsythe A, J Xu. 2018. Spread of the White-nose Syndrome Pathogen, Pseudogymnoascus destructans is not Strictly Stepwise. The 2018 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Guelph, Ontario, July 19-21, 2018.

Liu L, Van Ham I, Yoell H, Zhu S, J Xu. 2018. Photodynamic therapy against superficial fungal infections. The 68th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 18-21, 2018.

Korfanty GK, Pum NP, Teng LT, J Xu. 2018. Genetic and Phenotypic Analyses of Aspergillus fumigatus from New Zealand and Saudi Arabian Soils. The 68th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 18-21, 2018.

You M, and J Xu. 2018. The effects of genotypic and environmental factors on basidiospore germination in Cryptococcus gattii. The 68th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 18-21, 2018.

Samarasinghe Y, Aceituno-Caicedo D, and J Xu. 2018. Genotype-environment interactions lead to differential pigmentation among strains of human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans. The 68th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 18-21, 2018.

Samarasinghe Y, and J Xu. Fifty Shades of Cryptococcus neoformans. Poster Presentation. The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Waterloo, Ontario, June 20-23, 2017.

Dong K, N Pun, and J Xu. Antifungal drug Fluconazole facilitates the loss of heterozygosity in a hybrid of the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans species complex. Poster Presentation. The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Waterloo, Ontario, June 20-23, 2017.

Hua W, and J Xu. Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of tow model “isogenic” strains of Cryptococcus neoformans. Poster Presentation. The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Waterloo, Ontario, June 20-23, 2017.

Forsythe A, V Giglio, J Asa, J Xu. Evidence for Rapid Adaptation during Clonal Expansion of the White Nose Syndrome Pathogen, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, in North America. Oral Presentation. The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Waterloo, Ontario, June 20-23, 2017.

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Ashu E, G.Y Kim, P Roy-Gayos, K Dong, A Forsythe, V Giglio, D Yamamura, J Xu. Does the use of agricultural fungicides propagate triazole-resistant A. fumigatus in Hamilton's hospitals? Poster Presentation. The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Waterloo, Ontario, June 20-23, 2017.

Ashu E, et al. Diversity and origins of Indian multi-triazole resistant strains of Aspergillus fumigatus. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Forsythe A, et al. Characterization of genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity among the white-nose-syndrome pathogen Pseudogymnoascus destructans. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Hua WJ et al. Genetic and phenotypic analysis of two Cryptococcus neoformans isolates - JEC21 and JEC20. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

El Sheikha A, et al. How to use fungi as innovative barcodes? 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Samarasinghe HY et al, Variation in melanin production in environmental Cryptococcus neoformans strains. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Vogan A, et al. Mitotic recombination during sporogenesis in Cryptococcus. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Li CX (Southwest Forestry University, China). Non-concerted evolution in intracellular ITS sequences and impact on identification and phylogenies of Lentinula edodes. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Li LL, et al. Colonization of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi in Vaccinium. 32nd Great Lake-St. Lawrence Mycology Meeting, Queen’s University Biological Station, April 30-May 1, 2016

Xu, J. 2015. Barcoding Wild Edible Mushrooms in Southwestern China. The 6th International Barcode of Life Conference: Barcodes to Biomes. August 17-21, 2015. Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Xu, J. Yoell, H. Lougheed, W. 2012. Effective permeation of a novel antifungal drug that kills the dominant agent of nail infection. 18th

Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycoses. June 10-15, 2012. Berlin, Germany.

Skosireva I, James TY, Sun S, and Xu J. 2010. Mitochondrial inheritance in haploid x non-haploid crosses in Cryptococcus neoformans. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, June 17-20, 2010

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Wilson A, Skosireva I, and Xu J. 2010. Mitochondrial inheritance patterns in a human pathogen Cryptococcus gattii. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, June 17-20, 2010

Maganti H, Xu J. 2010. Assessment of a database for the fungal barcode region ITS in GenBank for human pathogenic Candida spp. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada, Hamilton, Ontario, June 17-20, 2010.

Li MC, Liang JF, Li YC, Feng B, Yang ZL, James TY, and Xu J. Genetic diversity of Dahongjun, the commercially important "Big Red Mushroom" from southern China. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Joint Meting of the Genetics Society of Canada and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. May 14-17, 2009.

Sun S and Xu J. 2009. Sequence polymorphism along chromosome I in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Joint Meting of the Genetics Society of Canada and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. May 14-17, 2009.

Skosireva I, James TY, Sun S, and Xu J. 2009. Mitochondrial inheritance in haploid x non-haploid crosses in Cryptococcus neoformans. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Joint Meting of the Genetics Society of Canada and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. May 14-17, 2009.

Xu, J. 2009. Mitochondrial population genetics of a yeast. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Joint Meting of the Genetics Society of Canada and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. May 14-17, 2009.

Han, S. and Xu, J. 2005. Costs and benefits of hybridization in Cryptococcus neoformans. Gordon Research Conference on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics. Feb. 20-27. Ventura, California.

Zhun Yan*, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Jianping Xu, 2005. Mitochondria influence virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. The 25th Great Lakes Winter Mycology Conference. Feb. 19. McMaster University

Xu, J. 2004. The sex-determining gene SXI1 controls mitochondrial inheritance in Cryptococcus neoformans. The Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Winter Mycology Workshop. Feb. 20-21, 2004. Ottawa, Ontario.

Xu, J., Vilgalys, R. and Mitchell, T. G. 2001. Multiple recent origins of serotype AD strains in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. 5th International Conference on Genetics and Cell Biology of Basidiomycetes. May, 2001. Mississauga, Canada

Xu, J., Vilgalys, R. and Mitchell, T. G. 2001. Multiple recent origins of serotype AD strains in the human pathogenic fungus

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Cryptococcus neoformans. 21st Fungal Genetics Conference. March 12-16. 2001. Asilomar, California, USA.

Xu, J. 1999. A historical analysis of a human commensal yeast. 7th Congress of the European Society for the Study of Evolution. August 23-28, 1999, Barcelona, Spain.

Xu, J. 1999. Recent recombination in an ancient human pathogen. 20th International Fungal Genetics Conference. March 22-28, 1999. Asilomar, California, USA.

q. Administrative Responsibilities (include name, role: member or chair, starting and ending date)(i) Department01/2017 Biology Graduate Studies Committee (chair)10/2015-06/2018 Biology Tenure and Promotion Committee (member)07/2014-09/2015 Biology Graduate Studies Committee (member)07/2010-06/2012 Biology Graduate Studies Committee (chair)07/2010-01/2011 Biology Undergraduate Studies Committee (acting chair)09/2009-02/2010 Biology Graduate Studies Committee (acting chair)07/2001-06/2005 Biology Space and Equipment Committee (member)07/2001-06/2006 Biology Graduate Studies Committee (member)07/2001-06/2005 Teaching Assistant Coordinator

(ii) Faculty01/2017-Present Faculty of Science Graduate Curriculum Committee (member)07/2010-12/2010 Faculty of Science Academic Planning and Curriculum Committee (member)07/2010-12/2010 Science Research Advisory Committee (member)07/2004-06/2006 Faculty of Science Undergraduate Awards Committee (Chair)07/2004-06/2005 Faculty of Science Judicatory Committee (member)07/2003-06/2004 Faculty of Science Undergraduate Awards Committee (member)

(iii) University07/2013-present President’s Biosafety Advisory Committee (member)01/2015-06/2017 McMaster University Senate –Appointments Committee (member)07/2014-06/2017 McMaster University Senate (member)07/2005-06/2006 Senate Graduate Council Executive Committee (member)07/2003-06/2006 McMaster University Senate Graduate Council (member)

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r. Other ContributionsInvited Seminars since 2001

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. School of Agricultural Resources, Zhejiang University. June 10th, 2018

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. School of Medicine, Southeast University. June 14th, 2018

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. Nanjing Institute of Soil Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. June 14th, 2018

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. College of Resources, Nanjing Agricultural University. June 13th, 2018

Xu J. 2018. Melanin in Cryptococcus. Shanghai Changzheng Hospital. June 12th, 2018.

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. May 6th, 2018

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. College of Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University. April 27th, 2018

Xu J. 2018. Fungal Populations on the Move. College of Biotechnology, Jiangxi Agricultural University. April 26th, 2018

Xu J. 2017. Agricultural fungicides and clinical triazole resistance in human fungal pathogens. College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sun University. December 18, 2017.

Xu J. 2017. Agricultural fungicides and clinical triazole resistance in human fungal pathogens. Hainan Medical College, China. December 14, 2017.

Xu J. 2017. Agricultural fungicides and clinical triazole resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, China, December 12, 2017.

Xu J. 2017. Fungal mitochondrial inheritance: from natural population surveys to laboratory investigations and back. Yunnan Agricultural University, December 8, 2017

Xu J. 2017. Agricultural fungicides and clinical triazole resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, China. December 6, 2017.

Xu J. 2017. Fungal mitochondrial inheritance: from natural population surveys to laboratory investigations and back. Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada, October 26

Xu J. 2017. Agricultural fungicides and clinical triazole-resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada, October 26

Xu J. 2017. Fungal mitochondrial inheritance: from natural population surveys to laboratory investigations and back. Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. August 24

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Xu J. 2017. Fungal mitochondrial inheritance: from natural population surveys to laboratory investigations and back. Agricultural Canada Research Center, London, Ontario, Canada. August 3.

Xu J. 2017. Patterns, rates and mechanisms of fungal evolution. Shanxi University, China, April 17

Xu J. 2017. Patterns, rates and mechanisms of fungal evolution. Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand, April 25

Xu J. 2017. Patterns, rates and mechanisms of fungal evolution. Institute of Bast Fiber Research, CAAS, China, May 15

Xu J. 2017. Fundamentals of fungal population genetics. Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, China, May 22

Xu J. 2016. Mushrooms Good, Mushrooms Bad. Tartu College, Toronto. September 14,

Xu J. 2016. Experimental tests of major transitions in evolution. September 12, The Origins Colloquium. McMaster University.

Xu J. 2016. Experimental tests of major transitions in organic evolution. July 11, 2016. College of Life Sciences, Beijing Jiaotong University.

Xu J. 2016. Fungal biology in the age of genomics and metagenomics. May 20, 2016, Qingdao Agricultural University.

Xu J. 2015. Hybridization and Recombination in Basidiomycete Fungi. May 22, 2015. Institute of Edible Fungi Research. Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Xu J. 2015. Hybridization and Recombination in Basidiomycete Fungi. May 21, 2015. Institute of Plant and Environment Protection. Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences.

Xu J. 2015. Fundamentals of fungal population genetics and molecular ecology: issues, tools, and examples. May 4, 2015. Institute of Bast Fiber Research, CAAS.

Xu J. 2015. Fungal sex evolution and mitochondrial inheritance. May 18, 2015. Central South University of Forestry and Technology. Changsha, Hunan, China.

Xu, J. 2013. Fungal Speciation Research in the Era of Genomics and its Practical Implications. Central South University of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan Province, China November 28, 2013

Xu, J. 2013. Agriculture and Medical Mycology: a case study of Aspergillus fumigatus. Hainan Medical College, Haikou, Hainan Province, China, November 22, 2013.

Xu, J. 2013. Diversity and population genetics of wild edible mushrooms in southwestern China. INRA-NANCY, France, September 13, 2013.

Xu, J. 2011. Fungal ecology and evolutionary genetics: methods and recent trends. College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, May 9, 2011.

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Xu, J. 2011. Patterns, rates and mechanisms of microbial evolution. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hainan Medical College, April 20, 2011.

Xu, J. 2011. Evolutionary genetic analysis of a fungus. Department of Biology, University of Ottawa. March 12, 2011.

Xu, J. 2010. Coevolution: conceptual framework, analytical methods, and example case studies. Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, November 13th, 2010

Xu, J. 2010. Coevolution: conceptual framework, analytical methods, and example case studies. Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, November 11, 2010.

Xu, J. 2010. Mushrooms good, mushrooms bad: a recent excursion to the Himalaya Mountains. EEB seminar series, McMaster University, September 18th, 2010

Xu, J. 2010. Evolutionary genetic analyses of a human pathogenic yeast. Department of Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, April 27, 2010

Xu, J. 2010. Experimental evolution of a fungus. Mathematical Biology Seminar Series. McMaster University, March 5, 2010

Xu, J. 2010. The genome architecture of a human fungal pathogen. Origins Institute, McMaster University, January 25, 2010

Xu, J. 2009. The genome architecture of a basidiomycete yeast. Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, Dec 5, 2009

Xu, J. 2009. Fundamentals of fungal population genetic analyses. Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, June 10, 2009

Xu, J. 2008. Recombination and gene flow in natural microbial populations. Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, Ohio, April 4.

Xu, J. 2007. One year in China. Department of Biology, McMaster University, November 17

Xu, J. 2007. Two talks: “Multiple gene genealogical analysis of human pathogenic yeasts” and “Approaches to population genetic studies of non-model fungal species: a case study of Tricholoma matsutake” at the Institute of Microbiology, CAS, May 30.

Xu, J. 2007. Microbial ecology and evolutionary genetics in the age of genomics. Department of Biology, Beijing Normal University June 1.

Xu, J. 2007. Gene genealogical analyses of microorganisms. Shanghai Agrobiology Gene Center. May 10.

Xu, J. 2007. Multiple gene genealogical analyses of human fungal pathogens. Xi’an Jiao Tong University Medical School, Xi’an, China. April 20.

Xu, J. 2007. Molecular ecology of Tricholoma matsutake. Central South University of Forestry and Technology. June 1.

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Xu, J. 2007. Molecular ecology of Tricholoma matsutake, Tibet Agricultural and Veterinary College. April 14.

Xu, J. 2006. Molecular ecology in the age of genomics and metagenomics. Central South University of Forestry and Technology. September 16.

Xu, J. 2006. Genealogical analyses and the evolution of fungal mating systems. Yunnan University August 6.

Xu, J. 2005. Human pathogenic fungi: research advances, opportunities and challenges. July 21. Beijing University Medical School, Beijing, China.

Xu, J. 2005. Multiple gene genealogical analyses of a human pathogenic fungus. CHUL, Laval University, Quebec.

Xu, J. 2002. Evolutionary genetics of a human pathogenic yeast. October 11, 2002. Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Xu, J. 2002. Evolutionary genetic analyses of a human pathogenic fungus. May 10th, 2002, Dept. of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China.

Xu, J. 2001. Evolutionary and quantitative genetics of drug resistance in human pathogenic fungi. Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University. June, 2001

s. Other responsibilitiesOrganizer for the 25th Great Lakes Winter Mycology Conference

(Feb. 19-20, 2005)Organizer and Co-Chair of a session on Mating and Sexual

Development at the 24th Fungal Genetics Conference in Asilomar, California (March 19-28, 2007)

Organizer of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Canada at McMaster University (June 17-20, 2010)

Chair of the “Edible Mushroom Germplasm Diversity” Symposium, the 18th Congress of the International Society of Mushroom Science. Beijing, August 26-30, 2012.

Organizer of the “Microbial Population and Evolutionary Genetics” workshop, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, May 7-12, 2013

Co-Organizer of the “Fungal Genomics Workshop, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, May 6-11, 2014

Co-Editor of the Special Issue in the journal MYCOLOGY on the “Diversity, Population Genetics, and Phylogeography of Selected Wild Mushrooms” 2015.

Co-Editor of the Special Issue in the journal Genome on “Barcodes to Biomes” 2016.

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