Soumya Moonjely

Soumya Moonjely

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Education

2019    Ph.D. Biotechnology, Brock University, Ontario, Canada
2014    M.Sc. Applied Biotechnology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
2004    M.Sc. Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India
2002    B.Sc. Biology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

 

Research Interests

Host–fungus interactions; Molecular pathways involved in initial colonization and establishment of pathogenic and endophytic fungi; Fungicide resistance; Population genomics

 

Publications (Google scholar)

  1. Kim, D. W., Ebert, M. K., Moonjely, S., Wang, Z., Yarden, O., Townsend, J. P., & Trail, F. (2025). Comparative transcriptional analysis reveals gene expression changes in spore germination of opportunistic pathogenic fungi. (Under review) bioRxiv, 2025-02 (preprint)
  2. Moonjely S, & Trail, F. (2024) Comparative transcriptomics reveals contrasting fungal strategies as a plant pathogen versus an endophyte during initial host colonization. (Under review) bioRxiv, 2024-12 (preprint)
  3. Moonjely S, Ebert M, Paton-Glassbrook D, Noel ZA, Roze L, Shay R, Watkins T, & Trail F. (2023). Update on the state of research to manage Fusarium head blight. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 103829.
  4. Moonjely S, Zhang X, Fang W, & Bidochka MJ. (2019). Metarhizium robertsii ammonium permeases (MepC and Mep2) contribute to rhizospheric colonization and modulates the transfer of insect derived nitrogen to plants. PloS One, 14(10), e0223718.
  5. Moonjely S, & Bidochka MJ. (2019). Generalist and specialist Metarhizium insect pathogens retain ancestral ability to colonize plant roots. Fungal Ecology, 41, 209-217.
  6. Moonjely S, Keyhani NO, & Bidochka MJ. (2018). Hydrophobins contribute to root colonization and stress responses in the rhizosphere-competent insect pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Microbiology, 164(4), 517-528.
  7. Brunner-Mendoza C, Reyes-Montes MDR, Moonjely S, Bidochka MJ, & Toriello C. (2018). A review on the genus Metarhizium as an entomopathogenic microbial biocontrol agent with emphasis on its use and utility in Mexico. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 1-20.
  8. Brunner-Mendoza C, Moonjely S, Reyes-Montes MDR, Toriello C, & Bidochka M. (2017). Physiological and phylogenetic variability of Mexican Metarhizium BioControl, 62(6), 779-791.
  9. Dufresne PJ, Moonjely SS, Ozaki K, Tremblay C, Laverdière M, & Dufresne SF. (2017). High frequency of pathogenic Aspergillus species among nonsporulating molds from respiratory tract samples. Medical Mycology, 55(2), 233-236.
  10. Talbot JD, Dufresne P, Moonjely SS, Vinh DC, Pelletier R, Lavallée C, Tremblay C, & Dufresne, S. F. (2016, December). Clinical and molecular epidemiology of Histoplasma capsulatum in Quebec, Canada. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases (Vol. 3, No. suppl_1, p. 1615). Oxford University Press.
  11. Barelli L, Moonjely S, Behie SW, & Bidochka MJ. (2016). Fungi with multifunctional lifestyles: endophytic insect pathogenic fungi. Plant Molecular Biology, 90(6), 657-664.

 

Book Chapters

  1. Moonjely S. (2022). Fungi: Essential elements in the ecosystems. In The impact of climate change on fungal diseases (pp. 19-35). Springer, Cham.
  2. Moonjely S, Barelli L, & Bidochka MJ. (2016). Insect pathogenic fungi as endophytes. In Advances in Genetics (Vol. 94, pp. 107-135). Academic Press.