Dennis Wykoff, PhD
Professor and Chairperson of Biology and Dennis M. Cook Endowed Gregor Mendel Chair in Genetics Villanova University
- Villanova PA
Dennis Wykoff, PhD, has expertise in genetics, genomics, genetic diseases and infectious diseases.
Areas of Expertise
Genetics
Genomics
Genetic diseases
Infectious Diseases
Evolution
Biography
Dr. Wykoff is a go-to source for understanding the rapidly evolving study of genetics and genomics as well as genetic and infectious diseases. His research focuses on understanding how cells adapt to environmental perturbations. Research in The Wykoff Molecular Genetics Lab focuses on discovering an effective antifungal treatment for invasive candidiasis, an infection that is often lethal in hospital settings.
Education
Stanford University
PhD
Harvard University
PostDoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Francisco
PostDoctoral Fellow
University of California, Davis
B.S.
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Inaugural recipient of the Dennis M. Cook Endowed Gregor Mendel Chair in Genetics
Villanova University
Junior Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Villanova University
Affiliations
- Genetics Society of America
- American Society of Microbiology
- Biochemical Society (UK)
- American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Research Grants
Characterization of thiamine signal transduction pathway in Candida glabrata and other Ascomycetes
NSF MCB Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
2019-2022
Evolution of Signal Transduction Pathways in Yeast
NSF RUI
2014-2017
Acquisition of an Illumina Miseq
NSF MRI
Co-PI, 2015
Evolution of phosphate starvation response in yeasts
NSF RUI
2011-2014
Evolution of phosphate starvation response in yeasts
NSF RUI
2008-2011
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Dynamic Changes in Yeast Phosphatase Families Allow for Specialization in Phosphate and Thiamine Starvation
G3Nahas JV@, Iosue CL, Shaik NF@, Selhorst K@, He BZ & Wykoff DD
2018
Co-occurring mangroves and salt marshes differ in microbial community composition
WetlandsBarreto CR, Morrissey EM, Wykoff DD & Chapman SK
2018
Bacterial derived carbohydrates bind Cyr1 and trigger hyphal growth in Candida albicans
ACS Infctious DiseasesBurch J, Mashayekh S, Wykoff DD, & Grimes CL
2018
