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Biography

Assistant professor with a demonstrated history of working in the host-microbe interactions.
My research revolves around understanding the molecular mechanisms which define the fate of host-microbe interactions and how microbes adapt to new host. I primarily study fungal interactions with different hosts (plants, insects and animals) using a combination of molecular genetics techniques with computational and quantitative genomics.

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Tennessee Tech University : Cookeville, TN, US

2022-08-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Mostafa Rahnama

University of Kentucky: Lexington, KY, US

2018 to 2022-07-31 | Postdoctoral Scholar (Plant Pathology)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Auckland: Auckland, NZ

2012-01 to 2017-02 | PhD (School of Biological Sciences )
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Genetics Society of America: Bethesda, MD, US

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Works (27)

Chemotypic diversity of bioprotective grass endophytes based on genome analyses, with new insights from a Mediterranean-climate region in Isfahan Province, Iran

Mycologia
2025-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2430174
Contributors: Christopher L. Schardl; Simona Florea; Padmaja Nagabhyru; Juan Pan; Mark L. Farman; Carolyn A. Young; Mostafa Rahnama; Adrian Leuchtmann; Mohammad R. Sabzalian; Mehran Torkian et al.
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Characterization and organization of telomeric-linked helicase (tlh) gene families in Fusarium oxysporum

Current Genetics
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-024-01303-8
Part of ISSN: 0172-8083
Part of ISSN: 1432-0983
Contributors: Sahar Salimi; M. Foad Abdi; Mostafa Rahnama
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Characterization and Organization of Telomeric-Linked Helicase (TLH) Gene Families inFusarium oxysporum

2024-03-03 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.27.582403
Contributors: Sahar Salimi; M. Foad Abdi; Mostafa Rahnama
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A Reevaluation of Phylogenomic Data Reveals that Current Understanding in Wheat Blast Population Biology and Epidemiology Is Obfuscated by Oversights in Population Sampling

Phytopathology®
2024-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-01-23-0025-R
Contributors: Mark L. Farman; Joao P. Ascari; Mostafa Rahnama; Emerson M. Del Ponte; Kerry F. Pedley; Sebastián Martinez; José Maurício C. Fernandes; Barbara Valent
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Pyricularia Are Mostly Host-Specialized with Limited Reciprocal Cross-Infection Between Wheat and Endemic Grasses in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Phytopathology®
2024-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-01-23-0024-R
Contributors: João P. Ascari; Luis I. Cazón; Mostafa Rahnama; Kurt Lamour; José M. C. Fernandes; Mark L. Farman; Emerson M. Del Ponte
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Recent co-evolution of two pandemic plant diseases in a multi-hybrid swarm

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2023-11-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02237-z
Contributors: Mostafa Rahnama; Bradford Condon; João P. Ascari; Julian R. Dupuis; Emerson M. Del Ponte; Kerry F. Pedley; Sebastián Martinez; Barbara Valent; Mark L. Farman
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Seeing double on Cannabis: Haploids and heteroploids of Bipolaris gigantea on hemp and other dicots

Mycologia
2023-09-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2023.2224699
Contributors: Desiree Szarka; Nicole A. Gauthier; Mostafa Rahnama; Christopher L. Schardl
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Fusarium Species Recovered from Postharvest Hemp Materials from Kentucky Fields

Plant Health Progress
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PHP-06-23-0054-RS
Contributors: D. Szarka; H. S. Smith; E. Dixon; M. Munir; M. Rahnama; N. A. Gauthier
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PyriculariaPopulations are Mostly Host-Specialized with Limited Reciprocal Cross-Infection Between Wheat and Endemic Grasses in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2023-01-21 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.20.524950
Contributors: João P. Ascari; Luis I. Cazón; Mostafa Rahnama; Kurt Lamour; José M. C. Fernandes; Mark L. Farman; Emerson M. Del Ponte
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First Report of Black Root Rot (Berkeleyomyces rouxiae) on Greenhouse Hemp (Cannabis sativa) in Kentucky

Plant Disease
2022-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-10-21-2146-PDN
Contributors: Mostafa Rahnama; Desiree Szarka; Lora Boyadjieva; Nicole Gauthier
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Assessing integrated biomarkers of triplefin fish Forsterygion capito inhabiting contaminated marine water - A multivariate approach

Chemosphere
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132590
Contributors: Diana Montenegro; M. Teresa González; Tony Hickey; Mostafa Rahnama; Saras Green; Gavin Lear
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Histological Methods to Detect Early-stage Plant Defense Responses during Artificial Inoculation of Lolium perenne with Epichloë festucae

BIO-PROTOCOL
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4013
Part of ISSN: 2331-8325
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Mostafa Rahnama

Telomere Roles in Fungal Genome Evolution and Adaptation

Frontiers in Genetics
2021-08-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.676751
Part of ISSN: 1664-8021
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Mostafa Rahnama

Human APOBEC3 Variations and Viral Infection

Viruses
2021-07-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/v13071366
Contributors: Shiva Sadeghpour; Saeideh Khodaee; Mostafa Rahnama; Hamzeh Rahimi; Diako Ebrahimi
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Reemergence of Septoria leaf spot caused by Septoria cannabis on hemp in the Kentucky

Plant Disease
2021-03-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/pdis-12-20-2620-sc
Part of ISSN: 0191-2917
Part of ISSN: 1943-7692
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Medicinal plants and phytotherapy in Iran: Glorious history, current status and future prospects

Plant Science Today
2021-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14719/pst.2021.8.1.926
Contributors: Mohammad Sadegh Amiri; Mohammad Ehsan Taghavizadeh Yazdi; Mostafa Rahnama
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Transposon-mediated telomere destabilization: a driver of genome evolution in the blast fungus

Nucleic Acids Research
2020-06-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa287
Contributors: Mostafa Rahnama; Olga Novikova; John H Starnes; Shouan Zhang; Li Chen; Mark L Farman
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First report of the blast pathogen, Pyricularia oryzae, on Eragrostis tef in the United States

Plant Disease
2020-06-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/pdis-02-20-0255-pdn
Part of ISSN: 0191-2917
Part of ISSN: 1943-7692
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Comparative transcriptomics analysis of compatible wild type and incompatible ΔlaeA mutant strains of Epichloë festucae in association with perennial ryegrass

Data in Brief
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103843
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2-s2.0-85064668176
Contributors: Rahnama, M.; Maclean, P.; Fleetwood, D.J.; Johnson, R.D.
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Genetic Manipulation of Chlamydia trachomatis: Chromosomal Deletions

Methods in Molecular Biology
2019 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9694-0_11
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2-s2.0-85070559615
Contributors: Wolf, K.; Rahnama, M.; Fields, K.A.
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The LaeA orthologue in Epichloë festucae is required for symbiotic interaction with Lolium perenne

Fungal Genetics and Biology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2019.05.001
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2-s2.0-85065646194
Contributors: Rahnama, M.; Maclean, P.; Fleetwood, D.J.; Johnson, R.D.
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VelA and LaeA are Key Regulators of Epichloë festucae Transcriptomic Response during Symbiosis with Perennial Ryegrass

Microorganisms
2019-12-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8010033
Contributors: Mostafa Rahnama; Paul Maclean; Damien J. Fleetwood; Richard D. Johnson
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Transposon-mediated telomere destabilization: a driver of genome evolution in the blast fungus

2019-11-17 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/845669
Contributors: Mostafa Rahnama; Olga Novikova; John Starnes; Li Chen; Shouan Zhang; Mark Farman
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VelA and LaeA are key regulators of the Epichloë festucae transcriptomic response during symbiosis with perennial ryegrass

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2019-11-09 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/835249
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The Global Regulatory Protein VelA Is Required for Symbiosis Between the Endophytic Fungus Epichloë festucae and Lolium perenne

Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-11-17-0286-r
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Transformation of Chlamydia: current approaches and impact on our understanding of chlamydial infection biology

Microbes and infection
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2018.01.002
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Efficient targeted mutagenesis in Epichloë festucae using a split marker system

Journal of Microbiological Methods
2017 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2016.12.017
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Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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