Martin J. Egan Source Confirmed

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Federal Grant PI

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

15 h-index 33 pubs 2,065 cited

Research Areas

Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Microbial infections and disease research Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Protein Structure and Dynamics Microtubule and mitosis dynamics

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Martin J. Egan's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying fungal development and pathogenesis, particularly in plant-pathogenic fungi such as *Magnaporthe oryzae* (rice blast fungus) and *Aspergillus* species. His work investigates how cellular structures and processes, including the cytoskeleton, cell division, and protein localization, contribute to fungal infection and development.

Egan is the Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for $943,941, aimed at dissecting the molecular regulation of septin-mediated plant invasion by *Magnaporthe oryzae*. His recent publications explore topics such as turgor-dependent actin dynamics, coronin-mediated septin remodeling, the role of the protein Tea4 in hyphal branching, and microtubule organizing centers within fungal conidia. He also studies chromosome segregation defects in *Aspergillus* SUMOylation mutants and the cell cycle-dependent localization of cytoplasmic dynein.

His research network includes collaborators at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, such as Rohana Liyanage, Rinalda Proko, and Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi. Egan's work has resulted in 33 publications, with 2,065 citations and an h-index of 15. He maintains an active lab website to disseminate his research findings.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 33
  • Citations: 2,065

Selected Publications

  • Synchronous spatio-temporal control of autophagy and organelle trafficking is necessary for appressorium-mediated plant infection by <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> (2025) DOI
  • Septum-associated microtubule organizing centers within conidia support infectious development by the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (2022) DOI
  • Crowdsourced analysis of fungal growth and branching on microfluidic platforms (2021) DOI
  • Turgor-dependent and coronin-mediated F-actin dynamics drive septin disc-to-ring remodeling in the blast fungus <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> (2021) DOI

Federal Grants 1 $943,941 total

NSF PI

CAREER: Dissecting the Molecular Regulation of Septin-Mediated Plant Invasion by the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae

Plant-Biotic Interactions, Cross-BIO Activities $943,941

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Rohana Liyanage University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Rinalda Proko University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Venkata Rao Krishnamurthi University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication

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