David Fitzpatrick
Lecturer and PI, Genome Evolution Lab
Department of Biology
National University of Maynooth
Ireland
Biography
1996 - 2000: NUI Maynooth B.Sc. Biology (Hons). 2000 - 2004: NUI Maynooth PhD Bioinformatics. 2004 - 2005: N.U.I Maynooth. Postdoctoral Researcher. 2005 - 2007: University College Dublin. IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellow. 2007 - 2009: University College Dublin. HRB Postdoctoral Fellow. 2009 - Present: Maynooth University. Lecturer and PI of Genome Evolution Laboratory.
Research Interest
The research of this laboratory focuses on the evolution of unicellular microorganisms paying special attention to fungal and oomycete species. We use genome sequencing, transcriptomics, proteomics, comparative genomics, phylogenomics, phylogenetics and synteny based tools to elucidate gene and genome evolution. We are particularly interested in phytopathogens.
Publications
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Smith EB;Dolan SK;Fitzpatrick DA;Doyle S;Jones GW; (2016) 'Towards understanding the gliotoxin detoxification mechanism: in vivo thiomethylation protects yeast from gliotoxin cytotoxicity'. Microbial Cell (Graz, Austria), 3 (3)
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Fitzpatrick D;Walsh F; (2016) 'Antibiotic resistance genes across a wide variety of metagenomes'. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY, 92 (2)
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McCarthy, CGP;Fitzpatrick, DA (2017) 'Phylogenomic Reconstruction of the Oomycete Phylogeny Derived from 37 Genomes'. Msphere, 2
