Matthew Blango

Dr. Matthew Blango

RNA Biology of Fungal Infections · Head +49 3641 532-1072 matthew.blango@leibniz-hki.de

Topics

Interkingdom Communication

Fungal RNA Biology

RNA-based therapeutics

Publications

Blango MG, Mulvey MA (2009) Bacterial landlines: contact-dependent signaling in bacterial populations. Curr Opin Microbiol 12(2), 177-181.

PubMed

Publication list as PDF

News

How fungi strengthen their defenses - and how we could break through them An often-overlooked mechanism of gene regulation may be involved in the failure of antifungal drugs in the clinic. This has been discovered by a Germa… 01/13/2025 Read more

Group photo of the winners of the medac Research Award 2024, each of them holding a small bouquet of orange flowers in their hands.

medac Research Award 2024 presented for pioneering research work at the Leibniz-HKI At the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) the medac Research Award 2024 has … 12/11/2024 Read more

A hidden language between two worlds? For a long time, RNA was considered DNA’s “little sister” – less stable, just a messenger substance without its own role in the limelight. But… 11/04/2024 Read more

The folded structure of the precursor protein Ece1. The peptide sequence P3, shown in green in the model, shows the toxin Candidalysin of the yeast Candida albicans.

The laborious path of a fungal toxin The toxin Candidalysin of the yeast Candida albicans is incorporated into an unusual protein structure during an infection, the composition of which h… 03/12/2024 Read more

How a fungus hijacks our immune system During infection, the yeast Candida albicans stimulates the release of tiny RNA fragments, which then stimulate its own growth. An international resea… 02/08/2022 Read more

Medical Mycology Trainee Seminar Series Matt gave a presentation on "Laying the foundation for RNA-based therapeutics against human fungal pathogens” 08/13/2021 Read more

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