Education
PhD, University of Auckland, 2017
Lab information
Mark Farman Lab,
Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Kentucky
Publications
Rahnama M., Novikova O., Starnes J., Chen L., Zhang S., Farman M. 2020. Transposon-mediated telomere destabilization: a driver of genome evolution in the blast fungus. Nucleic Acids Research. https://doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa287
Rahnama M., Phillips TD, Farman ML. 2020. First report of blast disease on Eragrostis tef in the United States. Plant Disease. https://doi:10.1094/PDIS-02-20-0255-PDN
Rahnama, M., Forester, N., Ariyawansa, K.G.S.U., Voisey, C.R., Johnson, L.J., Johnson, R.D., and Fleetwood, D.J. 2017. Efficient targeted mutagenesis in Epichloë festucae using a split marker system. Journal of Microbiological Methods 134: 62–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2016.12.017
Rahnama, M., Johnson, R.D., Voisey, C.R., Simpson, W.R., Fleetwood, D.J. 2018. The global regulatory protein VelA is a key regulator in the symbiosis between the endophytic fungus Epichloë festucae and Lolium perenne. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 31(6):591-604. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-11-17-0286-R
Rahnama, M., Maclean, P., Fleetwood, D.J., Johnson, R.D. 2019. Comparative transcriptomics analysis of compatible wild type and incompatible ΔlaeA mutant strains of Epichloë festucae in association with perennial ryegrass. Data in Brief. 24:103843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.103843.
Rahnama, M., Maclean, P., Fleetwood, D.J., Johnson, R.D. 2019. The LaeA orthologue in Epichloë festucae is required for symbiotic interaction with Lolium perenne. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 129: 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2019.05.001.
Rahnama, M., Fields, K.A. 2018. Transformation of chlamydia: Current approaches and impact on our understanding of chlamydial infection biology. Microbes and Infection. S1286-4579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2018.01.002
Rahnama, M., Maclean, P., Fleetwood, D.J., Johnson, R.D. 2020. VelA and LaeA are key regulators of the Epichloë festucae transcriptomic response during symbiosis with perennial ryegrass. Microorganisms. 8(1): 33. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8010033
Wolf K., Rahnama M., Fields K.A. 2019. Genetic Manipulation of Chlamydia trachomatis: Chromosomal Deletions. In: Brown A. (eds) Chlamydia trachomatis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2042. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9694-0_11