Education

B.A. Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin 1985 Ph.D. Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin 1992

Research and Teaching Experience

Associate Professor 2002-Assistant Professor 1996-2002 Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Georgia

Polarity and the cell wall in the model filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans and the fungal pathogen of humans Aspergillus fumigatus

Postdoctoral Research Assistant 1992-1996 Laboratory of Dr. John E. Hamer, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Purdue University

Septation in A. nidulans

Graduate Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant 1986-1992 Laboratory of Dr. Paul J. Szaniszlo, Dept. of Microbiology, Univ. of Texas at Austin

Chitin synthesis in the fungal pathogen of humans Wangiella dermatitidis

Instructor 1986-1990 Extension Instruction and Material Center; Univ. of Texas at Austin

Introductory Cellular and Molecular Biology correspondence course

Awards and Honors

Burroughs Wellcome New investigator in Pathogenic Mycology 1997-2001 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award (Franklin College, UGA) 2005 Gordon Research Conference: Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology 2006

Elected Vice co-chair for 2008, Co-chair for 2010

Funding

Septins in Aspergillus nidulans: Organization of the Division Site, National Science Foundation,

PI: M. Momany, 8/99 - 7/02, $330,000

Renewal: 8/02 - 7/06, (7/07 extension) $440,000 Identification of Novel Cell Wall Components, Division of Energy Biosciences, Dept. of Energy,

PI: M. Momany, 6/97 - 6/00, $231,000

Renewal: 6/00 - 6/03, $261,000

Renewal: 6/03 - 6/06, $330,000

Renewal: 6/06-6/07, $62,469 Characterization of 1,3-ß-glucan synthase(s) in Fusarium solani, Merck &Co., Inc.

PI: M. Momany, 1/03-1/05, $90,000 Investigation of antibodies against Aspergillus fumigatus cell walls as probes for disease, MCG-UGA

Joint Intramural Grants Program, PIs: M. Momany, J. Fisher (MCG) 01/2002 – 12/2002, $61,862 Identification of Novel Cell Wall Components in Aspergillus fumigatus, Burroughs Wellcome Fund New

Investigator Award in Molecular Pathogenic Mycology, PI: M. Momany 7/97-6/01, $195,000 Cloning of Septins from A. nidulans, Georgia Research Foundation, PI: M. Momany, 01/97-12/97, $7,200

Teaching (1997-2006)

Undergraduate

Principles of Plant Biology, 50% (PBIO1210--twice), Popular science writing, 50% (PBIO4930--4 times), Biology in the news (FRES1020), Plants and Fungi for Teachers, 50% (PBIO4960)

Graduate

Genetics of Yeast and Filamentous Fungi, 50% (PBIO8960 -- 5 times), Popular science writing, 50% (PBIO8930--4 times), Grant Writing, 50% (PBIO8840--twice), Mycology seminar (BTNY8810-twice), Experimental Mycology (BTNY834), Plants and Fungi for Teachers, 50% (PBIO8040)

Graduate Student Training

Current

Rebecca Lindsey, 8/02-
Fangfang Pan, 8/02-
Yainitza Rodriguez, 8/04-
Thanyanuch Kriangkripipat, 8/04-
Kaumudi Kulkarni, 8/05-

Completed

Xiaorong Lin, Ph.D., 8/99-5/03
Gretel Guest, Ph.D., 1/97-12/02
Patrick Westfall, Ph.D., 8/96-12/01
Kathy Roberts, M.S., 8/98-5/01

Postdoctoral Training

Current

Andrew Breakspear, Ph.D. University of Wales, 1/05-

Completed

Youngsil Ha, Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 3/03 - 5/06
Currently postdoctoral researcher in Plant Pathology, UGA
Brian Shaw, Ph.D. Cornell University, 9/00 - 5/03
Currently assistant professor, Texas A & M
Jiong Zhao, Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong, 6/00 - 8/31/01.
Currently scientist at Novo Nordisk, Davis, CA.

Service

Scientific community

Fungal Genetics Policy Committee (2003- )

Aspergillus Genome Research Policy Committee (2003- )
AGRPC Chair (4/2004- )
AGRPC Meeting co-organizer (4/04- )

Gordon Research Conference Chair-elect: Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology (Vice co-chair

2008, Co-chair 2010) Aspergillus Genome Annotation Group (2003-05) Mycological Society of America: Councilor in Genetics/Molecular Biology (2002-04), Program

committee, Karling Lecture Committee, Long-Range Planning Committee Editorial Board: Eukaryotic Cell (2007- ) Associate Editor: Fungal Genetics and Biology (2002-2007) Ad hoc reviewer: Current Microbiology, Eukaryotic Cell, Genetics, Journal of Cell Science, Medical

Mycology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Molecular Microbiology, Mycologia, Nature Reviews Microbiology

Grant review: DOE Energy Biosciences 1998 panel; NSF, DOE, ad hoc

University of Georgia Franklin College Senate Faculty Planning Committee, 2005- Plant Center curriculum committee, 2001 Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute curriculum committee, 2003

Department of Plant Biology, UGA Biology Education Committee, 2003- Search committee chair: Systematic and Evolutionary Biologist, 2005-06 Plant Biology Executive Committee, 2003-05 Plant Biology Graduate Studies Committee 2001-2004, Awards coordinator, 2002- 2004 Seminar coordinator, 1998-2002

Publications

Research Lindsey, R., Ha, Y. and M. Momany. 200X. Expression of a single A. nidulans septin gene induces filamentous growth in the budding yeast S. cerevisiae. In review, Eukaryotic Cell. Pan, F., Malmberg, R. and M. Momany. 200X. Analysis of septins across kingdoms reveals orthology and new motifs. Revision in review, BMC Evolutionary Biology. Toledo, M., Levery, S.B., Bennion, B., Guimaraes, L.L., Castle, S.L., Lindsey, R., Momany, M., Park, C.,Straus, A.H. and H.K. Takahashi. 200X. Sphingolipids of the mycopathogen Aspergillus fumigatus: characterization of glycosylinositol phosphorylceramide antigens with manp(α1→2)Ins and glcpN(α1→2)Ins core motifs. In review. Breakspear, A. and M. Momany. 2007. Microarrays in Aspergillus species. In The Aspergilli (eds.

S. Osmani and G. Goldman), CRC Press, Boca Raton. In press. Breakspear, A. and M. Momany. 2007. The First Fifty Microarray Studies in Filamentous Fungi. Microbiology153: 7-15. Lindsey, R and M. Momany. 2006. Septin localization across kingdoms: three themes with variations. Current Opinion in Microbiology 9:1-7. Ha, Y., Covert, S. and M. Momany. 2006. Characterization of FsFKS1, the 1, 3-β-glucan synthase from the caspofungin-resistant fungus Fusarium solani. Eukaryotic Cell 5: 1036-1042.

Hill, T.W., Loprete, D.M., Momany, M., Ha, Y., Harsch, L.M., Livesay, J.A., Mirchandani, A., Murdock, J.J., Vaughan, M.J. and Watt, M.B. 2006. Isolation of cell wall mutants in Aspergillus nidulans by screening for hypersensitivity to Calcofluor White. Mycologia 98:399-409.

Galagan JE, Calvo SE, Cuomo C, Ma LJ, Wortman JR, Batzoglou S, Lee SI, Basturkmen M, Spevak CC, Clutterbuck J, Kapitonov V, Jurka J, Scazzocchio C, Farman M, Butler J, Purcell S, Harris S, Braus GH, Draht O, Busch S, D'Enfert C, Bouchier C, Goldman GH, Bell-Pedersen D, Griffiths-Jones S, Doonan JH, Yu J, Vienken K, Pain A, Freitag M, Selker EU, Archer DB, Penalva MA, Oakley BR, Momany M, Tanaka T, Kumagai T, Asai K, Machida M, Nierman WC, Denning DW, Caddick M, Hynes M, Paoletti M, Fischer R, Miller B, Dyer P, Sachs MS, Osmani SA, Birren BW. (50 authors total). 2005. Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae. Nature 438: 1105-1115.

Harris, S.D., Read, N.D., Roberson, R.W., Shaw, B., Seiler, S., Plamann, M. and M. Momany. 2005. Polarisome meets Spitzenkorper: Microscopy, Genetics, and Genomics Converge. Eukaryotic Cell 4: 225-229.

Momany, M. 2005. Growth Control and Polarization. 2005. Medical Mycology 4:523-525. Lin, X. and M. Momany. 2004. Identification and complementation of abnormal hyphal branching mutants ahbA1 and ahbB1 in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genetics and Biology 41: 998-1006.

Momany, M., Lindsey, R., Hill, T.W., Richardson, E.A., Momany, C., Pedreira, M., Guest, G.M., Fisher, J.F., Hessler, R.B. and K. A. Roberts. 2004. The Aspergillus fumigatus cell wall is organized in domains that are remodeled during polarity establishment. Microbiology150:32613268.

Harris, S.D. and M. Momany. 2004. Polarity in filamentous fungi: moving beyond the yeast paradigm. Fungal Genetics and Biology 41: 391-400.

Guest, G. M., Lin, X., Momany, M., 2004. Aspergillus nidulans RhoA is involved in polar growth, branching, and cell wall synthesis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 41: 13-22.

Lin, X., Momany, C., Momany, M., 2003. SwoHp, a nucleoside diphosphate kinase, is essential in Aspergillus nidulans. Eukaryotic Cell 2: 1169-77.

Lin, X and M. Momany. 2003. swoC plays a role in polar growth and nuclear distribution in

A. nidulans. Genetics 165: 543-554.

Bennion, B., Park, C., Fuller, M., Lindsey, R., Momany, M., Jennemann, R., Levery, S. B., 2003. Glycosphingolipids of the model fungus Aspergillus nidulans: characterization of GIPCs with oligo-alpha-mannose-type glycans. Journal of Lipid Research 44: 2073-88.

Momany, M. 2002. Polarity in filamentous fungi: establishment, maintenance and new axes. Current Opinion in Microbiology 5: 580-585.

Shaw, B.D. and M. Momany. 2002. Aspergillus nidulans polarity mutant swoA is complemented by protein O-mannosyltransferase pmtA. Fungal Genetics and Biology 37: 263-270.

Shaw, B.D., Momany, C.A. and M. Momany. 2002. Aspergillus nidulans swoF is an N-myristoyl transferase. Eukaryotic Cell 1: 241-248.

Westfall, P.J. and M. Momany. 2002. The Aspergillus septin AspB plays pre- and post-mitotic roles in septum, branch, and conidiophore development. Molecular Biology of the Cell 13: 110-118.

Momany, M. Richardson, E.A., VanSickle, C., and Jedd, G. 2002. Mapping Woronin body position in Aspergillus nidulans. Mycologia 94: 259-265.

Levery, S.B., Momany, M., Lindsey, R., Toledo, M.S., Shayman, J.A., Fuller, M., Brooks, K., Doong, R.L., Straus, A.H., and Takahashi, H.K. 2002. Disruption of the glucosylceramide biosynthetic pathway in Aspergillus nidulans and Aspergillus fumigatus by inhibitors of UDP-Glc:ceramide glucosyltransferase strongly affects spore germination, cell cycle, and hyphal growth. FEBS Letters 525: 59-64.

Momany, M., Zhao, J., Lindsey, R., and P.J. Westfall. 2001. Characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans septin (asp) gene family. Genetics 157: 969-977.

Momany, M. 2001. Using Microscopy to explore the duplication cycle. In Molecular and Cellular Biology of Filamentous Fungi: A Practical Approach (Talbot, ed.). pp.119-125. Oxford University Press. Oxford

Momany, M. and I. Taylor. 2000. Landmarks in the early duplication cycle of Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus nidulans: polarity, germ tube emergence and septation. Microbiology 146: 3279-3284.

Guest, G. and M. Momany. 2000. Analysis of cell wall sugars in the pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus and the saprophyte Aspergillus nidulans. Mycologia 92:1047-1050. Momany, M., Westfall, P.J., and G. Abramowsky. 1999. Aspergillus nidulans swo mutants show defects in polarity establishment, polarity maintenance, and hyphal morphogenesis. Genetics

151: 557-567.

Toledo, M.S., Levery, S. B., Straus, A.H., Suzuki, E., Momany, M., Glushka, J., Moulton, M., and Takahashi, H.K. 1999. Structural characterization of cerebrosides from mycopathogens: Quantitative changes in 2-hydroxy fatty acyl (E)-Λ ^3,4- unsaturation associated with yeast to mycelial phase transition in Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis, and with glucosyl- versus galactosylceramide fractions in Aspergillus fumigatus. Biochemistry 38: 7294-7306.

Hamer, J.E., Morrell, J.A., Hamer, L., Wolkow, T. and M. Momany. 1998. Cellularization in Aspergillus nidulans. In Gow et al., eds. The Fungal Colony, pp. 200-229. Momany, M., and J.E. Hamer. 1997. The relationship of actin, microtubules, and crosswall synthesis during septation in Aspergillus nidulans. Cell Motility and Cytoskeleton 38: 373-384.

Momany, M., and J.E. Hamer. 1997. The Aspergillus nidulans septin encoding gene, aspB, is essential for growth. Fungal Genetics and Biology 21: 92-100. Momany, M., Morrell, J. M., Harris, S. D. and J.E. Hamer. 1995. Septation in A. nidulans. Canadian Journal of Botany 73: S396-S399. Chua, S.S., Momany M., Mendoza, L. and P.J. Szaniszlo. 1994. Identification of three chitin synthase genes in the dimorphic fungal pathogen Sporothrix schenckii. Current Microbiology

29: 151-156.

Momany, M. and P.J. Szaniszlo. 1994. DNA isolation from Wangiella dermatitidis. In Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi: A Laboratory Manual (B. Maresca and G.S. Kobayashi, eds.), pp. 519-520. Telos Press, New York.

Momany, M. and P.J. Szaniszlo. 1994. PCR amplification of fungal chitin synthase homologous sequences. In Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi: A Laboratory Manual (B. Maresca and

G.S. Kobayashi, eds.), pp.533-536. Telos Press, New York.

Momany, M. and P.J. Szaniszlo. 1994. Membrane isolation from Wangiella dermatitidis. In Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi: A Laboratory Manual (B. Maresca and G.S. Kobayashi, eds.), pp.545-550. Telos Press, New York.

Miyazaki, A., Momany, M., Szaniszlo, P.J., Jayaram, M. and T. Ootaki. 1993. Chitin synthase gene(s) of the Zygomycete fungus Phycomyces blaesleeanus. Gene 134: 129-134.

Szaniszlo, P.J. and M. Momany. 1993. Chitin, chitin synthase, and chitin synthase conserved region homologues in Wangiella dermatitidis. In Molecular Biology and Its Application to Medical Mycology (Maresca et al, eds.), pp. 229-242. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

Bowen, A.R., Chen-Wu, J.L., Momany, M., Young, R., Szaniszlo, P.J. and P.W. Robbins. 1992. Classification of Fungal Chitin Synthases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 89: 519-523.

Teaching/ Popular science Momany, M. 2002. Actin Anchor in the Spitzenkorper? Inoculum 53 (5): 12-13. Momany, M. 2002. Woronin bodies unplugged. Inoculum 53 (6): 27. Both articles appeared in Cellacious Interests, a column highlighting recent work in fungal cell and molecular biology in Inoculum, the newsletter of the Mycological Society of America. Momany, M. 1990. Gene busters, Our mysterious ally, The language of cells. Alcalde: UT Austin Alumni Magazine 78(3): 6-1; 78(4): 16-19; 78(5): 14-18. Three part series for nonscientists explaining research in the Microbiology Department at UT, Austin. Momany, M. 1989. Correspondence Study Guide: Biology 302, Cellular and Molecular Biology. Leecraft, J. (ed.) University of Texas at Austin Extension Instruction and Materials center; Austin, Texas.

Meeting/ Seminar Participation

Sessions chaired at national and international meetings Community directions discussion, Fourth International Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar, CA, March, 2007. Community discussion and New Investigators session, Third Aspergillus Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2006. Fungal Genomics Symposium, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, July, 2005. Cell Biology Plenary Session, 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2005. Meeting Program Chair and New Investigators session, Second Aspergillus Meeting, Asilomar, CA, March, 2005. Aspergillus Genomics, Advances Against Aspergillus, San Francisco, Sept. 2004. Microtubules, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Ashville NC, July, 2004.

Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology Gordon Conference, Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire June 20-24, 2004. Meeting Progam Chair and Aspergillus Overview session, First Aspergillus Meeting, Technical

University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark, April, 2004. Aspergillus Biology, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Asilomar, CA, July, 2003. Cell wall and Cytoskeleton, Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Burlington, VT,

August, 2000. Polarity and tip growth, Twentieth Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, California, March, 1999.

Invited Talks The Aspergillus septin AspC/Cdc12 localizes to hyphal tips in A. nidulans and induces filaments in S. cerevisiae. Symposium on Dimorphic Transitions, 24^th Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2007. Septins and morphology. Gordon Research Conference on Cellular and Molecular Fungal Biology, Plymouth, NH, June, 2006. Polarity in Aspergillus, Department of Plant Pathology, UGA, Feb, 2006. Cell shape, cytokinesis and septins, Department of Genomics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. Sept., 2005. Genomic approaches to polarity. Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Hilo, Hawaii, July, 2005. A septin from A. nidulans induces filamentous growth in S. cerevisiae, Cell Biology Plenary Session, 23rd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2005. Polar Growth in Aspergillus nidulans, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State, Feb. 2005. Polar Growth in Aspergillus nidulans, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 2004. The Septins of Aspergillus nidulans. UGA Plant Center Retreat, Unicoi, GA, Oct, 2004. Growth Control and Polarization, Advances Against Aspergillus, San Francisco, Sept. 2004. Septins coordinate cell cycle, division and development in A. nidulans. Dept of Microbiology. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Oct., 2003. Polar growth in Aspergillus. Dept. of Biology, University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY. Oct., 2003. Polarity in Aspergillus. Human Fungal Pathogens EuroConference on Host-Pathogen Interactions (EURESCO). Giens, France, Sept., 2003. Septins in Aspergillus nidulans. Plenary lecture, 22^nd Fungal Genetics Conference. Asilomar, CA. March, 2003. Polar growth in Aspergillus nidulans. VIII International Fungal Biology Conference. Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico. Dec., 2002. Asymmetric growth and development of the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus and the model saprobe Aspergillus nidulans. Dept. of Math and Sciences. Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. Sept, 2002. Roles of Aspergillus nidulans swo genes in polar growth. Mycological Society of America annual meeting. Corvallis, OR. June, 2002 Septins in Aspergillus nidulans are involved in septation, branching and asexual development. American Society for Cell Biology, Septin Structure and Function working group. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2001. Polarity and organization of the cell wall in Aspergillus nidulans. Dept. of Cellular Biology, UGA, August, 2000. Fungal cell wall domains reorganize during polarity establishment and growth. Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Burlington, Vermont. August, 2000. Inoculum 51:48. Polarity establishment and maintenance in A. nidulans. Cellular and Molecular Mycology Gordon Conference. Holderness School, New Hampshire. June, 2000.

Polarity establishment and maintenance in Aspergillus nidulans. Twentieth Fungal Genetics Conference, Pacific Grove, California. March, 1999. swo Mutants: evidence that a persistent signal is required for maintenance of polarity in Aspergillus nidulans. Sixth International Mycological Congress, Jerusalem, Israel. August, 1998. The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans. Biology Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. November, 1997.

The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans. The Third Cytonet Retreat (The Cytoskeleton, Plasma Membrane, Cell-Wall Continuum), Breckenridge, Colorado. May, 1997.

The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans, Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Sept. 8, 1997.

The relationship of actin and chitin during septum formation in Aspergillus nidulans, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UGA, October, 1996.