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Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jos AMP Houbraken

Education    

B.Sc. Microbiology (1997) at Hogeschool Eindhoven

Career/Employment

Since 1997 employed by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science (Amsterdam) at the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre. Member of the department Applied and Industrial Mycology.

Specialization

  • Polyphasic taxonomic research of species belonging to the Eurotiales: combination of “classical techniques”: macro- and microscopical analyses of fungal isolates, biochemical, physiological tests and molecular biological techniques
  • Acquisition and co-ordination of projects in the field of food and indoor mycology
  • Course leader of the course “Food- and Airborne fungi”
  • Daily supervision of trainees and guests workers

Memberships
Elected member of the IUMS International Commission on Food Mycology

Publications

2006

  • Gildemacher PR, Heijne B, Silvestri M, Houbraken J, Hoekstra E, Theelen B, Boekhout T (2006). Interactions between yeasts, fungicides and apple fruit russetting. FEMS Yeast Research 6: 1149–1156.
  • Houbraken J, Samson RA (2006). Standardization of methods for detecting heat-resistant fungi. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 571: 107–111.
  • Houbraken J, Samson RA, Frisvad JC (2006) Byssochlamys: significance of heat resistance and mycotoxin production. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 571: 211–224.

2007

  • Samson RA, Dijksterhuis J, Houbraken J. Rico E, Johnson S. (2007). Food Mycology 2007: Emerging mold problems and spoilage in food and beverages; proceedings of Food Mycology 2007, June 7-8.
  • Seifert KA, Hambleton S, Renaud M-A, Samson RA, Houbraken J, Chen W, Lévesque CA (2007). Development of new molecular methods for detecting food-borne molds. In: Food Mycology 2007: Emerging mold problems and spoilage in food and beverages; proceedings of Food Mycology 2007, June 7-8. p. 12-15
  • Houbraken J, Samson RA. (2007). Detection methods for heat resistant fungi. In: Food Mycology 2007: Emerging mold problems and spoilage in food and beverages; proceedings of Food Mycology 2007,   June 7-8. p. 83-86.
  • Houbraken J, Samson RA. (2007). Detection of airborne molds and yeasts. In: Food Mycology 2007: Emerging mold problems and spoilage in food and beverages; proceedings of Food Mycology 2007, June 7-8. p. 95-98
  • Seifert KA, Samson RA, Dewaard JR, Houbraken J, Lévesque CA, Moncalvo JM, Louis-Seize G, Hebert PD. (2007). Prospects for fungus identification using CO1 DNA barcodes, with Penicillium as a test case. 1: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 104(10): 3901-6
  • Frisvad JC, Larsen TO, de Vries R, Meijer M, Houbraken J, Cabanes FJ, Echrlich K, Samson RA. (2007). Secondary metabolite profiling, growth profiles and other tools for species recognition and important Aspergillus mycotoxins. Studies in Mycology 59: 31-38
  • Balajee SA, Houbraken J, Verweij PE, Hong S-B, Yaguchi T, Varga J, Samson RA. (2007). Aspergillus species identification in the clinical setting. Studies in Mycology 59: 39-46.
  • Houbraken J, Due M, Varga J, Meijer M, Frisvad JC, Samson RA. (2007). Polyphasic taxonomy of Aspergillus section Usti. Studies in Mycology 59: 107-128
  • Verweij PE, Varga J, Houbraken J, Rijs AJ, Verduyn FM, Blijlevens NM, Shea YR, Holland SM, Warris A,   Melchers WJ, Samson RA. (2008). Emericella quadrilineata as cause of invasive aspergillosis. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14(4): 566-72

2008

  • Varga J, Houbraken J, Van Der Lee HA, Verweij PE, Samson RA. (2008). Aspergillus calidoustus sp. nov., causative agent of human infections previously assigned to Aspergillus ustus. Eukaryot. Cell. 7(4): 630- 8.
  • Houbraken J, Varga J, Rico-Munoz E, Johnson S, Samson RA. (2008). Sexual reproduction as the cause of heat resistance in the food spoilage fungus Byssochlamys spectabilis (anamorph Paecilomyces variotii). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74(5): 1613-9.