Seaside to Bedside: Assembly in Research for Emerging Human Fungal Pathogen Candida auris

Discovery science in Medical Mycology requires a range of tools, from optimized experimental models to near-patient clinical applications, with the common goal of reducing morbidity and mortality from fungal diseases. Assembly tools underpin bioinformatic discovery across this spectrum of research, setting the scene for genomic enquiry, and promising an unprecedented wave of breakthrough in mechanistic understanding of pathobiology that could unearth critical diagnostic and treatment advances. This chapter examines the investigation of Candida auris, an emerging human fungal pathogen, in the context of clinic detection and treatment of infection. In the laboratory, we cover the use of the Arabian Killifish (AK) as a non-model organism to understand transcriptional responses to both host and pathogen during infection.