• Identification of the first endogenous Ophiovirus sequence 

      Marsile-Medun, Soledad; Debat, Humberto Julio; Gifford, Robert James (BioRxiv, 2018-05-05)
      Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) are sequences in eukaryotic genomes that are derived from the ancestral integration of viral sequences into germline cells. Ophioviruses (family Ophioviridae) are a recently established ...
    • Illuminating the Plant Rhabdovirus Landscape through Metatranscriptomics Data 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Dietzgen, Ralf G.; Debat, Humberto Julio (MDPI, 2021-07-05)
      Rhabdoviruses infect a large number of plant species and cause significant crop diseases. They have a negative-sense, single-stranded unsegmented or bisegmented RNA genome. The number of plant-associated rhabdovirid sequences ...
    • Mitovirus and Mitochondrial Coding Sequences from Basal Fungus Entomophthora muscae 

      Nibert, Max L.; Debat, Humberto Julio; Manny, Austin R.; Grigoriev, Igor V.; De Fine Licht, Henrik H. (MDPI, 2019-04-17)
      Fungi constituting the Entomophthora muscae species complex (members of subphylum Entomophthoromycotina, phylum Zoopagamycota) commonly kill their insect hosts and manipulate host behaviors in the process. In this study, ...
    • Molecular characterization of a novel cytorhabdovirus with a unique genomic organization infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) in Argentina 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Acevedo, Raúl Maximiliano; De Breuil, Soledad; Ruiz, Oscar Adolfo; Sansberro, Pedro Alfonso; Dietzgen, Ralf Georg; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Debat, Humberto Julio (Springer, 2020-04)
      The genome of a novel rhabdovirus was detected in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.). The newly identified virus, tentatively named "yerba mate virus A" (YmVA), has a genome of 14,961 nucleotides. Notably, eight ...
    • Molecular characterization of effector protein SAP54 in Bellis virescence phytoplasma (16SrIII-J) 

      Fernandez, Franco Daniel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Conci, Luis Rogelio (Springer, 2019-06-03)
      Phytoplasmas are wall-less bacteria with a parasitic lifestyle responsible for numerous plant diseases worldwide. Since the introduction of next generation sequencing technologies, genome wide studies of these pathogens ...
    • Molecular characterization of the 5S rDNA non-transcribed spacer and reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships in Capsicum 

      Grabiele, Mauro; Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian; Debat, Humberto Julio (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2021)
      Capsicum includes ca. 41 species of chili peppers. In this original report we PCR amplified, cloned, sequenced and characterized the 5S rDNA non-transcribed spacer -NTS- in 23 taxa of nine clades of Capsicum, divergent at ...
    • Molecular characterization of yerba mate chlorosis-associated virus, a putative cytorhabdvirus infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; De Breuil, Soledad; Debat, Humberto Julio; Miretti, Marcos; Badaracco, Alejandra; Nome Docampo, Claudia (2017-08)
      We present the molecular characterization of a new virus infecting yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) in Argentina. Deep sequencing of diseased yerba mate plants showing chlorotic linear patterns, chlorotic rings, ...
    • Molecular identification and characterization of two rubber dandelion amalgaviruses 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Zinan Luo; Iaffaldano, Brian J.; Xiaofeng, Zhuang; Cornish, Katrina (2017-12-05)
      The Amalgaviridae family is composed of persistent viruses that share the genome architecture of Totiviridae and gene evolutionary resemblance to Partitiviridae. A single Amalgavirus genus has been assigned to this family, ...
    • Novel bird’s-foot trefoil RNA viruses provide insights into a clade of legume-associated enamoviruses and rhabdoviruses 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban (Springer, 2019-03-09)
      Here, we report the identification and characterization of two novel viruses associated with bird’s-foot trefoil. Virus sequences related to those of enamoviruses (ssRNA (+); Luteoviridae; Enamovirus) and nucleorhabdoviruses ...
    • On the value of preprints: an early career researcher perspective 

      Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Debat, Humberto Julio; Emmott, Edward; Burgess, Steven J.; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Hensel, Zach (PlosONE, 2019-02-21)
      Peer-reviewed journal publication is the main means for academic researchers in the life sciences to create a permanent public record of their work. These publications are also the de facto currency for career progress, ...
    • El Paisaje Actual de Publicaciones Académicas: una Visión Emergente desde el Sur Global 

      Debat, Humberto Julio (Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2023-04)
      Una gran parte del sistema de publicaciones académicas tradicional es desigual, poco confiable, excluyente, discriminatorio, sesgado, depredador, insostenible y opaco [1]. Aproximadamente el 70 % de los artículos de ...
    • Plan S en América Latina: una nota de precaución 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Babini, Dominique (Centro de Estudios sobre Ciencia Desarrollo y Educación Superior, Argentina, 2020-06)
      El Plan S es una iniciativa de un consorcio europeo de financiadores de investigación orientada a exigir la publicación en acceso abierto de los resultados de la investigación financiados por fondos públicos o privados. ...
    • Plan S in Latin America: a precautionary note 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Babini, Dominique (Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing, 2020-02-07)
      Background: Latin America has historically led a vital and open access movement andleads the worldwide region with the adoption of wider open access practices. Argentina has expressed its commitment to join Plan S, an ...
    • Plan S: take Latin America’s long experience on board 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Babini, Dominique (Nature Research, 2019-09-24)
      We share the spirit of Plan S to achieve full open access to scholarly publications (see go.nature.com/2hszsaf), but we disagree with its implementation guidelines. The plan’s design ignores more than 20 years of widespread ...
    • Plant microRNAs: Recent Advances and Future Challenges 

      Debat, Humberto Julio; Ducasse, Daniel Adrian (2014-12)
      MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small ∼20–24 nt species of non-coding RNAs that modulate plant gene expression by means of gene silencing through sequence-specific inhibition of target mRNAs. MiRNAs derive from pol-II transcription ...
    • Preprints are good for science and good for the public 

      Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Wissink, Erin M.; Burgess, Steven J.; Hensel, Zach; Debat, Humberto Julio; Emmott, Edward; Akay, Alper; Akdemir, Kadir C.; Schwessinger, Benjamin (Nature Research, 2018-08-29)
      We disagree with Tom Sheldon’s contention that the preprint ecosystem can present a challenge to accurate and timely journalism (Nature 559, 445; 2018). Restricting when or how preprints are released risks suppressing ...
    • Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice 

      Kent, Brianne A.; Holman, Constance; Amoako, Emmanuella; Antonietti, Alberto; Azam, James M.; Ballhausen, Hanne; Bediako, Yaw; Belasen, Anat M.; Carneiro, Clarissa F. D.; Chung Chen, Yen; Debat, Humberto Julio; Weissgerber, Tracey L. (Plos ONE, 2022-07-07)
      Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), ...
    • Redefining the medicago sativa alphapartitiviruses genome sequences 

      Bejerman, Nicolas Esteban; Debat, Humberto Julio; Nome Docampo, Claudia; Cabrera Mederos, Dariel; Trucco, Veronica Milagros; De Breuil, Soledad; Lenardon, Sergio Luis; Giolitti, Fabian (Elsevier, 2019-03-29)
      In Argentina, alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is a primary forage crop and a major feed component in dairy and beef cattle production systems. In 2010, we observed alfalfa plants showing symptoms of shortened internodes (bushy ...
    • The 18S–25S ribosomal RNA unit of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil.) 

      Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Grabiele, Mauro; Debat, Humberto Julio; Bubillo, Rosana Elizabeth; Martí, Dardo Andrea (2016)
      We present the first report of the transcribed 18S–25S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) unit of the South American crop Ilex paraguariensis. This tree is consumed as an infusion named “mate”. Next-generation sequencing data were ...
    • The DNAJ gene family in yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis): genome-wide identification, structural characterization, orthology based classification and expression analysis 

      Aguilera, Patricia Mabel; Debat, Humberto Julio; Castrillo, María Lorena; Bich, Gustavo Angel; Grabiele, Mauro (Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, 2023-05-08)
      Dry leaves and twigs of yerba mate are widely infusion-consumed in southern Southamerica. Endemic and adapted to the Atlantic Forest, its extensive full-sun monoculture links to diverse biotic (pest, pathogens) and abiotic ...