ORCID (0000-0003-3389-0436)
Publons (ResearcherID: F-2394-2014)
· Alkemade, J. A., N. J. Hawkins, E. Baraldi, A. G. Buddie, H. M. Cockerton, I. Corkley, B. A. Fraaije, E. Gaya, D. R. Gifford, F. Hartig, K. Kanyuka, A. Koch, J. N. Sánchez, G. M. Preston, M. F. Seidl, P. D. Spanu, B. T. Werner, J. Lyu and T. G. Barraclough (2025). Learning from fungicide resistance: Evolutionary insights to guide RNAi-based control of fungal crop pathogens. Fungal Biology Reviews 53: 100443.
· Hawkins, NJ. 2024. Assessing the predictability of fungicide resistance evolution through in vitro selection. Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 131: 1257-1264
· Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA. 2021. Contrasting levels of genetic predictability in the evolution of resistance to major classes of fungicides. Molecular Ecology 30: 5318-5327
· Corkley I, Fraaije BA, Hawkins NJ. 2022. Fungicide resistance management: Maximizing the effective life of plant protection products. Plant Pathology 71: 150-169
· Castelo-Branco D, Lockhart SR, Chen YC, Santos DA, Hagen F, Hawkins NJ, Lavergne RA, Meis J, Le Pape P, Gadelha Rocha MF, Costa Sidrim JJ, Arendrup M, Morio F. 2022. Collateral consequences of agricultural fungicides on pathogenic yeasts: a One Health perspective to tackle azole resistance Mycoses 65: 303-311
· Vicentini SNC, Casado PS, de Carvalho G, Moreira SI, Dorigan AF, Silva TC, Silva AG, Custódio AAP, Gomes ACS, Nunes Maciel JL, Hawkins NJ, McDonald BA, Fraaije BA, Ceresini PC. 2022. Monitoring of Brazilian wheat blast field populations reveals resistance to QoI, DMI, and SDHI fungicides. Plant Pathology 71: 304-321
· King KM, Bucur DE, Ritchie F, Hawkins NJ, Kaczmarek AM, Duan Y, Kildea S, West JS, Fraaije BA. 2021. Fungicide resistance status and chemical control options for the brassica pathogen Pyrenopeziza brassicae. Plant Pathology 70: 2086-2103
· Poloni NM, Carvalho G, Vicentini SNC, Dorigan AF, Nunes Maciel JL, McDonald BA, Moreira SI, Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA, Kelly DE, Kelly SL, Ceresini PC. 2021. Widespread distribution of resistance to triazole fungicides in Brazilian populations of the wheat blast pathogen. Plant Pathology 70: 436-448
· Hawkins NJ, Bass C, Dixon A, Neve P. 2019. The evolutionary origins of pesticide resistance. Biological Reviews 94:135-155 *Web of Science Highly Cited Paper 2019: Top 1% of Biology and Biochemistry papers*
· Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA. 2018. Fitness Penalties in the Evolution of Fungicide Resistance. Annual Review of Phytopathology 56: 339-360
· Fisher MC, Hawkins NJ, Sanglard D, Gurr SJ. 2018. Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security. Science 360(6390): 739-742 *Web of Science Highly Cited Paper 2019: Top 1% of Multidisciplinary papers*
· Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA, 2016. Predicting Resistance by Mutagenesis: Lessons from 45 Years of MBC Resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1814
· Hawkins NJ, Cools HJ, Sierotzki H, Shaw MW, Knogge W, Kelly SL, Kelly DE, Fraaije BA, 2014. Paralog Re-Emergence: A Novel, Historically Contingent Mechanism in the Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance. Molecular Biology and Evolution 31:1793-1802
· Gutiérrez-Alonso O, Hawkins NJ, Cools HJ, Shaw MW and Fraaije BA. 2017. Dose-dependent selection drives lineage replacement during the experimental evolution of SDHI fungicide resistance in Zymoseptoria tritici. Evolutionary Applications 10(10): 1055-1066
· Sewell TR, Hawkins NJ, Stotz HU, Huang Y, Kelly SL, Kelly DE, Fraaije B and Fitt BDL. 2017. Azole sensitivity in Leptosphaeria pathogens of oilseed rape: the role of lanosterol 14α-demethylase. Scientific Reports 7(1): 15849
· King R, Urban M, Lauder RP, Hawkins N, Evans M, Plummer A, Halsey K, Lovegrove A, Hammond-Kosack K, and Rudd JJ. 2017. A conserved fungal glycosyltransferase facilitates pathogenesis of plants by enabling hyphal growth on solid surfaces. PLoS Pathogens 13(10): e1006672
· King, KM, Hawkins, NJ, Atkins, SL, Dyer, PS, West, JS and Fraaije, BA. 2019. First application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for rapid identification of mating type in the heterothallic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Mycoses 62:812–817
· King K, Krivova V, Canning G, Hawkins NJ, Kaczmarek A, Perryman S, Dyer PS, Fraaije BA, West JS. 2018. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for rapid detection of Pyrenopeziza brassicae (light leaf spot of brassicas). Plant Pathology 67(1): 167-174
· Elayadeth‐Meethal M, Thazhathu Veettil A, Maloney SK, Hawkins N, Misselbrook TH, Sejian V, Rivero MJ, Lee MRF. 2018. Size does matter: Parallel evolution of adaptive thermal tolerance and body size facilitates adaptation to climate change in domestic cattle. Ecology and Evolution 8: 10608–10620
· Storkey J, Macdonald AJ, Bell JR, Clark IM, Gregory AS, Hawkins NJ, Hirsch PR, Todman LC, Whitmore AP. 2016. The unique contribution of Rothamsted to ecological research at large temporal scales. Advances in Ecological Research 55: 3-42
· Lucas JA, Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA. 2015. The Evolution of Fungicide Resistance. Advances in Applied Microbiology 90:29-92
· Cools, HJ; Hawkins, NJ and Fraaije, BA. 2013. Constraints on the evolution of azole resistance in plant pathogenic fungi. Plant Pathology 62: 36-42
· Hawkins, NJ. 2023. Evolutionary biology of fungicide resistance: fundamental questions and practical implications. In: Lopez-Ruiz, F (ed.) Understanding and minimising fungicide resistance, Burleigh Dodds Publishing.
· Hawkins, NJ. 2019. Digest: Plant-pathogen coevolution extends to shifts in plant breeding systems. Evolution. 73 (3), pp. 628-629.
· Hawkins, NJ. 2018. Digest: Plants adapt under attack: genotypic selection and phenotypic plasticity under herbivore pressure. Evolution. 72 (5), pp. 1184-1185.
· Augusti G, Shaw MW, Hagerty C, Breunig MR, Hawkins N and Fraaije B. 2019. Investigating fungicide sensitivity shifts in North American Zymoseptoria tritici field populations. Phytopathology 109: S78-78
· Fraaije B, Diez P, Atkins S and Hawkins N. 2019. Evolution and spread of SDHI-resistant alleles within field populations of Zymoseptoria tritici in the UK. Phytopathology 109: S81-81
· Fraaije B, Diez P and Hawkins N. 2018. Evolution of fungicide resistance in UK field populations of Zymoseptoria tritici. Phytopathology 108: S22-22
· Hawkins N and Fraaije B. 2018. Azole fungicide resistance: Evolution on a rugged fitness landscape. Phytopathology 108: S10
· Hawkins NJ, Fraaije BA. 2017. Adaptive Landscapes in Fungicide Resistance: Fitness, Epistasis, Constraints and Predictability. In: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds VIII: Proceedings of the 18th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium, April 24-28 2016, Friedrichroda, Germany. pp. 217-221
· Gutierrez-Alonso, O; Hawkins, NJ; Fraaije, BA. 2017. In Vitro Evolution of Fluxapyroxad Resistance in Zymoseptoria tritici. In: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds VIII: Proceedings of the 18th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium, April 24-28 2016, Friedrichroda, Germany. pp. 113-114.
· Kirikyali, N; Diez, P; Luo, J; Hawkins, NJ; Fraaije, BA. 2017. Azole and SDHI Sensitivity Status of Zymoseptoria tritici Field Populations Sampled in France, Germany and the United Kingdom during 2015. In: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds VIII: Proceedings of the 18th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium, April 24-28 2016, Friedrichroda, Germany. pp. 153-158.
· Lucas, JA and Hawkins, NJ. 2017. British Mycological Society and British Society for Plant Pathology Joint Presidential Meeting 2017 - Fungal Exploitation and Control. Outlooks on Pest Management 28: 227-229
· MacDonald AJ, Powlson DS, Poulton PR, Watts CJ, Clark IM, Storkey J, Hawkins NJ, Glendining MJ, Goulding KWT and McGrath SP. 2015. The Rothamsted Long-term Experiments. Aspects of Applied Biology 128: 1-10
· Hawkins NJ and Fraaije BA. 2014. Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors: Modes of resistance and development of cyp51 mutations. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 248: 1
· Fraaije BA, Atkins S, Luo J, De La Fuente PD and Hawkins NJ. 2014. Evolution and spread of azole-insensitive Zymoseptoria tritici field isolates in the UK. Phytopathology 104: S41
· Hawkins NJ, Cools HJ, Fan J and Fraaije, BA. 2014 The Role of Multiple CYP51 Paralogues in Intrinsic and Acquired Azole Sensitivity Differences. In: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds VII: Proceedings of the 17th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium, April 21-25 2013, Friedrichroda, Germany. pp. 97-102
· Hawkins NJ, Cools HJ and Fraaije BA. 2013. CYP51 paralogues and azole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium commune. Acta Phytopathologica Sinica 43: S143
· Fraaije BA, Atkins S, Luo J, Diez P, Hawkins NJ and Cools HJ. 2013. Evolution and spread of Mycosphaerella graminicola isolates overexpressing CYP51 or carrying different CYP51 variants in response to azole fungicide applications. Acta Phytopathologica Sinica 43: S144
· Hawkins NJ, Cools, HJ, Shaw, MW, Sierotzki, H and Fraaije, BA. 2011. Molecular mechanisms of altered triazole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium secalis. In: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds VI: Proceedings of the 16th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium, April 25-29 2010, Friedrichroda, Germany. pp. 129-134
· Hawkins N, Cools HJ, Shaw MW, Sierotzki H and Fraaije BA. 2010. Investigating altered triazole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium secalis. Phytopathology 100: S49
· Cambridge Infection Diseases network annual symposium, March 2025. Evolution of Fungicide Resistance in Plant Pathogens. Invited speaker.
· Resistance 2024, Harpenden UK, September 2024. Predicting fungicide resistance by experimental evolution. Invited speaker.
· British Mycological Society and British Society for Plant Pathology joint meeting: One Health and the Challenge of Antifungal Resistance, Bath UK, April 2024. Predicting resistance through experimental evolution of a plant pathogen. Invited speaker.
· 32nd Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar, March 2024. How accurately can experimental evolution predict fungicide resistance mechanisms? Invited speaker, Mechanisms of Resistance to Antifungals concurrent session.
· Society of Irish Plant Pathologists meeting, Dublin, December 2023. #WildPlantDisease: Getting plant pathogens trending! Invited speaker.
· UK Fungal One Health Network Meeting, London, July 2023. Detecting fungicide resistance in plant pathogens. Invited speaker.
· 2nd International Molecular Plant Protection Congress, Orhangazi Türkiye, May 2023. How predictable is pathogen evolution under fungicide selection? Invited speaker.
· 20th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Friedrichroda Germany, April 2023. Assessing the predictability of resistance evolution through in vitro selection. Accepted oral presentation.
· Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, SMBE Everywhere Virtual Conference 2022. Parallel or divergent evolution of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens. Accepted oral presentation.
· 31st Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar USA, 15-20 March 2022. Predicting Predictability of Fungicide Resistance Evolution. Invited speaker, Fungicides and Antifungals concurrent session. Attendance part-funded by British Society for Plant Pathology Travel Award.
· Imperial College London Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Departmental Seminar, London UK, October 28 2019. Fungicide resistance in lab, field and clinic: divergent or parallel evolution?
· Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Manchester UK, 21-25 July 2019. Parallel evolution of fungicide resistance in lab and field. Accepted oral presentation, The Causes of Parallel Molecular Evolution parallel session.
· The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks (online lecture collection), 2019. The evolution of resistance to pesticides. Invited talk.
· International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights, Dublin Ireland, May 22-24 2019. Predicting resistance: functional constraints and experimental evolution in Zymoseptoria tritici. Accepted oral presentation: Cultural Management, Fungicide Resistance and Epidemiology session.
· Rank Prize Funds symposium on New Crop Protection, Grasmere UK, May 14-16 2019. How predictable is the evolution of resistance? Invited ECR speaker.
· 19th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Freidrichroda Germany, April 7-11 2019. Parallel evolution of fungicide resistance in target and non-target fungi. Accepted oral presentation.
· INRA BIOGER Departmental Seminar, Paris France, 17 September 2018. Fungicide resistance in plant pathogens: how predictable is its evolution?
· International Congress of Plant Pathology, Boston USA, July 29- August 3 2018. Azole fungicide resistance: evolution on a rugged fitness landscape. Invited speaker: Population Dynamics of Fungicide Resistance concurrent session.
· Evolution 2018: Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Montpellier France, August 19-22 2018. Epistasis and incomplete cross-resistance produce rugged and shifting adaptive landscapes in azole fungicide resistance. Accepted oral presentation, Evolution of Resistance symposium.
· Evolution 2018 symposium co-organiser/chair: Evolution-Smart Agriculture.
· 29th Fungal Genetics Conference, Asilomar USA, March 14-19 2017. Adaptive landscapes in fungicide resistance. Invited speaker, Evolution and Mechanisms of Antifungal Drug Resistance concurrent session. Attendance part-funded by British Society for Plant Pathology Travel Award.
· Rothamsted Research Days, Harpenden UK, 2016. Replaying the Resistance Tape. Invited talk.
· 13th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Paris France, April 3-6 2016. Mapping the adaptive landscape of azole resistance in Zymoseptoria tritici. Invited speaker, Adaptation to Pollutants and Xenobiotics concurrent session.
· 18th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Freidrichroda Germany, April 24-28 2016. Adaptive landscapes in fungicide resistance: fitness, epistasis, constraints and predictability. Accepted oral presentation.
· Resistance 2015, Harpenden UK, September 14-16 2015. Azole resistance in Zymoseptoria tritici: resistance evolution on a rugged adaptive landscape. Accepted oral presentation.
· 13th IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, San Francisco USA, August 10-14 2014. Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors: Modes of resistance and development of CYP51 mutations. Oral presentation, Mode of Action and Resistance Management (Fungicides) session.
· International Congress of Plant Pathology, Beijing China, August 25-30 2013. CYP51 and evolution of azole resistance.
· European Society for Evolution Biology Congress, Lisbon Portugal, August 19-24 2013. Mapping the adaptive landscape of Mycosphaerella graminicola CYP51 under selection by azole fungicides. Accepted oral presentation, Experimental Evolution on Empirical Fitness Landscapes symposium.
· British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting, Cambridhe UK, December 15-16 2011. CYP51 paralogues and triazole fungicide sensitivity in Rhynchosporium secalis. Winner of the P.H. Gregory Prize for best oral presentation by a PhD student.
· 4th International Workshop on Barley Leaf Blights, Dundee UK, June 27-29 2011. Triazole sensitivity and cross-resistance patterns in Rhynchosporium secalis populations.
· 16th International Reinhardsbrunn Symposium: Modern Fungicides and Antifungal Compounds, Freidrichroda Germany, April 25-29 2010. Molecular mechanisms of altered fungicide sensitivity in Rhynchosporium secalis.
· London Evolutionary Research Network Annual Conference, London UK, September 14 2009. Recent evolution of Rhynchosporium secalis in response to selection by fungicides. Winner of the Darwin Prize for best use of an evolutionary framework.
· British Society for Plant Pathology/ Society for Applied Microbiology joint meeting: Applications of plant pathology from field to clinic , London UK, April 18 2018. Convergent evolution of fungicide resistance in plant and clinical pathogens.
· Royal Society satellite meeting, Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience: the state of the art, Buckinghamshire UK, March 9-10 2016. The evolution and spread of Zymoseptoria tritici genotypes in response to selection by azole fungicides. (Poster presentation and flash talk)
· Resistance 2015, Harpenden UK, September 2015. Resistance to agricultural fungicides in the non-target saprophyte Cladosporium allicinum.
· Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vienna 2015. Fungal CYP51 paralogues: temporal processes in the fate of duplicate genes.
· International Congress of Plant Pathology, Beijing 2013. CYP51 paralogues and azole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium commune.
· European Society for Evolutionary Biology Congress 2013. CYP51 paralogues and azole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium commune.
· Rothamsted Research Day 2013. Evolution and spread of Zymoseptoria tritici isolates in response to azole fungicide applications.
· Botanical Society of the British Isles Annual Exhibition Meetings 2011-2018. Botanical Activities for Children.
· 10th International Symposium on Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity and Biotechnology, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, October 2010. CYP51 paralogues and azole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium secalis. Attendance part-funded by British Society for Plant Pathology Travel Award.
· American Phytopathological Society Congress 2010. Investigating altered triazole sensitivity in Rhynchosporium secalis.
· British Society of Plant Pathology President’s Meeting 2009 and 2008
· Young Systematists’ Forum 2006. The evolution of reproductive strategy in the moss genus Dicranum.
· London Evolutionary Research Network Annual Conference 2006. The evolution of reproductive strategy in the moss genus Dicranum. Winner: Best Poster.
· Botanical Society of the British Isles Annual Exhibition Meeting 2006. Ten Flowers to Meet by the Age of Five.
· Botanical Society of the British Isles Annual Exhibition Meeting 2006. Margins and Meadows: Botanical Implications of CAP Set-Aside Reforms.