Rohana Liyanage Source Confirmed

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Senior Scientist, Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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29 h-index 127 pubs 3,047 cited

Research Areas

Animal Nutrition and Physiology Microbial infections and disease research Gut microbiota and health Immune Response and Inflammation Livestock and Poultry Management Diet and metabolism studies Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

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Rohana Liyanage is a Senior Scientist at the Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His research group leads studies investigating the physiological and molecular responses of agricultural animals, particularly chickens, to various dietary components and environmental stressors. Recent work has focused on how specific compounds, such as trans-cinnamaldehyde, caprylic acid, and sodium butyrate, impact gut health, pathogen carriage, and immune responses in poultry. Liyanage has also explored the role of neurotransmitters like serotonin and catecholamines in the chicken gut microbiome and their association with cold stress responses.

His research extends to understanding the mechanisms by which certain dietary factors influence microbial communities and their virulence. This includes examining how bile acids and plant-derived compounds like blackberry phenolic extracts can inhibit bacterial pathogens or modulate inflammatory responses. Liyanage's work leverages advanced analytical techniques, including mass spectrometry, to provide detailed insights into these complex biological systems. He has a significant publication record, with 127 total publications and a citation count of 3,047, reflected in an h-index of 29, designating him as a highly cited researcher. He collaborates with several researchers at the University of Arkansas, including Sun‐Ok Lee, Xiaolun Sun, Ya‐Jane Wang, and Annegret Jannasch.

Metrics

  • h-index: 29
  • Publications: 127
  • Citations: 3,047

Selected Publications

  • Fitness Factors and Siderophores Influence the Survival of E. coli in Reused Broiler Litter (2025) DOI
  • The Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Mediates Clostridium perfringens-Induced Chicken Necrotic Enteritis Attenuated by Secondary Bile Acid Deoxycholic Acid (2025) DOI
  • Synergistic effect of electrocoagulation and antifouling nanofiltration membranes for microcystin removal (2025) DOI
  • Synergistic Effect of Electrocoagulation and Antifouling Nanofiltration Membranes for Microcystin Removal (2024) DOI
  • Polyphenol-induced protein structural modifications in sorghum on pasting properties (2024) DOI
  • Polyphenol-mediated covalent bonds on glutelin structural changes in rice with different bran colors (2024) DOI
  • Polyphenol-Induced Protein Structural Modifications in Sorghum on Pasting Properties (2024) DOI
  • Recombinant Bile Salt Hydrolase Enhances the Inhibition Efficiency of Taurodeoxycholic Acid against Clostridium perfringens Virulence (2024) DOI
  • Polyphenol-Mediated Covalent Bonds on Glutelin Structural Changes in Rice with Different Bran Colors (2024) DOI
  • Inclusion of trans-cinnamaldehyde and caprylic acid in feed results in detectable concentrations in the chicken gut and reduces foodborne pathogen carriage (2023) DOI
  • The Bactericidal Activity of a Novel Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus Isolate Effectively Controls Foodborne Pathogens Campylobacter jejuni and Listeria monocytogenes (2023) DOI
  • Comparative- and network-based proteomic analysis of bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis lesions in broiler’s proximal tibiae identifies new molecular signatures of lameness (2023) DOI
  • Protein equilibrium population snapshot hydrogen deuterium exchange electrospray ionization mass spectrometry measurements of the stability of wildtype human acidic fibroblast growth factor and the R136D variant (2022) DOI
  • Blackberry phenolic and volatile extracts inhibit cytokine secretion in LPS-inflamed RAW264.7 cells (2021) DOI
  • Specific Secondary Bile Acids Control Chicken Necrotic Enteritis (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Sun‐Ok Lee University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 5 shared publications Xiaolun Sun University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Ya‐Jane Wang University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Annegret Jannasch University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Mohit Bansal University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Tahrir Alenezi University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Anamika Gupta University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Ying Fu University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications

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