Asela Wijeratne

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Associate Professor of Bioinformatics

Arkansas State University

Also affiliated: Natural History Museum Vienna (2020); Pennsylvania State University (2006–2014); Agricultural Research Service (2014); Université d'Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse (2014); Arkansas State University System (2024); Arkansas Biosciences Institute (2020–2026); The Ohio State University (2007–2020); University of Memphis (2017–2020)

20 h-index 96 pubs 1,658 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

Asela Wijeratne's research investigates gene expression and molecular mechanisms across diverse organisms, including plants and arthropods. Her work has explored gene content evolution in arthropods and identified odor-processing genes in the emerald ash borer. Wijeratne has also examined pesticide resistance in bed bugs and trade-offs in detoxification and chemosensation gene signatures in the diamondback moth. In plant biology, her research has focused on Arabidopsis, specifically analyzing genome-wide variations before and after meiosis and investigating the role of the PARTING DANCERS gene in meiotic homologous recombination. She has also studied differential gene expression in Arabidopsis anthers to understand anther cell differentiation and regulatory networks.

Wijeratne is a co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant totaling $1,999,484, focused on "Understanding Invasion and Disease Ecology and Evolution through Computational Data Education." This collaborative project involves faculty from Arkansas State University, including Brett Hale, Than J. Boves, Emily S. Bellis, and Andrew D. Sweet, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.

With an h-index of 21 and over 1,700 citations from 97 publications, Wijeratne is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Her active lab website provides further information on her ongoing research activities.

Metrics

h-index: 20
Publications: 96
Citations: 1,658

Positions

Associate Professor of Bioinformatics publications 2017–2026

Arkansas State University Institution web page

Selected Publications

Genome-wide Analysis of Soybean Demethylase Genes (2026)

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Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Provides Insights into the Rhizosphere Microbial Dynamics in Soybean– Fusarium virguliforme Interaction (2026)

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Assessment of rhizosphere microbial activity using optimized RNA extraction coupled with universal ribosomal RNA depletion techniques (2025)

BMC Methods 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Assessment of rhizosphere microbial activity using optimized RNA extraction coupled with universal ribosomal RNA (rRNA) depletion techniques (2024)

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Cell Wall Dynamics in the Parasitic Plant (Striga) and Rice Pathosystem (2024)

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts (2024)

Journal of Animal Ecology 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Unveiling the immune dynamics of Neisseria persistent oral colonization: a roadmap for innovative vaccine strategies (2024)

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Fine-scale characterization of the soybean rhizosphere microbiome via synthetic long reads and avidity sequencing (2024)

Environmental Microbiome 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Correction: Hale et al. Differential Expression Profiling Reveals Stress-Induced Cell Fate Divergence in Soybean Microspores. Plants 2020, 9, 1510 (2024)

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Unveiling the immune dynamics of Neisseria persistent oral colonization (2024)

Infection and Immunity 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Peer Review Report For: Evaluation of cytosine conversion methods for whole-genome DNA methylation profiling [version 1; peer review: 2 not approved] (2023)

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Peer Review Report For: Evaluation of cytosine conversion methods for whole-genome DNA methylation profiling [version 1; peer review: 2 not approved] (2023)

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Unveiling the Immune Dynamics of Neisseria Persistent Oral Colonization: A Roadmap for Innovative Vaccine Strategies (2023)

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Population Genomics of Pooled Samples: Unveiling Symbiont Infrapopulation Diversity and Host–Symbiont Coevolution (2023)

Life 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis (2023)

Molecular Ecology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex