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Asela Wijeratne Data-verified
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21 h-index
95 pubs
1,665 cited
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Asela Wijeratne's research focuses on understanding gene expression and regulatory networks in plants and animals, particularly in response to environmental stressors and pathogen interactions. Wijeratne has investigated the transcriptome of plants under water deficit stress and the gene regulatory network in soybean following infection by *Phytophthora sojae*. This work utilizes RNA sequencing to generate comprehensive gene expression profiles.
Wijeratne also studies host specificity and population structure in symbiotic organisms. Publications include research on the microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts and the variation in host specificity among dispersal-limited symbionts. This research contributes to understanding organismal interactions and evolutionary dynamics. Wijeratne's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 21, 94 total publications, and 1,650 total citations. Wijeratne is a co-PI on a National Science Foundation grant totaling $1,999,484, aimed at understanding invasion and disease ecology and evolution through computational data education.
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- h-index: 21
- Publications: 95
- Citations: 1,665
Selected Publications
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Integrated Multi-Omics Analysis Provides Insights into the Rhizosphere Microbial Dynamics in Soybean – <i>Fusarium virguliforme</i> Interaction (2026)
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Assessment of rhizosphere microbial activity using optimized RNA extraction coupled with universal ribosomal RNA depletion techniques (2025)
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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 (<i>Striga</i>) and Rice Pathosystem (2024)
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Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts (2024)
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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)
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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 <i>Neisseria</i> persistent oral colonization (2024)
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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)
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Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis (2023)
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Gene regulatory network inference in soybean upon infection by Phytophthora sojae (2023)
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Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant (2023)
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Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum (2023)
Federal Grants 1 $1,999,484 total
NSF
Co-PI
Jul 2022 - Jun 2027
Understanding Invasion and Disease Ecology and Evolution through Computational Data Education
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Brett Hale
Arkansas State University
13 shared publications
In database
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
- An updated assessment of the soybean– <i>Phytophthora sojae</i> pathosystem
- Gene regulatory network inference in soybean upon infection by Phytophthora sojae
- Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant
- Fine-scale characterization of the soybean rhizosphere microbiome via synthetic long reads and avidity sequencing
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
Alix E. Matthews
Rhodes College (US)
7 shared publications
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts
- Draft genome sequencing data of a feather mite, Amerodectes protonotaria Hernandes 2018 (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae)
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Than J. Boves
Arkansas State University
7 shared publications
In database
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts
- Draft genome sequencing data of a feather mite, Amerodectes protonotaria Hernandes 2018 (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae)
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Sylvia Mutinda
Kenyatta University (KE)
5 shared publications
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
- Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant
- Cell Wall Dynamics in the Parasitic Plant (<i>Striga</i>) and Rice Pathosystem
- A transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga hermonthica</i> germination
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
Fredrick M. Mobegi
University of Western Australia (AU)
5 shared publications
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
- Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant
- Cell Wall Dynamics in the Parasitic Plant (<i>Striga</i>) and Rice Pathosystem
- A transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga hermonthica</i> germination
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
Emily S. Bellis
Arkansas State University
5 shared publications
In database
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
- Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant
- Cell Wall Dynamics in the Parasitic Plant (<i>Striga</i>) and Rice Pathosystem
- A transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga hermonthica</i> germination
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
Steven Runo
Kenyatta University (KE)
5 shared publications
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
- Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant
- Cell Wall Dynamics in the Parasitic Plant (<i>Striga</i>) and Rice Pathosystem
- A transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga hermonthica</i> germination
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
Andrew D. Sweet
Arkansas State University
4 shared publications
In database
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Host specificity varies widely in dispersal-limited symbionts
Susann Wicke
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
4 shared publications
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
- Transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga</i> germination: Implications for managing an intractable parasitic plant
- A transcriptome atlas of <i>Striga hermonthica</i> germination
- Resolving intergenotypic <i>Striga</i> resistance in sorghum
Katie L. Percy
United States Department of Agriculture (US)
3 shared publications
- Draft genome sequencing data of a feather mite, Amerodectes protonotaria Hernandes 2018 (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae)
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Population Genomics of Pooled Samples: Unveiling Symbiont Infrapopulation Diversity and Host–Symbiont Coevolution
Wendy M. Schelsky
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
3 shared publications
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Population Genomics of Pooled Samples: Unveiling Symbiont Infrapopulation Diversity and Host–Symbiont Coevolution
Edward M. Brown
Arkansas State University (US)
3 shared publications
- An updated assessment of the soybean– <i>Phytophthora sojae</i> pathosystem
- Fine-scale characterization of the soybean rhizosphere microbiome via synthetic long reads and avidity sequencing
- Single-molecule-based characterization of the soybean rhizosphere microbiome
Mario Alles
The Ohio State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Unveiling the immune dynamics of <i>Neisseria</i> persistent oral colonization
- Unveiling the Immune Dynamics of Neisseria Persistent Oral Colonization: A Roadmap for Innovative Vaccine Strategies
- Unveiling the immune dynamics of Neisseria persistent oral colonization: a roadmap for innovative vaccine strategies
Manuja Gunasena
The Ohio State University (US)
3 shared publications
- Unveiling the immune dynamics of <i>Neisseria</i> persistent oral colonization
- Unveiling the Immune Dynamics of Neisseria Persistent Oral Colonization: A Roadmap for Innovative Vaccine Strategies
- Unveiling the immune dynamics of Neisseria persistent oral colonization: a roadmap for innovative vaccine strategies
Tauqir Zia
Ohio University (US)
3 shared publications
- Unveiling the immune dynamics of <i>Neisseria</i> persistent oral colonization
- Unveiling the Immune Dynamics of Neisseria Persistent Oral Colonization: A Roadmap for Innovative Vaccine Strategies
- Unveiling the immune dynamics of Neisseria persistent oral colonization: a roadmap for innovative vaccine strategies
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