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Brenda Oppert
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
3,890 Points

Contributions by role

Author 270
Reviewer 50
Editor 3,570

Contributions by subject area

Agricultural Science
Genomics
Entomology
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Drugs and Devices
Pharmacology
Computational Science
Biogeography
Ecology
Epidemiology
Science and Medical Education
Molecular Biology
Zoology
Biochemistry
Dermatology
Microbiology
Plant Science
Environmental Sciences
Toxicology
Ecotoxicology
Developmental Biology
Natural Resource Management
Animal Behavior
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Oncology
Urology
Biotechnology
Genetics
Immunology
Mycology
Evolutionary Studies
Infectious Diseases
Conservation Biology
Environmental Impacts
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Data Science
COVID-19
Food Science and Technology

Brenda Oppert

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

EDUCATION
University of Texas at El Paso (9/75-8/78), B.S. in Biology, 1978
University of Texas at El Paso (1/83-12/86), M.S. in Biology, 1986
Kansas State University (8/86-5/91), Ph.D. in Biochemistry, 1991

PROFESSIONAL
• Research Molecular Biologist (GS-15), CGAHR, Manhattan, KS (4/91-present)
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University (1/99-present)

Agricultural Science Biochemistry Bioinformatics Entomology Genomics Molecular Biology

Editing Sections

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
PeerJ Computer Science

Past or current institution affiliations

Kansas State University

Work details

Research Molecular Biologist

United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Grain & Animal Health Research
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Adjunct Professor

Kansas State University
Department of Entomology

Websites

  • Microsoft Academic Search
  • ResearcherID

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Edited 27
May 23, 2019
Gene expression in Tribolium castaneum life stages: Identifying a species-specific target for pest control applications
Lindsey C. Perkin, Brenda Oppert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6946 PubMed 31198628
January 18, 2016
Expression patterns of cysteine peptidase genes across the Tribolium castaneum life cycle provide clues to biological function
Lindsey Perkin, Elena N. Elpidina, Brenda Oppert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1581 PubMed 26819843

Academic Editor on

January 12, 2023
Genome-wide identification of MAXs genes for strigolactones synthesis/signaling in solanaceous plants and analysis of their potential functions in tobacco
Lixianqiu Wang, Bingjie Li, Changbo Dai, Anming Ding, Weifeng Wang, Haoqi Shi, Mengmeng Cui, Yuhe Sun, Jing Lv
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14669 PubMed 36650839
December 1, 2022
Enhanced biomass and thermotolerance of Arabidopsis by SiERECTA isolated from Setaria italica L
Jiacheng Zheng, Xiaoyi Huang, Jieqin Li, Qingyuan He, Wan Zhao, Chaowu Zeng, Haizhou Chen, Qiuwen Zhan, Zhaoshi Xu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14452 PubMed 36518287
November 30, 2022
PredictION: a predictive model to establish the performance of Oxford sequencing reads of SARS-CoV-2
David E. Valencia-Valencia, Diana Lopez-Alvarez, Nelson Rivera-Franco, Andres Castillo, Johan S. Piña, Carlos A. Pardo, Beatriz Parra
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14425 PubMed 36518292
October 24, 2022
High susceptibility of Tetranychus merganser (Acari: Tetranychidae), an emergent pest of the tropical crop Carica papaya, towards Metarhizium anisopliae s.l. and Beauveria bassiana strains
Elizabeth Alfaro-Valle, Aída Martínez-Hernández, Gabriel Otero-Colina, Joel Lara-Reyna
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14064 PubMed 36312755
October 3, 2022
Identification of neoplasm-specific signatures of miRNA interactions by employing a systems biology approach
Reza Arshinchi Bonab, Seyedehsadaf Asfa, Panagiota Kontou, Gökhan Karakülah, Athanasia Pavlopoulou
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14149 PubMed 36213495
May 31, 2022
A comparative metabolomics study of anthocyanins and taste components in Chinese bayberry (Morella rubra) with different flesh colors
Qihua Lin, Qiuzhen Zhong, Zehuang Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13466 PubMed 35669961
April 11, 2022
A long noncoding RNA GTF2IRD2P1 suppresses cell proliferation in bladder cancer by inhibiting the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway
Zhuo Huang, Hongbin Gao, Liangliang Qing, Biao Wang, Chaoyong He, Ning Luo, Chuncheng Lu, Shipeng Fan, Peng Gu, Hui Zhao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13220 PubMed 35433119
August 4, 2020
Identifying agricultural pesticides that may pose a risk for birds
Cannelle Tassin de Montaigu, Dave Goulson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9526 PubMed 32832262
August 3, 2020
Anti-COVID-19 multi-epitope vaccine designs employing global viral genome sequences
Tahreem Zaheer, Maaz Waseem, Walifa Waqar, Hamza Arshad Dar, Muhammad Shehroz, Kanwal Naz, Zaara Ishaq, Tahir Ahmad, Nimat Ullah, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Syed Aun Muhammad, Amjad Ali
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9541 PubMed 32832263
March 5, 2020
Diversity of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda and their gut bacterial community in Kenya
Joseph Gichuhi, Subramanian Sevgan, Fathiya Khamis, Johnnie Van den Berg, Hannalene du Plessis, Sunday Ekesi, Jeremy K. Herren
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8701 PubMed 32185109
August 23, 2019
Identification of a native Bacillus thuringiensis strain from Sri Lanka active against Dipel-resistant Plutella xylostella
Rashini Yasara Baragamaarachchi, Jayanetti Koralage Ramani Radhika Samarasekera, Ovitigala Vithanage Don Sisira Jagathpriya Weerasena, Kurt Lamour, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7535 PubMed 31497400
February 20, 2019
Estivation-responsive microRNAs in a hypometabolic terrestrial snail
Myriam P. Hoyeck, Hanane Hadj-Moussa, Kenneth B. Storey
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6515 PubMed 30809463
October 31, 2017
Water absorption through salivary gland type I acini in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis
Donghun Kim, Paulina Maldonado-Ruiz, Ludek Zurek, Yoonseong Park
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3984 PubMed 29104829
October 24, 2017
Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) attack patterns on different Eucalyptus genotypes
Juliana Tuller, Karla Nunes Oliveira, Jhonathan Oliveira Silva, Maurício Lopes de Faria, Mario Marcos do Espírito-Santo, José Eduardo Serrão, José Cola Zanuncio
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3864 PubMed 29085744
June 13, 2017
Seasonal shifts in accumulation of glycerol biosynthetic gene transcripts in mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), larvae
Jordie D. Fraser, Tiffany R. Bonnett, Christopher I. Keeling, Dezene P.W. Huber
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3284 PubMed 28626604
April 18, 2017
Automated identification of insect vectors of Chagas disease in Brazil and Mexico: the Virtual Vector Lab
Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Ed Komp, Lindsay P. Campbell, Ali Khalighifar, Jarrett Mellenbruch, Vagner José Mendonça, Hannah L. Owens, Keynes de la Cruz Felix, A Townsend Peterson, Janine M. Ramsey
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3040 PubMed 28439451
March 9, 2017
Frequent discordance between morphology and mitochondrial DNA in a species group of European water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
David T. Bilton, Lucy Turner, Garth N. Foster
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3076 PubMed 28289570
January 17, 2017
Cry1Ac and Vip3Aa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis targeting Cry toxin resistance in Diatraea flavipennella and Elasmopalpus lignosellus from sugarcane
Ana Rita Nunes Lemes, Camila Soares Figueiredo, Isis Sebastião, Liliane Marques da Silva, Rebeka da Costa Alves, Herbert Álvaro Abreu de Siqueira, Manoel Victor Franco Lemos, Odair Aparecido Fernandes, Janete Apparecida Desidério
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2866 PubMed 28123906
September 21, 2016
Evaluation of the effectiveness of insecticide trunk injections for control of Latoia lepida (Cramer) in the sweet olive tree Osmanthus fragrans
Jun Huang, Juan Zhang, Yan Li, Jun Li, Xiao-Hua Shi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2480 PubMed 27688974
August 9, 2016
An optimized approach to germ-free rearing in the jewel wasp Nasonia
J. Dylan Shropshire, Edward J. van Opstal, Seth R. Bordenstein
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2316 PubMed 27602283
August 3, 2016
A multifunctional GH39 glycoside hydrolase from the anaerobic gut fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain C1A
Jessica M. Morrison, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha Youssef
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2289 PubMed 27547582
April 21, 2016
Thermal summation model and instar determination of all developmental stages of necrophagous beetle, Sciodrepoides watsoni (Spence) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
Pavel Jakubec
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1944 PubMed 27123379
September 24, 2015
The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation on yam (Dioscorea spp.) tuber weights and secondary metabolite content
Fun-Chi Lu, Chen-Yu Lee, Chun-Li Wang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1266 PubMed 26421239
June 4, 2015
Assessment of water pollution in the Brazilian Pampa biome by means of stress biomarkers in tadpoles of the leaf frog Phyllomedusa iheringii (Anura: Hylidae)
TG Santos, R Melo, DG Costa-Silva, MEM Nunes, NR Rodrigues, JL Franco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1016 PubMed 26056614
July 31, 2014
Mechanical properties of the cuticles of three cockroach species that differ in their wind-evoked escape behavior
Andrew J. Clark, Jeffrey D. Triblehorn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.501 PubMed 25101230
June 5, 2014
The salivary secretome of the biting midge, Culicoides sonorensis
Christopher J. Lehiy, Barbara S. Drolet
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.426 PubMed 24949243
July 25, 2013
Effect of non-crop vegetation types on conservation biological control of pests in olive groves
Daniel Paredes, Luis Cayuela, Geoff M. Gurr, Mercedes Campos
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.116 PubMed 23904994