PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

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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

Section Editor

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Editorial Board Member

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

Adjunct Professor

Kansas State University

Department of Entomology

Websites

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

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December 13, 2024

Identification of immunogenic cell death gene-related subtypes and risk model predicts prognosis and response to immunotherapy in ovarian cancer

Wenjing Pan, Zhaoyang Jia, Xibo Zhao, Kexin Chang, Wei Liu, Wenhua Tan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18690 PubMed 39686988

December 12, 2024

Study of TRAF3IP3 for prognosis and immune infiltration in hepatocellular carcinoma

Xing Wang, Xin Gao, Airu Liu, Yan Qin, Zhi-Yu Ni, Xiao Lan Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18538 PubMed 39677949

September 27, 2024

SpLitteR: diploid genome assembly using TELL-Seq linked-reads and assembly graphs

Ivan Tolstoganov, Zhoutao Chen, Pavel Pevzner, Anton Korobeynikov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18050 PubMed 39351368

September 19, 2023

Inclusion of up to 20% Black Soldier Fly larvae meal in broiler chicken diet has a minor effect on caecal microbiota

Jessica de Souza Vilela, Sarbast K. Kheravii, Yadav Sharma Bajagai, Manisha Kolakshyapati, Terence Zimazile Sibanda, Shu-Biao Wu, Nigel R. Andrew, Isabelle Ruhnke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15857 PubMed 37744229

September 12, 2023

Microbiome analysis of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) larvae exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxins

Yuliana Castañeda-Molina, Sandra María Marulanda-Moreno, Clara Saldamando-Benjumea, Howard Junca, Claudia Ximena Moreno-Herrera, Gloria Cadavid-Restrepo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15916 PubMed 37719127

February 2, 2023

Differential gene expression analysis and physiological response characteristics of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) buds under high-temperature stress

Hongli Wang, Jiucheng Zhao, Miao Lai, Yingqing Zhang, Wenwu Qiu, Yanyan Li, Hailian Tu, Qichang Ling, Xinfeng Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14839 PubMed 36751639

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