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Bernarda Calla (PhD)
Pacific Shellfish Research Unit
Research Molecular Geneticist

Phone: (541) 867-0191
Fax: (541) 738-4160

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Projects
Improving the Sustainability and Productivity of Shellfish Culture in Pacific Estuaries
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 437681
Understanding the Genetic and Ecological Drivers of OsHv-1 Influenced Survival of Pacific Oysters.
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 445486

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Assessing selection potential for Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to a North American OsHV-1 µvar: Comparing two experimental assay methods Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Thompson, N., Agnew, M.V., Calla, B., Burge, C.A. 2024. Assessing selection potential for Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) to a North American OsHV-1 µvar: Comparing two experimental assay methods. Aquaculture. 590. Article 741076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741076.
Genetics of tolerance in honeybees to the neonicotinoid clothianidin Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tsvetkov, N., Bahia, S., Calla, B., Berenbaum, M.R., Zayed, A. 2023. Genetics of tolerance in honeybees to the neonicotinoid clothianidin. iScience. 26(3). Article 106084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106084.
Flooding and herbivory: The effect of concurrent stress factors on plant volatile emissions and gene expression in two heirloom tomato varieties Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ngumbi, E., Dady, E., Calla, B. 2022. Flooding and herbivory: The effect of concurrent stress factors on plant volatile emissions and gene expression in two heirloom tomato varieties. BMC Plant Biology. 22. Article 536. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-022-03911-3.
Organ-specific transcriptome profiling of metabolic and pigment biosynthesis pathways in the floral ornamental progenitor species Anthurium amnicola Dressler - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Suzuki, J.Y., Amore, T.D., Calla Zalles, B., Palmer, N.A., Scully, E.D., Sattler, S.E., Sarath, G., Lichty, J.S., Myers, R.Y., Keith, L.M., Matsumoto, T.K., Geib, S.M. 2017. Organ-specific transcriptome profiling of metabolic and pigment biosynthesis pathways in the floral ornamental progenitor species Anthurium amnicola Dressler. Scientific Reports. 7:1596.
Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
McKenna, D.D., Scully, E.D., Pauchet, Y., Hoover, K., Kirsch, R., Geib, S.M., Mitchell, R.F., Waterhouse, R.M., Ahn, S., Arsala, D., Childers, A.K., Benoit, J.B., Blackmon, H., Bledsoe, T., Bowsher, J., Busch, A., Calla Zalles, B., Chao, H., Childers, C., Clark, D.J., Cohen, L., Demuth, J.P., Dinh, H., Doddapaneni, H., Dolan, A., Duan, J.J., Dugan, S., Friedrich, M., Glastad, K.M., Goodisman, M.D., Haddad, S., Han, Y., Hughes, D.T., Ioannidis, P., Vargas Jentzsch, I.M., Johnston, J., Jones, J.W., Kuhn, L.A., Lance, D.R., Lee, C., Lee, S.L., Lin, H., Lynch, J.A., Moczek, A.P., Murali, S.C., Muzny, D.M., Nelson, D.R., Palli, S.R., Panfilio, K.A., Pers, D., Poelchau, M.F., Quan, H., Qu, J., Ray, A.M., Rinehart, J.P., Robertson, H.M., Roehrdanz, R.L., Rosendale, A.J., Shin, S., Silva, C., Torson, A., Werren, J.H., Worley, K.C., Yocum, G.D., Zdobnov, E.M., Gibbs, R.A., Richards, S. 2016. Genome of the Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis), a globally significant invasive species, reveals key functional and evolutionary innovations at the beetle-plant interface. Genome Biology. 17:227. doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1088-8.
The role of invertases in plant compensatory responses to simulated herbivory Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Siddappaji, M.H., Krishnankutty, S.M., Calla Zalles, B., Clough, S.J., Paige, K.N. 2015. The role of invertases in plant compensatory responses to simulated herbivory. Biomed Central (BMC) Plant Biology. 15:278.
If photoinhibition of soybean photosystem II enhances the hypersensitive response, it is not solely due to blockage of electron transfer flow at D1 - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Zhu, J., Neece, D.J., Calla Zalles, B., Clough, S.J. 2015. If photoinhibition of soybean photosystem II enhances the hypersensitive response, it is not solely due to blockage of electron transfer flow at D1. Journal of Plant Biochemistry & Physiology. 3:156. doi:10.4172/2329-9029.1000156.
MicroRNAs in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis: extending Drosophilid miRNA clusters to the Tephritidae - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Calla Zalles, B., Geib, S.M. 2015. MicroRNAs in the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis: extending Drosophilid miRNA clusters to the Tephritidae. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1835-3.
Transcriptome of the egg parasitoid Fopius arisanus, an important biocontrol tool for Tephritid fruit fly suppression - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Calla Zalles, B., Sim, S., Hall, B., Derego, T., Liang, G., Geib, S.M. 2015. Transcriptome of the egg parasitoid Fopius arisanus, an important biocontrol tool for Tephritid fruit fly suppression. Gigascience. 4:36. DOI:10.1186/s13742-015-0075-4.
Reconstructing a comprehensive transcriptome assembly of a white-pupal translocated strain of the pest fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Sim, S., Calla Zalles, B., Hall, B., Derego, T., Geib, S.M. 2015. Reconstructing a comprehensive transcriptome assembly of a white-pupal translocated strain of the pest fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae. Gigascience. 4:14.
Characterizing the developmental transcriptome of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) through comparative genomic analysis with Drosophila melanogaster utilizing modENCODE datasets - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Geib, S.M., Calla Zalles, B., Hall, B., Hou, S., Manoukis, N. 2014. Characterizing the developmental transcriptome of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae) through comparative genomic analysis with Drosophila melanogaster utilizing modENCODE datasets. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 15:942.
A genomic perspective towards assessing quality of mass-reared SIT flies used in Mediterranean fruit fly eradication in California - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Calla Zalles, B., Hall, B., Hou, S., Geib, S.M. 2014. A genomic perspective towards assessing quality of mass-reared SIT flies used in Mediterranean fruit fly eradication in California. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 15:98.
Genomic evaluation of oxalate-degrading transgenic soybean in response to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Calla Zalles, B., Blahut-Beatty, L., Koziol, L., Zhang, Y., Neece, D.J., Carbajulca, D., Garcia, A., Simmonds, D.H., Clough, S.J. 2014. Genomic evaluation of oxalate-degrading transgenic soybean in response to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infection. Molecular Plant Pathology. 15(6):563-575. DOI:10.1111/mpp.12115.
Transcriptome analyses suggest a disturbance of iron homeostasis in soybean leaves during white mould disease establishment Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Calla Zalles, B., Blahut-Beatty, L., Koziol, L., Simmonds, D.H., Clough, S.J. 2014. Transcriptome analyses suggest a disturbance of iron homeostasis in soybean leaves during white mould disease establishment. Molecular Plant Pathology. 15(6):576-588. DOI:10.1111/mpp.12113.