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Malali Gowda, Ph.D

 

Permanent Address: Biodiversity Conservation & Research Trust. Anuganalu, Ugane Post, Hassan 573201 Karnataka, India, Email : malalig@bcrt.org

Present Address:         Department of Plant Biology Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA, Email : mgowda@msu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education   

• Ph.D, Dept. of Microbiology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat, India
• M.Sc (Agriculture), Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.  
• B.S (Agriculture), University of Agricultural Science, Bangalore, India.

 

Publications

• Chen, S., Gowda, M., Channarayappa, R.V., Songkumarn, P., Park, C.H., Bellizzi, M., Ebbole., D., Wang, G.L. Isolation and functional analysis of putative effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae using integrated genomic approaches. Advances in Rice Blast Disease 2009, Eds. G.L. Wang and B. Valent, Springer, pp 93-103.
•  Gowda, M., Wang, G.L. Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE): an improved LongSAGE method for high-throughput transcriptome analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology 2008; 387: 25-38.
• Gowda, M., Li, H., Wang, G*. Robust analysis of 5’-transcript ends (5’-RATE): a high-throughput protocol for characterization of sequence diversity of transcription start sites. Nature Protocols 2007; 2: 1622-32.
•  Miguel, E. V., Gowda, M., Wang, G.L. Tag-based approaches for deep transcriptome analysis in plants. Plant Science 2007; 173: 371–380.
• Venu, R.C., Jia, Y., Gowda, M., Jia, M.H., Jantasuriyarat, C., Stahlberg, E., Li, H., Rhineheart, A., Boddhireddy, P., Singh, P., Rutger, N., Kudrna, D., Wing, R., Nelson, J.C., Wang, G.L. RL-SAGE and microarray analysis of the rice transcriptome after Rhizoctonia solani infection. Molecular Genetics & Genomics 2007; 278: 421-31 (*first co-author).
•  Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Li, H., Jantasuriyarat, C., Chen, S., Bellizzi, M., Pampanwar, Kim, H., Dean, R.A., Stahlberg, E., Wing, R., Soderlund, C, Wang, G.L.  Magnaporthe oryzae infection triggers RNA variation and antisense transcript expression in rice. Plant Physiology 2007; 144: 524-33.
•  Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Jia, Y., Stahlberg, E., Pampanwar, V., Soderlund, C., Wang, G.L. Use of RL-SAGE analysis to identify novel fungal and plant genes involved in host-pathogen interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology 2007; 354: 131-44.
•  Gowda, M., Li, H., Alessi. J., Chen, F., Wang, G.L. Robust analysis of 5’-transcript ends (5’-RATE): a novel method for transcriptome profiling and genome annotation. Nucleic Acids Research 2006; 34: e126.
•  Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Li, H., Nobuta, K., Babu, M., Wu, H., Kim, H., Stahlberg, E., Wing, R., Couglan, S., Haudenschild, C.D., Dean, R., Meyers, B., Wang, G.L. Deep and comprehensive transcriptome analysis in mycelial and appressorial stages in M. oryzae using MPSS, RL-SAGE, and Oligoarray methods. BMC Genomics 2006; 7: 310.
•  Gowda, M., Barman, S.R., Chattoo, B.B. Molecular mapping of a novel blast resistance gene Pi38 in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using SSLP and AFLP markers. Plant Breeding 2006; 125: 596–599.
• Jantasuriyarat, C., Gowda, M., Haller, K., Hatfield, J., Lu, G., Stahlberg, S., Zhou, B., Li, H., Kim, H.R., Yu, Y.S., Dean, R.A., Wing, R.A., Soderlund, C., Wang, G.L. Large-scale identification of ESTs involved in rice and rice blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) interaction. Plant Physiology 2005; 138: 105-15.
• Barman, S.R., Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Chattoo, B.B. Identification of a major blast resistance gene in the rice cultivar Tetep. Plant Breeding 2004; 123: 300–302.
• Gowda, M., Jantasuriyarat, C., Dean, R.A., Wang, G.L. Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE): a substantially improved LongSAGE method for gene discovery and transcriptome analysis. Plant Physiology 2004; 134: 890-7.
• Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Roopalakshmi, K., Sreerekha, M.V., Kulkarni, R.S (2003) Advances in rice breeding, genetics and genomics. Molecular Breeding 2003; 11: 337-352.
•  Gowda, M., Roopalakshmi, K., Savithramma, D.L (2002) Centenary of rediscovery of Mendelian laws. The Journal of cytology and genetics, 3: 95-99.

Conference Presentations

•  Chen S., Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Songkumarn, P., Bellizzi, M., Ebbole, D., Mitchell, T and G.L. Wang. In-planta expressed secreted proteins from M. oryzae are enriched for extracellular effectors that induce cell death in rice. Plant & Animal Genomes XVII Conference 2009, San Diego.
•  Nunes, C., Gowda, M., Chen, F., Meng, S., Brown, D., Mitchell, T., Dean, R.A. Massively parallel sequencing of small RNAs from the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. APS Centennial Meeting, July 26-30, 2008, Minneapolis, MN.
•  Gowda, M., Nunes, C., Meng, S., Chen, F., Rigoutsos, I., brown, D., Mitchell, T., Dean, A.R. Characterization of small RNAs from rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. Plant & Animal Genomes XVI Conference, January 12-16, 2008, San Diego, California.
•  Chen S., Songkumarn, P., Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Park, C.H., Bellizzi, M., Ebbole, D., and G.L. Wang. Large-scale isolation and functional analysis of putative effectors from m. oryzae using integrated genomics approaches. Plant & Animal Genomes XVI Conference 2008, San Diego.
• Gowda, M., Chen, F., Smith, D., Mitchell, T., Dean, A.R. Interrogation of the RNA species in Magnaporthe oryzae. APS/SON Joint Meeting, July 29 - August 1 2007, San Diego, California.
•  Chen S., Songkumarn, P., Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Park, C.H., Bellizzi, M., Ebbole, D., and G.L. Wang. Large-scale isolation and functional analysis of putative effectors from m. oryzae using integrated genomics approaches. The 4th International Rice Blast Conference, October 9-14, 2007, Changsha, China.
•  Mitchell, T., Xu, J-R., Koten, C., Zhu, H., Rho, H., Oh, Y.Y., Gowda, M., and Dean., R.A. Characterization on transcriptional circuitry regulating pathogenicity using a proteomics approach. The 4th International Rice Blast Conference, October 9-14, 2007, Changsha, China.
•  Gowda, M., Deng, J., Oh, Y.Y., Rho, H-S., Nunes, C., Xu, J-R., Zhu, H., Mitchell, T., Dean, R.A. Protein arrays for transcription factors analysis in Magnaporthe oryzae. The 24th Fungal Genetics Conference, March 20-25, 2007, Asilomar, California.
• Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Li, H., Nobuta, K., Babu, M., Wu, H., Kim, H., Stahlberg, E., Wing, R., Couglan, S., Haudenschild, C., Dean, R., Meyers, B and Wang, G.L. Deep and comprehensive transcriptome analysis of the Magnaporthe oryzae genome using MPSS, RL-SAGE, and oligoarray methods. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2006, San Diego.
•  Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Li, H., Stahlberg, E., Jantasuriyarat, C., Dave, K., Kim, H., Wing, R and Wang, G.L. Maize (Zea mays) leaf transcriptome analysis using Robust-LongSAGE method. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2005, San Diego.
• Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Manikantan, S., Childers, B.S., Hu, X., Pampanwar, V., Jantasuriyarat, C., Yu, Y., Kim, H., Wing, R., Dean, R., Stahlberg, E., Soderlund, C and Wang, G.L. Reprogramming of the rice-Magnaporthe oryzae interactive transcriptome revealed by Robust-LongSAGE. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2005, San Diego.
• Wang, G.L., Jantasuriyarat, C., Hatfield, J., Gowda, M., Stahlberg, E., Kudrna, D., Yu, Y., Dean, R., Wing, R and Soderlund, C. Deep transcriptional analysis of rice and rice blast interaction using EST and LongSAGE technologies. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2004, San Diego.
• Gowda, M., Hatfield, J., Jantasuriyarat, C., Kudrna, D., Yu, Y., Manikantan, S., Stahlberg, E., Dean, R., Wing, R., Soderlund, C and Wang, G.L. In-depth transcriptome analysis during the rice and Magnaporthe oryzae interaction using LongSAGE technology. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2004, San Diego.
• Jantasuriyarat, C., Hatfield, J., Lu, G., Stahlberg, E., Gowda, M., Zhou, B., Mazur, E., Kudrna, D., Yu, Y., Dean, R., Wing, R., Soderlund, C and Wang, G.L. Large-scale identification of ESTs involved in the interaction between rice and Magnaporthe oryzae. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2004, San Diego.
• Gowda, M., Manikantan, S., Stahlberg, E., Jantasuriyarat, C., Venu, R.C., Kim, H., Yu, Y., Hatfield, J., Dean, R., Wing, R., Soderlund, C and Wang, G.L. Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE) technology for deep transcriptome profiling. Midwest ASPB Sectional Meeting and OSU Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Symposium, March 2004, Columbus.
• Gowda, M., Wang, G.L, Doak, J., Manikantan, S and Stahlberg, E. Comparative sequence analysis for SAGE (serial analysis of gene expression) using CBL and PCBL Libraries. Proceedings of the 46th Center for Computational Sciences Conference, May 2004, Knoxville, Tennessee.
•  Chattoo, B.B., Subramanian, R., Gowda, M., Ahuja, M., Iyer, G., Potnis, A., Patel, V and Rekha, G. Magnaporthe oryzae genome and proteome. Rice Biotechnology Quarterly 1998; 33: RBQ6.
• Gowda, M., Roopalakshmi, K., Savithramma, D.L (2002) Centenary of rediscovery of Mendelian laws. The Journal of cytology and genetics, 3: 95-99.

Biodiversity conservation activities

Founded a non-profit organization called Biodiversity Conservation and Research Trust (BCRT) in India (2001-present) to protect and preserve forest ecosystems. BCRT is located at Anuganalu, a village located at the foot of global biodiversity hotspots in Hassan District of Karnataka State. BCRT had successfully converted barren rocky area into forest ecosystem within five years and spreading afforestation activities across India (http://www.bcrt.org/index.htm). BCRT work has been recognized as a model system to sustain forest-rain-agriculture ecosystem for future generation in India.

 

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