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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:         Fungal Genomics Laboratory North Carolina State University Raleigh | North Carolina | USA Email : mgowda@ncsu.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

• M.Sc (Agriculture): Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka (1996).
• Ph.D: Dept. of Microbiology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, Gujarat, India (2001).
• Postdoctoral Scientist; The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.

 

Publications 

• Gowda, M., Li, H. and Wang, G. (2007) Robust analysis of 5’-transcript ends (5’-RATE): a high-throughput protocol for characterization of sequence diversity of transcription start sites. Nature Protocols (In press).
• Gowda, M., Li, H., Venu, R.C., Jantasuriyarat, C., Pampanwar, V., Childers, B., Manikantan, S., Yu, Y., Kim, H., Stahlberg, E., Wing, R., Soderlund, C and Wang, G.L (2007) Rice blast fungus (Magnaporthe grisea) infection induces RNA variation and antisense transcript expression in rice. Plant Physiology.
• Gowda, M and Wang, G.L (2007) Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE): an improved LongSAGE method for high-throughput transcriptome analysis. In: Methods in Molecular Biology: Serial analysis of gene expression, Edited by Nielsen KL. Humana Press.
• Gowda, M., Li, H., Alessi. J., Chen, F and Wang G.L (2006) Robust analysis of 5’-transcript ends (5’-RATE): a novel method for transcriptome profiling and genome annotation, Nucleic Acids Research 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 and Wang, G.L (2006) Deep and comprehensive transcriptome analysis in mycelial and appressorial stages in M. grisea using MPSS, RL-SAGE, and Oligoarray methods. BMC Genomics, 7:310.
• Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Jia, Y., Stahlberg, E., Pampanwar, V., Soderlund, C and Wang, G.L (2006) Use of RL-SAGE analysis to identify novel fungal and plant genes involved in host-pathogen interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology: Plant–Pathogen Interactions. Edited by Ronald PC, Humana Press
• Gowda, M., Barman, S.R and Chattoo, B.B (2006) Molecular mapping of a novel blast resistance gene Pi38 in rice (Oryza sativa L.) using SSLP and AFLP markers. Plant Breeding 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 and Wang, G.L (2005) Large-scale identification of ESTs involved in rice and rice blast (Magnaporthe grisea) interaction. Plant Physiology 138: 105-115.
• Gowda, M., Jantasuriyarat, C., Dean, R.A and Wang, G.L (2004) Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE): a substantially improved LongSAGE method for gene discovery and transcriptome analysis. Plant Physiology 134: 890-897.
• Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Roopalakshmi, K., Sreerekha, M.V and Kulkarni, R.S (2003) Advances in rice breeding, genetics and genomics. Molecular Breeding 11:337-352.

 

Abstracts and Meeting Proceedings 

• Gowda, M., Deng, J., Oh, Y.Y., Rho, H-S., Nunes, C., Xu, J-R., Zhu, H., Mitchell, T and Dean, R.A. Protein arrays for transcription factors analysis in Magnaporthe grisea. 24th Fungal Genetics Conference. March 20-25, 2007, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA.
• Gowda, M., Venu, R.C., Li, H., Stahlberg, E., Wing, R and Wang, G.L. Enhanced nucleotide conversion, alternative polyadenylation/splicing and antisense expression in the rice transcriptome triggered by M. grisea infection. Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium 2006. OARDC campus, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
• 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 grisea genome using MPSS, RL-SAGE, and oligoarray methods. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2006, San Diego, CA.
• Gowda M, Venu RC, Li H, Stahlberg E, Jantasuriyarat C, Dave K, Kim H, Wing R and Wang GL. Maize (Zea mays) leaf transcriptome analysis using Robust-LongSAGE method. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2005, San Diego, CA.
• Gowda M, Venu RC, Li H, Stahlberg.E, Jantasuriyarat. C, Dave.K, Kim.H, Wing.R.A, and G.L.Wang. Maize (Zea mays) leaf transcriptome analysis using Robust-LongSAGE method. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2005, San Diego, CA.
• Gowda M, Venu RC, Manikantan S, Childers BS, Hu X, Pampanwar V, Jantasuriyarat C, Yu Y, Kim H, Wing RA, Dean RA, Stahlberg E, Soderlund C, and G L Wang. Reprogramming of the Rice-Magnaporthe grisea Interactive Transcriptome Revealed by Robust-LongSAGE. Plant & Animal Genomes XIII Conference 2005, San Diego, CA.
• Gowda M, Manikantan S, Stahlberg E, Jantasuriyarat C, R Venu RC, Kim HR, Yu Y, Hatfield J, Dean RA, Wing R, Soderlund C, and GL Wang. Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE) Technology for Deep Transcriptome Profiling. Midwest ASPB Sectional Meeting and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Symposium, 2004, Columbus, OH.
• Gowda M, Manikantan S, Stahlberg E, Jantasuriyarat C, Venu RC, Kim H, Yu Y, Hatfield J, Dean R, Wing R, Soderlund C, GL Wang. Robust-LongSAGE (RL-SAGE) technology for deep transcriptome profiling. Midwest ASPB Sectional Meeting and OSU Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Symposium, March 2004, Columbus, OH
• Gowda M, Hatfield J, Chatchawan C, Kudrna D, Yu Y, Manikantan S, Stahlberg E, Dean RA, Wing R, Soderlund C, GL Wang (2004) In-depth transcriptome analysis during the rice and Magnaporthe grisea interaction using LongSAGE technology. Plant & Animal Genomes XII Conference 2004, San Diego.

 

Community outreach and extension activities

 

I have founded a non-profit organization called Biodiversity Conservation and Research Trust (BCRT) in India and served as a Founder-Director (2001-present) to protect and preserve forest ecosystems. This organization is located at Anuganalu village, Hassan, Karnataka State which is directly located in one of the world biodiversity hotspots in India. Under my supervision, BCRT had successfully converted barren rocky area into forest ecosystem within five years using native tree species. BCRT work has been recognized as a model system to sustain forest ecosystem for future generation in India. I have been associated with several local farmers/students/teachers/scientists to implement environmental related projects in India.

 

BCRT Projects at http://www.bcrt.org

• Afforestation: converted barren rocky area into forest ecosystem within five years
• Medicinal plants conservation: documented and propagated hundreds of endangered medicinal plants
• Rain hills conservation: rejuvenating forest on deforested rain hills through afforestation
• Plant propagation nursery: collected seeds from native trees and medicinal plants, and propagated them a nursery for afforestation and conservation purpose
• Birds habitat conservation: native habitat has been restored to protect birds 
• Tree-based farming: farmers were encouraged to adopt tree based farming in their fields to protect biodiversity and enhance crop productivity.
• Ecological and agricultural workshops: awareness programs conducted on environmental and sustainable agricultural practices to local farmers, students and researchers.

 

Media Highlights and Publications

• Government of Karnataka conferred Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam environmental award in June 2006 for BCRT eco-work.  
• Gowda, M and BCRT team (2006) Afforestation approaches for restoring rainforest - a case study. Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media Bulletin  50: 1-11.
• An article on BCRT work featured in a popular Kannada Magazine, SUDHA, August 27, 2005.
• Successful conversion of barren rocky land into forest habitat was broadcast from All India Radio, Dharwad on August 15^th, 2005.
• A rocky area turns green featured in a popular News Paper ‘The Hindu’ (http://www.bcrt.org/news-menu.htm) in India on August 2005.
• BCRT eco-restoration activity was broadcast by All India Radio at Hassan under ‘Farm program’ on October 2004.
• Various news articles, click here.

 

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