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  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Berl R. Oakley is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans numerous subfields, including molecular biology, pharmacology, plant science, cell biology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics within microbial natural products and biosynthesis, fungal and yeast genetics research, fungal biology and applications, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, mycotoxins in agriculture and food, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, and antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Recent publications by Berl R. Oakley include:

  • Functional Characterization of Clinical Isolates of the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Aspergillus nidulans (2020, mSphere)
  • Polystyrene Upcycling into Fungal Natural Products and a Biocontrol Agent (2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Conversion of Polyethylenes into Fungal Secondary Metabolites (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Manipulation of the Global Regulator mcrA Upregulates Secondary Metabolite Production in Aspergillus wentii Using CRISPR-Cas9 with In Vitro Assembled Ribonucleoproteins (2022, ACS Chemical Biology)
  • The tetrameric pheromone module SteC-MkkB-MpkB-SteD regulates asexual sporulation, sclerotia formation and aflatoxin production in Aspergillus flavus (2020, Cellular Microbiology)

Frequent coauthors with Berl R. Oakley include:

  • C. Elizabeth Oakley
  • Clay C. C. Wang
  • Yi-Ming Chiang
  • Chris Rabot
  • Travis J. Williams

Berl R. Oakley's publications frequently appear in venues such as Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Journal of Natural Products.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Berl R. Oakley was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • A simplified ultrasensitive silver stain for detecting proteins in polyacrylamide gels

    Berl R. Oakley;Donald R. Kirsch;N.Ronald Morris

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • Fusion PCR and gene targeting in Aspergillus nidulans

    Edyta Szewczyk;Tania Nayak;C Elizabeth Oakley;Heather Edgerton

  • Identification of γ-tubulin, a new member of the tubulin superfamily encoded by mipA gene of Aspergillus nidulans

    Oakley Ce;Oakley Br

  • A Versatile and Efficient Gene-Targeting System for Aspergillus nidulans

    Tania Nayak;Edyta Szewczyk;C. Elizabeth Oakley;Aysha Osmani

  • γ-tubulin is a component of the spindle pole body that is essential for microtubule function in Aspergillus nidulans

    Berl R. Oakley;C.Elizabeth Oakley;Yisang Yoon;M.Katherine Jung

  • Centrosome-independent mitotic spindle formation in vertebrates

    Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov;Richard W. Cole;Berl R. Oakley;Conly L. Rieder;Conly L. Rieder

  • γ-Tubulin is present in Drosophila melanogaster and homo sapiens and is associated with the centrosome

    Yixian Zheng;M. Katherine Jung;Berl R. Oakley

  • Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald P. de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

  • Chromatin-level regulation of biosynthetic gene clusters

    Jin Woo Bok;Yi-Ming Chiang;Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Edyta Szewczyk;Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez

  • The fission yeast gamma-tubulin is essential for mitosis and is localized at microtubule organizing centers.

    T. Horio;S. Uzawa;M.K. Jung;B.R. Oakley

  • A Gene Cluster Containing Two Fungal Polyketide Synthases Encodes the Biosynthetic Pathway for a Polyketide, Asperfuranone, in Aspergillus nidulans

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Edyta Szewczyk;Ashley D. Davidson;Nancy Keller

  • The tip growth apparatus of Aspergillus nidulans.

    Naimeh Taheri-Talesh;Tetsuya Horio;Tetsuya Horio;Lidia Araújo-Bazán;Xiaowei Dou

  • Nuclear movement is β-tubulin-dependent in Aspergillus nidulans

    Berl R. Oakley;N.Ronald Morris

  • The spindle pole body of Schizosaccharomyces pombe enters and leaves the nuclear envelope as the cell cycle proceeds.

    R. Ding;R.R. West;D.M. Morphew;Berl R. Oakley

  • Two separate gene clusters encode the biosynthetic pathway for the meroterpenoids, austinol and dehydroaustinol in Aspergillus nidulans

    Hsien-Chun Lo;Ruth A. Entwistle;Chun-Jun Guo;Manmeet Ahuja

  • Recent advances in awakening silent biosynthetic gene clusters and linking orphan clusters to natural products in microorganisms.

    Yi-Ming Chiang;Shu-Lin Chang;Shu-Lin Chang;Berl R Oakley;Clay C C Wang

  • The Role of Microtubules in Rapid Hyphal Tip Growth of Aspergillus nidulans

    Tetsuya Horio;Berl R. Oakley

  • A β-tubulin mutation in Aspergillus nidulans that blocks microtubule function without blocking assembly

    Berl R. Oakley;N.Ronald Morris

  • Additional file 8: of Comparative genomics reveals high biological diversity and specific adaptations in the industrially and medically important fungal genus Aspergillus

    Ronald de Vries;Robert Riley;Ad Wiebenga;Guillermo Aguilar-Osorio

Frequent Co-Authors

Clay C. C. Wang
Clay C. C. Wang University of Southern California
Yi-Ming Chiang
Yi-Ming Chiang University of Southern California
Gustavo H. Goldman
Gustavo H. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
Jennifer R. Wortman
Jennifer R. Wortman Broad Institute
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Claudio Scazzocchio
Claudio Scazzocchio Imperial College London
Gerhard H. Braus
Gerhard H. Braus University of Göttingen
Axel A. Brakhage
Axel A. Brakhage Leibniz Association
Arthur F. J. Ram
Arthur F. J. Ram Leiden University
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University

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