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Kerrie Barry is affiliated with the United States Department of Energy in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Genetics.

The research topics pursued by Barry include Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Fungal Biology and Applications, Bioenergy crop production and management, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, and Biofuel production and bioconversion.

Barry has contributed to numerous papers, with several recent publications appearing in high-impact journals. Notable papers include:

  • Large-scale genome sequencing of mycorrhizal fungi provides insights into the early evolution of symbiotic traits, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Marker-free carotenoid-enriched rice generated through targeted gene insertion using CRISPR-Cas9, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass, 2021, Nature
  • Genomic and functional analyses of fungal and bacterial consortia that enable lignocellulose breakdown in goat gut microbiomes, 2021, Nature Microbiology
  • 101 Dothideomycetes genomes: A test case for predicting lifestyles and emergence of pathogens, 2020, Studies in Mycology

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Kerrie Barry include Anna Lipzen, Igor V. Grigoriev, Jeremy Schmutz, Kurt LaButti, and Jerry Jenkins.

Publication venues where Barry often publishes research comprise bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Nature Communications, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, and The Plant Journal.

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • The paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes

    Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Robert Riley;Kerrie Barry

  • Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite.

    Falk Warnecke;Peter Luginbühl;Natalia Ivanova;Majid Ghassemian

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

    Jeremy Schmutz;Phillip E McClean;Sujan Mamidi;G Albert Wu

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Convergent losses of decay mechanisms and rapid turnover of symbiosis genes in mycorrhizal mutualists.

    Annegret Kohler;Annegret Kohler;Alan Kuo;Laszlo G Nagy;Laszlo G Nagy;Emmanuelle Morin;Emmanuelle Morin

  • The genome of Eucalyptus grandis

    Alexander Andrew Myburg;Dario Grattapaglia;Dario Grattapaglia;Gerald A. Tuskan;Gerald A. Tuskan;Uffe Hellsten

  • Reference genome sequence of the model plant Setaria

    Jeffrey L Bennetzen;Jeremy Schmutz;Hao Wang;Ryan Percifield;Ryan Percifield

  • Metagenomic analysis of two enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) sludge communities

    Héctor García Martín;Natalia Ivanova;Victor Kunin;Falk Warnecke

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

    Robin A. Ohm;Nicolas Feau;Bernard Henrissat;Conrad L Schoch

  • Insights into the Maize Pan-Genome and Pan-Transcriptome

    Candice N. Hirsch;Candice N. Hirsch;Jillian M. Foerster;James M. Johnson;Rajandeep S. Sekhon;Rajandeep S. Sekhon

  • Genomic islands and the ecology and evolution of Prochlorococcus

    Maureen L. Coleman;Matthew B. Sullivan;Matthew B. Sullivan;Adam C. Martiny;Adam C. Martiny;Claudia Steglich;Claudia Steglich

  • Sequencing genomes from single cells by polymerase cloning

    Kun Zhang;Adam C Martiny;Nikos B Reppas;Kerrie W Barry

  • Symbiosis insights through metagenomic analysis of a microbial consortium

    Tanja Woyke;Hanno Teeling;Natalia N. Ivanova;Marcel Huntemann

  • Insights into the evolution of mitochondrial genome size from complete sequences of Citrullus lanatus and Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

    Andrew J. Alverson;XiaoXin Wei;Danny W. Rice;David B. Stern

  • 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

  • Use of simulated data sets to evaluate the fidelity of metagenomic processing methods

    Konstantinos Mavromatis;Natalia Ivanova;Kerrie Barry;Harris Shapiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Anna Lipzen
Anna Lipzen United States Department of Energy
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Erika Lindquist
Erika Lindquist United States Department of Energy
Kurt LaButti
Kurt LaButti United States Department of Energy
Asaf Salamov
Asaf Salamov Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alan Kuo
Alan Kuo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine

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