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Melissa Y. Chen

University of British ColumbiaORCID 0000-0002-5257-9355Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Ecology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Cara H. HaneyiD· 3 shared Corri D. HamiltoniD· 2 shared Aileen Liman· 1 shared Alexandra D. GatesiD· 1 shared Allison GacadiD· 1 shared Daniela L. Yanez OrtunoiD· 1 shared George A. O’TooleiD· 1 shared Ivie HuangiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologyMicrobiology SpectrumPeer-reviewedNov 26, 2025

Predicting bacterial-mediated entomopathogenicity through comparative genomics and statistical modeling

Daniela L. Yanez Ortuno, Melissa Y. Chen, K. McDonald…·Cara H. Haney

This study predicts bacterial genes involved in insect-killing using comparative genomics and statistical models, validated by testing Pseudomonas strains against Drosophila.

DOI 10.1128/spectrum.03108-25

Drosophilawhole-genome sequencing

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MicrobiologyThe ISME JournalPeer-reviewedJun 1, 2025

In vitro biofilm formation only partially predicts beneficial Pseudomonas fluorescens protection against rhizosphere pathogens

Yang Liu, Alexandra D. Gates, Zhexian Liu…·Cara H. Haney

This study shows that in vitro biofilm formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens does not fully predict its ability to protect plants against pathogens in the rhizosphere.

4 citations

bacteria (other)experimental assay

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EcologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedFeb 11, 2025

Order among chaos: high throughput MYCroplanters can distinguish interacting drivers of host infection in a highly stochastic system

Melissa Y. Chen, Leah Fulton, Ivie Huang…·Cara H. Haney

This study uses MYCroplanters to identify how host, microbiota, and pathogen factors interact to influence host health in an Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas system.

5 citations

Arabidopsisproteomics

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