Publications

Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Evolution, distribution, and use

We characterize the biological history and diversity of the Malagasy island.

2022

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Museomics approach to genotype historical Cinchona barks

We standardised laboratory protocols and bioinformatic workflows to genotype historical Cinchona barks.

2022

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Reconnecting the Cinchona (Rubiaceae) collections of La Real Expedición Botánica al Virreinato del Perú (1777‑1816)

We uncovered a complex web of purchasing and reconnected Cinchona collections between Madrid and London by analysing 18-19th century archives at Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid.

2022

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Draft Genome Sequence of a Virulent Strain of Pasteurella multocida isolated From Alpaca

We assembled and annotated the genome of the first Pasteurella multocida strain infecting alpaca.

2017

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Madagascar’s extraordinary biodiversity: Threats and opportunities

We examine conservation status and actions required to protect biodiversity and improve living standards and well-being for the Malagasy people.

2022

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A highly contiguous, scaffold-level nuclear genome assembly for the fever tree (Cinchona pubescens Vahl) as a novel resource for Rubiaceae research

Using hybrid genomic and RNA-seq data, we assembled and annotated the plastid and nuclear genome of the Cinchona pubescens.

2022

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Historical chemical annotations of Cinchona bark collections are comparable to results from current-day high‑pressure liquid chromatography technologies

We found the content of quinine-like alkaloids from historical Cinchona barks were stable over time by comparing historical chemical annotations to HPLC estimations.

2019

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Book chapters

DNA from museum collections

Nataly Allasi Canales, Andrew C. Clarke, Mark Nesbitt, Rafal Gutaker. Book chapter in Molecular Identification of Plants: From Sequence to Species, edited by Hugo de Boer, Brecht Vestraete, Marcella Rydmark and Barbara Gravendeel. Pensoft, 2022.

Museomics

Nataly Allasi Canales, Nina Rønsted, Jazmín Ramos‑Madrigal. Book chapter in Molecular Identification of Plants: From Sequence to Species, edited by Hugo de Boer, Brecht Vestraete, Marcella Rydmark and Barbara Gravendeel. Pensoft, 2022.

Bitter barks ‑ Legacies and futures of the famous Fever tree

Kim Walker and Nataly Allasi Canales. An essay in This Book is a Plant. Profile Books Ltd, 2022. ISBN: 9781788166911.

Scientific abstracts

Genome‑wide identification of resistant genes in domesticated and wild rice varieties (Oryza spp; Poaceae)

Allasi Canales, Nataly Olivia. Botany 2018 conference as a poster.

Maximum recovery of genomic DNA from bark collections to resolve the evolutionary history of the Fever tree

Nataly Allasi Canales, Christopher J. Barnes, Mark Nesbitt, Kim Walker, Tobias Gress, Claus Cornett, Carla Maldonado, Alexandre Antonelli, Nina Rønsted. Genome, 14 June 2019. DOI: 10.1139/gen‑2019‑0083.