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Overview

Allen R. Place is affiliated with the University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work is concentrated in the following main fields of study:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader areas, their subfields of expertise include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology
  • Immunology

The research topics covered by Allen R. Place reveal a focus on aquatic ecosystems and molecular approaches, including:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Algal biology and biofuel production

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Allen R. Place include:

  • "Spatiotemporal distribution of phycotoxins and their co-occurrence within nearshore waters", 2021, published in Harmful Algae
  • "A Screening Tool for the Direct Analysis of Marine and Freshwater Phycotoxins in Organic SPATT Extracts from the Chesapeake Bay", 2020, published in Toxins
  • "Engineering whiting events in culture: A microalgae-driven calcium carbonate and biomass production process at high pH and alkalinity with the marine microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1", 2024, published in Journal of CO2 Utilization
  • "Microbiology and Climate Change: a Transdisciplinary Imperative", 2023, published in mBio
  • "Co-occurrence of marine and freshwater phycotoxins in oysters, and analysis of possible predictors for management", 2023, published in Toxicon X

Allen R. Place frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Tsvetan R. Bachvaroff
  • Jens Wira
  • Ernest Williams
  • Juliette L. Smith
  • Miranda Judd

Publications by Allen R. Place are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Harmful Algae
  • Marine Drugs
  • Microorganisms
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Preprints.org

Best Publications

  • Identification of a novel acidic mammalian chitinase distinct from chitotriosidase

    R.G. Boot;E.F.C. Blommaart;E. Swart;K. Ghauharali-Van der Vlugt

  • Developmental expression of cytochrome P450 aromatase genes (CYP19a and CYP19b) in zebrafish fry (Danio rerio)

    John M. Trant;Sonja Gavasso;Jared Ackers;Bon Chu Chung

  • Effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on the expression of CYP19 genes in zebrafish (Danio rerio) juveniles.

    Yukinori Kazeto;Allen R Place;John M Trant

  • Environmentally sustainable land-based marine aquaculture

    Yossi Tal;Harold J. Schreier;Harold J. Schreier;Kevin R. Sowers;John D. Stubblefield

  • Toxic activity from cultures of Karlodinium micrum (=Gyrodinium galatheanum) (Dinophyceae)—a dinoflagellate associated with fish mortalities in an estuarine aquaculture facility

    Jonathan R Deeds;Daniel E Terlizzi;Daniel E Terlizzi;Jason E Adolf;Diane K Stoecker

  • Advanced DHA, EPA and ArA enrichment materials for marine aquaculture using single cell heterotrophs

    Moti Harel;William Koven;Ingrid Lein;Yoav Bar

  • Genetic variation and relative catalytic efficiencies: lactate dehydrogenase B allozymes of Fundulus heteroclitus

    Allen R. Place;Dennis A. Powers

  • From stop to start: tandem gene arrangement, copy number and trans-splicing sites in the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae.

    Tsvetan R. Bachvaroff;Allen R. Place

  • Digital holographic microscopy reveals prey-induced changes in swimming behavior of predatory dinoflagellates.

    Jian Sheng;Edwin Malkiel;Joseph Katz;Jason Adolf

  • Karlodinium veneficum—The little dinoflagellate with a big bite

    Allen R. Place;Holly A. Bowers;Tsetvan R. Bachvaroff;Jason E. Adolf

  • Biochemical genetics of Fundulus heteroclitus (L.). I. Temporal and spatial variation in gene frequencies of Ldh-B, Mdh-A, Gpi-B , and Pgm-A

    Dennis A. Powers;Allen R. Place

  • Localization and expression of aromatase mRNA in adult zebrafish.

    Rie Goto-Kazeto;Katherine E. Kight;Yonathan Zohar;Allen R. Place

  • The expanding role of marine microbes in pharmaceutical development.

    Amanda L Waters;Russell T Hill;Allen R Place;Mark T Hamann

  • Alcohol dehydrogenase gene of Drosophila melanogaster: relationship of intervening sequences to functional domains in the protein

    Cheeptip Benyajati;Allen R. Place;Dennis A. Powers;William Sofer

  • The 5'-flanking regions of CYP19A1 and CYP19A2 in zebrafish.

    Yukinori Kazeto;Shigeho Ijiri;Allen R. Place;Yonathan Zohar

  • Responses of Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 to Long-Term Nitrogen Starvation and Recovery

    Hong Po Dong;Ernest Williams;Da Zhi Wang;Zhang Xian Xie

  • Toxicity of Karlodinium micrum (Dinophyceae) associated with a fish kill in a South Carolina brackish retention pond

    Jason W. Kempton;Alan J. Lewitus;Alan J. Lewitus;Jonathan R. Deeds;J.McHugh Law

  • Karlotoxin mediates grazing by Oxyrrhis marina on strains of Karlodinium veneficum

    Jason E. Adolf;Danara Krupatkina;Tsvetan Bachvaroff;Allen R. Place

  • Effect of dietary probiotics on clownfish: a molecular approach to define how lactic acid bacteria modulate development in a marine fish

    Matteo Alessandro Avella;Ike Olivotto;Stefania Silvi;Allen R. Place

  • A dinoflagellate exploits toxins to immobilize prey prior to ingestion

    Jian Sheng;Edwin Malkiel;Joseph Katz;Jason E. Adolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis A. Powers
Dennis A. Powers Stanford University
Yonathan Zohar
Yonathan Zohar University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff
Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff University of Tasmania
Mark T. Hamann
Mark T. Hamann Medical University of South Carolina
Thomas E. DeCoursey
Thomas E. DeCoursey Rush University
Russell T. Hill
Russell T. Hill University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Diane K. Stoecker
Diane K. Stoecker University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Patricia A. Tester
Patricia A. Tester Ocean Tester LLC
Lawrence W. Harding
Lawrence W. Harding University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph Katz
Joseph Katz Johns Hopkins University

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