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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
82
Citations
25218
World Ranking
3674
National Ranking
88

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Bernard M. Degnan is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ocean Engineering, and Immunology.

The scientist's work primarily involves topics related to Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Echinoderm biology and ecology, and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Bernard M. Degnan has frequently published in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Diabetes
  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
  • Science

Recent papers by the scientist include:

  • Deep conservation of the enhancer regulatory code in animals, 2020, Science
  • The Iron-Responsive Genome of the Chiton Acanthopleura granulata, 2020, Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Sex-specific expression of pheromones and other signals in gravid starfish, 2022, BMC Biology
  • Distal regulation, silencers, and a shared combinatorial syntax are hallmarks of animal embryogenesis, 2022, Genome Research
  • Phototransduction in a marine sponge provides insights into the origin of animal vision, 2022, iScience

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bernard M. Degnan include:

  • Sandie M. Degnan
  • Mathias Jönsson
  • Marie Morin
  • Conan K. Wang
  • David J. Craik

In addition to journal articles, Bernard M. Degnan has contributed to book publishing. One notable work is titled Developing Perspectives on Molluscan Shells, Part 1: Introduction and Molecular Biology, published by Apple Academic Press eBooks in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Conservation of the sequence and temporal expression of let-7 heterochronic regulatory RNA

    Amy E. Pasquinelli;Brenda J. Reinhart;Frank Slack;Mark Q. Martindale

  • The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis : insights into chordate and vertebrate origins

    Paramvir Dehal;Yutaka Satou;Robert K. Campbell;Jarrod Chapman

  • The Amphimedon queenslandica genome and the evolution of animal complexity

    Mansi Srivastava;Oleg Simakov;Oleg Simakov;Jarrod Chapman;Bryony Fahey

  • Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals

    Andrew Grimson;Mansi Srivastava;Bryony Fahey;Ben J. Woodcroft

  • A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis

    Kasumi Yagi;Yatuka Satou;Francoise Mazet;Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • Early metazoan cell type diversity and the evolution of multicellular gene regulation

    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós;Elad Chomsky;Kevin Pang;David Lara-Astiaso

  • The origin of Metazoa: a unicellular perspective

    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós;Bernard M. Degnan;Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo

  • Origin and diversification of the basic helix-loop-helix gene family in metazoans: insights from comparative genomics.

    Elena Simionato;Valérie Ledent;Gemma G. Richards;Morgane Thomas-Chollier;Morgane Thomas-Chollier

  • Origin and evolution of the Notch signalling pathway: an overview from eukaryotic genomes

    Eve Gazave;Pascal Lapébie;Gemma S Richards;Frédéric Brunet

  • A Post-Synaptic Scaffold at the Origin of the Animal Kingdom

    Onur Sakarya;Kathryn A. Armstrong;Maja Adamska;Marcin Adamski

  • Genesis and Expansion of Metazoan Transcription Factor Gene Classes

    Claire Larroux;Graham N. Luke;Peter Koopman;Daniel S. Rokhsar;Daniel S. Rokhsar

  • Independent evolution of striated muscles in cnidarians and bilaterians

    Patrick R. H. Steinmetz;Johanna E. M. Kraus;Claire Larroux;Claire Larroux;Jörg U. Hammel

  • The mid-developmental transition and the evolution of animal body plans

    Michal Levin;Leon Anavy;Alison G. Cole;Eitan Winter

  • Parallel evolution of nacre building gene sets in molluscs

    Daniel J. Jackson;Carmel McDougall;Ben Woodcroft;Patrick Moase

  • Wnt and TGF-β Expression in the Sponge Amphimedon queenslandica and the Origin of Metazoan Embryonic Patterning

    Maja Adamska;Sandie M. Degnan;Kathryn M. Green;Marcin Adamski

  • Protein evolution by molecular tinkering: diversification of the nuclear receptor superfamily from a ligand-dependent ancestor.

    Jamie T. Bridgham;Geeta N. Eick;Claire Larroux;Kirti Deshpande

  • A rapidly evolving secretome builds and patterns a sea shell.

    Daniel J Jackson;Daniel J Jackson;Carmel McDougall;Carmel McDougall;Kathryn Green;Fiona Simpson

  • An ancient and variable mannose-binding lectin from the coral Acropora millepora binds both pathogens and symbionts.

    E. Charlotte E. Kvennefors;William Leggat;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Bernard M. Degnan

  • Unexpected Repertoire of Metazoan Transcription Factors in the Unicellular Holozoan Capsaspora owczarzaki

    Arnau Sebé-Pedrós;Alex de Mendoza;B. Franz Lang;Bernard M. Degnan

  • Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci in the Heron Reef population of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina

    Maria John P. Selvamani;Sandie M. Degnan;David Paetkau;Bernard M. Degnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin F. Lavin
Martin F. Lavin University of Queensland
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Gert Wörheide
Gert Wörheide Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Sally P. Leys
Sally P. Leys University of Alberta
Dirk Erpenbeck
Dirk Erpenbeck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
John N. A. Hooper
John N. A. Hooper Griffith University
Bayden D. Russell
Bayden D. Russell University of Hong Kong
Mark Q. Martindale
Mark Q. Martindale University of Florida
Malcolm K. Jones
Malcolm K. Jones University of Queensland
Nori Satoh
Nori Satoh Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

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