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  • 2007 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Cheryl Y. Hayashi is affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research centers mainly on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular focus on materials science. This scientist frequently publishes work related to biomaterials, molecular biology, and genetics, emphasizing spider silk and its molecular properties.

Their recent scholarly publications include:

  • Allelic resolution of insect and spider silk genes reveals hidden genetic diversity, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Protein composition and associated material properties of cobweb spiders' gumfoot glue droplets, 2021, Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Golden orb-weaving spider (Trichonephila clavipes) silk genes with sex-biased expression and atypical architectures, 2020, G3 Genes Genomes Genetics
  • Rapid molecular diversification and homogenization of clustered major ampullate silk genes in Argiope garden spiders, 2022, PLoS Genetics
  • The evolutionary history of cribellate orb-weaver capture thread spidroins, 2022, BMC Ecology and Evolution

The scientist has contributed to multiple high-impact scientific venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics

Collaborative research is a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Richard H. Baker
  • Sandra M. Correa-Garhwal
  • Nadia A. Ayoub
  • M. Elices
  • Gustavo V. Guinea

The main fields of study for Cheryl Y. Hayashi are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Materials Science

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Biomaterials
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Silkworms and Sericulture Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

Among honors, Cheryl Y. Hayashi was awarded the title of Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing System for the Endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis

    Laura Baldo;Julie C. Dunning Hotopp;Keith A. Jolley;Seth R. Bordenstein

  • Hypotheses that correlate the sequence, structure, and mechanical properties of spider silk proteins.

    Cheryl Y. Hayashi;Nichola H. Shipley;Randolph V. Lewis

  • Extreme Diversity, Conservation, and Convergence of Spider Silk Fibroin Sequences

    John Gatesy;Cheryl Hayashi;Dagmara Motriuk;Justin Woods

  • Evidence from flagelliform silk cDNA for the structural basis of elasticity and modular nature of spider silks

    Cheryl Y Hayashi;Randolph V Lewis

  • Blueprint for a high-performance biomaterial: full-length spider dragline silk genes.

    Nadia A. Ayoub;Jessica E. Garb;Robin M. Tinghitella;Matthew A. Collin

  • The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution

    Evelyn E. Schwager;Evelyn E. Schwager;Prashant P. Sharma;Thomas Clarke;Thomas Clarke;Thomas Clarke;Daniel J. Leite

  • Reconstructing web evolution and spider diversification in the molecular era.

    Todd A. Blackledge;Nikolaj Scharff;Jonathan A. Coddington;Tamas Szüts

  • Insect Silk: One Name, Many Materials

    Tara D. Sutherland;James H. Young;Sarah Weisman;Cheryl Y. Hayashi

  • Molecular nanosprings in spider capture-silk threads

    Nathan Becker;Emin Oroudjev;Stephanie Mutz;Jason P. Cleveland

  • The Phylogeny of the Extant Chelicerate Orders

    Ward C Wheeler;Cheryl Y Hayashi

  • Molecular Architecture and Evolution of a Modular Spider Silk Protein Gene

    Cheryl Y. Hayashi;Randolph V. Lewis

  • Arthropod Phylogeny: a Combined Approach

    Ward C. Wheeler;Paulyn Cartwright;Paulyn Cartwright;Cheryl Y. Hayashi;Cheryl Y. Hayashi

  • Silken toolkits: biomechanics of silk fibers spun by the orb web spider Argiope argentata (Fabricius 1775).

    Todd A. Blackledge;Cheryl Y. Hayashi

  • Molecular and Mechanical Characterization of Aciniform Silk: Uniformity of Iterated Sequence Modules in a Novel Member of the Spider Silk Fibroin Gene Family

    Cheryl Y. Hayashi;Todd A. Blackledge;Randolph V. Lewis

  • Evidence from milk casein genes that cetaceans are close relatives of hippopotamid artiodactyls.

    J Gatesy;C Hayashi;M A Cronin;P Arctander

  • The Nephila clavipes genome highlights the diversity of spider silk genes and their complex expression

    Paul L Babb;Nicholas F Lahens;Sandra M Correa-Garhwal;David N Nicholson

  • Resolution of a supertree/supermatrix paradox.

    John Gatesy;Conrad Matthee;Rob DeSalle;Cheryl Hayashi

  • Combined support for wholesale taxic atavism in gavialine crocodylians.

    John Gatesy;George Amato;Mark Norell;Rob DeSalle

  • Insight into the routes of Wolbachia invasion: high levels of horizontal transfer in the spider genus Agelenopsis revealed by Wolbachia strain and mitochondrial DNA diversity

    Laura Baldo;Nadia A. Ayoub;Cheryl Y. Hayashi;Jacob A. Russell

  • Untangling spider silk evolution with spidroin terminal domains

    Jessica E Garb;Jessica E Garb;Nadia A Ayoub;Nadia A Ayoub;Cheryl Y Hayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

John Gatesy
John Gatesy American Museum of Natural History
Randolph V. Lewis
Randolph V. Lewis Utah State University
Ingi Agnarsson
Ingi Agnarsson University of Iceland
Jonathan A. Coddington
Jonathan A. Coddington National Museum of Natural History
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
Ward C. Wheeler
Ward C. Wheeler American Museum of Natural History
Rob DeSalle
Rob DeSalle American Museum of Natural History
Phillip A. Morin
Phillip A. Morin National Marine Fisheries Service
Horacio D. Espinosa
Horacio D. Espinosa Northwestern University
Manuel Elices
Manuel Elices Technical University of Madrid

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