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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Chris T. Amemiya is affiliated with the University of California, Merced in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to related subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Ecology, and Paleontology.

The focus of Amemiya's work encompasses several main topics, including Fish biology, ecology, and behavior; Ichthyology and Marine Biology; Physiological and biochemical adaptations; Aquaculture disease management and microbiota; Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms; Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology; and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

They have frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
  • Applied Physics A
  • Science Advances
  • Biomolecules

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Chitin of Araneae origin: structural features and biomimetic applications: a review, 2020, Applied Physics A
  • The lungfish cocoon is a living tissue with antimicrobial functions, 2021, Science Advances
  • Unexpected Distribution of Chitin and Chitin Synthase across Soft-Bodied Cnidarians, 2023, Biomolecules
  • Evidence of chitin in the ampullae of Lorenzini of chondrichthyan fishes, 2020, Current Biology
  • Pluripotency of a founding field: rebranding developmental biology, 2024, Development

Frequent collaborators in Amemiya's research include:

  • Molly Phillips
  • M. J. Robinson
  • Valerie J. Leppert
  • Linda S. Hirst
  • Alauna C. Wheeler

Chris T. Amemiya was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Zebrafish hox Clusters and Vertebrate Genome Evolution

    Angel Amores;Allan Force;Yi Lin Yan;Lucille Joly

  • Myotonic dystrophy mutation: an unstable CTG repeat in the 3' untranslated region of the gene

    M Mahadevan;C Tsilfidis;L Sabourin;G Shutler

  • The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks

    Felicity C. Jones;Manfred G. Grabherr;Manfred G. Grabherr;Yingguang Frank Chan;Pamela Russell

  • The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

    David Brawand;David Brawand;Catherine E. Wagner;Catherine E. Wagner;Yang I. Li;Milan Malinsky;Milan Malinsky

  • A new bacteriophage P1-derived vector for the propagation of large human DNA fragments

    Panayiotis A. loannou;Panayiotis A. loannou;Chris T. Amemiya;Chris T. Amemiya;Jeffrey Garnes;Peter M. Kroisel

  • Genome of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica reveals innovation in non-coding sequences

    Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Tarjei S. Mikkelsen;Matthew J. Wakefield;Bronwen Aken;Chris T. Amemiya

  • Somatic diversification of variable lymphocyte receptors in the agnathan sea lamprey

    Zeev Pancer;Chris T. Amemiya;Götz R. A. Ehrhardt;Jill Ceitlin

  • The African coelacanth genome provides insights into tetrapod evolution

    Chris T. Amemiya;Chris T. Amemiya;Jessica Alfoldi;Alison P. Lee;Shaohua Fan

  • Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution

    Jeramiah J. Smith;Shigehiro Kuraku;Carson Holt;Tatjana Sauka-Spengler

  • The spotted gar genome illuminates vertebrate evolution and facilitates human-teleost comparisons

    Ingo Braasch;Andrew R Gehrke;Jeramiah J Smith;Kazuhiko Kawasaki

  • Cloning of the essential myotonic dystrophy region and mapping of the putative defect

    Aslanidis C;Jansen G;Amemiya C;Shutler G

  • The genomic basis of adaptive evolution in threespine sticklebacks

    Felicity C. Jones;Manfred G. Grabherr;Yingguang Frank Chan;Pamela Russell

  • The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage

    H. Bradley Shaffer;Patrick Minx;Daniel E. Warren;Andrew M. Shedlock;Andrew M. Shedlock

  • On chemistry of γ-chitin

    Murat Kaya;Muhammad Mujtaba;Hermann Ehrlich;Asier M. Salaberria

  • The zebrafish as a model organism to study development of the immune system.

    David Traver;Philippe Herbomel;E Elizabeth Patton;Ryan D Murphey

  • The sea lamprey germline genome provides insights into programmed genome rearrangement and vertebrate evolution.

    Jeramiah J. Smith;Nataliya Timoshevskaya;Chengxi Ye;Carson Holt

  • Phylogeny of lower vertebrates and their immunological structures.

    A. Zapata;C. T. Amemiya

  • Variable lymphocyte receptors in hagfish

    Zeev Pancer;Nil Ratan Saha;Jun Kasamatsu;Takashi Suzuki

  • Developmental roles of pufferfish Hox clusters and genome evolution in ray-fin fish.

    Angel Amores;Tohru Suzuki;Yi Lin Yan;Jordan Pomeroy

  • Phylogenetic diversification of immunoglobulin genes and the antibody repertoire.

    G W Litman;J P Rast;M J Shamblott;R N Haire

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary W. Litman
Gary W. Litman University of South Florida
J. Joshua Smith
J. Joshua Smith Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peter F. Stadler
Peter F. Stadler Leipzig University
Günter P. Wagner
Günter P. Wagner Yale University
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh
Kerstin Lindblad-Toh Uppsala University
Evan E. Eichler
Evan E. Eichler University of Washington
Federica Di Palma
Federica Di Palma Earlham Institute
Frank H. Ruddle
Frank H. Ruddle Yale University
Jonathan P. Rast
Jonathan P. Rast Emory University
Tatjana Sauka-Spengler
Tatjana Sauka-Spengler University of Oxford

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