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48
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7723
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4275
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475

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

David M. Bryant is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. Additional areas of study include Immunology, Oncology, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, such as:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer

Frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with five publications, Journal of Cell Science with three, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal with two each, and Molecular Oncology with one.

Recent papers by David M. Bryant include:

  • Traject3d allows label-free identification of distinct co-occurring phenotypes within 3D culture by live imaging, 2022, Nature Communications
  • The MSP-RON axis stimulates cancer cell growth in models of triple negative breast cancer, 2020, Molecular Oncology
  • An ARF GTPase module promoting invasion and metastasis through regulating phosphoinositide metabolism, 2021, Nature Communications
  • ECM dimensionality tunes actin tension to modulate endoplasmic reticulum function and spheroid phenotypes of mammary epithelial cells, 2022, The EMBO Journal
  • RAL GTPases mediate EGFR-driven intestinal stem cell proliferation and tumourigenesis, 2021, eLife

Among frequent co-authors are Emma Sandilands, Álvaro Román-Fernández, Lynn McGarry, Eva C. Freckmann, and Konstantina Nikolatou, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts with these researchers.

David M. Bryant was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Linking agricultural practice to insect and bird populations: a historical study over three decades

    Tim G. Benton;David M. Bryant;Lorna Cole;Humphrey Q. P. Crick

  • Reproductive Costs in the House Martin (Delichon urbica)

    D. M. Bryant

  • Testosterone influences basal metabolic rate in male house sparrows: a new cost of dominance signalling?

    Katherine Louise Buchanan;Matthew R. Evans;Arthur R. Goldsmith;David M. Bryant

  • Climate change and constraints on breeding

    Ian R. Stevenson;David M. Bryant

  • Quality vs. quantity: energetic and nutritional trade-offs in parental provisioning strategies

    J. Wright;C. Both;P.A. Cotton;D. Bryant

  • The energetic cost of short flights in birds

    Robert L. Nudds;David M. Bryant

  • ESTABLISHMENT OF WEIGHT HIERARCHIES IN THE BROODS OF HOUSE MARTINS DELICHON URBICA

    D. M. Bryant

  • Effect of Wind on Field Metabolic Rates of Breeding Northern Fulmars

    Robert W. Furness;David M. Bryant

  • Heating nest–boxes reveals an energetic contraint on incubation behaviour in great tits, Parus major

    S. M. Bryan;D. M. Bryant

  • Shedding light on light: benefits of anthropogenic illumination to a nocturnally foraging shorebird.

    Ross G. Dwyer;Stuart Bearhop;Hamish A. Campbell;David M. Bryant

  • Intraspecies variation in avian energy expenditure: correlates and constraints

    David M. Bryant;Paul Tatner

  • Reproductive Energetics of a Free-Living Bird

    C. J. Hails;D. M. Bryant

  • Central place foraging by swallows (Hirundinidae): The question of load size

    David M. Bryant;Angela K. Turner

  • Energy expenditure in wild birds.

    David M. Bryant

  • ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF NESTLING HOUSE MARTINS DELICHON URBICA

    D. M. Bryant

  • Flight Cost of a Small Passerine Measured Using Doubly Labeled Water: Implications for Energetics Studies

    Paul Tatner;David M. Bryant

  • The Factors Influencing the Selection of Food by the House Martin (Delichon urbica (L.))

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  • Energetics of growth in House martins (Delichon urbica)

    D. M. Bryant;A. Gardiner

  • The Energy Budget of the House Martin (Delichon urbica)

    David M. Bryant;Klaas R. Westerterp

  • Time and energy limits to brood size in house martins (Delichon urbica)

    David M. Bryant;Klaas R. Westerterp

  • Metabolic costs of dominance in dippers, Cinclus cinclus

    D.M. Bryant;A.V. Newton

  • BREEDING BIOLOGY OF HOUSE MARTINS DELICHON URBICA IN RELATION TO AERIAL INSECT ABUNDANCE

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Elliott
Michael Elliott University of Hull
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Sarah Wanless
Sarah Wanless Natural Environment Research Council
Tim G. Benton
Tim G. Benton Chatham House
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Humphrey Q. P. Crick
Humphrey Q. P. Crick Natural England
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Stephen R. Baillie
Stephen R. Baillie British Trust for Ornithology
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen
David T. Parkin
David T. Parkin University of Nottingham

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