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2743
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 1988 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the many experimental advances made in the study of nuclear structure by inbeam yray spectroscopy with heavy ions
  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

David M. Ward is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their research spans across several domains within environmental science, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work covers various subfields, including ecology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, pathology and forensic medicine, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Ward's research topics include microbial community ecology and physiology, genomics and phylogenetic studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, vitamin D research studies, pharmacological effects and toxicity studies, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems.

Recent publications by David M. Ward highlight a range of subjects and venues:

  • "Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages," 2022, published in Cell
  • "Biogeography of American Northwest Hot Spring A/B'-Lineage Synechococcus Populations," 2020, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "The Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio (VMR) is a Biomarker of Vitamin D Status That is Not Affected by Acute Changes in Vitamin D Binding Protein," 2023, published in Clinical Chemistry
  • "Short-Term Stable Isotope Probing of Proteins Reveals Taxa Incorporating Inorganic Carbon in a Hot Spring Microbial Mat," 2020, published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • "Allochromatium tepidum, sp. nov., a hot spring species of purple sulfur bacteria," 2022, published in Archives of Microbiology

The frequent publication venues for their work include Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, and Cell.

Among frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Ward are Amber P. Sanchez, Donald A. Bryant, Anushree Dugar, Andrew N. Hoofnagle, and Joachim H. Ix.

The scientist has been recognized with several fellowships from reputable organizations, including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999), the Royal Society of Canada (1991), the American Physical Society (1988), and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1970). The fellowship from the American Physical Society includes a citation for advances in nuclear structure study through in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy with heavy ions.

Best Publications

  • 16S rRNA sequences reveal numerous uncultured microorganisms in a natural community

    David M. Ward;Roland Weller;Mary M. Bateson

  • Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of 16S rRNA-defined populations inhabiting a hot spring microbial mat community.

    M.J. Ferris;Gerad Muyzer;D.M. Ward

  • A Natural View of Microbial Biodiversity within Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat Communities

    David M. Ward;Michael J. Ferris;Stephen C. Nold;Mary M. Bateson

  • Ribosomal RNA Analysis of Microorganisms as They Occur in Nature

    David M. Ward;Mary M. Bateson;Roland Weller;Alyson L. Ruff-Roberts

  • Low platelet mitochondrial complex I and complex II/III activity in early untreated Parkinson's disease

    Richard H. Haas;Fatemeh Nasirian;Kazutoshi Nakano;David Ward

  • Geographical isolation in hot spring cyanobacteria

    R. Thane Papke;Niels B. Ramsing;Mary M. Bateson;David M. Ward

  • Candidatus Chloracidobacterium thermophilum: an aerobic phototrophic Acidobacterium.

    Donald A. Bryant;Amaya M. Garcia Costas;Julia A. Maresca;Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew

  • Regional citrate anticoagulation for continuous arteriovenous hemodialysis in critically ill patients

    Ravindra L. Mehta;Brian R. Mcdonald;May M. Aguilar;David M. Ward

  • Home-based multisystemic therapy as an alternative to the hospitalization of youths in psychiatric crisis: clinical outcomes.

    Scott W. Henggeler;Melisa D. Rowland;Jeff Randall;David M. Ward

  • Biogenesis of methane.

    R A Mah;D M Ward;L Baresi;T L Glass

  • Seasonal distributions of dominant 16S rRNA-defined populations in a hot spring microbial mat examined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

    M J Ferris;D M Ward

  • Microbial population dynamics associated with crude-oil biodegradation in diverse soils.

    Natsuko Hamamura;Sarah H. Olson;David M. Ward;William P. Inskeep

  • Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: a paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics.

    Alexander Koeppel;Elizabeth B. Perry;Johannes Sikorski;Danny Krizanc

  • Mid-chain branched mono- and dimethyl alkanes in hot spring cyanobacterial mats: A direct biogenic source for branched alkanes in ancient sediments?

    Jentaie Shiea;Simon C. Brassell;David M. Ward

  • Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Hypersaline Environments

    David M. Ward;T. D. Brock

  • A natural species concept for prokaryotes

    David M Ward

  • Substrates for Sulfate Reduction and Methane Production in Intertidal Sediments

    Michael R. Winfrey;David M. Ward

  • Cyanobacteria in Geothermal Habitats

    David M. Ward;Richard W. Castenholz;Scott R. Miller

  • Population level functional diversity in a microbial community revealed by comparative genomic and metagenomic analyses

    Devaki Bhaya;Arthur R. Grossman;Anne Soisig Steunou;Natalia Khuri;Natalia Khuri

  • Recognition of chimeric small-subunit ribosomal DNAs composed of genes from uncultivated microorganisms

    E D Kopczynski;M M Bateson;D M Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald A. Bryant
Donald A. Bryant Pennsylvania State University
Michael Kühl
Michael Kühl University of Copenhagen
Frederick M. Cohan
Frederick M. Cohan Wesleyan University
Marcel T. J. van der Meer
Marcel T. J. van der Meer Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
William P. Inskeep
William P. Inskeep Montana State University
Stefan Schouten
Stefan Schouten Utrecht University
John F. Heidelberg
John F. Heidelberg University of Southern California
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté
Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Scott W. Henggeler
Scott W. Henggeler Medical University of South Carolina
Stephan C. Schuster
Stephan C. Schuster Nanyang Technological University

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