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  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Diane W. Cox is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Biophysics, Acoustics and Ultrasonics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. The scientist's work also touches on Media Technology and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics of research covered by Diane W. Cox include:

  • Random lasers and scattering media
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Image and Signal Denoising Methods
  • Digital Holography and Microscopy

Their recent publication record reflects involvement in experimental and theoretical optics and biophysics. Selected papers include:

  • "Practical considerations for high-fidelity wavefront shaping experiments" (2024), Journal of Physics Photonics
  • "Orthonormalization of phase-only basis functions" (2024), Optics Express
  • "Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal-like cells" (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "OpenWFS-a library for conducting and simulating wavefront shaping experiments" (2025), Journal of Physics Photonics
  • "Model-based aberration corrected microscopy inside a glass tube" (2025), Journal of Microscopy

Diane W. Cox frequently collaborates with several other researchers. Regular coauthors include Ivo M. Vellekoop, Tom Knop, Harish Sasikumar, Bahareh Mastiani, and J. Doornbos.

Their publications are predominantly found in venues such as the Journal of Physics Photonics, arXiv (Cornell University), Optics Express, Journal of Microscopy, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Among distinctions, the scientist was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The Wilson disease gene is a putative copper transporting P–type ATPase similar to the Menkes gene

    Bull Pc;Thomas Gr;Rommens Jm

  • The Wilson disease gene: spectrum of mutations and their consequences

    Gordon R. Thomas;John R. Forbes;Eve A. Roberts;John M. Walshe

  • The LEC rat has a deletion in the copper transporting ATPase gene homologous to the Wilson disease gene

    Jingshi Wu;John R. Forbes;Hai Shiene Chen;Diane W. Cox

  • Wilson disease and Menkes disease: new handles on heavy-metal transport

    Peter C. Bull;Diane W. Cox

  • Human microphthalmia associated with mutations in the retinal homeobox gene CHX10.

    E Ferda Percin;L A Ploder;J J Yu;K Arici

  • In vivo reduction of amyloid-β by a mutant copper transporter

    Amie L. Phinney;Bettina Drisaldi;Stephen D. Schmidt;Stan Lugowski

  • DNA restriction fragments associated with α 1 -antitrypsin indicate a single origin for deficiency allele PI Z

    Diane Wilson Cox;Savio L. C. Woo;Tammy Mansfield

  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin Mmalton (Phe52-deleted) forms loop-sheet polymers in vivo. Evidence for the C sheet mechanism of polymerization.

    David A. Lomas;Peter R. Elliott;Sanjiv K. Sidhar;Richard C. Foreman

  • Genes for immunoglobulin heavy chains and for alpha 1-antitrypsin are localized to specific regions of chromosome 14q.

    Diane W. Cox;Diane W. Cox;Vera D. Markovic;Vera D. Markovic;Ikuko E. Teshima;Ikuko E. Teshima

  • Complete physical map of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region gene complex

    Marten H. Hofker;Michael A. Walter;Diane W. Cox

  • Intracellular trafficking of the human Wilson protein: the role of the six N-terminal metal-binding sites.

    Michael A. Cater;John Forbes;Sharon L. A. Fontaine;Diane Cox

  • Physical linkage of a human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region gene segment to diversity and joining region elements

    H W Schroeder;M A Walter;M H Hofker;A Ebens

  • Restriction fragment length polymorphisms associated with immunoglobulin C gamma genes reveal linkage disequilibrium and genomic organization.

    N T Bech-Hansen;P S Linsley;D W Cox

  • Susceptibility to multiple sclerosis is associated with the proximal immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region.

    M A Walter;W T Gibson;G C Ebers;D W Cox

  • Liver disease associated with alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency in childhood

    Stanley P. Moroz;Ernest Cutz;Diane Wilson Cox;Andrew Sass-Kortsak

  • Strong founder effect for a transglutaminase 1 gene mutation in lamellar ichthyosis and congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma from Norway

    Maritta Pigg;Tobias Gedde-Dahl Jr;Diane Cox;Ingrid Hausser

  • In-frame single codon deletion in the Mmalton deficiency allele of alpha 1-antitrypsin.

    G C Fraizer;T R Harrold;M H Hofker;D W Cox

  • RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND ALPHA-1-ANTITRYPSIN

    Diane Wilson Cox;Olga Huber

  • Association of severe rheumatoid arthritis with heterozygosity for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.

    Diane Wilson Cox;Olga Huber

  • Defining the breakpoints of proximal chromosome 14q rearrangements in nine patients using flow‐sorted chromosomes

    Deepak Kamnasaran;Patricia C. M. O'Brien;Simone Schuffenhauer;Oliver Quarrell

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Walter
Michael A. Walter University of Alberta
Johanna M. Rommens
Johanna M. Rommens University of Toronto
Peter C. Bull
Peter C. Bull University of Cambridge
Jeremy A. Squire
Jeremy A. Squire Universidade de São Paulo
Uta Francke
Uta Francke Stanford University
Harry W. Schroeder
Harry W. Schroeder University of Alabama at Birmingham
Webster K. Cavenee
Webster K. Cavenee University of California, San Diego

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