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Edwin M. Meyer is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, complemented by work in environmental science.

Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to subfields such as molecular biology, ecology, biomedical engineering, plant science, and oceanography. Meyer's work focuses on various topics, including protist diversity and phylogeny, genomics and phylogenetic studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, chromosomal and genetic variations, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, and pluripotent stem cells research.

Meyer has published extensively in several notable venues. These include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • PLoS Biology

Frequent collaborators in Meyer's research include Olivier Arnaiz, Linda Sperling, Simran Bhullar, Arnaud Couloux, and Sophie Malinsky.

Representative recent publications by Meyer involve topics ranging from genome dynamics to cell sorting and mating-type determination mechanisms. Notable works include:

  • "Massive colonization of protein-coding exons by selfish genetic elements in Paramecium germline genomes" (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • "Dynamics of Gene Loss following Ancient Whole-Genome Duplication in the Cryptic Paramecium Complex" (2023, Molecular Biology and Evolution)
  • "Evaluating the Effects of Cell Sorting on Gene Expression" (2020, Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT)
  • "Evolutionary Plasticity of Mating-Type Determination Mechanisms in Paramecium aurelia Sibling Species" (2020, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • "Cell Sorter Cleaning Practices and Their Impact on Instrument Sterility" (2022, Journal of Biomolecular Techniques JBT)

Best Publications

  • Ovarian steroid deprivation results in a reversible learning impairment and compromised cholinergic function in female Sprague-Dawley rats.

    Meharvan Singh;Edwin M. Meyer;William J. Millard;James W. Simpkins

  • The effect of ovariectomy and estradiol replacement on brain-derived neurotrophic factor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in cortical and hippocampal brain regions of female Sprague-Dawley rats.

    Meharvan Singh;E. M. Meyer;J. W. Simpkins

  • Neuron-specific transduction in the rat septohippocampal or nigrostriatal pathway by recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors

    Ronald L. Klein;Edwin M. Meyer;Alyson L. Peel;Sergei Zolotukhin

  • Characterization of a series of anabaseine-derived compounds reveals that the 3-(4)-dimethylaminocinnamylidine derivative is a selective agonist at neuronal nicotinic alpha 7/125I-alpha-bungarotoxin receptor subtypes.

    C M de Fiebre;E M Meyer;J C Henry;S I Muraskin

  • Dopaminergic Cell Loss Induced by Human A30P α-Synuclein Gene Transfer to the Rat Substantia Nigra

    Ronald L. Klein;Michael A. King;Mary E. Hamby;Edwin M. Meyer

  • Nicotinic α7 receptors protect against glutamate neurotoxicity and neuronal ischemic damage

    S. Shimohama;D. L. Greenwald;D. H. Shafron;A. Akaika

  • Long-term neuropathological and neurochemical effects of nucleus basalis lesions in the rat

    Gary W. Arendash;William J. Millard;Adrian J. Dunn;Edwin M. Meyer

  • 3-[2,4-Dimethoxybenzylidene]anabaseine (DMXB) selectively activates rat α7 receptors and improves memory-related behaviors in a mecamylamine-sensitive manner

    Edwin M Meyer;Ee Tein Tay;Roger L Papke;Craig Meyers

  • A novel nicotinic agonist facilitates induction of long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

    Bruce E. Hunter;Christopher M. de Fiebre;Roger L. Papke;William R. Kem

  • Dose and promoter effects of adeno-associated viral vector for green fluorescent protein expression in the rat brain.

    Ronald L. Klein;Mary E. Hamby;Yan Gong;Aaron C. Hirko

  • The antinociceptive effects of α7 nicotinic agonists in an acute pain model

    M.Imad Damaj;Edwin M Meyer;Billy R. Martin

  • Effects of ovariectomy and estradiol benzoate on high affinity choline uptake, ACh synthesis, and release from rat cerebral cortical synaptosomes

    Cecilia A. O'Malley;R. Dean Hautamaki;Mark Kelley;Edwin M. Meyer

  • Analysis of 3-(4-hydroxy, 2-Methoxybenzylidene)anabaseine selectivity and activity at human and rat alpha-7 nicotinic receptors.

    Edwin M. Meyer;Alexander Kuryatov;Volodymyr Gerzanich;Jon Lindstrom

  • Prevention of 6-hydroxydopamine-induced rotational behavior by BDNF somatic gene transfer.

    Ronald L. Klein;Mark H. Lewis;Nicholas Muzyczka;Edwin M. Meyer

  • Induction of uncoupling protein 1 by central interleukin-6 gene delivery is dependent on sympathetic innervation of brown adipose tissue and underlies one mechanism of body weight reduction in rats.

    G Li;R.L Klein;M Matheny;M Matheny;M.A King

  • CD9 Is Associated with Leukemia Inhibitory Factor-mediated Maintenance of Embryonic Stem Cells

    Masahiro Oka;Kenichi Tagoku;Thomas L. Russell;Yuka Nakano

  • Characterization of the neuroprotective and toxic effects of α7 nicotinic receptor activation in PC12 cells

    Yangxin Li;Roger L Papke;Yun-Ju He;William J Millard

  • α7 Receptor-selective agonists and modes of α7 receptor activation

    Roger L. Papke;Edwin Meyer;Tom Nutter;Vladimir V. Uteshev

  • Effects of anabaseine-related analogs on rat brain nicotinic receptor binding and on avoidance behaviors

    Edwin M. Meyer;Christopher M. de Fiebre;Bruce E. Hunter;Christopher E. Simpkins

  • Correlations Between Na+‐K+ ATPase Activity and Acetylcholine Release in Rat Cortical Synaptosomes

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  • Neuroprotective and memory-related actions of novel alpha-7 nicotinic agents with different mixed agonist/antagonist properties.

    E. M. Meyer;Ee Tein Tay;J. A. Zoltewicz;C. Meyers

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. King
Michael A. King University of Florida
Gary W. Arendash
Gary W. Arendash University of South Florida
James W. Simpkins
James W. Simpkins West Virginia University
Adrian J. Dunn
Adrian J. Dunn Louisiana State University
Don W. Walker
Don W. Walker University of Florida
Colin Sumners
Colin Sumners University of Florida
Robert H. Lenox
Robert H. Lenox University of New England
Karen Duff
Karen Duff University College London
Mark H. Lewis
Mark H. Lewis University of Florida
Mike Hutton
Mike Hutton Eli Lilly (United States)

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