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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Geoffrey J. Barton is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a portfolio of 59 publications. Their research intersects multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Plant Science, Genetics, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The main topics that define their body of work include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Barton has contributed to several academic journals and publication venues. The most frequent venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Nucleic Acids Research

They maintain an active collaboration network, frequently publishing with coauthors including:

  • Gordon G. Simpson
  • Matthew T Parker
  • Stuart A. MacGowan
  • Katarzyna Knop
  • Anna V. Sherwood

Some of their recent notable papers include:

  • "Nanopore direct RNA sequencing maps the complexity of Arabidopsis mRNA processing and m6A modification," 2020, eLife
  • "Effects of common mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike RBD and its ligand, the human ACE2 receptor on binding affinity and kinetics," 2021, eLife
  • "Alignment of Biological Sequences with Jalview," 2020, Methods in molecular biology
  • "Identifying plant genes shaping microbiota composition in the barley rhizosphere," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Chromosome evolution and the genetic basis of agronomically important traits in greater yam," 2022, Nature Communications

Geoffrey J. Barton has been recognized by peers through awards such as the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, awarded in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Jalview Version 2--a multiple sequence alignment editor and analysis workbench.

    Andrew M. Waterhouse;James B. Procter;David M. A. Martin;Michele E. Clamp

  • The Jalview Java alignment editor

    Michele Clamp;James Cuff;Stephen M. Searle;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • JPred4: a protein secondary structure prediction server

    Alexey Drozdetskiy;Christian Cole;James B. Procter;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • The Jpred 3 secondary structure prediction server

    Christian Cole;Jonathan D. Barber;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • ALSCRIPT: a tool to format multiple sequence alignments

    G J Barton

  • JPred: a consensus secondary structure prediction server.

    James A. Cuff;Michele E. Clamp;Asim S. Siddiqui;M. Finlay

  • Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis

    Jane M. Carlton;Robert . Hirt;Joana C. Silva;Arthur L. Delcher

  • Application of multiple sequence alignment profiles to improve protein secondary structure prediction

    James A. Cuff;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • Evaluation and Improvement of Multiple Sequence Methods for Protein Secondary Structure Prediction

    James A. Cuff;Geoffrey J. Barton;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • Multiple protein sequence alignment from tertiary structure comparison: assignment of global and residue confidence levels.

    Robert B. Russell;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • How many biological replicates are needed in an RNA-seq experiment and which differential expression tool should you use?

    Nicholas J. Schurch;Pietá Schofield;Marek Gierliński;Christian Cole

  • Identification of multiple distinct Snf2 subfamilies with conserved structural motifs

    Andrew Flaus;David M. A. Martin;Geoffrey J. Barton;Tom Owen-Hughes

  • Protein sequence alignments: a strategy for the hierarchical analysis of residue conservation

    Craig D. Livingstone;Geoffrey J. Barton

  • Draft Genome of the Filarial Nematode Parasite Brugia malayi

    Elodie Ghedin;Elodie Ghedin;Shiliang Wang;David Spiro;Elisabet Caler

  • A strategy for the rapid multiple alignment of protein sequences. Confidence levels from tertiary structure comparisons.

    Geoffrey J. Barton;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Filtering of deep sequencing data reveals the existence of abundant Dicer-dependent small RNAs derived from tRNAs

    Christian Cole;Andrew Sobala;Cheng Lu;Shawn R. Thatcher

  • Emerging roles of pseudokinases.

    Jérôme Boudeau;Diego Miranda-Saavedra;Geoffrey J. Barton;Dario R. Alessi

  • Prediction of protein secondary structure and active sites using the alignment of homologous sequences.

    Markéta J. Zvelebil;Geoffrey J. Barton;William R. Taylor;Michael J.E. Sternberg

  • Evaluation of tools for differential gene expression analysis by RNA-seq on a 48 biological replicate experiment

    Nicholas J. Schurch;Pieta Schofield;Marek Gierliński;Christian Cole

  • System-wide changes to SUMO modifications in response to heat shock

    Filip Golebiowski;Ivan Matic;Michael H. Tatham;Christian Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert B. Russell
Robert B. Russell Heidelberg University
Michael J.E. Sternberg
Michael J.E. Sternberg Imperial College London
Angus I. Lamond
Angus I. Lamond University of Dundee
Tom Owen-Hughes
Tom Owen-Hughes University of Dundee
Alan D. Irvine
Alan D. Irvine Trinity College Dublin
James H. Naismith
James H. Naismith Rosalind Franklin Institute
W.H. Irwin McLean
W.H. Irwin McLean University of Dundee
Gajendra P. S. Raghava
Gajendra P. S. Raghava Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
Pauline Schaap
Pauline Schaap University of Dundee
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute

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