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Overview

Jamie A. Davies is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. They have a substantial publication record across multiple fields related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their research spans various domains within the broader life sciences, with key fields of study including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

More specifically, their work focuses on several subfields, among them:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pharmacology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Davies has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Renal and related cancers
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation

Their recent publications list includes significant papers published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, highlighting involvement in pharmacology-focused research:

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors (2021), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Enzymes (2021), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: Enzymes (2023), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2023/24: G protein-coupled receptors (2023), British Journal of Pharmacology
  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Introduction and Other Protein Targets (2021), British Journal of Pharmacology

Davies has also authored book publications. One noted title is:

  • Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction (2021), published by Oxford University Press

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaboration within a network of researchers largely focused on pharmacology and biomedical sciences, including:

  • S P H Alexander
  • Simon D Harding
  • Elena Faccenda
  • Jane F Armstrong
  • Christopher Southan

Their publication venues further emphasize their primary research areas, with notable frequent publications in:

  • British Journal of Pharmacology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Biochemical Society Transactions
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Jamie A. Davies's profile illustrates an established career with work that integrates molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology, and biomedical engineering topics, contributing to important areas of biomedical research and drug discovery.

Best Publications

  • The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2018: updates and expansion to encompass the new guide to IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

    Simon D. Harding;Joanna L. Sharman;Elena Faccenda;Christopher Southan

  • The IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY in 2016: towards curated quantitative interactions between 1300 protein targets and 6000 ligands

    Christopher Southan;Joanna L. Sharman;Helen E. Benson;Elena Faccenda

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2015/16: G protein-coupled receptors.

    Stephen Ph Alexander;Anthony P Davenport;Eamonn Kelly;Neil Marrion

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P H Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • Persephin, a Novel Neurotrophic Factor Related to GDNF and Neurturin

    Jeffrey Milbrandt;Frederic J de Sauvage;Timothy J Fahrner;Robert H Baloh

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Enzymes

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Doriano Fabbro;Eamonn Kelly;Neil V. Marrion

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen Ph Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony Peter Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2015/16: Enzymes

    Stephen P. H. Alexander;Doriano Fabbro;Eamonn Kelly;Neil Marrion

  • The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2017/18: Overview

    Stephen P. H. Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Neil V. Marrion;John A. Peters

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: Enzymes.

    Stephen P H Alexander;Doriano Fabbro;Eamonn Kelly;Alistair Mathie

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: G protein-coupled receptors

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Arthur Christopoulos;Anthony P. Davenport;Eamonn Kelly

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: Introduction and Other Protein Targets.

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Alistair Mathie;John A. Peters

  • Glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor is required for bud initiation from ureteric epithelium.

    Kirsi Sainio;Petro Suvanto;Jamie Davies;Jorma Wartiovaara

  • Isolation from chick somites of a glycoprotein fraction that causes collapse of dorsal root ganglion growth cones.

    Jamie A. Davies;Geoffrey M.W. Cook;Claudio D. Stern;Roger J. Keynes

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: Ion channels.

    Stephen P H Alexander;Alistair Mathie;John A Peters;Emma L Veale

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2021/22: Enzymes.

    Stephen P.H. Alexander;Doriano Fabbro;Eamonn Kelly;Alistair Mathie

  • Dissociation of embryonic kidneys followed by reaggregation allows the formation of renal tissues

    Mathieu Unbekandt;Jamie A. Davies

  • GUDMAP: The Genitourinary Developmental Molecular Anatomy Project

    Andrew P. McMahon;Bruce J. Aronow;Duncan R. Davidson;Jamie A. Davies

  • Development of an siRNA-based method for repressing specific genes in renal organ culture and its use to show that the Wt1 tumour suppressor is required for nephron differentiation

    Jamie A Davies;Michael Ladomery;Peter Hohenstein;Lydia Michael

  • THE CONCISE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY 2019/20: Introduction and Other Protein Targets.

    Stephen P H Alexander;Eamonn Kelly;Alistair Mathie;John A Peters

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P.H. Alexander
Stephen P.H. Alexander University of Nottingham
Anthony P. Davenport
Anthony P. Davenport University of Cambridge
Michael Spedding
Michael Spedding DuPont (United States)
Doriano Fabbro
Doriano Fabbro Novartis (Switzerland)
Melissa H. Little
Melissa H. Little Murdoch Children's Research Institute
John A. Cidlowski
John A. Cidlowski National Institutes of Health
Duncan Davidson
Duncan Davidson University of Edinburgh
Arthur Christopoulos
Arthur Christopoulos Monash University
Bruce J. Aronow
Bruce J. Aronow Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jörg Striessnig
Jörg Striessnig University of Innsbruck

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