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1151

Overview

Johnjoe McFadden is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within the themes of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine. The main fields of study include biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, neuroscience, and medicine, with subfields emphasizing molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, infectious diseases, and genetics.

Their work addresses several key scientific topics, such as neural dynamics and brain function, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience and neural engineering, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Several recent publications highlight the scope of their research interests:

  • "Integrating information in the brain's EM field: the cemi field theory of consciousness" (2020), published in Neuroscience of Consciousness
  • "Quantum Biology: An Update and Perspective" (2021), published in Quantum Reports
  • "Phenotypic heterogeneity in persisters: a novel 'hunker' theory of persistence" (2021), published in FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • "Effects of electromagnetic fields on neuronal ion channels: a systematic review" (2021), published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • "Metabolic fluxes for nutritional flexibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" (2021), published in Molecular Systems Biology

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include Khushboo Borah, S. Ravi P. Silva, Federico Bertagna, Suzie Hingley-Wilson, and Kamalan Jeevaratnam. Collaboration with these scientists appears regularly across multiple studies, underpinning multidisciplinary research projects.

Johnjoe McFadden's publications commonly appear in well-established scientific venues. These include:

  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Systems Biology
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Scientific Reports

The total volume of publications shows a consistent presence in these venues with Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences being notably frequent, including four publications.

Best Publications

  • Sequence and characteristics or IS900, an insertion element identified in a human Crohn's disease isolate or Mycobacterium paratuberculosis

    E.P. Green;M.L.V. Tizard;M.T. Moss;J. Thompson

  • Use of highly specific DNA probes and the polymerase chain reaction to detect Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in Johne's disease.

    P H Vary;P R Andersen;E Green;J Hermon-Taylor

  • Triple functionalisation of single-walled carbon nanotubes with doxorubicin, a monoclonal antibody, and a fluorescent marker for targeted cancer therapy

    Elena Heister;Vera Neves;Carmen Tîlmaciu;Kamil Lipert

  • Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

    Johnjoe McFadden;Jim Al-Khalili

  • Detection of mycobacterial DNA in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis with polymerase chain reaction

    S.A. Saboor;J. McFadden;N.Mcl Johnson

  • Crohn's disease-isolated mycobacteria are identical to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, as determined by DNA probes that distinguish between mycobacterial species.

    J J McFadden;P D Butcher;R Chiodini;J Hermon-Taylor

  • GSMN-TB: a web-based genome-scale network model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis metabolism

    Dany J V Beste;Tracy Hooper;Graham Stewart;Bhushan Bonde

  • Biologically distinct subtypes of Mycobacterium avium differ in possession of insertion sequence IS901.

    Z M Kunze;F Portaels;J J McFadden

  • Higher Dispersion Efficacy of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Chemical and Biological Environments

    Elena Heister;Constanze Lamprecht;Vera Neves;Carmen Tîlmaciu

  • PCR of peripheral blood for diagnosis of meningococcal disease.

    J Newcombe;K Cartwright;W H Palmer;J McFadden

  • IS901, a new member of a widespread class of atypical insertion sequences, is associated with pathogenicity in Mycobacterium avium.

    Z. M. Kunze;S. Wall;R. Appelberg;M. T. Silva

  • The genetic requirements for fast and slow growth in mycobacteria.

    Dany J. V. Beste;Mateus Espasa;Bhushan Bonde;Andrzej M. Kierzek

  • Specific detection of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis DNA associated with granulomatous tissue in Crohn's disease.

    H M Fidler;W Thurrell;N M Johnson;G A Rook

  • The conscious electromagnetic information field theory: The hard problem made easy?

    Johnjoe McFadden

  • Carbon flux rerouting during Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth arrest

    Lanbo Shi;Charles D. Sohaskey;Carmen Pfeiffer;Pratik Datta

  • A quantum mechanical model of adaptive mutation.

    Johnjoe McFadden;Jim Al-Khalili

  • The origins of quantum biology

    Johnjoe McFadden;Jim Al-Khalili

  • 13C-Flux Spectral Analysis of Host-Pathogen Metabolism Reveals a Mixed Diet for Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Dany J.V. Beste;Katharina Nöh;Sebastian Niedenführ;Tom A. Mendum

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in tissue affected by sarcoidosis.

    H M Fidler;G A Rook;N M Johnson;J McFadden

  • DNA PROBES DEMONSTRATE A SINGLE HIGHLY CONSERVED STRAIN OF MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM INFECTING AIDS PATIENTS

    S.J. Hampson;J. Thompson;M.T. Moss;F. Portaels

Frequent Co-Authors

Odir Antônio Dellagostin
Odir Antônio Dellagostin Universidade Federal de Pelotas
S. Ravi P. Silva
S. Ravi P. Silva University of Surrey
Emmanuel Flahaut
Emmanuel Flahaut Paul Sabatier University
Philip D. Butcher
Philip D. Butcher St George's, University of London
Michael H. Beale
Michael H. Beale Rothamsted Research
Graham A. W. Rook
Graham A. W. Rook University College London
Françoise Portaels
Françoise Portaels Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Nalin Rastogi
Nalin Rastogi Institut Pasteur
Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kazuyuki Shimizu
Kazuyuki Shimizu Kyushu Institute of Technology

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