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Jonathan P. Rast

Jonathan P. Rast

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
14666
World Ranking
14243
National Ranking
6006

Overview

Jonathan P. Rast is affiliated with Emory University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within immunology and molecular biology, focusing on immune system function, genetics, and developmental biology. The scientist's work frequently appears in specialized journals dedicated to immunology and biology.

Major research fields include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these disciplines, subfields of focus encompass:

  • Immunology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Global and Planetary Change

The main topics addressed in their publications are:

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Selected recent papers include:

  • Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Evolution of variable lymphocyte receptor B antibody loci in jawless vertebrates, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bacterial Exposure Mediates Developmental Plasticity and Resistance to Lethal Vibrio lentus Infection in Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) Larvae, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Evolution of two distinct variable lymphocyte receptors in lampreys: VLRD and VLRE, 2023, Cell Reports
  • Post-translational protein deimination signatures in sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) plasma and plasma-extracellular vesicles, 2021, Developmental & Comparative Immunology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Jonathan P. Rast include:

  • Max D. Cooper
  • Sabyasachi Das
  • Masayuki Hirano
  • Thomas Boehm
  • Ryo Morimoto

Common publication venues consist of:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • A Genomic Regulatory Network for Development

    Eric H. Davidson;Jonathan P. Rast;Paola Oliveri;Andrew Ransick

  • The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus.

    Erica Sodergren;George M. Weinstock;Eric H. Davidson;R. Andrew Cameron

  • The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

    Leonid L. Moroz;Kevin M. Kocot;Mathew R. Citarella;Sohn Dosung

  • Sequencing of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) genome provides insights into vertebrate evolution

    Jeramiah J. Smith;Shigehiro Kuraku;Carson Holt;Tatjana Sauka-Spengler

  • The immune gene repertoire encoded in the purple sea urchin genome

    Taku Hibino;Mariano Loza-Coll;Cynthia Messier;Audrey J. Majeske

  • The amphioxus genome illuminates vertebrate origins and cephalochordate biology

    Linda Z. Holland;Ricard Albalat;Kaoru Azumi;Èlia Benito-Gutiérrez

  • Genomic insights into the immune system of the sea urchin.

    Jonathan P. Rast;L. Courtney Smith;Mariano Loza-Coll;Taku Hibino

  • The origins of vertebrate adaptive immunity

    Gary W. Litman;Jonathan P. Rast;Sebastian D. Fugmann

  • Evolution of antigen binding receptors.

    Gary W. Litman;Michele K. Anderson;Jonathan P. Rast

  • A provisional regulatory gene network for specification of endomesoderm in the sea urchin embryo.

    Eric H. Davidson;Jonathan P. Rast;Paola Oliveri;Andrew Ransick

  • α, β, γ, and δ T Cell Antigen Receptor Genes Arose Early in Vertebrate Phylogeny

    Jonathan P. Rast;Michele K. Anderson;Scott J. Strong;Carl Luer

  • Whole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail.

    Coen M Adema;Ladeana W Hillier;Catherine S Jones;Eric S Loker

  • Phylogenetic diversification of immunoglobulin genes and the antibody repertoire.

    G W Litman;J P Rast;M J Shamblott;R N Haire

  • An ancient evolutionary origin of the Rag1/2 gene locus

    Sebastian D. Fugmann;Cynthia Messier;Laura A. Novack;R. Andrew Cameron

  • Unusual Gene Order and Organization of the Sea Urchin Hox Cluster

    R. Andrew Cameron;Lee Rowen;Ryan Nesbitt;Scott Bloom

  • New early zygotic regulators expressed in endomesoderm of sea urchin embryos discovered by differential array hybridization.

    Andrew Ransick;Jonathan P. Rast;Takuya Minokawa;Cristina Calestani

  • Isolation of pigment cell specific genes in the sea urchin embryo by differential macroarray screening.

    Cristina Calestani;Jonathan P. Rast;Eric H. Davidson

  • The sea urchin immune system

    L C Smith;J P Rast;V Brockton;D P Terwilliger

  • Origins of immunity: transcription factors and homologues of effector genes of the vertebrate immune system expressed in sea urchin coelomocytes.

    Zeev Pancer;Jonathan P. Rast;Eric H. Davidson

  • Expression patterns of four different regulatory genes that function during sea urchin development.

    Takuya Minokawa;Jonathan P. Rast;Cesar Arenas-Mena;Christopher B. Franco

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary W. Litman
Gary W. Litman University of South Florida
Eric H. Davidson
Eric H. Davidson California Institute of Technology
R. Andrew Cameron
R. Andrew Cameron California Institute of Technology
Chris T. Amemiya
Chris T. Amemiya University of California, Merced
Finn Hallböök
Finn Hallböök Uppsala University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Alice C. McHardy
Alice C. McHardy Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Pieter J. de Jong
Pieter J. de Jong UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Richard K. Wilson
Richard K. Wilson Nationwide Children's Hospital

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