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42
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5625
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5

Overview

Juan A. Sánchez is affiliated with Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology and Oceanography. Their research spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main research topics center on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, and Marine and Fisheries Research. Additional topics include Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, and Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics.

Frequent coauthors working alongside Sánchez include Luisa F. Dueñas, Fanny L. González-Zapata, Alberto Acosta, Matías Gómez-Corrales, and Kelly R. W. Latijnhouwers.

Several journals have repeatedly published Sánchez's work, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Ecology, Diversity, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Scientific Reports.

Recent publications showcase an interest in marine biodiversity and genetic research. These include:

  • "Deep connections: Divergence histories with gene flow in mesophotic Agaricia corals" (2022, Molecular Ecology)
  • "Mesophotic Gorgonian Corals Evolved Multiple Times and Faster Than Deep and Shallow Lineages" (2021, Diversity)
  • "Global phylogenomic assessment of Leptoseris and Agaricia reveals substantial undescribed diversity at mesophotic depths" (2023, BMC Biology)
  • "Octocoral Distribution Patterns at the Equatorial Front (Tropical Eastern Pacific): Muricea and Leptogorgia" (2022, Oceans)
  • "Modeling multifunctionality of genes with secondary gene co-expression networks in human brain provides novel disease insights" (2021, Bioinformatics)

Best Publications

  • Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005.

    C. Mark Eakin;Jessica A. Morgan;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Tyler B. Smith

  • A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial protein-coding sequences.

    Catherine S. McFadden;Juan A. Sánchez;Phil Alderslade

  • Molecular phylogenetic insights into the evolution of Octocorallia: a review.

    Catherine S. McFadden;Juan A. Sánchez

  • Molecular phylogenetic analyses of shallow-water Caribbean octocorals

    J. A. Sánchez;J. A. Sánchez;C. S. McFadden;H. R. Lasker

  • Connectivity of Caribbean coral populations: complementary insights from empirical and modelled gene flow

    Nicola L. Foster;Nicola L. Foster;Claire B. Paris;Johnathan T. Kool;Johnathan T. Kool;Iliana B. Baums

  • Designing Effective Marine Protected Areas in Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, Colombia, Based on Biological and Sociological Information

    A. Friedlander;J. Sladek Nowlis;J. Sladek Nowlis;J. A. Sanchez;J. A. Sanchez;R. Appeldoorn

  • Community involvement in management for maintaining coral reef resilience and biodiversity in southern Caribbean marine protected areas

    Carolina Camargo;Jorge H. Maldonado;Elvira Alvarado;Rocío Moreno-Sánchez

  • Bielschowskysin, a Gorgonian-Derived Biologically Active Diterpene with an Unprecedented Carbon Skeleton

    Jeffrey Marrero;Abimael D. Rodriguez;Peter Baran;Raphael G. Raptis

  • Photographic Identification Guide to Some Common Marine Invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panamá

    Rachel Collin;Maria Cristina Diaz;Jon L. Norenburg;R. M. Rocha

  • Universal target-enrichment baits for anthozoan (Cnidaria) phylogenomics: New approaches to long-standing problems.

    Andrea M. Quattrini;Brant C. Faircloth;Luisa F. Dueñas;Tom C. L. Bridge;Tom C. L. Bridge

  • Development of gene expression markers of acute heat-light stress in reef-building corals of the genus Porites.

    Carly D. Kenkel;Galina Aglyamova;Ada Alamaru;Ranjeet Bhagooli

  • Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals.

    Alejandro Grajales;Catalina Aguilar;Juan A Sánchez

  • Atlas de los arrecifes coralinos del Caribe colombiano : I. Complejos arrecifales oceánicos

    Juan Manuel Díaz M.;Guillermo Díaz-Pulido;Jaime Garzón-Ferreira;Jörn Geister

  • Phylogenetic analyses among octocorals (Cnidaria): mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences (lsu-rRNA, 16S and ssu-rRNA, 18S) support two convergent clades of branching gorgonians.

    Juan Armando Sánchez;Howard R. Lasker;Derek J. Taylor

  • Phenotypic plasticity and morphological integration in a marine modular invertebrate.

    Juan A Sánchez;Catalina Aguilar;Daniel Dorado;Nelson Manrique

  • Macroalgal-associated dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Symbiodinium in Caribbean reefs.

    Isabel Porto;Camila Granados;Juan C. Restrepo;Juan A. Sánchez

  • Patterns of morphological integration in marine modular organisms: supra-module organization in branching octocoral colonies.

    Juan Armando Sánchez;Howard R. Lasker

  • Determinate Growth and Modularity in a Gorgonian Octocoral

    Howard R. Lasker;Michael L. Boller;John Castanaro;Juan Armando Sánchez

  • Molecular systematics of the bubblegum coral genera (Paragorgiidae, Octocorallia) and description of a new deep-sea species.

    Santiago Herrera;Amy Baco;Juan A. Sánchez

  • Age and growth of two genera of deep-sea bamboo corals (family isididae) in New Zealand waters

    Dianne M. Tracey;Helen Neil;Peter Marriott;Allen H. Andrews

  • Phylogenetic history demonstrates two different lineages of dengue type 1 virus in Colombia

    Jairo A Mendez;Jose A Usme-Ciro;Cristina Domingo;Cristina Domingo;Gloria J Rey

  • A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic Zooxanthellate Octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria)

    Juan Armando Sanchez;Herman H. Wirshing

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard R. Lasker
Howard R. Lasker University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido Griffith University
Catherine S. McFadden
Catherine S. McFadden Harvey Mudd College
Thomas Wilke
Thomas Wilke University of Giessen
Mark J. A. Vermeij
Mark J. A. Vermeij University of Amsterdam
Stephen D. Cairns
Stephen D. Cairns National Museum of Natural History
Tom C. L. Bridge
Tom C. L. Bridge Queensland Museum
Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
Andrew J. Crawford
Andrew J. Crawford Universidad de Los Andes
Caroline Palmer
Caroline Palmer McGill University

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