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  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth Stuart is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research focus spanning Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. The scientist's work extensively covers subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their research topics are concentrated on:

  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Some of the notable recent publications include:

  • "Pan-vaccine analysis reveals innate immune endotypes predictive of antibody responses to vaccination" (2022) published in Nature Immunology
  • "Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes" (2020) published in Trends in Parasitology
  • "Evidence for the heterologous benefits of prior BCG vaccination on COVISHIELD™ vaccine-induced immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 seronegative young Indian adults" (2022) published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "The phosphoinositide regulatory network in Trypanosoma brucei: Implications for cell-wide regulation in eukaryotes" (2020) published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • "Distinct immune responses associated with vaccination status and protection outcomes after malaria challenge" (2023) published in PLoS Pathogens

Frequent co-authors in Kenneth Stuart's publications include Suzanne M. McDermott, Jason Carnes, M. Juliana McElrath, Fergal J. Duffy, and Maxwell L. Neal.

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in venues like bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Pathogens, Nucleic Acids Research, RNA, and Nature Immunology.

Kenneth Stuart received the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi, etiologic agent of Chagas disease

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Daniella C. Bartholomeu;Daniel Nilsson

  • The genome of the kinetoplastid parasite, Leishmania major.

    Alasdair C. Ivens;Christopher S. Peacock;Elizabeth A. Worthey;Lee Murphy

  • Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa.

    Najib M. El-Sayed;Peter J. Myler;Peter J. Myler;Gaëlle Blandin;Matthew Berriman

  • Kinetoplastids: related protozoan pathogens, different diseases

    Ken Stuart;Reto Brun;Simon Croft;Alan Fairlamb

  • Complex management: RNA editing in trypanosomes

    Kenneth D. Stuart;Achim Schnaufer;Nancy Lewis Ernst;Aswini K. Panigrahi

  • Extensive editing of the cytochrome c oxidase III transcript in Trypanosoma brucei

    Jean E. Feagin;John M. Abraham;Kenneth Stuart;Kenneth Stuart

  • Transcription of Leishmania major Friedlin chromosome 1 initiates in both directions within a single region.

    Santiago Martı́nez-Calvillo;Santiago Martı́nez-Calvillo;Shaofeng Yan;Shaofeng Yan;Dan Nguyen;Mark Fox

  • LEISHMANIA MAJOR FRIEDLIN CHROMOSOME 1 HAS AN UNUSUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PROTEIN-CODING GENES

    Peter J. Myler;Lindsey Audleman;Theo deVos;Greg Hixson

  • An RNA ligase essential for RNA editing and survival of the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei.

    Achim Schnaufer;Achim Schnaufer;Aswini K. Panigrahi;Aswini K. Panigrahi;Brian Panicucci;Robert P. Igo;Robert P. Igo

  • Direct Visualization of Uridylate Deletion In Vitro Suggests a Mechanism for Kinetoplastid RNA Editing

    Scott D Seiwert;Stefan Heidmann;Kenneth Stuart;Kenneth Stuart

  • RNA editing : A mechanism for gRNA-specified uridylate insertion into precursor mRNA

    Moffett L. Kable;Scott D. Seiwert;Stefan Heidmann;Kenneth Stuart

  • Editing of kinetoplastid mitochondrial mRNAs by uridine addition and deletion generates conserved amino acid sequences and AUG initiation codons

    Janet M. Shaw;Jean E. Feagin;Kenneth Stuart;Larry Simpson;Larry Simpson

  • Developmentally regulated addition of nucleotides within apocytochrome b transcripts in Trypanosoma brucei

    Jean E. Feagin;Douglas P. Jasmer;Kenneth Stuart;Kenneth Stuart

  • RNA editing : transfer of genetic information from gRNA to precursor mRNA in vitro

    Scott D. Seiwert;Kenneth Stuart;Kenneth Stuart

  • An extensively edited mitochondrial transcript in kinetoplastids encodes a protein homologous to ATPase subunit 6

    G.Jayarama Bhat;Donna J. Koslowsky;Jean E. Feagin;Bob L. Smiley

  • The F1‐ATP synthase complex in bloodstream stage trypanosomes has an unusual and essential function

    Achim Schnaufer;G Desmond Clark-Walker;Alodie G Steinberg;Ken Stuart;Ken Stuart

  • RNA editing in kinetoplastid protozoa.

    K Stuart;T E Allen;S Heidmann;S D Seiwert

  • Natural and induced dyskinetoplastic trypanosomatids: how to live without mitochondrial DNA.

    Achim Schnaufer;Gonzalo J Domingo;Gonzalo J Domingo;Ken Stuart;Ken Stuart

  • Protein complex directs hemoglobin-to-hemozoin formation in Plasmodium falciparum

    Monika Chugh;Vidhya Sundararaman;Saravanan Kumar;Vanga S. Reddy

  • The MURF3 gene of T. brucei contains multiple domains of extensive editing and is homologous to a subunit of NADH dehydrogenase.

    Donna J. Koslowsky;G.Jayarama Bhat;Andrea L. Perrollaz;Jean E. Feagin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Myler
Peter J. Myler Seattle Children's Hospital
Marilyn Parsons
Marilyn Parsons University of Washington
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Stephen M. Beverley
Stephen M. Beverley Washington University in St. Louis
Nina Agabian
Nina Agabian University of California, San Francisco
Wim G. J. Hol
Wim G. J. Hol University of Washington
Douglas P. Jasmer
Douglas P. Jasmer Washington State University
Najib M. El-Sayed
Najib M. El-Sayed University of Maryland, College Park
Elodie Ghedin
Elodie Ghedin National Institutes of Health
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow

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