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Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

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Biology and Biochemistry
Saudi Arabia
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
19086
World Ranking
9021
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid is affiliated with King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, specializing in research that spans several areas within environmental science and biological studies. Their scholarly work includes significant contributions across multiple interdisciplinary fields, focusing extensively on molecular biology, ecology, and plant science.

Their primary fields of study include Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, their subfields are more specialized and include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects, reflecting a breadth of expertise:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid has contributed to several notable publications over recent years. Some of the recent papers include:

  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes, 2021, Nature
  • Genomes of the Venus Flytrap and Close Relatives Unveil the Roots of Plant Carnivory, 2020, Current Biology
  • Channelrhodopsin-mediated optogenetics highlights a central role of depolarization-dependent plant proton pumps, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biodiversity of freshwater ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) in the Lake Weishan Wetland, China: the state of the art, 2022, Marine Life Science & Technology
  • Optogenetic control of the guard cell membrane potential and stomatal movement by the light-gated anion channel Gt ACR1, 2021, Science Advances

The venues where Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid frequently publishes reflect their focus on protist diversity, molecular biology, and environmental sciences. These include:

  • Marine Life Science & Technology
  • European Journal of Protistology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Current Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their collaborative network features several frequent co-authors involved in related research endeavors:

  • Rainer Hedrich
  • Sönke Scherzer
  • Anda Iosip
  • Shouguang Huang
  • Honggang Ma

Best Publications

  • Activity of guard cell anion channel SLAC1 is controlled by drought-stress signaling kinase-phosphatase pair.

    Dietmar Geiger;Sönke Scherzer;Patrick Mumm;Annette Stange

  • Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

  • Guard cell anion channel SLAC1 is regulated by CDPK protein kinases with distinct Ca2+ affinities

    D. Geiger;S. Scherzer;P. Mumm;I. Marten

  • The stomatal response to reduced relative humidity requires guard cell-autonomous ABA synthesis.

    Hubert Bauer;Peter Ache;Silke Lautner;Joerg Fromm

  • Perception of the Arabidopsis Danger Signal Peptide 1 Involves the Pattern Recognition Receptor AtPEPR1 and Its Close Homologue AtPEPR2

    Elzbieta Krol;Tobias Mentzel;Delphine Chinchilla;Thomas Boller

  • Stomatal Closure by Fast Abscisic Acid Signaling Is Mediated by the Guard Cell Anion Channel SLAH3 and the Receptor RCAR1

    Dietmar Geiger;Tobias Maierhofer;Khaled A. S. AL-Rasheid;Sönke Scherzer

  • AtALMT12 represents an R-type anion channel required for stomatal movement in Arabidopsis guard cells.

    Stefan Meyer;Patrick Mumm;Dennis Imes;Anne Endler

  • Arabidopsis V-ATPase activity at the tonoplast is required for efficient nutrient storage but not for sodium accumulation

    Melanie Krebs;Diana Beyhl;Esther Görlich;Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.

    Pablo Librado;Naveed Khan;Naveed Khan;Antoine Fages;Mariya A. Kusliy

  • Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication

    Mikkel Schubert;Hakon Jonsson;Dan Chang;Clio Der Sarkissian

  • Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series

    Antoine Fages;Antoine Fages;Kristian Hanghøj;Kristian Hanghøj;Naveed Khan;Naveed Khan;Charleen Gaunitz

  • Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski’s horses

    Charleen Gaunitz;Antoine Fages;Antoine Fages;Kristian Hanghøj;Kristian Hanghøj;Anders Albrechtsen

  • Improving ancient DNA read mapping against modern reference genomes

    Mikkel Schubert;Aurélien Ginolhac;Stinus Lindgreen;John F. Thompson

  • Speciation with Gene Flow in Equids Despite Extensive Chromosomal Plasticity

    Hákon Jónsson;Mikkel Schubert;Andaine Seguin-Orlando;Aurélien Ginolhac

  • Ancient genomic changes associated with domestication of the horse

    Pablo Librado;Cristina Gamba;Charleen Gaunitz;Clio Der Sarkissian

  • AUX1-mediated root hair auxin influx governs SCFTIR1/AFB-type Ca2+ signaling.

    Julian Dindas;Sönke Scherzer;M. Rob G. Roelfsema;Katharina von Meyer

  • Site- and kinase-specific phosphorylation-mediated activation of SLAC1, a guard cell anion channel stimulated by abscisic acid.

    Tobias Maierhofer;Marion Diekmann;Jan Niklas Offenborn;Christof Lind

  • Open stomata 1 (OST1) kinase controls R-type anion channel QUAC1 in Arabidopsis guard cells.

    Dennis Imes;Patrick Mumm;Jennifer Böhm;Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

  • The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey-Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake.

    Jennifer Böhm;Sönke Scherzer;Elzbieta Krol;Ines Kreuzer

  • Tracking the origins of Yakutian horses and the genetic basis for their fast adaptation to subarctic environments

    Pablo Librado;Clio Der Sarkissian;Luca Ermini;Mikkel Schubert

Frequent Co-Authors

Weibo Song
Weibo Song Ocean University of China
Alan Warren
Alan Warren Natural History Museum
Heinz Mehlhorn
Heinz Mehlhorn Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar
Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar Cairo University
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Henglong Xu
Henglong Xu Ocean University of China
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Dietmar Geiger
Dietmar Geiger University of Würzburg
Peter Ache
Peter Ache University of Würzburg

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