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Overview

Leonid L. Moroz is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and earth and planetary sciences. The scientist's work integrates diverse fields, with a notable emphasis on paleontology, molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and plant science.

Moroz's publication record includes contributions to both journals and preprint archives, with frequent appearances in venues such as Methods in Molecular Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Neural Development, and Frontiers in Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of biological and ecological areas, including marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, cephalopods and marine biology, neurobiology and insect physiology research, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, protist diversity and phylogeny, as well as planarian biology and electrostimulation.

Frequent collaborators of Moroz include Daria Y. Romanova, Andrea B. Kohn, М. А. Никитин, Tigran P. Norekian, and Frédérique Varoqueaux.

The following is a selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Leonid L. Moroz:

  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type, 2021, Science
  • Profiling cellular diversity in sponges informs animal cell type and nervous system evolution, 2021, Science
  • Neural versus alternative integrative systems: molecular insights into origins of neurotransmitters, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolution of glutamatergic signaling and synapses, 2021, Neuropharmacology
  • The American lobster genome reveals insights on longevity, neural, and immune adaptations, 2021, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • The ctenophore genome and the evolutionary origins of neural systems

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

  • Deuterostome phylogeny reveals monophyletic chordates and the new phylum Xenoturbellida

    Sarah J. Bourlat;Thorhildur Juliusdottir;Christopher J. Lowe;Robert Freeman

  • Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships

    Kevin M. Kocot;Johanna T. Cannon;Christiane Todt;Mathew R. Citarella

  • Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella

    Hervé Philippe;Henner Brinkmann;Richard R. Copley;Leonid L. Moroz

  • Simple cDNA normalization using kamchatka crab duplex-specific nuclease

    Pavel A. Zhulidov;Ekaterina A. Bogdanova;Alex S. Shcheglov;Laura L. Vagner

  • Error, signal, and the placement of Ctenophora sister to all other animals

    Nathan V. Whelan;Kevin M. Kocot;Leonid L. Moroz;Kenneth M. Halanych

  • Neuronal Transcriptome of Aplysia: Neuronal Compartments and Circuitry

    Leonid L. Moroz;Leonid L. Moroz;John R. Edwards;Sathyanarayanan V. Puthanveettil;Andrea B. Kohn

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

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

  • Ctenophore relationships and their placement as the sister group to all other animals

    Nathan V. Whelan;Nathan V. Whelan;Kevin M. Kocot;Tatiana P. Moroz;Krishanu Mukherjee

  • Phylogenomics of Lophotrochozoa with Consideration of Systematic Error.

    Kevin M. Kocot;Kevin M. Kocot;Torsten H. Struck;Julia Merkel;Damien S. Waits

  • Modulation of ion channels in rod photoreceptors by nitric oxide

    Dmitry E. Kurenny;Leonid L. Moroz;Ray W. Turner;Keith A. Sharkey

  • Interfering with nitric oxide measurements: 4,5-diaminofluorescein reacts with dehydroascorbic acid and ascorbic acid

    Xin Zhang;Won Suk Kim;Nathan Hatcher;Kurt Potgieter

  • On the independent origins of complex brains and neurons

    Leonid L. Moroz

  • Profiling cellular diversity in sponges informs animal cell type and nervous system evolution

    Jacob M. Musser;Klaske J. Schippers;Michael Nickel;Michael Nickel;Giulia Mizzon

  • 3D genomics across the tree of life reveals condensin II as a determinant of architecture type

    Claire Hoencamp;Olga Dudchenko;Olga Dudchenko;Ahmed M.O. Elbatsh;Sumitabha Brahmachari

  • Is nitric oxide (NO) produced by invertebrate neurones

    Rolf Elofsson;Mats Carlberg;Leonid Moroz;Leonid Nezlin

  • Independent origins of neurons and synapses: insights from ctenophores

    Leonid L. Moroz;Andrea B. Kohn

  • Nitric oxide activates buccal motor patterns in Lymnaea stagnalis

    Leonid L. Moroz;Ji-ho Park;William Winlow

  • Excess Salt Removal with Matrix Rinsing: Direct Peptide Profiling of Neurons from Marine Invertebrates Using Matrix‐assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time‐of‐flight Mass Spectrometry

    Rebecca W. Garden;Leonid L. Moroz;Tatiana P. Moroz;Scott A. Shippy

  • Cross-kingdom hormonal signaling : an insight from thyroid hormone functions in marine larvae

    Andreas Heyland;Leonid L Moroz

Frequent Co-Authors

Rhanor Gillette
Rhanor Gillette University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan V. Sweedler
Jonathan V. Sweedler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kenneth M. Halanych
Kenneth M. Halanych University of North Carolina Wilmington
Billie J. Swalla
Billie J. Swalla University of Washington
Weihong Tan
Weihong Tan Hunan University
Dirk Fasshauer
Dirk Fasshauer University of Lausanne
Eric R. Kandel
Eric R. Kandel Columbia University
Robert D. Hawkins
Robert D. Hawkins Columbia University
Ray W. Turner
Ray W. Turner University of Calgary
Patrick Minx
Patrick Minx Washington University in St. Louis

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