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Margaret Ahmad is affiliated with Xavier University in the United States and has contributed to various fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields such as Plant Science, Physiology, Biophysics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to electromagnetic fields and biological effects, magnetic and electromagnetic effects, and light effects on plants. Additional research interests include biofield effects and biophysics, laser applications in dentistry and medicine, medical and biological ozone research, and plant molecular biology research.

Margaret Ahmad has authored papers published in diverse venues, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Communicative & Integrative Biology
  • Physiologia Plantarum
  • Scientific Reports
  • Bioengineering
  • Nanomaterials

Recent significant papers include:

  • "A Review of the Current State of Magnetic Force Microscopy to Unravel the Magnetic Properties of Nanomaterials Applied in Biological Systems and Future Directions for Quantum Technologies" (2023, Nanomaterials)
  • "Cryptochrome mediated magnetic sensitivity in Arabidopsis occurs independently of light-induced electron transfer to the flavin" (2020, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences)
  • "Effect of temperature on the Arabidopsis cryptochrome photocycle" (2021, Physiologia Plantarum)
  • "Arabidopsis cryptochrome is responsive to Radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "HEK293 cell response to static magnetic fields via the radical pair mechanism may explain therapeutic effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields" (2020, PLoS ONE)

Margaret Ahmad collaborates frequently with several researchers, among whom the most common co-authors are:

  • Marootpong Pooam
  • Blanche Aguida
  • Nathalie Jourdan
  • Soria Baouz
  • Mohamed A. El-Esawi

Best Publications

  • HY4 gene of A. thaliana encodes a protein with characteristics of a blue-light photoreceptor

    Margaret Ahmad;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • The Cryptochromes: Blue Light Photoreceptors in Plants and Animals

    Inês Chaves;Richard Pokorny;Martin Byrdin;Nathalie Hoang

  • Association of Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide with the Arabidopsis Blue Light Receptor CRY1

    Chentao Lin;D. E. Robertson;M. Ahmad;A. A. Raibekas

  • Cryptochrome blue light photoreceptors are activated through interconversion of flavin redox states

    Jean-Pierre Bouly;Erik Schleicher;Maribel Dionisio-Sese;Filip Vandenbussche;Filip Vandenbussche

  • The CRY1 Blue Light Photoreceptor of Arabidopsis Interacts with Phytochrome A In Vitro

    Margaret Ahmad;Jose A. Jarillo;Olga Smirnova;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Magnetically sensitive light-induced reactions in cryptochrome are consistent with its proposed role as a magnetoreceptor

    Kiminori Maeda;Alexander J. Robinson;Kevin B. Henbest;Hannah J. Hogben

  • Light-induced electron transfer in a cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptor.

    Baldissera Giovani;Martin Byrdin;Margaret Ahmad;Margaret Ahmad;Klaus Brettel

  • The Signaling State of Arabidopsis Cryptochrome 2 Contains Flavin Semiquinone

    Roopa Banerjee;Erik Schleicher;Stefan Meier;Rafael Muñoz Viana

  • Mutations throughout an Arabidopsis blue-light photoreceptor impair blue-light-responsive anthocyanin accumulation and inhibition of hypocotyl elongation

    Margaret Ahmad;Chentao Lin;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Arabidopsis cryptochrome 1 is a soluble protein mediating blue light-dependent regulation of plant growth and development

    Chentao Lin;Margaret Ahmad;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Expression of an Arabidopsis cryptochrome gene in transgenic tobacco results in hypersensitivity to blue, UV-A, and green light.

    Chentao Lin;Margaret Ahmad;Donna Gordon;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Cryptochrome mediates light-dependent magnetosensitivity of Drosophila's circadian clock.

    Taishi Yoshii;Margaret Ahmad;Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

  • Magnetic intensity affects cryptochrome-dependent responses in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Margaret Ahmad;Margaret Ahmad;Paul Galland;Thorsten Ritz;Roswitha Wiltschko

  • HY5 is a point of convergence between cryptochrome and cytokinin signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Filip Vandenbussche;Filip Vandenbussche;Yvette Habricot;Amanda S. Condiff;Amanda S. Condiff;Régis Maldiney

  • Action Spectrum for Cryptochrome-Dependent Hypocotyl Growth Inhibition in Arabidopsis

    Margaret Ahmad;Nicholas Grancher;Mary Heil;Robert C. Black

  • The blue-light receptor cryptochrome 1 shows functional dependence on phytochrome A or phytochrome B in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Margaret Ahmad;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Cryptochrome blue-light photoreceptors of Arabidopsis implicated in phototropism

    Margaret Ahmad;Jose A. Jarillo;Olga Smirnova;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Chimeric proteins between cry1 and cry2 Arabidopsis blue light photoreceptors indicate overlapping functions and varying protein stability.

    Margaret Ahmad;Jose A. Jarillo;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Seeing blue: the discovery of cryptochrome.

    Margaret Ahmad;Anthony R. Cashmore

  • Light-induced Electron Transfer in Arabidopsis Cryptochrome-1 Correlates with in Vivo Function

    Anke Zeugner;Martin Byrdin;Jean-Pierre Bouly;Nadia Bakrim

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohamed A. El-Esawi
Mohamed A. El-Esawi Tanta University
Anthony R. Cashmore
Anthony R. Cashmore University of Pennsylvania
Robert Bittl
Robert Bittl Freie Universität Berlin
Chentao Lin
Chentao Lin University of California, Los Angeles
Alfred Batschauer
Alfred Batschauer Philipp University of Marburg
Klaus Brettel
Klaus Brettel University of Paris-Saclay
Jose A. Jarillo
Jose A. Jarillo Technical University of Madrid
Ute Hoecker
Ute Hoecker University of Cologne
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster University of Würzburg

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