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4138
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2029

Overview

Mark J. Young is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research contributions span several subfields including Surgery, Oral Surgery, Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's publications reflect a focus on topics such as:

  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Dental Radiography and Imaging
  • Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Mark J. Young has contributed research articles to a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • MorphoSource Media (15 publications)
  • Cureus (3 publications)
  • Journal of Virology (2 publications)
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology (2 publications)
  • JAMA Cardiology (1 publication)

Recent research papers authored by or connected to Mark J. Young include:

  • "Self-expanding Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients," 2022, JAMA Cardiology
  • "Gut bacteriophage dynamics during fecal microbial transplantation in subjects with metabolic syndrome," 2021, Gut Microbes
  • "Effect of Inactivation Methods on SARS-CoV-2 Virion Protein and Structure," 2021, Viruses
  • "Catheter to vein ratio and risk of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)-associated thrombosis according to diagnostic group: a retrospective cohort study," 2021, BMJ Open
  • "Bacterial Viruses Subcommittee and Archaeal Viruses Subcommittee of the ICTV: update of taxonomy changes in 2021," 2021, Archives of Virology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Brian Bothner
  • Eric S. Boyd
  • Ross Hartman
  • C. Martin Lawrence
  • Usama Abu-Heija

Best Publications

  • Host–guest encapsulation of materials by assembled virus protein cages

    Trevor Douglas;Mark Young

  • Inorganic–Organic Nanotube Composites from Template Mineralization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus

    Wayne Shenton;Trevor Douglas;Mark Young;Gerald Stubbs

  • Viruses: Making Friends with Old Foes

    Trevor Douglas;Mark Young

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Biological Containers: Protein Cages as Multifunctional Nanoplatforms

    Masaki Uchida;Michael T. Klem;Mark Allen;Peter Suci

  • Healthy human gut phageome

    Pilar Manrique;Benjamin Bolduc;Seth T. Walk;John van der Oost

  • Targeting of cancer cells with ferrimagnetic ferritin cage nanoparticles.

    Masaki Uchida;Michelle L Flenniken;Mark Allen;Deborah A Willits

  • Protein Engineering of a Viral Cage for Constrained Nanomaterials Synthesis

    Trevor Douglas;Erica Strable;Deborah Willits;Abdelaziz Aitouchen

  • Mechanism of capsid assembly for an icosahedral plant virus.

    Adam Zlotnick;Ryan Aldrich;Jennifer M. Johnson;Pablo Ceres

  • Structural and functional characterization of an archaeal clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated complex for antiviral defense (CASCADE).

    Nathanael G. Lintner;Melina Kerou;Susan K. Brumfield;Shirley Graham

  • Plant viruses as biotemplates for materials and their use in nanotechnology.

    Mark Young;Debbie Willits;Masaki Uchida;Trevor Douglas

  • The structure of a thermophilic archaeal virus shows a double-stranded DNA viral capsid type that spans all domains of life.

    George Rice;Liang Tang;Kenneth Stedman;Francisco Roberto

  • The Human Gut Phage Community and Its Implications for Health and Disease.

    Pilar Manrique;Michael Dills;Mark J. Young

  • Paramagnetic viral nanoparticles as potential high-relaxivity magnetic resonance contrast agents.

    Mark Allen;Jeff W. M. Bulte;Lars Liepold;Gautam Basu

  • VIRUS PARTICLES AS TEMPLATES FOR MATERIALS SYNTHESIS

    Trevor Douglas;Mark Young

  • Protein Cage Constrained Synthesis of Ferrimagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

    Mark Allen;Debbie Willits;Jesse Mosolf;Mark Young

  • In vitro assembly of cowpea chlorotic mottle virus from coat protein expressed in Escherichia coli and in vitro-transcribed viral cDNA.

    Xiaoxia Zhao;James M. Fox;Norman H. Olson;Timothy S. Baker

  • Assembly of viral metagenomes from yellowstone hot springs.

    Thomas Schoenfeld;Melodee Patterson;Paul M. Richardson;K. Eric Wommack

  • Metagenomes from high-temperature chemotrophic systems reveal geochemical controls on microbial community structure and function

    William P. Inskeep;Douglas B. Rusch;Zackary J. Jay;Markus J. Herrgard

  • Structure of an archaeal virus capsid protein reveals a common ancestry to eukaryotic and bacterial viruses.

    Reza Khayat;Liang Tang;Eric T. Larson;C. Martin Lawrence

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor Douglas
Trevor Douglas Indiana University
Blake Wiedenheft
Blake Wiedenheft Montana State University
John E. Johnson
John E. Johnson Scripps Research Institute
Brian Bothner
Brian Bothner Montana State University
Mark A. Jutila
Mark A. Jutila Montana State University
John W. Peters
John W. Peters Washington State University
Allen G. Harmsen
Allen G. Harmsen Montana State University
Adam Zlotnick
Adam Zlotnick Indiana University
Philip S. Tsao
Philip S. Tsao Stanford University
Stan J. J. Brouns
Stan J. J. Brouns Delft University of Technology

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