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Peter W. Reddien

Peter W. Reddien

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
51
Citations
14600
World Ranking
2477
National Ranking
1222

Overview

Peter W. Reddien is affiliated with MIT in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with an additional focus on Environmental Science.

Their work is particularly concentrated on subfields including Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Plant Science, Aging, and Paleontology. The major topics covered by their research span Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, and Muscle Physiology and Disorders.

Peter W. Reddien has authored several papers in notable journals. Some of the recent publications include:

  • Planarian stem cells specify fate yet retain potency during the cell cycle, 2021, Cell stem cell
  • Muscle and neuronal guidepost-like cells facilitate planarian visual system regeneration, 2020, Science
  • The planarian wound epidermis gene equinox is required for blastema formation in regeneration, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Positional Information and Stem Cells Combine to Result in Planarian Regeneration, 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
  • A transcription factor atlas of stem cell fate in planarians, 2024, Cell Reports

Their frequent co-authors include Omri Wurtzel, M. Lucila Scimone, Kutay Deniz Atabay, Ashley R. Bonneau, and Jennifer Cloutier.

Peter W. Reddien publishes regularly in several venues, including Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Genetics, PLoS Biology, and Cell stem cell.

Best Publications

  • FUNDAMENTALS OF PLANARIAN REGENERATION

    Peter W. Reddien;Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  • Clonogenic neoblasts are pluripotent adult stem cells that underlie planarian regeneration.

    Daniel E. Wagner;Irving E. Wang;Peter W. Reddien

  • SMEDWI-2 Is a PIWI-Like Protein That Regulates Planarian Stem Cells

    Peter W. Reddien;Néstor J. Oviedo;Joya R. Jennings;James C. Jenkin

  • Wnt signaling and the polarity of the primary body axis.

    Christian P. Petersen;Peter W. Reddien;Peter W. Reddien

  • The Cellular Basis for Animal Regeneration

    Elly M. Tanaka;Peter W. Reddien

  • CED-2/CrkII and CED-10/Rac control phagocytosis and cell migration in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    P W Reddien;H R Horvitz

  • Identification of Genes Needed for Regeneration, Stem Cell Function, and Tissue Homeostasis by Systematic Gene Perturbation in Planaria

    Peter W. Reddien;Adam L. Bermange;Kenneth J. Murfitt;Joya R. Jennings

  • Phagocytosis promotes programmed cell death in C. elegans

    Peter W. Reddien;Scott Cameron;Scott Cameron;H. Robert Horvitz

  • Smed-βcatenin-1 Is Required for Anteroposterior Blastema Polarity in Planarian Regeneration

    Christian P. Petersen;Peter W. Reddien

  • Cell type transcriptome atlas for the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea.

    Christopher T. Fincher;Omri Wurtzel;Thom de Hoog;Kellie M. Kravarik

  • Planarian regeneration involves distinct stem cell responses to wounds and tissue absence

    Danielle Wenemoser;Danielle Wenemoser;Peter W. Reddien

  • Single-Cell Analysis Reveals Functionally Distinct Classes within the Planarian Stem Cell Compartment

    Josien C. van Wolfswinkel;Daniel Elger Wagner;Peter Reddien

  • Ingestion of bacterially expressed double-stranded RNA inhibits gene expression in planarians

    Phillip A. Newmark;Peter W. Reddien;Francesc Cebrià;Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  • Tissue absence initiates regeneration through Follistatin-mediated inhibition of Activin signaling

    Michael A Gaviño;Danielle Wenemoser;Irving E Wang;Peter W Reddien

  • The Cellular and Molecular Basis for Planarian Regeneration.

    Peter W. Reddien

  • Three C-elegans Rac proteins and several alternative Rac regulators control axon guidance, cell migration and apoptotic cell phagocytosis

    Erik A. Lundquist;Peter W. Reddien;Erika Hartwieg;H. Robert Horvitz

  • The engulfment process of programmed cell death in caenorhabditis elegans.

    Peter W Reddien;H Robert Horvitz

  • A molecular wound response program associated with regeneration initiation in planarians

    Danielle Wenemoser;Sylvain W. Lapan;Alex W. Wilkinson;George W. Bell

  • A wound-induced Wnt expression program controls planarian regeneration polarity

    Christian P. Petersen;Peter W. Reddien

  • Muscle Cells Provide Instructions for Planarian Regeneration

    Jessica N. Witchley;Mirjam Mayer;Mirjam Mayer;Daniel E. Wagner;Daniel E. Wagner;Jared H. Owen;Jared H. Owen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Craig C. Mello
Craig C. Mello University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Elly M. Tanaka
Elly M. Tanaka Austrian Academy of Sciences
Rahul Satija
Rahul Satija New York University
Vladimir N. Uversky
Vladimir N. Uversky University of South Florida
Thomas R. Clandinin
Thomas R. Clandinin Stanford University
Aviv Regev
Aviv Regev Genentech
Phillip A. Newmark
Phillip A. Newmark University of Wisconsin–Madison

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