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Phillip A. Newmark publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Phillip A. Newmark sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 98 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Phillip A. Newmark D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Phillip A. Newmark sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Phillip A. Newmark is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the life and environmental sciences, focusing particularly on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science.

The major subfields of their work include molecular biology, global and planetary change, parasitology, ecology, and paleontology. Their research often centers on topics such as planarian biology and electrostimulation, marine ecology and invasive species, parasites and host interactions, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, and genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms.

Recent publications by Phillip A. Newmark include:

  • "Single-cell atlas of the first intra-mammalian developmental stage of the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Cell-type diversity and regionalized gene expression in the planarian intestine," 2020, eLife
  • "The esophageal gland mediates host immune evasion by the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "A Krüppel-like factor is required for development and regeneration of germline and yolk cells from somatic stem cells in planarians," 2022, PLoS Biology
  • "Somatic regulation of female germ cell regeneration and development in planarians," 2022, Cell Reports

The frequent co-authors with whom Phillip A. Newmark has collaborated include Umair Khan, Melanie Issigonis, Jayhun Lee, Tracy Chong, and Tania Rozario.

Their work has been published in multiple venues, with notable frequency in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, Nature Communications, and eLife.

Phillip A. Newmark's research integrates molecular techniques and organismal studies to elucidate complex biological processes, particularly regarding parasitology, stem cell biology, and regeneration within planarians and parasitic species.

They were recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Double-stranded RNA specifically disrupts gene expression during planarian regeneration.

    Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado;Phillip A. Newmark

  • Not your father's planarian: a classic model enters the era of functional genomics

    Phillip A. Newmark;Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  • Bromodeoxyuridine specifically labels the regenerative stem cells of planarians

    Phillip A. Newmark;Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

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

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

  • The Schmidtea mediterranea database as a molecular resource for studying platyhelminthes, stem cells and regeneration

    Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado;Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado;Phillip A. Newmark;Phillip A. Newmark;Sofia M. C. Robb;Sofia M. C. Robb;Réjeanne Juste

  • In situ hybridization protocol for enhanced detection of gene expression in the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Ryan S King;Phillip A Newmark

  • Genome-wide analyses reveal a role for peptide hormones in planarian germline development.

    James J. Collins;Xiaowen Hou;Elena V. Romanova;Bramwell G. Lambrus

  • Adult somatic stem cells in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

    James J. Collins;Bo Wang;Bramwell G. Lambrus;Marla E. Tharp

  • A bruno-like Gene Is Required for Stem Cell Maintenance in Planarians

    Tingxia Guo;Antoine H.F.M. Peters;Phillip A. Newmark

  • RNA interference by feeding in vitro–synthesized double‐stranded RNA to planarians: Methodology and dynamics

    Labib Rouhana;Jennifer A. Weiss;David J. Forsthoefel;Hayoung Lee

  • Allometric scaling and proportion regulation in the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea

    Néstor J. Oviedo;Néstor J. Oviedo;Phillip A. Newmark;Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado

  • The mago nashi locus encodes an essential product required for germ plasm assembly in Drosophila

    Phillip A. Newmark;Robert E. Boswell

  • nanos function is essential for development and regeneration of planarian germ cells

    Yuying Wang;Ricardo M. Zayas;Tingxia Guo;Phillip A. Newmark

  • The planarian Schmidtea mediterranea as a model for epigenetic germ cell specification: Analysis of ESTs from the hermaphroditic strain

    Ricardo M. Zayas;Alvaro Hernández;Bianca Habermann;Yuying Wang

  • The cell biology of regeneration

    Ryan S. King;Phillip A. Newmark

  • Stem cell-based growth, regeneration, and remodeling of the planarian intestine.

    David J. Forsthoefel;Amanda E. Park;Phillip A. Newmark

  • Restoration of anterior regeneration in a planarian with limited regenerative ability

    James M. Sikes;Phillip A. Newmark

  • An atlas for Schistosoma mansoni organs and life-cycle stages using cell type-specific markers and confocal microscopy.

    James J. Collins;Ryan S. King;Alexis Cogswell;David L. Williams

  • Regeneration and maintenance of the planarian midline is regulated by a slit orthologue.

    Francesc Cebrià;Tingxia Guo;Jessica Jopek;Phillip A. Newmark

  • A planarian nidovirus expands the limits of RNA genome size.

    Amir Saberi;Anastasia A. Gulyaeva;John L. Brubacher;Phillip A. Newmark

Frequent Co-Authors

Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Jonathan V. Sweedler
Jonathan V. Sweedler University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alexander E. Gorbalenya
Alexander E. Gorbalenya Leiden University
Bianca Habermann
Bianca Habermann Aix-Marseille University
Kiyokazu Agata
Kiyokazu Agata National Institute for Basic Biology
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow
Stephanie E. Mohr
Stephanie E. Mohr Harvard University
Antoine H.F.M. Peters
Antoine H.F.M. Peters Friedrich Miescher Institute

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