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79
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World Ranking
1655
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard B. Meagher is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with a focus on Epidemiology, Microbiology, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Immunology as subfields of study.

Their work encompasses topics including:

  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Meagher's recent publications reflect these research topics. Selected papers include:

  • Structure and Evolution of the Actin Gene Family in Arabidopsis Thaliana (2020), published in Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
  • Developing mRNA lipid nanoparticle vaccine effective for cryptococcosis in a murine model (2025), published in npj Vaccines
  • Anionic lipids direct efficient microfluidic encapsulation of stable and functionally active proteins in lipid nanoparticles (2025), published in Communications Materials
  • Tailoring mRNA lipid nanoparticles for antifungal vaccines (2025), published in PLoS Pathogens

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Meagher include:

  • Yeqi Li
  • Xiaorong Lin
  • Suresh Ambati
  • Matthew K. Whittaker
  • Eileen J. Kennedy

Their studies have appeared mainly in the following publication venues:

  • npj Vaccines
  • Communications Materials
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
  • PLoS Pathogens

Richard B. Meagher was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Mercuric ion reduction and resistance in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants expressing a modified bacterial merA gene

    C L Rugh;H D Wilde;N M Stack;D M Thompson

  • Strong, constitutive expression of the Arabidopsis ACT2/ACT8 actin subclass in vegetative tissues

    Yong Qiang An;John M. McDowell;Shurong Huang;Elizabeth C. McKinney

  • Phytodetoxification of hazardous organomercurials by genetically engineered plants.

    Scott P. Bizily;Clayton L. Rugh;Richard B. Meagher

  • Protein expression in E. coli minicells by recombinant plasmids

    Richard B. Meagher;Robert C. Tait;Mary Betlach;Herbert W. Boyer

  • Repression of Flowering in Arabidopsis Requires Activation of FLOWERING LOCUS C Expression by the Histone Variant H2A.Z

    Roger B. Deal;Christopher N. Topp;Elizabeth C. McKinney;Richard B. Meagher

  • Overexpression of phytochelatin synthase in Arabidopsis leads to enhanced arsenic tolerance and cadmium hypersensitivity.

    Yujing Li;Om Parkash Dhankher;Laura Carreira;David Lee

  • The nucleotide sequence, expression, and evolution of one member of a multigene family encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in soybean.

    Berry-Lowe Sl;Mc Knight Td;Shah Dm;Meagher Rb

  • Sequence-based identification of T-DNA insertion mutations in Arabidopsis: actin mutants act2-1 and act4-1.

    Elizabeth C. McKinney;Nazeem Ali;Alice Traut;Kenneth A. Feldmann

  • Phytoremediation of Mercury- and Methylmercury-Polluted Soils Using Genetically Engineered Plants

    Andrew C. P. Heaton;Clayton L. Rugh;Nian-jie Wang;Richard B. Meagher

  • The Molecular Evolution of Actin

    Robin C. Hightower;Richard B. Meagher

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of a soybean actin gene

    Dilip M. Shah;Robin C. Hightower;Richard B. Meagher

  • Gene structure and molecular analysis of the laccase-like multicopper oxidase (LMCO) gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Bonnie C. McCaig;Bonnie C. McCaig;Richard B. Meagher;Jeffrey F. D. Dean

  • Structure and Evolution of the Actin Gene Family in Arabidopsis thaliana

    John M. McDowell;Shurong Huang;Elizabeth C. McKinney;Yong-Qiang An

  • A gene encoding a novel glycine-rich structural protein of petunia

    Carol M. Condit;Richard B. Meagher

  • The Nuclear Actin-Related Protein ARP6 Is a Pleiotropic Developmental Regulator Required for the Maintenance of FLOWERING LOCUS C Expression and Repression of Flowering in Arabidopsis

    Roger B. Deal;Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy;Elizabeth C. McKinney;Richard B. Meagher

  • Actin-organelle interaction: association with chloroplast in arabidopsis leaf mesophyll cells.

    Muthugapatti K. Kandasamy;Richard B. Meagher

  • The plant MT1 metallothioneins are stabilized by binding cadmiums and are required for cadmium tolerance and accumulation.

    Anne Marie Zimeri;Om Parkash Dhankher;Om Parkash Dhankher;Bonnie McCaig;Richard B. Meagher

  • Histone H2A.Z Regulates the Expression of Several Classes of Phosphate Starvation Response Genes But Not as a Transcriptional Activator

    Aaron P. Smith;Ajay Jain;Roger B. Deal;Vinay K. Nagarajan

  • Genes encoding actin in higher plants: intron positions are highly conserved but the coding sequences are not.

    D M Shah;R C Hightower;R B Meagher

  • Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of soybean 18S rRNA with the sequences of other small-subunit rRNAs

    Virginia K. Eckenrode;Jonathan Arnold;Richard B. Meagher

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. McDowell
John M. McDowell Virginia Tech
Dilip M. Shah
Dilip M. Shah Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Robert J. Schmitz
Robert J. Schmitz University of Georgia
Anne O. Summers
Anne O. Summers University of Georgia
Xiaorong Lin
Xiaorong Lin University of Georgia
Kashchandra G. Raghothama
Kashchandra G. Raghothama Purdue University West Lafayette
Barry P. Rosen
Barry P. Rosen Florida International University
Christopher J. Staiger
Christopher J. Staiger Purdue University West Lafayette
Erwin Heberle-Bors
Erwin Heberle-Bors University of Vienna

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