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Overview

Richard Edwards is affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broad areas, their work is centered on subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Ecology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The topics of Richard Edwards' research encompass several specialized areas: genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic diversity and population structure, chromosomal and genetic variations, yeasts and rust fungi studies, plant virus research studies, identification and quantification in food, and plant and fungal interactions research.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Lee A. Rollins, Peri A. Tobias, Jason G. Bragg, Robert Park, and Stephanie H. Chen.

Richard Edwards has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Canfam_GSD: De novo chromosome-length genome assembly of the German Shepherd Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) using a combination of long reads, optical mapping, and Hi-C (2020, GigaScience)
  • Do Epigenetic Changes Drive Corticosterone Responses to Alarm Cues in Larvae of an Invasive Amphibian? (2020, Integrative and Comparative Biology)
  • Chromosome-length genome assembly and structural variations of the primal Basenji dog (Canis lupus familiaris) genome (2021, BMC Genomics)
  • The Australian dingo is an early offshoot of modern breed dogs (2022, Science Advances)
  • A phased chromosome-level genome and full mitochondrial sequence for the dikaryotic myrtle rust pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii (2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

The most frequent venues for their publications include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), GigaScience, Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd, and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Best Publications

  • The problem of tobacco smoking

    Richard Edwards

  • The impact of tobacco promotion at the point of sale: a systematic review.

    Janine Paynter;Richard Edwards

  • Hypertension prevalence and care in an urban and rural area of Tanzania.

    Richard Edwards;Nigel Unwin;Ferdinand Mugusi;David Whiting

  • Rural and urban differences in diabetes prevalence in Tanzania: the role of obesity, physical inactivity and urban living.

    Terence J. Aspray;Ferdinand Mugusi;Seif Rashid;David Whiting

  • Noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: where do they feature in the health research agenda?

    Nigel Unwin;Philip Setel;Seif Rashid;Ferdinand Mugusi

  • Cigarette smoking and thyroid eye disease: a systematic review.

    Thornton Ja;Kelly Sp;Harrison Ra;R Edwards

  • Anthropometry measures and prevalence of obesity in the urban adult population of Cameroon: an update from the Cameroon Burden of Diabetes Baseline Survey

    Raoul M Kamadjeu;Richard Edwards;Joseph S Atanga;Emmanuel C Kiawi

  • SIP1 protein protects cells from DNA damage-induced apoptosis and has independent prognostic value in bladder cancer.

    A. Emre Sayan;Thomas R. Griffiths;Raj Pal;Gareth J. Browne

  • After the smoke has cleared: evaluation of the impact of a new national smoke-free law in New Zealand

    R Edwards;G Thomson;N Wilson;A Waa

  • Effect of smoking cessation on cervical lesion size

    A Szarewski;P Sasieni;R Edwards;J Cuzick

  • Risk factors for cryptorchidism.

    Jason K. Gurney;Katherine A. McGlynn;James Stanley;Tony Merriman

  • Evaluation of the removal of point-of-sale tobacco displays in Ireland

    Ann McNeill;sarah a lewis;casey quinn;Maurice Mulcahy

  • At the frontier of tobacco control: A brief review of public attitudes toward smoke-free outdoor places

    George Thomson;Nick Wilson;Richard Edwards

  • Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior relating to diabetes and its main risk factors among urban residents in Cameroon: a qualitative survey.

    Emmanuel Kiawi;Richard Edwards;Joseph Shu;Nigel Unwin

  • Review of the Impact of Housing Quality on Inequalities in Health and Well-Being.

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  • Use of a journal club and letter-writing exercise to teach critical appraisal to medical undergraduates.

    Richard Edwards;Martin White;Jackie Gray;Colin Fischbacher

  • How do tobacco retail displays affect cessation attempts? Findings from a qualitative study

    J Hoek;H Gifford;G Pirikahu;G Thomson

  • Working with Toronto neighbourhoods toward developing indicators of community capacity.

    Suzanne F. Jackson;Shelley Cleverly;Blake Poland;David Burman

  • SLiMPrints: conservation-based discovery of functional motif fingerprints in intrinsically disordered protein regions

    Norman E. Davey;Joanne L. Cowan;Denis C. Shields;Toby J. Gibson

  • Tobacco Branding, Plain Packaging, Pictorial Warnings, and Symbolic Consumption

    Janet Hoek;Philip Gendall;Heather Gifford;Gill Pirikahu

  • Health co-benefits of climate change mitigation policies in the transport sector

    Caroline Shaw;Simon Hales;Philippa Howden-Chapman;Richard Edwards

  • Will changes in primary care improve health outcomes? Modelling the impact of financial incentives introduced to improve quality of care in the UK

    P McElduff;G Lyratzopoulos;R Edwards;R F Heller

  • Tackling the emerging pandemic of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: The essential NCD health intervention project

    N. Unwin;F. Mugusi;T. Aspray;D. Whiting

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Wilson
Nick Wilson University of Otago
Janet Hoek
Janet Hoek University of Otago
Tony Blakely
Tony Blakely University of Melbourne
Denis C. Shields
Denis C. Shields University College Dublin
Norman E. Davey
Norman E. Davey Institute of Cancer Research
Simon Hales
Simon Hales University of Otago
Alistair Woodward
Alistair Woodward University of Auckland
Marc R. Wilkins
Marc R. Wilkins University of New South Wales
Philippa Howden-Chapman
Philippa Howden-Chapman University of Otago
Jia Zhou
Jia Zhou The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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