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Robert J. Baker is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their research spans the field of Medicine, with significant focus on Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, and Materials Chemistry. The scientist has contributed extensively to studies involving Bat Biology and Ecology, Genetic diversity and population structure, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research, Evolution and Paleontology studies, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia research.

Their recent publications include significant works such as:

  • "Scalable live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate demonstrates preclinical safety and efficacy" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Revision of the pale-bellied Micronycteris Gray, 1866 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) with descriptions of two new species" (2020, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research)
  • "Bortezomib-based therapy is effective and well tolerated in frontline and multiply pre-treated Waldenström macroglobulinaemia including BTKi failures: A real-world analysis" (2022, eJHaem)
  • "Characterization of Three Variants of SARS-CoV-2 In Vivo Shows Host-Dependent Pathogenicity in Hamsters, While Not in K18-hACE2 Mice" (2022, Viruses)
  • "Cytogenetic Investigations in Emballonuroidea. I. Taphozoinae and Emballonurinae Karyotypes Evolve at Different Rates and Share No Derived Chromosomal Characters" (2020, Acta Chiropterologica)

The scientist has frequent collaborations with several co-authors including Ruth Chadwick, Udo Schüklenk, Atsushi Asai, Japan Ashcroft, and Margaret P. Battin, each with a record of eight joint publications.

Publication venues where Robert J. Baker most commonly publishes include:

  • Bioethics
  • Acta Chiropterologica
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Blood
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

The thematic areas addressed in their work reflect a multidisciplinary approach within medical sciences and related biological fields. Their investigation into both viral pathogens and broader ecological and genetic studies shows an integration of clinical and environmental perspectives. This is evident in their work on SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development, as well as in detailed taxonomic and cytogenetic research on bats.

The research output of Robert J. Baker spans topics such as:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research

Best Publications

  • Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference

    Sergio Solari;Robert J. Baker

  • SPECIATION IN MAMMALS AND THE GENETIC SPECIES CONCEPT

    Robert J. Baker;Robert D. Bradley

  • A Test of the Genetic Species Concept: Cytochrome-b Sequences and Mammals

    Robert D. Bradley;Robert J. Baker

  • Distribution of non-telomeric sites of the (TTAGGG)n telomeric sequence in vertebrate chromosomes.

    Julianne Meyne;Robert J. Baker;Holly H. Hobart;T. C. Hsu

  • Use of "Lysis Buffer" in DNA isolation and its implication for museum collections

    Jonathan L Longmire;Mary Maltbie;Robert J Baker

  • Evidence for Biased Gene Conversion in Concerted Evolution of Ribosomal DNA

    David M. Hillis;Craig Moritz;Calvin A. Porter;Robert J. Baker

  • The Ecology and Evolutionary History of an Emergent Disease: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome

    Terry L. Yates;James N. Mills;Cheryl A. Parmenter;Thomas G. Ksiazek

  • Biology of bats of the New World family Phyllostomatidae

    Robert J. Baker;J. Knox Jones;Dilford C. Carter

  • Karyotypic Evolution in Bats: Evidence of Extensive and Conservative Chromosomal Evolution in Closely Related Taxa

    Robert J. Baker;John W. Bickham

  • Diversification among New World leaf-nosed bats : an evolutionary hypothesis and classification inferred from digenomic congruence of DNA sequence /

    Robert J. Baker;Steven R. Hoofer

  • Microbiome analysis among bats describes influences of host phylogeny, life history, physiology and geography.

    Caleb D. Phillips;Georgina Phelan;Georgina Phelan;Scot E. Dowd;Molly M. McDONOUGH

  • Karyotypes and Karyotypic Variation of North American Vespertilionid Bats

    Robert J. Baker;James L. Patton

  • The reactivity of diazabutadienes toward low oxidation state Group 13 iodides and the synthesis of a new gallium(I) carbene analogue

    Robert J. Baker;Robert D. Farley;Cameron Jones;Marc Kloth

  • Effective Sizes and Dynamics of Uniparentally and Diparentally Inherited Genes

    Ronald K. Chesser;Robert J. Baker

  • Natural hybridization generates mammalian lineage with species characteristics

    Peter A. Larsen;María R. Marchán-Rivadeneira;Robert J. Baker

  • Fluorine-fluorine interactions in the solid state: an experimental and theoretical study.

    Robert J. Baker;Paula E. Colavita;Deirdre M. Murphy;James Alexis Platts

  • Comparative phylogeography of short-tailed bats (Carollia: Phyllostomidae).

    F. G. Hoffmann;R. J. Baker

  • Systematics of bats of the family Phyllostomidae based on RAG2 DNA sequences

    Robert J. Baker

  • Genomic Distribution of Heterochromatic Sequences in Equids: Implications to Rapid Chromosomal Evolution

    H. A. Wichman;C. T. Payne;O. A. Ryder;M. J. Hamilton

  • Chromosomal Homology and Evolution of Phyllostomatoid Bats

    John C. Patton;Robert J. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald K. Chesser
Ronald K. Chesser Texas Tech University
Cameron Jones
Cameron Jones Monash University
James Alexis Platts
James Alexis Platts Cardiff University
Brendan Twamley
Brendan Twamley Trinity College Dublin
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche
Ronald A. Van Den Bussche Oklahoma State University
Rodney L. Honeycutt
Rodney L. Honeycutt Pepperdine University
Damien Martin Murphy
Damien Martin Murphy Cardiff University
Michael H. Smith
Michael H. Smith University of Georgia
Kateryna D. Makova
Kateryna D. Makova Pennsylvania State University
Ben F. Koop
Ben F. Koop University of Victoria

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