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Ross F. Waller is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the biological sciences, focusing extensively on molecular biology, parasitology, and the interplay of microbial communities.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; and Medicine. Their primary subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Ecology, Immunology, and Epidemiology.

Research topics frequently addressed by Ross F. Waller include:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Ross F. Waller show a focus on apicomplexan parasites and their cellular components. Selected publications include:

  • A Comprehensive Subcellular Atlas of the Toxoplasma Proteome via hyperLOPIT Provides Spatial Context for Protein Functions, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Evolution, Composition, Assembly, and Function of the Conoid in Apicomplexa, 2020, Trends in Parasitology
  • Cryptosporidium uses multiple distinct secretory organelles to interact with and modify its host cell, 2023, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Molecular characterization of the conoid complex in Toxoplasma reveals its conservation in all apicomplexans, including Plasmodium species, 2021, PLoS Biology
  • Real-time dynamics of Plasmodium NDC80 reveals unusual modes of chromosome segregation during parasite proliferation, 2020, Journal of Cell Science

Ross F. Waller has frequently published in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cell Host & Microbe, Trends in Parasitology, Nature Communications, and Current Biology. They have maintained a strong collaborative network with co-authors including Luděk Kořený, Konstantin Barylyuk, Eelco C. Tromer, Sara Chelaghma, and Huiling Ke.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear-encoded proteins target to the plastid in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum

    Ross F. Waller;Patrick J. Keeling;Robert G. K. Donald;Boris Striepen

  • Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

    Jonathan A. Eisen;Robert S Coyne;Martin Wu;Dongying Wu

  • Tropical infectious diseases: metabolic maps and functions of the Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast.

    Stuart A. Ralph;Giel G. van Dooren;Ross F. Waller;Michael J. Crawford

  • Protein trafficking to the plastid of Plasmodium falciparum is via the secretory pathway

    Ross F. Waller;Michael B. Reed;Alan F. Cowman;Geoffrey I. McFadden

  • Targeted Gene Disruption Shows That Knobs Enable Malaria-Infected Red Cells to Cytoadhere under Physiological Shear Stress

    Brendan S. Crabb;Brian M. Cooke;John C. Reeder;Ross F. Waller

  • The Omp85 family of proteins is essential for outer membrane biogenesis in mitochondria and bacteria

    Ian Edward Gentle;Kipros Gabriel;Peter Beech;Ross F. Waller

  • Major transitions in dinoflagellate evolution unveiled by phylotranscriptomics.

    Jan Janouškovec;Gregory S. Gavelis;Fabien Burki;Donna Dinh

  • The apicoplast: a review of the derived plastid of apicomplexan parasites.

    Ross F Waller;Geoffrey I McFadden

  • Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

    Yong H Woo;Hifzur Ansari;Thomas D Otto;Christen M Klinger

  • A Comprehensive Subcellular Atlas of the Toxoplasma Proteome via hyperLOPIT Provides Spatial Context for Protein Functions

    Konstantin Barylyuk;Ludek Koreny;Huiling Ke;Simon Butterworth

  • A Type II Pathway for Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Presents Drug Targets in Plasmodium falciparum

    Ross F. Waller;Stuart A. Ralph;Michael B. Reed;Vanessa Su

  • Alveolins, a New Family of Cortical Proteins that Define the Protist Infrakingdom Alveolata

    Sven B Gould;Wai-Hong Tham;Alan F Cowman;Geoffrey I McFadden

  • Transit peptide diversity and divergence: A global analysis of plastid targeting signals.

    Nicola J. Patron;Ross F. Waller

  • Targeted mutagenesis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 3 (PfEMP3) disrupts cytoadherence of malaria-infected red blood cells.

    Jacqueline G. Waterkeyn;Mark E. Wickham;Kathleen M. Davern;Brian M. Cooke

  • Complex protein targeting to dinoflagellate plastids.

    Nicola J. Patron;Ross F. Waller;John M. Archibald;Patrick J. Keeling

  • Origin and distribution of epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) gene clusters in filamentous ascomycetes.

    Nicola J Patron;Nicola J Patron;Ross F Waller;Anton J Cozijnsen;David C Straney

  • A tertiary plastid uses genes from two endosymbionts.

    Nicola J. Patron;Ross F. Waller;Patrick J. Keeling

  • RAP1 controls rhoptry targeting of RAP2 in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    Deborah L. Baldi;Katherine T. Andrews;Ross F. Waller;David S. Roos

  • Plastids in parasites of humans

    Geoffrey I. McFadden;Ross F. Waller

  • Author response: Chromerid genomes reveal the evolutionary path from photosynthetic algae to obligate intracellular parasites

    Yong H Woo;Hifzur Ansari;Thomas D Otto;Christen M Klinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia
Geoffrey I. McFadden
Geoffrey I. McFadden University of Melbourne
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
David S. Roos
David S. Roos University of Pennsylvania
Malcolm J. McConville
Malcolm J. McConville University of Melbourne
Rita Tewari
Rita Tewari University of Nottingham
Miroslav Oborník
Miroslav Oborník Sewanee: The University of the South
Daniel E. Neafsey
Daniel E. Neafsey Broad Institute
Thomas D. Otto
Thomas D. Otto University of Glasgow

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