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5660
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Sarah E. Reece is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on malaria and related parasitic diseases, with significant work intersecting with circadian rhythms and neurobiology.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Periodic Parasites and Daily Host Rhythms (2020, Cell Host & Microbe)
  • Malaria parasites regulate intra-erythrocytic development duration via serpentine receptor 10 to coordinate with host rhythms (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Automated detection and staging of malaria parasites from cytological smears using convolutional neural networks (2021, Biological Imaging)
  • The private life of malaria parasites: Strategies for sexual reproduction (2021, Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology)
  • Host circadian clocks do not set the schedule for the within-host replication of malaria parasites (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sarah E. Reece include:

  • Aidan J. O'Donnell
  • Petra Schneider
  • Kimberley F. Prior
  • Alíz Owolabi
  • Jacob Holland

Publishing consistently, their work appears in venues that include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Trends in Parasitology
  • Frontiers in Malaria
  • Malaria Journal
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Their main fields of study encompass Medicine and Neuroscience, with subfields delving into:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Immunology
  • Insect Science

Core topics addressed in their research include:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Sarah E. Reece was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Sex ratio adjustment and kin discrimination in malaria parasites

    Sarah E. Reece;Damien R. Drew;Damien R. Drew;Andy Gardner

  • Evolution of apoptosis-like programmed cell death in unicellular protozoan parasites

    Szymon Kaczanowski;Mohammed Sajid;Sarah E Reece

  • Thermal conditions in nests of loggerhead turtles: further evidence suggesting female skewed sex ratios of hatchling production in the Mediterranean

    B.J. Godley;A.C. Broderick;J.R. Downie;F. Glen

  • Plastic parasites: sophisticated strategies for survival and reproduction?

    Sarah E. Reece;Ricardo S. Ramiro;Daniel H. Nussey

  • Incubation periods and sex ratios of green turtles: highly female biased hatchling production in the eastern Mediterranean

    A. C. Broderick;B. J. Godley;S. Reece;J. R. Downie

  • Fitness costs of disrupting circadian rhythms in malaria parasites

    Aidan J. O'Donnell;Petra Schneider;Harriet G. McWatters;Sarah E. Reece

  • Daily Rhythms in Mosquitoes and Their Consequences for Malaria Transmission

    Samuel S. C. Rund;Aidan J. O’Donnell;James E. Gentile;Sarah E. Reece

  • Sex and Death: The Effects of Innate Immune Factors on the Sexual Reproduction of Malaria Parasites

    Ricardo S. Ramiro;João Alpedrinha;João Alpedrinha;Lucy Carter;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner

  • Competition and the Evolution of Reproductive Restraint in Malaria Parasites

    Laura C. Pollitt;Nicole Mideo;Nicole Mideo;Damien R. Drew;Damien R. Drew;Petra Schneider

  • Gametocytes: insights gained during a decade of molecular monitoring

    Hamza A. Babiker;Hamza A. Babiker;Petra Schneider;Sarah E. Reece

  • Sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition : Theory and a test with parasitoid wasps

    David M. Shuker;Ido Pen;Alison B. Duncan;Sarah E. Reece

  • The Cinderella syndrome: why do malaria-infected cells burst at midnight?

    Nicole Mideo;Sarah E. Reece;Adrian L. Smith;C. Jessica E. Metcalf

  • Functional characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum and P. berghei homologues of macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

    Kevin D. Augustijn;Robert Kleemann;Joanne Thompson;Teake Kooistra

  • The Meaning of Death: Evolution and Ecology of Apoptosis in Protozoan Parasites

    Sarah E. Reece;Laura C. Pollitt;Nick Colegrave;Andy Gardner

  • Evolution of gametocyte sex ratios in malaria and related apicomplexan (protozoan) parasites.

    Stuart A. West;Sarah E. Reece;Andrew F. Read

  • Stress and sex in malaria parasites: Why does commitment vary?

    Lucy M. Carter;Björn F.C. Kafsack;Manuel Llinás;Nicole Mideo

  • High-speed holographic microscopy of malaria parasites reveals ambidextrous flagellar waveforms

    Laurence G. Wilson;Lucy M. Carter;Sarah E. Reece

  • The evolutionary ecology of circadian rhythms in infection

    Mary L. Westwood;Aidan J. O’Donnell;Charissa de Bekker;Curtis M. Lively

  • Kin discrimination and sex ratios in a parasitoid wasp

    Sarah Reece;D M Shuker;I Pen;A B Duncan

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart A. West
Stuart A. West University of Oxford
Andrew F. Read
Andrew F. Read Pennsylvania State University
Arnab Pain
Arnab Pain King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David M. Shuker
David M. Shuker University of St Andrews
Michael J. Blackman
Michael J. Blackman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Andy Gardner
Andy Gardner University of St Andrews
Ido Pen
Ido Pen University of Groningen
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Annette C. Broderick
Annette C. Broderick University of Exeter
Benita Middleton
Benita Middleton University of Surrey

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