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Sebastian M. Shimeld

Sebastian M. Shimeld

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
5909
World Ranking
19502
National Ranking
1508

Overview

Sebastian M. Shimeld is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls under the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Sensory Systems.

The main topics of their work encompass Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques, and Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota.

Sebastian M. Shimeld has published multiple papers in notable journals. Some recent publications include:

  • The evolutionary origins of the vertebrate olfactory system (2020) in Open Biology
  • Hmx gene conservation identifies the origin of vertebrate cranial ganglia (2022) in Nature
  • Step-wise evolution of neural patterning by Hedgehog signalling in chordates (2020) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Extensive non-redundancy in a recently duplicated developmental gene family (2021) in BMC Ecology and Evolution
  • Evolutionary origin of the chordate nervous system revealed by amphioxus developmental trajectories (2024) in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Cédric Patthey
  • Guillaume Poncelet
  • Vasileios Papadogiannis
  • Guang Li
  • Alessandro Pennati

Publication venues where Sebastian M. Shimeld has appeared regularly include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Ecology & Evolution, Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, Open Biology, and Nature.

Best Publications

  • Special Feature: Vertebrate innovations

    Sebastian M. Shimeld;Peter W. H. Holland

  • A genomewide survey of developmentally relevant genes in Ciona intestinalis

    Kasumi Yagi;Yatuka Satou;Francoise Mazet;Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • Genesis and Expansion of Metazoan Transcription Factor Gene Classes

    Claire Larroux;Graham N. Luke;Peter Koopman;Daniel S. Rokhsar;Daniel S. Rokhsar

  • The evolution of the hedgehog gene family in chordates: insights from amphioxus hedgehog.

    Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • Evolution of bilaterian central nervous systems: a single origin?

    Linda Z Holland;João E Carvalho;Hector Escriva;Vincent Laudet

  • Molecular evidence from Ciona intestinalis for the evolutionary origin of vertebrate sensory placodes

    Françoise Mazet;James A. Hutt;James A. Hutt;Josselin Milloz;John Millard

  • Urochordate betagamma-crystallin and the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate eye lens.

    Sebastian M. Shimeld;Andrew G. Purkiss;Ron P.H. Dirks;Orval A. Bateman

  • Pitx homeobox genes in Ciona and amphioxus show left–right asymmetry is a conserved chordate character and define the ascidian adenohypophysis

    Clive J. Boorman;Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the Fox (Forkhead) gene family in the Bilateria

    Francoise Mazet;Jr Kai Yu;David A. Liberles;Linda Z. Holland

  • The evolution of left-right asymmetry in chordates.

    Clive J. Boorman;Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • The murine homeobox gene Msx-3 shows highly restricted expression in the developing neural tube.

    Sebastian M. Shimeld;Ian J. McKay;Paul T. Sharpe

  • Characterisation of amphioxus HNF-3 genes: conserved expression in the notochord and floor plate.

    Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • An amphioxus Msx gene expressed predominantly in the dorsal neural tube

    A. C. Sharman;Sebastian M. Shimeld;P. W. H. Holland

  • The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes--I: cell type evolution.

    Cedric Patthey;Gerhard Schlosser;Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • Genomic Sequence and Experimental Tractability of a New Decapod Shrimp Model, Neocaridina denticulata

    Nathan J. Kenny;Yung Wa Sin;Xin Shen;Qu Zhe

  • Evolutionary genomics of the Fox genes: Origin of gene families and the ancestry of gene clusters

    Sebastian M. Shimeld;Bernard M. Degnan;Graham N. Luke

  • Identification of conserved C2H2 zinc-finger gene families in the Bilateria

    Robert D Knight;Robert D Knight;Sebastian M Shimeld

  • Evidence for the regulation of left-right asymmetry in Ciona intestinalis by ion flux.

    Sebastian M. Shimeld;Michael Levin

  • The origin and evolution of the ectodermal placodes.

    Anthony Graham;Sebastian M. Shimeld;Sebastian M. Shimeld

  • The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes II. Evolution of ectodermal patterning

    Gerhard Schlosser;Cedric Patthey;Sebastian M. Shimeld

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul T. Sharpe
Paul T. Sharpe King's College London
Peter W. H. Holland
Peter W. H. Holland University of Oxford
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Bernard M. Degnan
Bernard M. Degnan University of Queensland
Anthony Graham
Anthony Graham King's College London
Nicholas D. Holland
Nicholas D. Holland University of California, San Diego
Linda Z. Holland
Linda Z. Holland University of California, San Diego
Luke Alphey
Luke Alphey University of York
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University

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