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Stephen Richards is affiliated with the South Australian Museum in Australia. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as agricultural and biological sciences.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader areas, their subfields of specialization feature:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Stephen Richards' research topics highlight their focus on insect-related biology and genetics, covering these major areas:

  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications

They have published frequently in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Genome biology

Among their recent publications are:

  • The Earth BioGenome Project 2020: Starting the clock, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Gene content evolution in the arthropods, 2020, Genome biology
  • Standards recommendations for the Earth BioGenome Project, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål), genome: putative underpinnings of polyphagy, insecticide resistance potential and biology of a top worldwide pest, 2020, BMC Genomics
  • Genome-enabled insights into the biology of thrips as crop pests, 2020, BMC Biology

They have collaborated frequently with researchers such as Robert M. Waterhouse, Kim C. Worley, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Joshua B. Benoit, and Andrew J. Rosendale. These colleagues represent repeated coauthorships indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster

    M. D. Adams;S. E. Celniker;R. A. Holt;C. A. Evans

  • Evolutionarily conserved elements in vertebrate, insect, worm, and yeast genomes

    Adam Siepel;Gill Bejerano;Jakob Skou Pedersen;Angie S Hinrichs

  • Identification of a gene (FMR-1) containing a CGG repeat coincident with a breakpoint cluster region exhibiting length variation in fragile X syndrome

    Annemiske J.M.H. Verkerk;Maura Pieretti;James S. Sutcliffe;Ying-Hui Fu

  • Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.

    Robert L Strausberg;Elise A Feingold;Lynette H Grouse;Jeffery G Derge

  • Variation of the CGG repeat at the fragile X site results in genetic instability: resolution of the Sherman paradox.

    Ying-Hui Fu;Derek P.A. Kuhl;Antonio Pizzuti;Maura Pieretti

  • Global Amphibian Declines: A Problem in Applied Ecology

    Ross A. Alford;Stephen J. Richards

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates

    Michael Hoffmann;Craig Hilton-Taylor;Ariadne Angulo;Monika Böhm

  • The Drosophila melanogaster Genetic Reference Panel

    Trudy F. C. Mackay;Stephen J. Richards;Eric A. Stone;Antonio Barbadilla

  • Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera

    George M. Weinstock;Gene E. Robinson;Richard A. Gibbs;Kim C. Worley

  • The genome of the model beetle and pest Tribolium castaneum.

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Susan J. Brown

  • The DNA sequence of the human X chromosome

    Mark T Ross;Darren V Grafham;Alison J Coffey;Steven Scherer

  • Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

    Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra;James R. Walters;Adriana D. Briscoe

  • Mind the gap: upgrading genomes with Pacific Biosciences RS long-read sequencing technology.

    Adam C English;Stephen J. Richards;Yi Han;Min Wang

  • Earth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life.

    Harris A. Lewin;Gene E. Robinson;W. John Kress;William J. Baker

  • Widespread Lateral Gene Transfer from Intracellular Bacteria to Multicellular Eukaryotes

    Julie C. Dunning Hotopp;Michael E. Clark;Deodoro C. S. G. Oliveira;Jeremy M. Foster

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • Systematic determination of patterns of gene expression during Drosophila embryogenesis

    Pavel Tomancak;Amy Beaton;Richard Weiszmann;Elaine Kwan

  • Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

    Keith R. Bradnam;Joseph N. Fass;Anton Alexandrov;Paul Baranay

  • Assemblathon 2: evaluating de novo methods of genome assembly in three vertebrate species

    Keith R. Bradnam;Joseph N. Fass;Anton Alexandrov;Paul Baranay

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Gibbs
Richard A. Gibbs Baylor College of Medicine
Kim C. Worley
Kim C. Worley Baylor College of Medicine
Donna M. Muzny
Donna M. Muzny Baylor College of Medicine
Hugh M. Robertson
Hugh M. Robertson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evgeny M. Zdobnov
Evgeny M. Zdobnov Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Robert M. Waterhouse
Robert M. Waterhouse Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
Christie L. Kovar
Christie L. Kovar Baylor College of Medicine
Erich Bornberg-Bauer
Erich Bornberg-Bauer University of Münster
Frank Hauser
Frank Hauser University of Copenhagen

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