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Microbiology

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96
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29765
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519
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239

Medicine

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

Overview

Steven R. Meshnick was affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Neuroscience. They contributed a significant body of work within the subfields of Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Infectious Diseases.

Their research covered a variety of main topics including:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Virus-based gene therapy research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Steven R. Meshnick co-authored frequently with several researchers:

  • Adam W. Hantman (5 publications)
  • Andrew L. Lemire (4 publications)
  • Benjamin D. Philpot (4 publications)
  • Michael A. Daniele (4 publications)
  • Stefano Menegatti (4 publications)

They published work in various scientific venues, with multiple contributions appearing in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 5 publications
  • UNC Libraries - 4 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal - 3 publications
  • Cell - 2 publications
  • eLife - 2 publications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Steven R. Meshnick included:

  • "Genetically identified amygdala-striatal circuits for valence-specific behaviors" (2021, Nature Neuroscience)
  • "A Genetically Defined Compartmentalized Striatal Direct Pathway for Negative Reinforcement" (2020, Cell)
  • "The organization and development of cortical interneuron presynaptic circuits are area specific" (2021, Cell Reports)
  • "A genetically defined insula-brainstem circuit selectively controls motivational vigor" (2021, Cell)
  • "Molecular characterization of projection neuron subtypes in the mouse olfactory bulb" (2021, eLife)

Steven R. Meshnick was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology of drug-resistant malaria.

    Chansuda Wongsrichanalai;Amy L Pickard;Walther H Wernsdorfer;Steven R Meshnick

  • Artemisinin: mechanisms of action, resistance and toxicity.

    Steven R. Meshnick

  • Artemisinin and the antimalarial endoperoxides: from herbal remedy to targeted chemotherapy.

    S R Meshnick;T E Taylor;S Kamchonwongpaisan

  • Iron-dependent free radical generation from the antimalarial agent artemisinin (qinghaosu).

    S. R. Meshnick;Ying-Zi Yang;V. Lima;F. Kuypers

  • Artemisinin (qinghaosu): the role of intracellular hemin in its mechanism of antimalarial action

    Steven R. Meshnick;Abraham Thomas;Allen Ranz;Cai Min Xu

  • Declining artesunate-mefloquine efficacy against falciparum malaria on the Cambodia-Thailand border.

    Chansuda Wongsrichanalai;Steven R. Meshnick

  • Resistance to Antimalarials in Southeast Asia and Genetic Polymorphisms in pfmdr1

    Amy L. Pickard;Chansuda Wongsrichanalai;Anne Purfield;Deborah Kamwendo

  • HEMATOLOGIC AND CLINICAL INDICES OF MALARIA IN A SEMI-IMMUNE POPULATION OF WESTERN THAILAND

    Laura M. Erhart;Kritsanai Yingyuen;Niphon Chuanak;Nilawan Buathong

  • The Plasmodium falciparum translationally controlled tumor protein homolog and its reaction with the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

    Jamaree Bhisutthibhan;Xing-Qing Pan;Paul A. Hossler;Daniel J. Walker

  • Absence of Putative Artemisinin Resistance Mutations Among Plasmodium falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Molecular Epidemiologic Study

    Steve M. Taylor;Steve M. Taylor;Christian M. Parobek;Derrick K. DeConti;Kassoum Kayentao

  • Reaction of antimalarial endoperoxides with specific parasite proteins.

    Wanida Asawamahasakda;I. Ittarat;Yu-Ming Pu;H. Ziffer

  • Superoxide dismutase-rich bacteria. Paradoxical increase in oxidant toxicity.

    M D Scott;S R Meshnick;J W Eaton

  • New Insights Into Transmission, Diagnosis, and Drug Treatment of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

    Joseph A. Kovacs;Vee J. Gill;Steven Meshnick;Henry Masur

  • Malaria and pregnancy: placental cytokine expression and its relationship to intrauterine growth retardation.

    Ann M. Moormann;Amy D. Sullivan;Rosemary A. Rochford;Stephen W. Chensue

  • Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine failure associated with a triple mutant including kelch13 C580Y in Cambodia: An observational cohort study

    Michele D. Spring;Jessica Tingsan Lin;Jessica E. Manning;Pattaraporn Vanachayangkul

  • PFMDR1 AND IN VIVO RESISTANCE TO ARTESUNATE-MEFLOQUINE IN FALCIPARUM MALARIA ON THE CAMBODIAN–THAI BORDER

    Alisa P. Alker;Pharath Lim;Rithy Sem;Naman K. Shah

  • Hemoglobin catabolism and iron utilization by malaria parasites

    Philip J. Rosenthal;Steven R. Meshnick

  • Malaria in pregnancy: linking immunity and pathogenesis to prevention

    Stephen J. Rogerson;Victor Mwapasa;Steven R. Meshnick

  • The interaction of artemisinin with malarial hemozoin

    Yu Long Hong;Ying Zi Yang;Steven R. Meshnick

  • Pneumocystis carinii mutations associated with sulfa and sulfone prophylaxis failures in AIDS patients

    Powel Kazanjian;Amy B. Locke;Paul A. Hossler;Brian R. Lane

  • Free radicals and antioxidants.

    Richard A. Neubauer;Philip B. James;P. H. Evans;J. Klinowski

  • Variation in the Microbiota of Ixodes Ticks with Regard to Geography, Species, and Sex

    Will van Treuren;Loganathan Ponnusamy;R. Jory Brinkerhoff;Antonio Gonzalez

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Rogerson
Stephen J. Rogerson University of Melbourne
Malcolm E. Molyneux
Malcolm E. Molyneux Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Michael Emch
Michael Emch University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Feiko O. ter Kuile
Feiko O. ter Kuile Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Chansuda Wongsrichanalai
Chansuda Wongsrichanalai United States Department of the Army
Bernard L. Trumpower
Bernard L. Trumpower Dartmouth College
Laurence Huang
Laurence Huang University of California, San Francisco
Azra C. Ghani
Azra C. Ghani Imperial College London
Richard R. Tidwell
Richard R. Tidwell University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Linda S. Adair
Linda S. Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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