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William C Smith is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand. The primary focus of their research spans multiple interconnected scientific disciplines, including Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their subfields of study further define their work within Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, and Cell Biology.

Smith's research covers a range of specific topics, with notable concentration in:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Neurobiology and insect physiology research
  • Developmental biology and gene regulation
  • Zebrafish biomedical research applications
  • Leprosy research and treatment
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Marine ecology and invasive species

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin (LPEP): an international feasibility programme, 2020, The Lancet Global Health
  • Disruption of left-right axis specification in Ciona induces molecular, cellular, and functional defects in asymmetric brain structures, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Antagonistic Inhibitory Circuits Integrate Visual and Gravitactic Behaviors, 2020, Current Biology
  • A comprehensive research agenda for zero leprosy, 2020, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • The long-term impact of the Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) program on leprosy incidence: A modelling study, 2021, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Smith frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Matthew J. Kourakis
  • Cezar Borba
  • Yishen Miao
  • Erin Newman-Smith
  • Kerrianne Ryan

Publication venues where Smith's work appears most often include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Biological Imaging
  • The Lancet Global Health
  • BMC Biology

Best Publications

  • The piglet as a model animal for studying aspects of digestion and absorption in milk-fed human infants.

    P J Moughan;M J Birtles;P D Cranwell;W C Smith

  • Endogenous lysine and other amino acid flows at the terminal ileum of the growing pig (20 kg bodyweight): The effect of protein-free, synthetic amino acid, peptide and protein alimentation

    Christine A Butts;Paul J Moughan;William C Smith;David H Carr

  • Perchloric and trichloroacetic acids as precipitants of protein in endogenous ileal digesta from the rat

    Paul J Moughan;Alison J Darragh;William C Smith;Christine A Butts

  • Description and validation of a model simulating growth in the pig (20–90 kg liveweight)

    P. J. Moughan;W. C. Smith;G. Pearson

  • Endogenous amino acid flow at the terminal ileum of the rat determined under conditions of peptide alimentation.

    Christine A Butts;Paul J Moughan;William C Smith

  • The effect of food dry matter intake on endogenous ileal amino acid excretion determined under peptide alimentation in the 50 kg liveweight pig

    Christine A Butts;Paul J Moughan;William C Smith;Gordon W Reynolds

  • Fatty acid composition of backfat in large white pigs selected for low backfat thickness

    J.D. Wood;M.B. Enser;H.J.H. MacFie;W.C. Smith

  • The effect of amino acid and peptide alimentation on the determination of endogenous amino acid flow at the terminal ileum of the rat

    Alison J Darragh;Paul J Moughan;William C Smith

  • Plasma concentrations of LH, prolactin, oestradiol-17β and progesterone in sows weaned after lactation for 10 or 35 days

    R. N. Kirkwood;K. R. Lapwood;W. C. Smith;I. L. Anderson

  • Comparison of the slaughter method and simple T-piece cannulation of the terminal ileum for determining ileal amino acid digestibility in meat and bone meal for the growing pig

    A. Donkoh;P.J. Moughan;W.C. Smith

  • Determination and assessment of apparent ileal amino acid digestibility coefficients for the growing pig

    P. J. Maughan;W. C. Smith

  • Determination of endogenous amino acid flow at the terminal ileum of the rat

    Grant A Skilton;Paul J Moughan;William C Smith

  • Prediction of dietary protein quality based on a model of the digestion and metabolism of nitrogen in the growing pig

    P. J. Moughan;W. C. Smith

  • The apparent and true ileal digestibility of nitrogen and amino acids in lactic casein for the growing pig

    A.K. Kies;P.J. Moughan;W.C. Smith

  • An evaluation with piglets of bovine milk, hydrolyzed bovine milk, and isolated soybean proteins included in infant milk formulas. II. Stomach-emptying rate and the postprandial change in gastric pH and milk-clotting enzyme activity.

    Paul J. Moughan;Peter D. Cranwell;William C. Smith

  • Chromic oxide and acid-insoluble ash as faecal markers in digestibility studies with young growing pigs

    P. J. Moughan;W. C. Smith;J. Schrama;C. Smits

  • Preliminary observations on the use of the rat as a model for the pig in the determination of apparent digestibility of dietary protein

    P. J. Moughan;W. C. Smith;K. A. C. James

  • Effects of selection for low backfat thickness in pigs on the sites of tissue deposition in the body

    J. D. Wood;O. P. Whelehan;M. Ellis;W. C. Smith

  • Comparative performance and body composition of control and selection line large white pigs 2. Feeding to appetite for a fixed time

    Michael Ellis;W. C. Smith;Ruth Henderson;C. T. Whittemore

  • Fatness, live weight and performance responses of sows to food level in pregnancy

    C. T. Whittemore;W. C. Smith;P. Phillips

  • Comparative voluntary feed intakes, growth performance, carcass composition, and meat quality of Large White, Landrace, and Duroc pigs

    W. C. Smith;G. Pearson

  • Comparison of the ileal digestibility of amino acids in ground barley for the growing rat and pig

    P. J. Moughan;W. C. Smith;A. K. Kies;K. A. C. James

  • Allometric growth of chemical body components and several organs in the pig (20–90 kg liveweight)

    P. J. Moughan;W. C. Smith;E. V. J. Stevens

  • An evaluation with piglets of bovine milk, hydrolyzed bovine milk, and isolated soybean proteins included in infant milk formulas. I. Effect on organ development, digestive enzyme activities, and amino acid digestibility.

    Paul J. Moughan;Maria Pedraza;William C. Smith;Megan Williams

  • In-vitro determination of nitrogen digestibility and lysine availability in meat and bone meals and comparison with in-vivo ileal digestibility estimates

    Paul J Moughan;Jan Schrama;Grant A Skilton;William C Smith

  • The laboratory rat as a model animal for determining ileal amino acid digestibility in meat and bone meal for the growing pig

    A. Donkoh;P.J. Moughan;W.C. Smith

  • Effects of ractopamine on the growth and carcass quality of entire male and female pigs fed ad libitum or at a restricted level

    W. C. Smith;R. W. Purchas;A. Van Enkevort;G. Pearson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Moughan
Paul J. Moughan Massey University
Michael Ellis
Michael Ellis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dorian J. Garrick
Dorian J. Garrick Massey University
Colin T. Whittemore
Colin T. Whittemore University of Edinburgh
Roger W. Purchas
Roger W. Purchas Massey University
C. W. Holmes
C. W. Holmes Massey University
J. D. Wood
J. D. Wood University of Bristol

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