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Simon C. Watkins

Emory University · US
Area of research
Immunology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
My interest in micro planes has resulted in a research group in the MAV Group which we started in 2001, by producing one of the lightest airframe (7.3g) membrane-structure micro air vehicles in the world at that time. In the last few years we have been awarded 8 grants by the USAF for work on understanding the dynamic response of fixed, rotary and flapping wing MAVs in turbulent flow, including 5 Window on Science travel grants to give invited talks at US and European meetings. Most research is now focussed on understanding MAVs and the influence of both their design type (e.g. fixed wing vs flapping vs rotary) and how these differing designs cope with the effects of atmospheric turbulence. I supervise several PhD students in this area.
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137
citations
75,466
works
1,039
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Exosome-primed T cell immunity is facilitated by complement activation.
2026cited by 1position: contributordoi
CD39 polymorphism enables lung thrombosis in sickle cell disease.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
8-Aminoguanine protects against paclitaxel-induced neural degeneration and mechanical allodynia
JCI Insight 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Quantifying local strain field and deformation in active contraction of bladder using a pretrained transformer model: A speckle-free approach
Results in Engineering 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
LYVAC/PDZD8 is a lysosomal vacuolator.
2025cited by 16position: contributordoi
Spatiotemporal binding of cyclophilin A and CPSF6 to capsid regulates HIV-1 nuclear entry and integration
mBio 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Kidney-specific WNK1 amplifies kidney tubule responsiveness to potassium via WNK body condensates
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2025cited by 6position: contributordoi
Cited4a limits cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation during zebrafish heart regeneration.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Fetoplacental extracellular vesicles deliver conceptus-derived antigens to maternal secondary lymphoid tissues for immune recognition.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Vasa vasorum plexus formation in intracranial aneurysm associates with microcalcification and wall thickening.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Data from Endometriosis-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Support Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma through Iron Regulation
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Long-range genomic loci stochastically assemble into combinatorial forms of chromosome skeleton
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Supplementary Data from Endometriosis-Associated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Support Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma through Iron Regulation
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Modelling post-implantation human development to yolk sac blood emergence.
2024cited by 56position: contributordoi
Carcinoma-associated mesenchymal stem cells promote ovarian cancer heterogeneity and metastasis through mitochondrial transfer
Cell Reports 2024cited by 33position: middledoi
The AKT2/SIRT5/TFEB pathway as a potential therapeutic target in non-neovascular AMD
Nature Communications 2024cited by 28position: middledoi
The AKT2/SIRT5/TFEB pathway as a potential therapeutic target in non-neovascular AMD.
2024cited by 19position: contributordoi
Lung microvascular occlusion by platelet-rich neutrophil-platelet aggregates promotes cigarette smoke-induced severe flu.
2024cited by 8position: contributordoi
Ribosome-Associated Vesicles promote activity-dependent local translation in neurons
2024cited by 7position: contributordoi
CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors.
2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
Monoamine transporter ubiquitination and inward-open conformation synergistically maximize transporter endocytosis.
2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Figure S3 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Cited4a limits cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation and proliferation during zebrafish heart regeneration
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure S4 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure S11 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure S9 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure S6 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Table S3 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Table S4 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Figure S8 from CD91 and Its Ligand gp96 Confer Cross-Priming Capabilities to Multiple APCs during Immune Responses to Nascent, Emerging Tumors
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi

Grants

Dystrophin Related Protein and the Blood Brain Barrier
NSF9210238$40,0001992–1994PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 79 papers (2019–2026) · 29 papers (2022–2024)Abigail L. Sedlacek · University of Pittsburgh24 papers (2024–2024)Devanshi A. Nayak · University of Pittsburgh24 papers (2024–2024)Robert J. Binder · University of Pittsburgh24 papers (2024–2024)Michael Calderon · University of Pittsburgh13 papers (2020–2025)Claudette M. St Croix · Biolog (United States)9 papers (2019–2026)Donna B. Stolz · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center9 papers (2012–2023)Claudette M. St. Croix · University of Pittsburgh7 papers (2012–2024)Anda Vlad · National Institutes of Health6 papers (2022–2025)Leonard Frisbie · University of Pittsburgh6 papers (2022–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025)Nicole Donnellan · University of Pittsburgh6 papers (2022–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025)Dario A.A. Vignali · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital6 papers (2022–2023) · 6 papers (2022–2023) · 6 papers (2022–2025)Alexander Sorkin · University of Pittsburgh6 papers (2019–2024)Esther Elishaev · Universitätsklinikum Erlangen6 papers (2022–2025)