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Damien S. Waits

Dynetics (United States) · US
Area of research
Oceanography · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Melanoma and MAPK Pathways, Mollusks and Parasites Studies, and Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation.
h-index
9
citations
653
works
40
NIH funding
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Recent publications

The IolR regulon contributes to Aeromonas hydrophila virulence in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Aquaculture 2025cited by 0position: middledoi
Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Antarctic Sea Urchin <i>Sterechinus neumayeri</i>: A Model for Antarctic Invertebrate Biology
Genome Biology and Evolution 2024cited by 2position: middledoi
Phylogenomic reconstruction influenced by assembly and annotation parameters: Using whole genome data to unravel the relationships of Spionidae (Annelida)
Zoologica Scripta 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Metabarcoding analysis of meiobenthic biodiversity along the Gulf of Mexico continental shelf
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
Induced Immune Reaction in the Acorn Worm, <i>Saccoglossus kowalevskii</i>, Informs the Evolution of Antiviral Immunity
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
Induced immune reaction in the acorn worm, Saccoglossus kowalevskii, informs the evolution of antiviral immunity
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
Induced immune reaction in the acorn worm, Saccoglossus kowalevskii, informs the evolution of antiviral immunity
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2023cited by 0position: middledoi
ERBB4 Drives the Proliferation of BRAF-WT Melanoma Cell Lines
medRxiv 2022cited by 2position: middledoi
<i>ERBB4</i> Mutant Alleles Found in <i>BRAF</i> WT Melanomas That Drive the Proliferation of a <i>BRAF</i> WT Melanoma Cell Line
medRxiv 2022cited by 0position: middledoi
A chromosome-level genome assembly for the eastern fence lizard ( <i>Sceloporus undulatus</i> ), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology
GigaScience 2021cited by 28position: middledoi
A chromosome-level genome assembly for the Eastern Fence Lizard ( <i>Sceloporus undulatus</i> ), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020cited by 6position: middledoi
Abstract 5932: Targeting <i>BRAF</i> WT metastatic melanomas: Identifying ERBB4 mutations as biomarkers for novel combinatorial treatment strategies
Cancer Research 2020cited by 0position: middledoi
Abstract A21: Identification of putative melanoma driver mutations in the ErbB4 receptor tyrosine kinase gene
Cancer Research 2020cited by 0position: middledoi
Targeting BRAF WT metastatic melanomas: Identifying ERBB4 mutant alleles as biomarkers for novel combinatorial treatment strategies
European Journal of Cancer 2020cited by 0position: middledoi
Genomic adaptations to chemosymbiosis in the deep-sea seep-dwelling tubeworm Lamellibrachia luymesi
BMC Biology 2019cited by 78position: middledoi
The utility of reptile blood transcriptomes in molecular ecology
Molecular Ecology Resources 2019cited by 16position: firstdoi
Abstract 2144: Mutations in<i>ERBB4</i>may account for clinical resistance of melanomas to inhibitors of the RAS/RAF/MEK/MAPK pathway
Experimental and Molecular Therapeutics 2019cited by 0position: middledoi
Abstract 2144: Mutations in <i>ERBB4</i> may account for clinical resistance of melanomas to inhibitors of the RAS/RAF/MEK/MAPK pathway
Cancer Research 2019cited by 0position: middledoi
Discovery and evolution of novel hemerythrin genes in annelid worms
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2017cited by 19position: middledoi
Phylogenomics of Lophotrochozoa with Consideration of Systematic Error
Systematic Biology 2016cited by 235position: middledoi
Phylogenomics of tubeworms (Siboglinidae, Annelida) and comparative performance of different reconstruction methods
Zoologica Scripta 2016cited by 44position: middledoi
Genetic assessment of meiobenthic community composition and spatial distribution in coastal sediments along northern Gulf of Mexico
Marine Environmental Research 2016cited by 24position: middledoi
Evolution of Sulfur Binding by Hemoglobin in Siboglinidae (Annelida) with Special Reference to Bone-Eating Worms, Osedax
Journal of Molecular Evolution 2016cited by 7position: firstdoi
Reconstruction of Cyclooxygenase Evolution in Animals Suggests Variable, Lineage-Specific Duplications, and Homologs with Low Sequence Identity
Journal of Molecular Evolution 2015cited by 9position: middledoi
Phylogenomic Resolution of the Hemichordate and Echinoderm Clade
Current Biology 2014cited by 141position: middledoi
High-Throughput Sequencing Characterizes Intertidal Meiofaunal Communities in Northern Gulf of Mexico (Dauphin Island and Mobile Bay, Alabama)
Biological Bulletin 2014cited by 34position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Kenneth M. Halanych · University of North Carolina Wilmington20 papers (2014–2024)Taraswi Mitra Ghosh · Brigham and Women's Hospital7 papers (2019–2022)David J. Riese · University of Alabama at Birmingham7 papers (2019–2022)Richard L. Cullum · Abbott (United States)7 papers (2019–2022)Lauren M. Lucas · Vanderbilt University6 papers (2019–2022)Kevin M. Kocot · University of Alabama5 papers (2014–2024)Scott R. Santos · University at Buffalo, State University of New York5 papers (2014–2017)Pamela M. Brannock · Rollins College4 papers (2014–2016)Jessica A. Markham · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center4 papers (2020–2022)Michael G. Tassia · Johns Hopkins University4 papers (2019–2023)Ryan Range · Auburn University4 papers (2023–2024)David Weese · Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ3 papers (2014–2016)Yuanning Li · Shandong University3 papers (2016–2019)Dasia Y. Simpson · Auburn University3 papers (2019–2021)Vipasha Dwivedi · University of Alabama at Birmingham3 papers (2020–2022)Christopher J. Lowe · Capital Regional District3 papers (2023–2023)Rita M Graze · Auburn University3 papers (2023–2023)Laura J. Cook · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center3 papers (2020–2022)Johanna T. Cannon · Charles Sturt University3 papers (2014–2016)Elizabeth Hiltbold Schwartz · Auburn University3 papers (2023–2023)