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Echinoderm biology and ecology

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Adam S. Osborn
Unknown
2
Alima Akter
Gazipur Agricultural University
3
Laurent Formery
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
4
Sara Jobson
Memorial University of Newfoundland
5
N.M. Liyanage
Jeju National University
6
Chuili Zeng
Ningbo University
7
Ruihuan Tian
Dalian Ocean University
8
Francisco Azevedo e Silva
University of Lisbon
9
Karl Cutajar
University of Stirling
10
Anthony Moreira
University of Aveiro

Papers

1
Antero-posterior patterning in the brittle star Amphipholis squamata and the evolution of echinoderm body plans
EvoDevo|2025
3 cit.
2
Synbiotic regulation of chronic intestinal inflammation by Sargassum horneri fucoidan and Lactobacillus plantarum
Journal of Functional Foods|2025
3 cit.
3
Publication in PLoS ONE (2024) [2 citations, W4398250639]
PLoS ONE|2024
2 cit.
4
The Synergistic Role of Sargassum horneri Fucoidan and Lactobacillus plantarum: Microbiome and Gut Barrier Restoration in Zebrafish Colitis
Marine Drugs|2025
2 cit.
5
Publication in Aquaculture Reports (2024) [1 citation, W4394986978]
Aquaculture Reports|2024
1 cit.
6
Publication in Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History (2025) [W4407736381]
Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History|2025
0 cit.
7
Styela clava methanolic extract protects against alcohol-induced liver injury by inhibiting uclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) pathways
Fisheries and aquatic sciences|2025
0 cit.
8
From waste to wealth: functional and bioactive compounds recovered from fish by-products
Fisheries and aquatic sciences|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Jie Yang
Kingmed Diagnostics
2
Da Huo
Capital Medical University
3
Ronghua Yin
Minzu University of China
4
Hui Dai
Soochow University
5
Wenchao Lin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Yamin Sun
Henan Provincial Institute of Occupational Health
7
Songjun Jin
Institute of Oceanology
8
Chengzhang Liu
Shenzhen Genoimmune Medical Institute
9
Jessica M. M. Adams
Aberystwyth University
10
Bin Xia
Qingdao Agricultural University

Papers

1
Evolutionary analysis of Omicron variant BF.7 and BA.5.2 pandemic in China
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity|2023
48 cit.
2
Characterizing the epidemiology of <i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i> infections in China in 2022–2024: a nationwide cross-sectional study of over 1.6 million cases
Emerging Microbes & Infections|2025
45 cit.
3
Nitidine chloride induces caspase 3/GSDME-dependent pyroptosis by inhibting PI3K/Akt pathway in lung cancer
Chinese Medicine|2022
42 cit.
4
Re-understanding of structure and anticoagulation: Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from sea cucumber Ludwigothurea grisea
Carbohydrate Polymers|2022
29 cit.
5
Fucosylated chondroitin sulfate from sea cucumber Stichopus chloronotus alleviate the intestinal barrier injury and oxidative stress damage in vitro and in vivo
Carbohydrate Polymers|2023
27 cit.
6
Spectral characteristics of dissolved organic matter in Plateau Lakes: Identifying eutrophication indicators in Southwest China
Ecological Informatics|2024
21 cit.
7
“Mutation blacklist” and “mutation whitelist” of SARS-CoV-2
Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity|2022
16 cit.
8
Assembly process and co-occurrence network of microbial community in response to free ammonia gradient distribution
Microbiology Spectrum|2024
16 cit.
9
Fucoidan from Stichopus chloronotus relieved DSS induced ulcerative colitis through inhibiting intestinal barrier disruption and oxidative stress
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules|2024
14 cit.
10
ChIP-seq assay revealed histone modification H3K9ac involved in heat shock response of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus
The Science of The Total Environment|2022
13 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
You‐Jin Jeon
Jeju National University
2
Maria Byrne
The University of Sydney
3
José E. García‐Arrarás
University of Puerto Rico System
4
Hongsheng Yang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
5
Changhu Xue
Ocean University of China
6
Annie Mercier
Memorial University of Newfoundland
7
Chenghua Li
Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
8
Hervé Philippe
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
9
Valentin A. Stonik
Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. GB Elyakova Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
10
David R. McClay
Duke University

Papers

1
Food applications of chitin and chitosans
Trends in Food Science & Technology|1999
1.8k cit.
2
Tunicates and not cephalochordates are the closest living relatives of vertebrates
Nature|2006
1.7k cit.
3
A Bayesian Mixture Model for Across-Site Heterogeneities in the Amino-Acid Replacement Process
Molecular Biology and Evolution|2004
1.6k cit.
4
Resolving Difficult Phylogenetic Questions: Why More Sequences Are Not Enough
PLoS Biology|2011
1.2k cit.
5
Suppression of long-branch attraction artefacts in the animal phylogeny using a site-heterogeneous model
BMC Evolutionary Biology|2007
736 cit.
6
Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships
Current Biology|2009
722 cit.
7
Computing Bayes Factors Using Thermodynamic Integration
Systematic Biology|2006
716 cit.
8
Antimicrobial effect of chitooligosaccharides produced by bioreactor
Carbohydrate Polymers|2001
688 cit.
9
The timing of eukaryotic evolution: Does a relaxed molecular clock reconcile proteins and fossils?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
637 cit.
10
MUST, a computer package of Management Utilities for Sequences and Trees
Nucleic Acids Research|1993
599 cit.

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