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University of Washington: Seattle, US

2023-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Physiology & Biophysics)
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Astra Bryant

UCLA Life Sciences: Los Angeles, CA, US

2016-01 to 2022-12 | Postdoctoral Fellow (MIMG)
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Astra Bryant

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2015-03 to 2016-01 | Postdoctoral Scholar (Biology)
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Astra Bryant

Stanford University School of Medicine: Stanford, CA, US

2008-01 to 2009-09 | Research Assistant (Neurology and Neurological Sciences)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

2009-09-05 to 2015-01-05 | PhD (Neurobiology)
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Bryn Mawr College: Bryn Mawr, PA, US

2004-09 to 2008-01 | BA (Biology)
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Funding (1)

Neural Mechanisms of Temperature-Driven Host Seeking in Human-Parasitic Nematodes

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A.P. Giannini Foundation (CA, CA, US)
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Works (21)

Thermosensory behaviors of the free-living life stages of Strongyloides species support parasitism in tropical environments

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2024-12-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Ben T. Gregory; Eduardo José Lopes-Torres; Mariam Desouky; Jaidyn Slaughter; Elissa A. Hallem; Astra S. Bryant
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Thermosensory behaviors of the free-living life stages ofStrongyloidesspecies support parasitism in tropical environments

2024-09-15 | Preprint
Contributors: Ben T. Gregory; Mariam Desouky; Jaidyn Slaughter; Elissa A. Hallem; Astra S. Bryant
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The generation of stable transgenic lines in the human-infective nematode Strongyloides stercoralis

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
2024-08-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Ruhi Patel; Astra S Bryant; Michelle L Castelletto; Breanna Walsh; Damia Akimori; Elissa A Hallem; M-A Félix
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A standard workflow for community-driven manual curation of Strongyloides genome annotations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-01-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Astra S. Bryant; Damia Akimori; Jonathan D. C. Stoltzfus; Elissa A. Hallem
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Strongyloides questions—a research agenda for the future

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2024-01-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Reem Al-Jawabreh; Roy Anderson; Louise E. Atkinson; Jack Bickford-Smith; Richard S. Bradbury; Minka Breloer; Astra S. Bryant; Dora Buonfrate; Luke C. Cadd; Bethany Crooks et al.
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The Wild Worm Codon Adapter: a web tool for automated codon adaptation of transgenes for expression in non-Caenorhabditis nematodes

G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics
2021-07-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Astra S Bryant; Elissa A Hallem
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The neural basis of temperature-driven host seeking in the human threadworm Strongyloides stercoralis

2021-06-23 | Other
Contributors: Astra S. Bryant; Felicitas Ruiz; Joon Ha Lee; Elissa A. Hallem
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Strongyloides RNA-seq Browser: a web-based software platform for on-demand bioinformatics analyses of Strongyloides species

G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics
2021-05-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Astra S Bryant; Stephanie F DeMarco; Elissa A Hallem; M -A Félix
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Strongyloides RNA-seq Browser: a web-based software platform for on-demand bioinformatics analyses of Strongyloides species

2021-02-18 | Other
Contributors: Astra S. Bryant; Stephanie F. DeMarco; Elissa A. Hallem
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The Wild Worm Codon Adapter: a web tool for automated codon adaptation of transgenes for expression in non-Caenorhabditis nematodes

2021-02-18 | Other
Contributors: Astra S. Bryant; Elissa A. Hallem
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Chemosensory mechanisms of host seeking and infectivity in skin-penetrating nematodes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-07-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Spencer S. Gang; Michelle L. Castelletto; Emily Yang; Felicitas Ruiz; Taylor M. Brown; Astra S. Bryant; Warwick N. Grant; Elissa A. Hallem
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Terror in the dirt: Sensory determinants of host seeking in soil-transmitted mammalian-parasitic nematodes

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance
2018-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Astra S. Bryant; Elissa A. Hallem
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Temperature-dependent behaviors of parasitic helminths

Neuroscience Letters
2018-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0304-3940
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A Critical Role for Thermosensation in Host Seeking by Skin-Penetrating Nematodes

Current Biology
2018-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Astra Bryant

Targeted mutagenesis in a human-parasitic nematode

PLOS Pathogens
2017-10-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Spencer S. Gang; Paul J. Brindley; Michelle L. Castelletto; Astra S. Bryant; Emily Yang; Nicholas Mancuso; Jacqueline B. Lopez; Matteo Pellegrini; Elissa A. Hallem
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Dopaminergic inhibition of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni

Journal of Experimental Biology
2016-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Astra S. Bryant; Anna K. Greenwood; Scott A. Juntti; Allie E. Byrne; Russell D. Fernald
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Cholinergic control of gamma power in the midbrain spatial attention network

Journal of Neuroscience
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84920964410

Contributors: Bryant, A.S.; Goddard, C.A.; Huguenard, J.R.; Knudsen, E.I.
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Spatially reciprocal inhibition of inhibition within a stimulus selection network in the avian midbrain

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84907967823

Contributors: Goddard, C.A.; Mysore, S.P.; Bryant, A.S.; Huguenard, J.R.; Knudsen, E.I.
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Astra Bryant via Scopus - Elsevier

Enhanced NMDA receptor-dependent thalamic excitation and network oscillations in stargazer mice

Journal of Neuroscience
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84864858855

Contributors: Lacey, C.J.; Bryant, A.; Brill, J.; Huguenard, J.R.
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Astra Bryant via Scopus - Elsevier

A new mode of corticothalamic transmission revealed in the Gria4 -/- model of absence epilepsy

Nature Neuroscience
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80052261027

Contributors: Paz, J.T.; Bryant, A.S.; Peng, K.; Fenno, L.; Yizhar, O.; Frankel, W.N.; Deisseroth, K.; Huguenard, J.R.
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Astra Bryant via Scopus - Elsevier

Maintenance of thalamic epileptiform activity depends on the astrocytic glutamate-glutamine cycle

Journal of Neurophysiology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-70449381077

Contributors: Bryant, A.S.; Li, B.; Beenhakker, M.P.; Huguenard, J.R.
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Astra Bryant via Scopus - Elsevier