Darren Heavens

10.3k citations

41 papers · 2.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 23

Molecular Biology top 10%
Plant Science top 5%
Genetics top 10%
Ecology top 5%
Cancer Research top 10%

Co-authors: Margaret A. Knowles Matthew D. Clark Mark Alston David Swarbreck Anne Osbourn Philip S. Poole John Walshaw Thomas R. Turner
Topics: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers)Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers)Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers)
Cited by: Plant Science Molecular Biology Cancer Research
Journals: Bioinformatics PLoS ONE Cancer Cell
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States China

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Darren Heavens

39 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Comparative metatranscriptomics reveals kingdom level changes in the rhizosphere microbiome of plants

2013 371 citations Darren Heavens, David Swarbreck et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Faecal metagenomes of great tits and blue tits provide insights into host, diet, pathogens and microbial biodiversity 2025 ·Access Microbiology ·Mark J. Pallen,Alise J. Ponsero,Andrea Telatin,(unknown),David Baker,Darren Heavens,Gabrielle L. Davidson	1
2	From air to insight: the evolution of airborne DNA sequencing technologies 2025 ·Microbiology ·(unknown),Darren Heavens,P. Nicholson,Matthew D. Clark,Richard M. Leggett	0
3	Real-time analysis and visualization of nanopore metagenomic samples with MARTi 2025 ·Genome Research ·Ned Peel,Samuel Martin,Darren Heavens,Douglas W. Yu,Matthew D. Clark,Richard M. Leggett	0
4	An improved Nicotiana benthamiana bioproduction chassis provides novel insights into nicotine biosynthesis 2023 ·New Phytologist ·Katharina Vollheyde,Quentin M. Dudley,Ting Yang,Mehmet Tufan Öz,Davide Mancinotti,(unknown),Darren Heavens,(unknown),(unknown),Mark A. Smedley,Wendy Harwood,David Swarbreck,Fernando Geu‐Flores,Nicola J. Patron	17
5	Nanopore adaptive sampling: a tool for enrichment of low abundance species in metagenomic samples 2022 ·Genome biology ·Samuel Martin,Darren Heavens,(unknown),Samuel Horsfield,Matthew D. Clark,Richard M. Leggett	119
6	A Genome Assembly of the Barley ‘Transformation Reference’ Cultivar Golden Promise 2020 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Miriam Schreiber,Martin Mascher,Jonathan Wright,Sudharsan Padmarasu,Axel Himmelbach,Darren Heavens,Linda Milne,Bernardo Clavijo,Nils Stein,Robbie Waugh	53
7	Sequencing smart: De novo sequencing and assembly approaches for a non-model mammal 2020 ·GigaScience ·Graham Etherington,Darren Heavens,David Baker,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Bernardo Clavijo,Iain C. Macaulay,Wilfried Haerty,Federica Di Palma	16
8	A low‐cost pipeline for soil microbiome profiling 2020 ·MicrobiologyOpen ·(unknown),Michael Giolai,Darren Heavens,Iain C. Macaulay,Jacob G. Malone,Matthew D. Clark	15
9	A critical comparison of technologies for a plant genome sequencing project 2019 ·GigaScience ·Pirita Paajanen,George Kettleborough,Elena López‐Girona,Michael Giolai,Darren Heavens,David Baker,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ingo Hein,Iain C. Macaulay,Glenn J. Bryan,Matthew D. Clark	45
10	Semi‐quantitative characterisation of mixed pollen samples using MinION sequencing and Reverse Metagenomics (RevMet) 2019 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Ned Peel,Lynn V. Dicks,Matthew D. Clark,Darren Heavens,Lawrence Percival‐Alwyn,Chris E. Cooper,R. G. Davies,Richard M. Leggett,Douglas W. Yu	30
11	An Ultra High-Density Arabidopsis thaliana Crossover Map That Refines the Influences of Structural Variation and Epigenetic Features 2019 ·Genetics ·Beth A. Rowan,Darren Heavens,Tatiana R. Feuerborn,Andrew J. Tock,Ian R. Henderson,Detlef Weigel	95
12	Rapid MinION profiling of preterm microbiota and antimicrobial-resistant pathogens 2019 ·Nature Microbiology ·Richard M. Leggett,Cristina Alcon‐Giner,Darren Heavens,Shabhonam Caim,Thomas C. Brook,Magdalena Kujawska,Samuel Martin,Ned Peel,(unknown),Lesley Hoyles,Paul Clarke,Lindsay J. Hall,Matthew D. Clark	114
13	Spatially resolved transcriptomics reveals plant host responses to pathogens 2019 ·Plant Methods ·Michael Giolai,Walter Verweij,(unknown),Darren Heavens,Iain C. Macaulay,Matthew D. Clark	20
14	Independent assessment and improvement of wheat genome sequence assemblies using Fosill jumping libraries 2018 ·GigaScience ·Fu-Hao Lu,Neil McKenzie,George Kettleborough,Darren Heavens,Matthew D. Clark,Michael Bevan	9
15	PyroClean: Denoising Pyrosequences from Protein-Coding Amplicons for the Recovery of Interspecific and Intraspecific Genetic Variation 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Ricardo H. Ramírez-González,Douglas W. Yu,(unknown),Darren Heavens,Mario Cáccamo,Brent C. Emerson	19
16	A limited role for TP53 mutation in the transformation of follicular lymphoma to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma 2005 ·Leukemia ·Andrew Davies,(unknown),Claire Taylor,Andrew Clear,Lindsey K. Goff,Sameena Iqbal,Darren Heavens,Mariarita Calaminici,A. J. Norton,T. Andrew Lister,Jude Fitzgibbon	50
17	Infrequent mutation of TRAIL receptor 2 (TRAIL-R2/DR5) in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder with 8p21 loss of heterozygosity 2004 ·Cancer Letters ·Jacqui Adams,Darren Heavens,Sylvia Bass,Margaret A. Knowles	21
18	Tumor suppressor p16INK4a determines sensitivity of human cells to transformation by cooperating cellular oncogenes 2003 ·Cancer Cell ·(unknown),Janice Rowe,(unknown),Radost Vatcheva,Darren Heavens,John F. Marshall,Mike Fried,Gordon Peters	81
19	Mutation Cluster Region, Association Between Germline and Somatic Mutations and Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Upper Gastrointestinal Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 2002 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Christopher J. Groves,Hanan Lamlum,Michael Crabtree,Jill Williamson,Claire Taylor,Sylvia Bass,Darren Heavens,Shirley Hodgson,Robin Phillips,Ian Tomlinson	93
20	Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-induced cell death is mediated through a caspase-dependent and p53-independent cell death receptor pathway 2002 ·Oncogene ·(unknown),Benjamin Dibling,Darren Heavens,Susan A. Burchill	27

About Darren Heavens

Darren Heavens is a scholar working on Aging, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 41 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (12 papers), Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (6 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (643 citations), Molecular Biology (1.1k citations) and Cancer Research (229 citations). Darren Heavens has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Margaret A. Knowles, Matthew D. Clark, Mark Alston, David Swarbreck, Anne Osbourn, Philip S. Poole, John Walshaw, Thomas R. Turner, Alastair Grant and Ramakrishnan Karunakaran. Their work appears in journals such as Bioinformatics, PLoS ONE and Cancer Cell.

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