Rob Harris

13.       June 2026                   Cave S.G, Sonowal, M., Van Hazel C.T, Fromme, P., Harris, R.E., Asperous coordinates regenerative timing by regulating damage-induced WNT Signaling (iScience).10.1016/j.isci.2026.116823 (2026) Impact Factor (2025) = 4.1

12.       October 2025              Quinn, J.W.G, Lee, M.G, Van Hazel. C.T, Wilson, M., Harris, R.E., A threshold level of JNK activates damage-responsive enhancers via JAK/STAT to promote regeneration, published Development Aug 7:dev.204632 (2025). Impact Factor (2024) = 3.7

*Selected for publication in a special issue: Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues*

11.       October 2024              Klemm J.G, Van Hazel. CT, Harris, R.E., Regeneration following tissue necrosis is mediated by non-apoptotic caspase activity, eLIFE 10.7554/eLife.101114.3 (2024). Impact Factor (2024) = 7.7, Citations = 1

*Published as peer-reviewed preprint October 2024, version of record published February 2025. This work together with Klemm et al. 2021 were highlighted by a leading researcher in the field at UMASS Chan Medical School in an Insight article in eLife Nov 2024, 10.7554/eLife.103786*

10.       June 2023                   Lund, M. C., Larsen B. B., Rowsey, D. M., Otto, H. W., Gryseels, S.,Kraberger, S., Custer, J. M., Steger, L., Yule, K. M., Harris, R. E., Worobey, M., Van Doorslaer, K., Upham, N. S.  and Varsani, A., Using archived and biocollection samples towards deciphering the DNA virus diversity associated with rodent species in the families cricetidae and heteromyidae." Virology 585, 42-60 (2023). Impact Factor (2023) =3.513 Citations = 9

9.         September 2021         Klemm, J.G, Stinchfield, M.T, Harris, R.E., Necrosis-induced apoptosis promotes regeneration in Drosophila wing imaginal discs. GENETICS, 219, 3 (2021). Impact Factor (2021) = 4.562; Citations = 16

*This publication together with Klemm et al. 2024 were highlighted by a leading researcher in the field at UMASS Chan Medical School in an Insight article in eLife Nov 2024, 10.7554/eLife.103786*

8.         June 2020                   Harris, R.E (Corresponding author), Stinchfield, MT., Nystrom, S., McKay, D., Hariharan, I.K., Damage-responsive, maturity-silenced enhancers regulate multiple genes that direct regeneration in Drosophila. eLIFE 9, e583052020. Impact Factor (2020) = 8.14; Citations = 57

7.         February 2016            Harris, R.E., Setiawan, L., Saul, J., Hariharan, I.K. Localized epigenetic silencing of a damage-activated WNT enhancer limits regeneration in mature Drosophila imaginal discs. eLIFE 5, e11588 (2016) Impact Factor (2016) = 7.725; Citations = 140

6.         July 2015                    Newton, F.G., Harris, R.E., Sutcliffe, C., and Ashe, H.L. Coordinate post-transcriptional repression of Dpp-dependent transcription factors attenuates signal range during development. Development  142, 3362-73 (2015). Impact Factor (2015) = 6.059; Citations = 32

5.         January 2012              Fritsch, C., Sawala, A., Harris, R., Maartens, A., Sutcliffe, C., Ashe, H.L., and Ray, R.P. Different requirements for proteolytic processing of bone morphogenetic protein 5/6/7/8 ligands in Drosophila melanogaster. The Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, 5942-5953. (2012). Impact Factor (2012) = 4.651; Citations = 22

4.         January 2011              Harris, R.E., Pargett, M., Sutcliffe, C., Umulis, D., and Ashe, H.L. Brat promotes stem cell differentiation via control of a bistable switch that restricts BMP signaling. Developmental Cell 20, 72-83. (2011). Impact Factor (2011) = 14.030; Citations = 175

3.         October 2011              Harris, R.E.*,Yarunin, A.*, Ashe, M.P., and Ashe, H.L. Patterning of the Drosophila oocyte by a sequential translation repression program involving the d4EHP and Belle translational repressors. RNA Biology 8, 904-912. (2011). Impact Factor (2011) = 4.933; Citations = 37

2.         August 2010               Pargett, M., Harris, R.E., Ashe, H.L, Umulis, D.M., Systems biology of spatial organization: Autoregulation and competition in BMP-mediated patterning. Developmental Biology 344, 418 (2010). Impact Factor (2010) = 4.069

1.         September 2008         Wang, X., Harris, R.E., Bayston, L.J., and Ashe, H.L. Type IV collagens regulate BMP signalling in Drosophila. Nature 455, 72-77. (2008). Impact Factor (2008) = 31.434; Citations = 395

Book Chapters and Review articles 

3.         September 2023         Harris, R.E.: Investigating tissue regeneration using the DUAL Control genetic ablation system, Book Chapter Methods Mol Biol (2023) Vol. 2599 Pages 255-270 Impact factor (2023) = 2.5; Citations = 5

2.         August 2022               Harris, R.E., Regeneration enhancers: a field in development. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol323, C1548-C1554 (2022). Impact Factor (2022) = 5.282; Citations = 6

1.         October 2011              Harris, R.E., and Ashe, H.L. Cease and desist: modulating short-range Dpp signalling in the stem-cell niche. EMBO Reports 12, 519-526. (2011). Impact Factor (2011) = 7.355; Citations = 68