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Prof Simon Webster

Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)

s.g.webster@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382308

0000-0001-5445-1868

Prof Simon Webster

View Prof Simon Webster’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Qualifications

  • PhD: Marine Biology
    University of Liverpool, 1977–1981
  • BSc: Marine Biology
    University of Liverpool, 1974–1977

Publications

2020

  • PublishedPigment dispersing factors and their cognate receptors in a crustacean model, with new insights into distinct neurons and their functions
    Alexander, J., Wilcockson, D., Brendler-Spaeth, T., Oliphant, A., Dircksen, H. & Webster, S., 29 Oct 2020, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14, p. 1-16 16 p., 595648.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedFunctional Characterization and Signaling Systems of Corazonin and Red Pigment Concentrating Hormone in the Green Shore Crab, Carcinus maenas
    Alexander, J., Oliphant, A., Wilcockson, D. C., Audsley, N., Down, R. E., Lafont, R. & Webster, S., 15 Jan 2018, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11, p. 752 752.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedFunctional Identification and Characterization of the Diuretic Hormone 31 (DH31) Signaling System in the Green Shore Crab, Carcinus maenas: DH31 Signaling in Crabs
    Alexander, J., Oliphant, A., Wilcockson, D. & Webster, S., 4 Jul 2018, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12, p. 1-16 16 p., 454.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTranscriptomic analysis of crustacean neuropeptide signaling during the moult cycle of the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas.
    Oliphant, A., Alexander, J. L., Swain, M. T., Webster, S. G. & Wilcockson, D. C., 26 Sep 2018, In: BMC Genomics. 19, 711, p. 711 26 p., 19:711.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedCharacterization, localization and temporal expression of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) in the behaviorally rhythmic peracarid crustaceans, Eurydice pulchra (Leach) and Talitrus saltator (Montagu)
    Hoelters, L., O'Grady, J. F., Webster, S. & Wilcockson, D., 1 Oct 2016, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 237, p. 43-52
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedMetabolic molecular markers of the tidal clock in the marine crustacean Eurydice pulchra
    O'Neill, J. S., Lee, K. D., Zhang, L., Feeney, K., Webster, S. G., Blades, M. J., Kyriacou, C. P., Hastings, M. H. & Wilcockson, D. C., 20 Apr 2015, In: Current Biology. p. R326-R327
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • PublishedBursicon and neuropeptide cascades during the ecdysis program of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas
    Webster, S. G., Wilcockson, D. C., Mrinalini, N. V. & Sharp, J. S., 1 Feb 2013, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 182, p. 54-64
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedDissociation of Circadian and Circatidal Timekeeping in the Marine Crustacean Eurydice pulchra
    Zhang, L., Hastings, M. H., Green, E. W., Tauber, E., Sladek, M., Webster, S. G., Kyriacou, C. P. & Wilcockson, D. C., 7 Oct 2013, In: Current Biology. 23, 19, p. 1863-1873
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedRoles of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone in ionic and metabolic homeostasis in the Christmas Island blue crab, Discoplax celeste
    Turner, L. M., Webster, S. G. & Morris, S., 1 Apr 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, p. 1191-1201
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedThe CHH-superfamily of multifunctional peptide hormones controlling crustacean metabolism, osmoregulation, moulting, and reproduction
    Webster, S. G., Keller, R. & Dircksen, H., 15 Jan 2012, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 175, 2, p. 217-233
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • PublishedA novel form of pigment-dispersing hormone in the central nervous system of the intertidal marine isopod, Eurydice pulchra (leach).
    Wilcockson, D. C., Zhang, L., Hastings, M. H., Kyriacou, C. P. & Webster, S. G., 15 Feb 2011, In: Journal of Comparative Neurology. 519, 3, p. 562-575
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

  • PublishedEfficient identification of proteins from ovaries and hepatopancreas of the unsequencedediblecrab, Cancerpagurus, by massspectrometry and homology-based, cross-speciessearching
    Ward, D. A., Sefton, E. M., Prescott, M. C., Webster, S. G., Wainwright, G., Rees, H. H. & Fisher, M. J., 10 Oct 2010, In: Journal of Proteomics. 73, 12, p. 2354-2364
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedIdentification and expression of mRNAs encoding bursicon in the plesiomorphic central nervous system of Homarus gammarus.
    Sharp, J. H., Wilcockson, D. C. & Webster, S. G., 1 Oct 2010, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 169, 1, p. 65-74
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe adaptive significance of crustacaen hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH) in daily and seasonal migratory activities of the Christmas Island red crab Gecarcoided natalis.
    Morris, S., Postel, U., Mrinalini, N. V., Turner, L. M., Palmer, J. & Webster, S. G., 1 Sep 2010, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, 17, p. 3062-3073
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

  • PublishedAngiotensin-converting enzyme-like activity in crab gills and its putative role in degradation of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone.
    Chung, J. S. & Webster, S. G., 1 Jul 2008, In: Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 68, 3, p. 171-180
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedIdentification and developmental expression of mRNAs encoding putative insect cuticle hardening hormone, bursicon in the green shore crab Carcinus maenas.
    Wilcockson, D. C. & Webster, S. G., 1 Mar 2008, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 156, 1, p. 113-125
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

  • PublishedBinding sites of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone and its second messengers on gills and hindgut of the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas: A possible osmoregulatory role.
    Chung, J. S. & Webster, S. G., 1 Jun 2006, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 147, 2, p. 206-213
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedIdentification and developmental expression of mRNAs encoding crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) in decapod crustaceans.
    Chung, J. S., Wilcockson, D. C., Zmora, N., Zohar, Y., Dircksen, H. & Webster, S. G., 1 Oct 2006, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 209, 19, p. 3862-3872
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMembers of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) peptide family are differentially distributed both between and within the neuroendocrine organs of Cancer crabs: implications for differential release and pleiotropic function.
    Hsu, Y. W., Messinger, D. I., Chung, J. S., Webster, S. G., De La Iglesia, H. O. & Christie, A. E., 15 Aug 2006, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 209, 16, p. 3241-3256
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

  • PublishedDynamics of in vivo release of molt-inhibiting hormone and crustacean hyperglycemic hormone in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas.
    Chung, J. S. & Webster, S. G., 1 Dec 2005, In: Endocrinology. 146, 12, p. 5545-5551
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMosquito natriuretic peptide identified as a calcitonin-like diuretic hormone in Anopheles gambiae (Giles)
    Coast, G. M., Garside, C. S., Webster, S. G., Schegg, K. M. & Schooley, D. A., 1 Sep 2005, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 208, 17, p. 3281-3291
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

  • PublishedCDNA cloning of a vasa-like gene of the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas
    Okuno, A., Matsumoto, S., Chang, J. S. & Webster, S. G., 1 Dec 2004, In: Zoological Science. 21, 12, p. 1295-1296
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedExpression and release patterns of neuropeptides during embryonic development and hatching of the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas
    Chung, J. & Webster, S. G., 9 Sep 2004, In: Development. 131, 19, p. 4751-4761
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

  • PublishedCloning, characterization, and developmental expression of a putative farnesoic acid O-methyl transferase in the female edible crab Cancer pagurus
    Ruddell, C. J., Wainwright, G., Geffen, A., White, M. R., Webster, S. G. & Rees, H. H., 1 Dec 2003, In: Biological Bulletin. 205, 3, p. 308-318
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMoult cycle-related changes in biological activity of moult-inhibiting hormone (MIH) and crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH) in the crab, Carcinus maenasi - From target to transcript.
    Chung, J. S. & Webster, S. G., 11 Jul 2003, In: European Journal of Biochemistry. 270, 15, p. 3280-3288
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

  • PublishedIs crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone precursor-related peptide a circulating neurohormone in crabs?
    Wilcockson, D. C., Chung, J. & Webster, S., 1 Jan 2002, In: Cell and Tissue Research. 307, 1, p. 129-138
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

  • PublishedCharacterization of cDNA encoding molt-inhibiting hormone of the crab, Cancer pagurus; expression of MIH in non-X-organ tissues.
    Lu, W., Wainwright, G., Olohan, L. A., Webster, S. G., Rees, H. H. & Turner, P. C., 31 Oct 2001, In: Gene. 278, 1-2, p. 149-159
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedCrustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH)-like peptides and CHH-precursor-related peptides from pericardial organ neurosecretory cells in the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, are putatively spliced and modified products of multiple genes
    Dircksen, H., Bocking, D., Heyn, U., Mandel, C., Chung, J. S., Baggerman, G., Verhaert, P., Daufeldt, S., Plosch, T., Jaros, P. P., Waelkens, E., Keller, R. & Webster, S. G., 15 May 2001, In: Biochemical Journal. 356, 1, p. 159-170
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Drosophila melanogaster homologue of an insect calcitonin- like diuretic peptide stimulates V-ATPase activity in fruit fly Malpighian tubules.
    Coast, G. M., Webster, S. G., Schegg, K. M., Tobe, S. S. & Schooley, D. A., 1 May 2001, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 204, 10, p. 1795-1804
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

  • PublishedClustering of mandibular organ-inhibiting hormone and moult- inhibiting hormone genes in the crab, Cancer pagurus, and implications for regulation of expression
    Lu, W., Wainwright, G., Olohan, L. A., Webster, S. G., Rees, H. H. & Turner, P. C., 8 Aug 2000, In: Gene. 253, 2, p. 197-207
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEcdysis of decapod crustaceans is associated with a dramatic release of crustacean cardioactive peptide into the haemolymph.
    Phlippen, M. K., Webster, S. G., Chung, J. S. & Dircksen, H., 1 Feb 2000, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 203, 3, p. 521-536
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEndocrine cells in the gut of the shore crab Carcinus maenas immunoreactive to crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone and its precursor-related peptide.
    Webster, S. G., Dircksen, H. & Chung, J. S., 2 Apr 2000, In: Cell and Tissue Research. 300, 1, p. 193-205
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Projects

  • Endocrine scaffolds and peptide networks: how is the moult cycle and ecdysis programme controlled in crustaceans?

    16/03/2020 – 31/01/2024 (Active)

  • Unravelling the ecdysis cascade in crustaceans

    10/11/2014 – 30/09/2020 (Finished)

  • Population Structuring Of Cod Around Uk

    15/10/2007 – 04/07/2012 (Finished)

  • Molecular Genetics Of Biological Rhythms

    16/10/2006 – 05/09/2012 (Finished)

  • Crustacean Hyperglycaemic Hormone Functi

    01/04/2006 – 13/08/2010 (Finished)

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