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Matthew J Phillips

Queensland University of Technology
Verified email at qut.edu.au
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Structure and function of ER membrane contact sites with other organelles

MJ Phillips, GK Voeltz - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2016 - nature.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the largest organelle in the cell, and its functions have
been studied for decades. The past several years have provided novel insights into the …

Time‐dependent rates of molecular evolution

SYW Ho, R Lanfear, L Bromham, MJ Phillips… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
For over half a century, it has been known that the rate of morphological evolution appears
to vary with the time frame of measurement. Rates of microevolutionary change, measured …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining healthy diets: The role of capture fisheries and aquaculture for improving nutrition in the post-2015 era

SH Thilsted, A Thorne-Lyman, P Webb, JR Bogard… - Food Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda makes achieving food
security and ending malnutrition a global priority. Within this framework, the importance of …

[HTML][HTML] Relaxed phylogenetics and dating with confidence

AJ Drummond, SYW Ho, MJ Phillips, A Rambaut - PLoS biology, 2006 - journals.plos.org
In phylogenetics, the unrooted model of phylogeny and the strict molecular clock model are
two extremes of a continuum. Despite their dominance in phylogenetic inference, it is …

Effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial

M Castro, AS Rubin, M Laviolette… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic procedure in which controlled
thermal energy is applied to the airway wall to decrease smooth muscle. Objectives: To …

Depression as a predictor of disease progression and mortality in cancer patients: a meta‐analysis

JR Satin, W Linden, MJ Phillips - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Cancer patients and oncologists believe that psychological variables
influence the course of cancer, but the evidence remains inconclusive. This meta‐analysis …

Time dependency of molecular rate estimates and systematic overestimation of recent divergence times

SYW Ho, MJ Phillips, A Cooper… - Molecular biology and …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Studies of molecular evolutionary rates have yielded a wide range of rate estimates for
various genes and taxa. Recent studies based on population-level and pedigree data have …

Accounting for calibration uncertainty in phylogenetic estimation of evolutionary divergence times

SYW Ho, MJ Phillips - Systematic biology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The estimation of phylogenetic divergence times from sequence data is an important
component of many molecular evolutionary studies. There is now a general appreciation …

Bronchial thermoplasty: long-term safety and effectiveness in patients with severe persistent asthma

ME Wechsler, M Laviolette, AS Rubin… - Journal of allergy and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) has previously been shown to improve asthma
control out to 2 years in patients with severe persistent asthma. Objective We sought to …

[HTML][HTML] Two mouse retinal degenerations caused by missense mutations in the β-subunit of rod cGMP phosphodiesterase gene

B Chang, NL Hawes, MT Pardue, AM German… - Vision research, 2007 - Elsevier
We report the chromosomal localization, mutant gene identification, ophthalmic appearance,
histology, and functional analysis of two new hereditary mouse models of retinal …