🏆 Finalist — NIH Data Sharing Index (“S-Index”) Challenge

Helena Safavi-­Hemami

University of Utah

ORCID: 0000-0002-1984-2721
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscience

Pilot corpus only

This score is computed over theSindex pilot corpus and does not cover the full scientific literature. Scores are relative to papers we have ingested — papers, authors, and institutions outside the pilot are not represented. Methodology.

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Papers

Driven by 20 papers. Top paper: “Prey Shifts Drive Venom Evolution in Cone Snails”.

Prey Shifts Drive Venom Evolution in Cone Snails

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2024)10.1093/molbev/msae120
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0.532DataRank · unranked
23 citations

Samuel D. Robinson, Paula Flórez Salcedo, Kevin Chase, Jason S. Biggs, Alexander Fedosov +4 more

Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Extraordinary Diversity of Venom Peptides in Unexplored Predatory Gastropods of the Genus Clavus

Genome Biology and Evolution(2020)10.1093/gbe/evaa083
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0.489DataRank · unranked
25 citations

Maren Watkins, Qing Li, Samuel D. Robinson, Gisela P. Concepción, Mark Yandell +5 more

Cone snail venom-inspired somatostatin receptor 4 (SSTR4) agonists as new drug leads for peripheral pain

Scientific Reports(2025)10.1038/s41598-025-26820-5
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0.249DataRank · unranked
4 citations

Iris Bea L. Ramiro, Thomas Lund Koch, Ebbe Engholm, Ho Yan Yeung, Kasper K. Sørensen +10 more

Somatostatin venom analogs evolved by fish-hunting cone snails: From prey capture behavior to identifying drug leads

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.10.26.465842
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4 citations

Walden E. Bjørn‐Yoshimoto, Julita S. Imperial, Joanna Gajewiak, Maren Watkins, Dylan Taylor +11 more

Visualization of Insulin Receptor Activation by a Novel Insulin Analog with Elongated A Chain and Truncated B Chain

Research Square(2021)10.21203/rs.3.rs-501661/v1
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0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Alan Blakely, Jin Hwan Kim, John G. Menting, Ingmar B. Schäfer, Heidi Schubert +14 more

Reconstructing the Origins of a Neuropeptide Signaling System Using the Accelerated Evolution of Biodiverse Cone Snail Venoms

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.11.05.463867
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0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Iris Bea L. Ramiro, Paula Flórez Salcedo, Ebbe Engholm, Knud J. Jensen, Kevin Chase +4 more

Symmetric and asymmetric receptor conformation continuum induced by a new insulin

Nature Chemical Biology(2022)10.1038/s41589-022-00981-0
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0DataRank · unranked
43 citations

Alan Blakely, Jin Hwan Kim, John G. Menting, Ingmar B. Schäfer, Heidi Schubert +15 more

Somatostatin venom analogs evolved by fish-hunting cone snails: From prey capture behavior to identifying drug leads

Science Advances(2022)10.1126/sciadv.abk1410
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0DataRank · unranked
30 citations

Walden E. Bjørn‐Yoshimoto, Julita S. Imperial, Joanna Gajewiak, Paula Flórez Salcedo, Maren Watkins +12 more

Reconstructing the Origins of the Somatostatin and Allatostatin-C Signaling Systems Using the Accelerated Evolution of Biodiverse Cone Snail Toxins

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2022)10.1093/molbev/msac075
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0DataRank · unranked
25 citations

Iris Bea L. Ramiro, Paula Flórez Salcedo, Ebbe Engholm, Knud J. Jensen, Kevin Chase +4 more

A previously unrecognized superfamily of macro-conotoxins includes an inhibitor of the sensory neuron calcium channel Cav2.3

PLoS Biology(2023)10.1371/journal.pbio.3002217
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0DataRank · unranked
13 citations

Paula Flórez Salcedo, Emilie Mueller, Thomas Lund Koch, Lau D. Kjelgaard, Maren Watkins +11 more

A toxin-based approach to neuropeptide and peptide hormone discovery

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience(2023)10.3389/fnmol.2023.1176662
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0DataRank · unranked
8 citations

Joshua P. Torres, Robert P. Baskin, Paula Flórez Salcedo, Kevin Chase, Baldomero M. Olivera +2 more

Fish-hunting cone snail disrupts prey’s glucose homeostasis with weaponized mimetics of somatostatin and insulin

Nature Communications(2024)10.1038/s41467-024-50470-2
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0DataRank · unranked
9 citations

Iris Bea L. Ramiro, Daniel B. Andersen, Thomas Lund Koch, Alexander Hamilton, Walden E. Bjørn‐Yoshimoto +12 more

χ-Conotoxins are an Evolutionary Innovation of Mollusk-Hunting Cone Snails as a Counter-Adaptation to Prey Defense

Molecular Biology and Evolution(2024)10.1093/molbev/msae226
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0DataRank · unranked
6 citations

Maren Watkins, Rodolfo S. Probst, Thomas Lund Koch, Kevin Chase, Julita S. Imperial +8 more

Structural similarities reveal an expansive conotoxin family with a two‐finger toxin fold

Protein Science(2025)10.1002/pro.70333
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0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Celeste Menuet Hackney, Thomas Lund Koch, Arik J. Hone, Aymeric Rogalski, Maren Watkins +7 more

From Neuropeptides to Toxins: Illuminating the Origins of Venom Complexity in Cone Snails

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.09.26.678268
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0DataRank · unranked
2 citations

Giada Ferrari, Sunita B. Sumanam, Paula Flórez Salcedo, Maren Watkins, Kevin Chase +8 more

Structural similarities reveal an expansive conotoxin family with a two-finger toxin fold

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.07.03.662903
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0DataRank · unranked
1 citations

Celeste Menuet Hackney, Thomas Lund Koch, Arik J. Hone, Aymeric Rogalski, Maren Watkins +7 more

Curses or Cures: A Review of the Numerous Benefits Versus the Biosecurity Concerns of Conotoxin Research

Biomedicines(2020)10.3390/biomedicines8080235
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0DataRank · unranked
47 citations

Iris Bea L. Ramiro, Mark Yandell, J. Michael McIntosh, Baldomero M. Olivera, Lars Ellgaard +2 more

Conkazal-M1 from the MKAVA family of conotoxins – a dual-function protease inhibitor and neuroactive peptide

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.1101/2025.11.05.686841
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0DataRank · unranked
0 citations

Thomas Lund Koch, Nicklas Lund Ryding, Aymeric Rogalski, Kevin Chase, Matías L. Giglio +8 more

αM-Conotoxin MIIIJ Blocks Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors at Neuromuscular Junctions of Frog and Fish

Toxins(2020)10.3390/toxins12030197
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0DataRank · unranked
11 citations

Henrik O’Brien, Iris Bea L. Ramiro, Layla Azam, J. Michael McIntosh, Baldomero M. Olivera +3 more

Non-Peptidic Small Molecule Components from Cone Snail Venoms

Frontiers in Pharmacology(2021)10.3389/fphar.2021.655981
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0DataRank · unranked
10 citations

Joshua P. Torres, Maren Watkins, Noemi D. Paguigan, Changshan Niu, Julita S. Imperial +9 more