David Epel

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David Epel is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Santa Barbara, California Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego, Stanford University, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Zagreb, University of California, Santa Cruz

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PhD Marine Biology University of California, Santa Cruz
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According to Wikipedia, David Epel is a researcher at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California, and a Professor in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. Epel earned his Ph.D. at University of California Berkeley under Daniel Mazia. He arrived at Hopkins Marine Station in 1965. Subsequently, Professor Epel spent seven years at University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He completed a postdoc with Britton Chance at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Epel has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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The Genome of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (2006) (1056)
Intracellular pH and activation of sea urchin eggs after fertilisation (1976) (488)
Activation of sea-urchin eggs by a calcium ionophore. (1974) (422)
Some precautions in using chelators to buffer metals in biological solutions. (2004) (419)
Is calcium ionophore a universal activator for unfertilised eggs? (1974) (396)
Embryo stability and vulnerability in an always changing world (2007) (342)
Ecological Developmental Biology: Integrating Epigenetics, Medicine, And Evolution (2009) (301)
Mechanisms of activation of sperm and egg during fertilization of sea urchin gametes. (1978) (271)
The chemical defensome: environmental sensing and response genes in the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus genome. (2006) (235)
Changes in internal pH associated with initiation of motility and acrosome reaction of sea urchin sperm. (1983) (210)
Emerging contaminants--pesticides, PPCPs, microbial degradation products and natural substances as inhibitors of multixenobiotic defense in aquatic organisms. (2004) (209)
Nitromusk and Polycyclic Musk Compounds as Long-Term Inhibitors of Cellular Xenobiotic Defense Systems Mediated by Multidrug Transporters (2004) (205)
Protein synthesis in sea urchin eggs: a "late" response to fertilization. (1967) (185)
An analysis of the partial metabolic derepression of sea urchin eggs by ammonia: the existence of independent pathways. (1974) (173)
NO is necessary and sufficient for egg activation at fertilization (2000) (170)
Protease released from sea urchin eggs at fertilization alters the vitelline layer and aids in preventing polyspermy. (1973) (165)
Calmodulin activates NAD kinase of sea urchin eggs: An early event of fertilization (1981) (165)
Efflux transporters: newly appreciated roles in protection against pollutants. (2008) (160)
Role of the intrinsic transglutaminase in the Ca2+-mediated crosslinking of erythrocyte proteins. (1976) (159)
Methods for revoval of the vitelline membrane of sea urchin eggs. I. Use of dithiothreitol (Cleland Reagent). (1970) (146)
Isolation and biological activity of the proteases released by sea urchin eggs following fertilization. (1975) (140)
The role of calcium ions in the acrosome reaction of sea urchin sperm: regulation of exocytosis. (1977) (138)
Use of multidrug transporters as first lines of defense against toxins in aquatic organisms (1998) (137)
Intracellular pH of sea urchin eggs measured by the dimethyloxazolidinedione (DMO) method (1981) (123)
Activation of an Na + -dependent amino acid transport system upon fertilization of sea urchin eggs. (1972) (122)
Protease Activity establishes the Block against Polyspermy in Sea Urchin Eggs (1972) (119)
The Program of and Mechanisms of Fertilization in the Echinoderm Egg (1975) (118)
Sea Urchin Eggs Release Protease Activity at Fertilization (1972) (114)
THE EFFECTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE INHIBITION ON ATP LEVEL AND THE RATE OF MITOSIS IN THE SEA URCHIN EGG (1963) (109)
Multixenobiotic Resistance in Urechis caupo Embryos: Protection From Environmental Toxins. (1993) (109)
Is there a role for the Ca2+ influx during fertilization of the sea urchin egg? (1982) (101)
ABCB- and ABCC-type transporters confer multixenobiotic resistance and form an environment-tissue barrier in bivalve gills. (2008) (101)
Characterization of multixenobiotic/multidrug transport in the gills of the mussel Mytilus californianus and identification of environmental substrates (1995) (99)
A volatile inhibitor immobilizes sea urchin sperm in semen by depressing the intracellular pH. (1983) (97)
Development in the Floating World: Defenses of Eggs and Embryos Against Damage from UV Radiation (1999) (96)
Activation of multidrug efflux transporter activity at fertilization in sea urchin embryos (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus). (2004) (91)
A rapid change in phosphorylation on tyrosine accompanies fertilization of sea urchin eggs (1991) (91)
Exocytosis of sea urchin egg cortical vesicles in vitro is retarded by hyperosmotic sucrose: kinetics of fusion monitored by quantitative light-scattering microscopy (1985) (89)
The initiation of development at fertilization (Review) (1990) (86)
The hierarchy of requirements for an elevated intracellular pH during early development of sea urchin embryos (1985) (86)
Calcium-mediated mitochondrial movement in ascidian sperm during fertilization. (1979) (85)
IONIC TRIGGERS IN THE FERTILIZATION OF SEA URCHIN EGGS (1980) (78)
Sea Urchin Sperm-Egg Interactions Studied with the Scanning Electron Microscope (1973) (74)
The program of fertilization. (1977) (70)
Nitric oxide in oocyte maturation, ovulation, fertilization, cleavage and implantation: a little dab'll do ya. (2003) (69)
New perspectives on perfluorochemical ecotoxicology: inhibition and induction of an efflux transporter in the marine mussel, Mytilus californianus. (2006) (66)
Interaction of environmental xenobiotics with a multixenobiotic defense mechanism in the bay mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from the coast of California (1996) (65)
Fatal attraction: synthetic musk fragrances compromise multixenobiotic defense systems in mussels. (2004) (63)
Scanning electron microscope studies of sea urchin fertilization. I. Eggs with vitelline layers. (1976) (63)
Regulation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in sea urchin eggs by reversible association with cell structural elements (1986) (58)
Changes in intracellular acidic compartments in sea urchin eggs after activation. (1983) (58)
Bacterial Symbionts Colonize the Accessory Nidamental Gland of the Squid Loligo opalescens via Horizontal Transmission. (1998) (57)
Multidrug efflux transporters limit accumulation of inorganic, but not organic, mercury in sea urchin embryos. (2009) (56)
Multidrug resistance in the embryos and larvae of the mussel Mytilus edulis. (2000) (56)
The relation between intracellular pH and rate of protein synthesis in sea urchin eggs and the existence of a pH-independent event triggered by ammonia. (1986) (55)
The initiation of development at fertilization. (1990) (52)
Protein synthesis during hormonally induced meiotic maturation and fertilization in starfish oocytes. (1974) (52)
Methods for removal of the vitelline membrane of sea urchin eggs. II. Controlled exposure to trypsin to eliminate post-fertilization clumping of embryos. (1970) (52)
Involvement of zinc in the regulation of pHi, motility, and acrosome reactions in sea urchin sperm (1985) (50)
Cortical vesicle exocytosis in isolated cortices of sea urchin eggs: description of a turbidometric assay and its utilization in studying effects of different media on discharge. (1983) (46)
Does ADP regulate respiration following fertilization of sea urchin eggs? (1969) (45)
Protection of DNA during early development: adaptations and evolutionary consequences (2003) (45)
Ecological Developmental Biology: The Environmental Regulation of Development, Health, and Evolution (2015) (45)
Fertilization-associated light-scattering changes in eggs of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. (1971) (43)
Relationship between release of surface proteins and metabolic activation of sea urchin eggs at fertilization. (1975) (43)
Elevation and hardening of the fertilization membrane in sea urchin eggs. Role of the soluble fertilization product. (1975) (43)
Redox changes during fertilization and maturation of marine invertebrate eggs. (1998) (42)
Protein synthesis increases after fertilization of sea urchin eggs in the absence of an increase in intracellular pH. (1995) (42)
Starfish oocyte maturation and fertilization: intracellular pH is not involved in activation. (1982) (40)
Polyspermy block of Spisula eggs is prevented by cytochalasin B. (1975) (40)
Characterisation and role of integrins during gametic interaction and egg activation (1996) (39)
Apoptosis in early development of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. (2007) (39)
FLAGELLAR MOTILITY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE INCORPORATION OF THE SPERM INTO THE EGG AT FERTILIZATION * (1977) (39)
The use of fluorescent amines for the measurement of pHi: applications in liposomes, gastric microsomes, and sea urchin gametes. (1981) (38)
Egg capsule sheath of Loligo opalescens Berry : structure and association with bacteria (1991) (38)
Enzyme stimulation upon fertilization is revealed in electrically permeabilized sea urchin eggs. (1988) (37)
Ca2+-stimulated production of H2O2 from naphthoquinone oxidation in Arbacia eggs. (1981) (36)
Formation of fertilization acid by sea urchin eggs does not require specific cations. (1975) (36)
The appearance of an extracellular arylsulfatase during morphogenesis of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. (1981) (35)
Characterization of a Ca2+-stimulated lipid peroxidizing system in the sea urchin egg. (1985) (35)
Stimulation of protein phosphorylation during fertilization-induced maturation of Urechis caupo oocytes. (1982) (34)
Stress-induced apoptosis in sea urchin embryogenesis. (2004) (34)
Fertilization stimulates lipid peroxidation in the sea urchin egg. (1985) (34)
Simultaneous measurement of TPNH formation and respiration following fertilization of the sea urchin egg (1964) (33)
Experimental Analysis of the Role of Intracellular Calcium in the Activation of the Sea Urchin Egg at Fertilization (1980) (32)
15 – Arousal of Activity in Sea Urchin Eggs at Fertilization (1989) (32)
The cytochrome system of sea urchin sperm. (1968) (31)
The multi-xenobiotic resistance phenotype as a tool to biomonitor the environment. (1999) (31)
Detection of phospholipase Cγ in sea urchin eggs (1998) (31)
A novel procedure for obtaining denuded sea urchin eggs and observations on the role of the vitelline layer in sperm reception and egg activation. (1977) (31)
The multixenobiotic defense mechanism in mussels is induced by substrates and non-substrates: Implications for a general stress response (1998) (30)
CHAPTER 13 – The Program of Structural and Metabolic Changes following Fertilization of Sea Urchin Eggs (1969) (30)
An early increase in cGMP follows fertilization of sea urchin eggs. (1996) (27)
The effects of chlorination of wastewater on fertilization in some marine invertebrates (1973) (26)
Algal products as naturally occurring substrates for p-glycoprotein in Mytiluscalifornianus (2002) (26)
Chapter 13 – The Physiology and Chemistry of Calcium during the Fertilization of Eggs (1982) (25)
Marine bacteria produce compounds that modulate multixenobiotic transport activity in Urechis caupo embryos (1996) (25)
14 – Intracellular pH and Cell Proliferation (1987) (25)
The sea urchin embryo as a model for studying efflux transporters: roles and energy cost. (2006) (24)
The roles of changes in NADPH and pH during fertilization and artificial activation of the sea urchin egg. (1999) (24)
Teasing apart activities of different types of ABC efflux pumps in bivalve gills using the concepts of independent action and concentration addition. (2008) (23)
Control of enzyme synthesis in early sea urchin development: aryl sulfatase activity in normal and hybrid embryos. (1971) (22)
The glutathione thiol-disulfide status in the sea urchin egg during fertilization and the first cell division cycle. (1976) (22)
The localization of PI and PIP kinase activities in the sea urchin egg and their modulation following fertilization. (1989) (22)
Research article - The genome of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (2006) (21)
Studies of oogenesis in Urechis caupo. II. Accumulation during oogenesis of carbohydrate, RNA, microtubule protein, and soluble, mitochondrial, and lysosomal enzymes. (1973) (20)
Sperm motility in the horseshoe crab. III. Isolation and characterization of a sperm motility initiating peptide (1982) (19)
Fertilization acid of sea urchin eggs is not a consequence of cortical granule exocytosis. (1976) (19)
The appearance of -amylase activity during gut differentiation in sand dollar plutei. (1971) (19)
The in vivo rate of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in sea urchin eggs determined with a photolabile caged substrate. (1995) (19)
Stable, resealable pores formed in sea urchin eggs by electric discharge (electroporation) permit substrate loading for assay of enzymes in vivo. (1989) (18)
Cost, effectiveness and environmental relevance of multidrug transporters in sea urchin embryos (2013) (18)
Purification and properties of an exo-β-d-1,3-glucanase from sea urchin eggs (1969) (17)
Intracellular calcium and fertilization: role of the cation and regulation of intracellular calcium levels. (1982) (16)
Phosphoinositide metabolism at fertilization of sea urchin eggs measured with a GFP‐probe (2004) (16)
Reevaluation of cell surface protein release at fertilization and its role in regulation of sea urchin egg protein synthesis. (1981) (15)
High hydrostatic pressure and the dissection of fertilization responses. I. The relationship between cortical granule exocytosis and proton efflux during fertilization of the sea urchin egg. (1983) (15)
INTRACELLULAR pH AND ACTIVATION OF THE SEA URCHIN EGG AT FERTILIZATION (1978) (15)
A multixenobiotic transporter in Urechis caupo embryos: protection from pesticides? (1995) (13)
Beakers versus breakers: how fertilisation in the laboratory differs from fertilisation in nature (1995) (12)
Sea urchin gametes in the teaching laboratory: good experiments and good experiences. (2004) (12)
Sperm motility in the horseshoe crab. IV. Extracellular ions and intracellular pH are not mediators of motility initiation (1982) (11)
Virtual Ocean Acidification Laboratory as an Efficient Educational Tool to Address Climate Change Issues (2011) (11)
Kinetics of actin assembly attending fertilization or artificial activation of sea urchin eggs. (1987) (10)
Multidrug-Multixenobiotic Transporters and Their Significance with Respect to Environmental Levels of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (2001) (10)
Heavy metal chelators prolong motility and viability of sea urchin sperm by inhibiting spontaneous acrosome reactions. (1983) (10)
Using cell and developmental biology to enhance embryo survival in aquaculture (2004) (9)
Cortical Granules of Sea Urchin Eggs do not Undergo Exocytosis at the Site of Sperm‐egg Fusion * (1985) (9)
Experimental Embryology of Echinoderms. Sven Horstadius. Clarendon (Oxford University Press), New York, 1973. x, 192 pp., illus. $16 (1974) (9)
Regulation of the pentose phosphate pathway at fertilization in sea urchin eggs (1996) (9)
In vivo protein phosphorylation and labeling of ATP in sea urchin eggs loaded with 32PO4 via electroporation. (1991) (8)
Myosin heavy chain dephosphorylation during cytokinesis in dividing sea urchin embryos (1993) (8)
Changes in the catalytic properties of DNA ligases during early sea urchin development. (1987) (7)
Algal products as naturally occurring modulators for the multidrug resistance (MDR) transporter (2000) (7)
The Limulus sperm motility-initiating peptide initiates acrosome reactions in sea water lacking potassium. (1985) (7)
The use of caged substrates to assess the activity of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in living sea urchin eggs. (1992) (7)
SOME ASPECTS OF METABOLIC CONTROL IN THE FERTILIZATION TRANSITION OF SEA URCHIN EGGS (1965) (5)
Synthetic Musk Compounds: Luckenbach Responds (2005) (5)
Sperm motility in the horseshoe crab. V: Zinc removal mediates chelator initiation of motility (1985) (4)
THE CASCADE OF EVENTS INITIATED BY RISES IN CYTOSOLIC Ca+2 AND pH FOLLOWING FERTILIZATION IN SEA URCHIN EGGS (1982) (4)
An Ode to Edward Chambers: Linkages of Transport, Calcium and pH to Sea Urchin Egg Arousal at Fertilization (1989) (4)
Sea urchin egg fertilization studied with a fluorescent probe (ANS). (1974) (4)
Frontiers in Squid Reproduction: Prospecting for New Antibiotics (2002) (3)
Daniel Mazia: a passion for understanding how cells reproduce. (1998) (3)
Inhibitors of the ABC transport proteins as emerging pollutants—Determination and ecotoxicological relevance (2006) (2)
Molecular mechanisms for prevention of polyspermy. (1975) (2)
Environmental Effects on Anti-Microbial Activity of Bacterial Symbionts in the Reproductive System of Squid (2004) (2)
Further studies on the glucose inhibition of beta-1,3-glucanohydrolase increase during gut differentiation of sand dollar larvae. (1974) (1)
A Summary of the Symposium on "Gamete Dialogue in Fertilization: From Sea Urchin to Human"—in Memory of Alberto Monroy (1988) (1)
The role of Ca+2 in triggering development at fertilization (1978) (1)
Heavy metals as mediators of sperm activation (1982) (1)
Polyphosphoinositides, tyrosine kinase and sea urchin egg activation (2020) (1)
Activation of Sperm and Egg During Fertilization (2011) (1)
Purification and properties of an exo-beta-D-1,3-glucanase from sea urchin eggs. (1969) (1)
Early biochemical events following fertilization of sea urchin eggs. NASA CR-673. (1967) (1)
Correspondence: Enzyme activities in bondage? (1990) (1)
Persistent Chemicals in the Marine Ecosystem. (1970) (1)
21 – Electroporation as a Tool to Study Enzyme Activities in Situ (1991) (1)
In memoriam of Daniel Mazia (1913-1996). (1996) (0)
Ecological developmental biology : the environmentalregulation of development, health, and evolution / ScottF. Gilbert, David Epel. (2015) (0)
HOW A TRANSIENT RISE IN CALCIUM CAUSES ACTIVATION OF THE EGG AT FERTILIZATION. (1983) (0)
Introduction to the symposium on ‘Fertilization in the Echinoderms’ (2020) (0)
Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of Microbial Symbiont Bioactivities in Sepioid and Loliginid Squids (2001) (0)
Developmental Biology. Leon W. Browder; Philadelphia: Saunders College Press, 1980, 602 pp. $25.95 (1982) (0)
Caged substrates for measuring enzymatic activity in vivo: photoactivated caged glucose 6-phosphate. (1998) (0)
Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin Embryo. Giovanni Giudice. Academic Press, New York, 1973. x, 470 pp., illus. $32 (1974) (0)
Multidrug resistance associated protein (MRP) transport activity mediates differences in susceptibility to inorganic and organic mercury in sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) embryos (2007) (0)
Multi-User Facilities for Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology (1990) (0)
Sea Urchin Development. Cellular and Molecular Aspects. Louis W. Stearns. Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, Stroudsberg, Pa., 1974. xii, 340 pp., illus. $20 (1974) (0)
The molecular biology of fertilization Edited by H. Schatten and G. Schatten. San Diego: Academic Press. (1989). 384 pp. $85.00 (1989) (0)
When sperm meets egg-Fifty years of surprises. (2019) (0)
Instruction at the Hopkins Marine Station (1992) (0)
The multidrug/multixenobiotic transporter defense mechanism: Induction and energy costs (1998) (0)
NH4Cl and other weak bases in the activation of sea urchin eggs (reply) (1978) (0)
When sperm meets egg Fertilization. By FRANK J. LONGO. 1987. (Outline Studies in Biology Series.) Chapman and Hall, 1987. Pp. 191. $9.95 (1989) (0)
Enzyme activities in bondage? (1990) (0)
In memoriam. Daniel Mazia (1913-1996). (1997) (0)
Molecular Marine Biology Research Training. (1997) (0)
Modes of restoring diploidy: biology of fertilization. (1986) (0)
Multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) protects sea urchin embryos (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) against mercuric chloride (2007) (0)
How successful is the fertilization process of the sea urchin egg? (2020) (0)
Multidrug efflux transporter activity in sea urchin embryos:Does localization provide a diffusive advantage? (2008) (0)
Useful Embryos: Experimental Embryology of Marine and Fresh-Water Invertebrates . G. Reverberi, Ed. North-Holland, Amsterdam, and Elsevier, New York, 1971. xxiv, 588 pp., illus. $32. (1971) (0)
Cost , Effectiveness and Environmental Relevance of Multidrug 1 Transporters in Sea Urchin Embryos 2 3 (2013) (0)
Alpha Epsilon Delta ( N 2 ) (2005) (0)
How the sperm triggers development of the egg: what have we learned and what can we expect in the next millennium? (1999) (0)

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