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Deirdre Lyons

Title(s)Associate Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Department
SchoolVc-marine Sciences
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    2020 Developmental Biology of Sea Urchin and other Marine Invertebrates (DMSUMI-Meeting)
    NIH R13HD101241Feb 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2021
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Building a gene regulatory network-based model for cell fate specification and morphogenesis using a new mollusc model.
    NIH R35GM133673Aug 15, 2019 - Jun 30, 2024
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Current practices in HPV-related anogenital neoplasia care in Europe - a survey analysis. BMC Cancer. 2025 Jul 28; 25(1):1223. Nathan M, Chatzistamatiou K, Gallio N, Cappello C, Loughlin P, Bock S, Blanco JL, Sendagorta E, Etienney I, Albuquerque A, Vieira-Baptista P, Schmidt PT, Gultekin M, Surmont M, Ahmad S, Bowring J, Lyons D, Cuming T, Preti M, Cruickshank ME, ANNECA Survey Group. PMID: 40722059; PMCID: PMC12306098.
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    2. A subset of conserved phagocytic genes are likely used for the intracellular theft of cnidarian stinging organelles in nudibranch gastropods. Evodevo. 2025 Jun 28; 16(1):10. Goodheart JA, Fiorenza R, Rio R, Lopez-Anido RN, Martin NJ, Herrlinger TJ, Tarvin RD, Lyons DC. PMID: 40581638; PMCID: PMC12205514.
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    3. Advances in culturing of the sea star Patiria miniata. Dev Dyn. 2025 May 15. Barone V, Coronado L, Ismail D, Fiaz S, Lyons DC. PMID: 40372060.
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    4. CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout of Shell Matrix Protein 1 in the Slipper-Snail Crepidula atrasolea. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2025 Jul; 344(5):266-283. Batzel G, Wang Y, Bock A, Chen E, Neal S, Lopez-Anido RN, Lee Y, Tjeerdema E, Ignatoff E, Patil T, Ramirez G, Lesoway MP, Hamdoun A, Lyons DC. PMID: 40320697; PMCID: PMC12277549.
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    5. Active surveillance of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2: 2025 British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology and European Society of Gynaecologic Oncology consensus statement. Lancet Oncol. 2025 Mar; 26(3):e140-e151. Kyrgiou M, Bowden SJ, Ellis LB, Hammer A, Lyons D, Freeman-Wang T, Kechagias KS, Kalliala I, Preti M, Kesic V, Zapardiel I, Cruickshank M, Gultekin M, Martin-Hirsch P. PMID: 40049205.
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    6. A subset of conserved phagocytic genes are likely used for the intracellular theft of cnidarian stinging organelles in nudibranch gastropods. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 17. Goodheart JA, Fiorenza R, Rio R, Lopez-Anido RN, Martin NJ, Herrlinger TJ, Tarvin RD, Lyons DC. PMID: 40027626; PMCID: PMC11870399.
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    7. Primary lymphoma of the uterine cervix: A systematic review and integrated analysis of case reports and series. Oncol Lett. 2025 Mar; 29(3):150. Kechagias KS, Bobotis S, Shearer A, Ellis LB, Stephens SM, Bowden SJ, Kalliala I, Kalofonou F, Lyons D, Mitra A, Galani A, Paraskevaidi M, Kyrgiou M. PMID: 39898289; PMCID: PMC11783993.
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    8. The adult shell matrix protein repertoire of the marine snail Crepidula is dominated by conserved genes that are also expressed in larvae. BMC Ecol Evol. 2024 Sep 14; 24(1):120. Lopez-Anido RN, Batzel GO, Ramirez G, Wang Y, Neal S, Lesoway MP, Goodheart JA, Lyons DC. PMID: 39277725; PMCID: PMC11401363.
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    9. Localization and origins of juvenile skeletogenic cells in the sea urchin Lytechinuspictus. Dev Biol. 2024 10; 514:12-27. Tate HM, Barone V, Schrankel CS, Hamdoun A, Lyons DC. PMID: 38862087; PMCID: PMC12646682.
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    10. Local and global changes in cell density induce reorganisation of 3D packing in a proliferating epithelium. Development. 2024 Oct 15; 151(20). Barone V, Tagua A, Román JÁA, Hamdoun A, Garrido-García J, Lyons DC, Escudero LM. PMID: 38619327; PMCID: PMC11112164.
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    11. Treatment methods for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in England: A cost-effectiveness analysis. BJOG. 2024 Sep; 131(10):1411-1419. Tinelli M, Athanasiou A, Veroniki AA, Efthimiou O, Kalliala I, Bowden S, Paraskevaidi M, Lyons D, Martin-Hirsch P, Bennett P, Paraskevaidis E, Salanti G, Kyrgiou M, Naci H. PMID: 38659133.
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    12. Local and global changes in cell density induce reorganisation of 3D packing in a proliferating epithelium. bioRxiv. 2024 Feb 08. Barone V, Tagua A, Andrés-San Román JÁ, Hamdoun A, Garrido-García J, Lyons DC, Escudero LM. PMID: 38370815; PMCID: PMC10871321.
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    13. A chromosome-level genome for the nudibranch gastropod Berghia stephanieae helps parse clade-specific gene expression in novel and conserved phenotypes. BMC Biol. 2024 01 17; 22(1):9. Goodheart JA, Rio RA, Taraporevala NF, Fiorenza RA, Barnes SR, Morrill K, Jacob MAC, Whitesel C, Masterson P, Batzel GO, Johnston HT, Ramirez MD, Katz PS, Lyons DC. PMID: 38233809; PMCID: PMC10795318.
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    14. A chromosome-level genome for the nudibranch gastropod Berghia stephanieae helps parse clade-specific gene expression in novel and conserved phenotypes. bioRxiv. 2023 Nov 16. Goodheart JA, Rio RA, Taraporevala NF, Fiorenza RA, Barnes SR, Morrill K, Jacob MAC, Whitesel C, Masterson P, Batzel GO, Johnston HT, Ramirez MD, Katz PS, Lyons DC. PMID: 38014205; PMCID: PMC10680569.
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    15. Spatial-temporal expression analysis of lineage-restricted shell matrix proteins reveals shell field regionalization and distinct cell populations in the slipper snail Crepidula atrasolea. bioRxiv. 2023 Mar 21. Lopez-Anido RN, Batzel GO, Ramirez G, Goodheart JA, Wang Y, Neal S, Lyons DC. PMID: 36993573; PMCID: PMC10055211.
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    16. Cephalopod vision: How to build a better eye. Curr Biol. 2023 01 09; 33(1):R27-R30. Katz PS, Lyons DC. PMID: 36626860.
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    17. Live imaging of echinoderm embryos to illuminate evo-devo. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022; 10:1007775. Barone V, Lyons DC. PMID: 36187474; PMCID: PMC9521734.
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    18. Lineage tracing shows that cell size asymmetries predict the dorsoventral axis in the sea star embryo. BMC Biol. 2022 08 15; 20(1):179. Barone V, Byrne M, Lyons DC. PMID: 35971116; PMCID: PMC9380389.
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    19. Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses in the Slipper Snail Crepidulafornicata Uncover Shell Matrix Genes Expressed During Adult and Larval Biomineralization. Integr Org Biol. 2022; 4(1):obac023. Batzel GO, Moreno BK, Lopez LS, Nguyen CK, Livingston BT, Joester D, Lyons DC. PMID: 35968217; PMCID: PMC9365450.
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    20. Precocious Sperm Exchange in the Simultaneously Hermaphroditic Nudibranch, Berghia stephanieae. Integr Org Biol. 2022; 4(1):obac030. Taraporevala NF, Lesoway MP, Goodheart JA, Lyons DC. PMID: 36089995; PMCID: PMC9449679.
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    21. Comparative effectiveness and risk of preterm birth of local treatments for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and stage IA1 cervical cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Lancet Oncol. 2022 08; 23(8):1097-1108. Athanasiou A, Veroniki AA, Efthimiou O, Kalliala I, Naci H, Bowden S, Paraskevaidi M, Arbyn M, Lyons D, Martin-Hirsch P, Bennett P, Paraskevaidis E, Salanti G, Kyrgiou M. PMID: 35835138; PMCID: PMC9630146.
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    22. Generation of a homozygous mutant drug transporter (ABCB1) knockout line in the sea urchin Lytechinus pictus. Development. 2022 06 01; 149(11). Vyas H, Schrankel CS, Espinoza JA, Mitchell KL, Nesbit KT, Jackson E, Chang N, Lee Y, Warner J, Reitzel A, Lyons DC, Hamdoun A. PMID: 35666622; PMCID: PMC9245184.
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    23. Movement and storage of nematocysts across development in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae (Valdés, 2005). Front Zool. 2022 Apr 18; 19(1):16. Goodheart JA, Barone V, Lyons DC. PMID: 35436919; PMCID: PMC9016961.
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    24. Slipper snail tales: How Crepidula fornicata and Crepidula atrasolea became model molluscs. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2022; 147:375-399. Lyons DC, Henry JQ. PMID: 35337456; PMCID: PMC9187910.
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    25. The vaginal microbiota and innate immunity after local excisional treatment for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Genome Med. 2021 11 04; 13(1):176. Mitra A, MacIntyre DA, Paraskevaidi M, Moscicki AB, Mahajan V, Smith A, Lee YS, Lyons D, Paraskevaidis E, Marchesi JR, Bennett PR, Kyrgiou M. PMID: 34736529; PMCID: PMC8567681.
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    26. Invasive cervical cancer following treatment of pre-invasive lesions: A potential theory based on a small case series. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021 Sep; 264:56-59. Paraskevaidis E, Athanasiou A, Kalliala I, Batistatou A, Paraskevaidi M, Bilirakis E, Nasioutziki M, Paschopoulos M, Lyons D, Arbyn M, Cruickshank M, Martin-Hirsch P, Kyrgiou M. PMID: 34273753.
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    27. Chromosomal-Level Genome Assembly of the Painted Sea Urchin Lytechinus pictus: A Genetically Enabled Model System for Cell Biology and Embryonic Development. Genome Biol Evol. 2021 04 05; 13(4). Warner JF, Lord JW, Schreiter SA, Nesbit KT, Hamdoun A, Lyons DC. PMID: 33769486; PMCID: PMC8085125.
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    28. BMP signaling plays a role in anterior-neural/head development, but not organizer activity, in the gastropod Crepidula fornicata. Dev Biol. 2020 07 15; 463(2):135-157. Lyons DC, Perry KJ, Batzel G, Henry JQ. PMID: 32389712; PMCID: PMC7444637.
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    29. The intelligent knife (iKnife) and its intraoperative diagnostic advantage for the treatment of cervical disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 03 31; 117(13):7338-7346. Tzafetas M, Mitra A, Paraskevaidi M, Bodai Z, Kalliala I, Bowden S, Lathouras K, Rosini F, Szasz M, Savage A, Manoli E, Balog J, McKenzie J, Lyons D, Bennett P, MacIntyre D, Ghaem-Maghami S, Takats Z, Kyrgiou M. PMID: 32179675; PMCID: PMC7132269.
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    30. The Impact of Focality and Centricity on Vulvar Intraepithelial Neoplasia on Disease Progression in HIV+ Patients: A 10-Year Retrospective Study. Dermatology. 2019; 235(4):327-333. Ayakannu T, Murugesu S, Taylor AH, Sokhal P, Ratnasekera L, Wilhelm-Benartzi CSM, Lyons D, Chatterjee J. PMID: 31256169.
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    31. The painted sea urchin, Lytechinus pictus, as a genetically-enabled developmental model. Methods Cell Biol. 2019; 150:105-123. Nesbit KT, Fleming T, Batzel G, Pouv A, Rosenblatt HD, Pace DA, Hamdoun A, Lyons DC. PMID: 30777173; PMCID: PMC6487866.
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    32. Morphogenesis along the animal-vegetal axis: fates of primary quartet micromere daughters in the gastropod Crepidula fornicata. BMC Evol Biol. 2017 09 15; 17(1):217. Lyons DC, Perry KJ, Henry JQ. PMID: 28915788; PMCID: PMC5603038.
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    33. Establishment and activity of the D quadrant organizer in the marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata. Dev Biol. 2017 11 15; 431(2):282-296. Henry JQ, Lyons DC, Perry KJ, Osborne CC. PMID: 28887017.
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    34. Comparison of vaginal microbiota sampling techniques: cytobrush versus swab. Sci Rep. 2017 08 29; 7(1):9802. Mitra A, MacIntyre DA, Mahajan V, Lee YS, Smith A, Marchesi JR, Lyons D, Bennett PR, Kyrgiou M. PMID: 28852043; PMCID: PMC5575119.
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    35. Performance and Diagnostic Accuracy of a Urine-Based Human Papillomavirus Assay in a Referral Population. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 07; 26(7):1053-1059. Cuzick J, Cadman L, Ahmad AS, Ho L, Terry G, Kleeman M, Lyons D, Austin J, Stoler MH, Vibat CRT, Dockter J, Robbins D, Billings PR, Erlander MG. PMID: 28223432.
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    36. Beyond the sea: Crepidula atrasolea as a spiralian model system. Int J Dev Biol. 2017; 61(8-9):479-493. Henry JQ, Lesoway MP, Perry KJ, Osborne CC, Shankland M, Lyons DC. PMID: 29139534.
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    37. Molluscan models: Crepidula fornicata. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2016 08; 39:138-148. Henry JQ, Lyons DC. PMID: 27526387.
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    38. A comparison of different human papillomavirus tests in PreservCyt versus SurePath in a referral population-PREDICTORS 4. J Clin Virol. 2016 09; 82:145-151. Cuzick J, Ahmad AS, Austin J, Cadman L, Ho L, Terry G, Kleeman M, Ashdown-Barr L, Lyons D, Stoler M, Szarewski A. PMID: 27498250; PMCID: PMC4994427.
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    39. Developmental gene regulatory networks in sea urchins and what we can learn from them. F1000Res. 2016; 5. Martik ML, Lyons DC, McClay DR. PMID: 26962438; PMCID: PMC4765714.
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    40. Deployment of regulatory genes during gastrulation and germ layer specification in a model spiralian mollusc Crepidula. Dev Dyn. 2015 Oct; 244(10):1215-48. Perry KJ, Lyons DC, Truchado-Garcia M, Fischer AH, Helfrich LW, Johansson KB, Diamond JC, Grande C, Henry JQ. PMID: 26197970.
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    41. Spiralian gastrulation: germ layer formation, morphogenesis, and fate of the blastopore in the slipper snail Crepidula fornicata. Evodevo. 2015; 6:24. Lyons DC, Perry KJ, Henry JQ. PMID: 26664718; PMCID: PMC4673862.
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    42. The significance and scope of evolutionary developmental biology: a vision for the 21st century. Evol Dev. 2015 May-Jun; 17(3):198-219. Moczek AP, Sears KE, Stollewerk A, Wittkopp PJ, Diggle P, Dworkin I, Ledon-Rettig C, Matus DQ, Roth S, Abouheif E, Brown FD, Chiu CH, Cohen CS, Tomaso AW, Gilbert SF, Hall B, Love AC, Lyons DC, Sanger TJ, Smith J, Specht C, Vallejo-Marin M, Extavour CG. PMID: 25963198.
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    43. The cell's view of animal body-plan evolution. Integr Comp Biol. 2014 Oct; 54(4):658-66. Lyons DC, Martindale MQ, Srivastava M. PMID: 25108284.
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    44. Specification to biomineralization: following a single cell type as it constructs a skeleton. Integr Comp Biol. 2014 Oct; 54(4):723-33. Lyons DC, Martik ML, Saunders LR, McClay DR. PMID: 25009306; PMCID: PMC4229890.
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    45. Delayed transition to new cell fates during cellular reprogramming. Dev Biol. 2014 Jul 15; 391(2):147-57. Cheng X, Lyons DC, Socolar JE, McClay DR. PMID: 24780626; PMCID: PMC4064802.
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    46. Branching out: origins of the sea urchin larval skeleton in development and evolution. Genesis. 2014 Mar; 52(3):173-85. McIntyre DC, Lyons DC, Martik M, McClay DR. PMID: 24549853; PMCID: PMC3990003.
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    47. Ins and outs of Spiralian gastrulation. Int J Dev Biol. 2014; 58(6-8):413-28. Lyons DC, Henry JQ. PMID: 25690959.
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    48. Comparison of human papillomavirus testing strategies for triage of women referred with low-grade cytological abnormalities. Eur J Cancer. 2013 Jun; 49(9):2179-86. Mesher D, Szarewski A, Cadman L, Austin J, Ashdown-Barr L, Ho L, Terry G, Young M, Stoler M, Bergeron C, McCarthy J, Wright C, Liddle S, Soutter WP, Lyons D, Cuzick J. PMID: 23452990.
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    49. Left-right asymmetry in the sea urchin embryo: BMP and the asymmetrical origins of the adult. PLoS Biol. 2012; 10(10):e1001404. Warner JF, Lyons DC, McClay DR. PMID: 23055829; PMCID: PMC3467244.
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    50. Cleavage pattern and fate map of the mesentoblast, 4d, in the gastropod Crepidula: a hallmark of spiralian development. Evodevo. 2012 Sep 19; 3(1):21. Lyons DC, Perry KJ, Lesoway MP, Henry JQ. PMID: 22992254; PMCID: PMC3724503.
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    51. Morphogenesis in sea urchin embryos: linking cellular events to gene regulatory network states. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol. 2012 Mar-Apr; 1(2):231-52. Lyons DC, Kaltenbach SL, McClay DR. PMID: 23801438; PMCID: PMC3744329.
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    52. Performance of the Abbott RealTime high-risk HPV test in women with abnormal cervical cytology smears. J Med Virol. 2010 Jul; 82(7):1186-91. Cuzick J, Ambroisine L, Cadman L, Austin J, Ho L, Terry G, Liddle S, Dina R, McCarthy J, Buckley H, Bergeron C, Soutter WP, Lyons D, Szarewski A. PMID: 20513082.
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    53. D quadrant specification in the leech Helobdella: actomyosin contractility controls the unequal cleavage of the CD blastomere. Dev Biol. 2009 Oct 01; 334(1):46-58. Lyons DC, Weisblat DA. PMID: 19607823; PMCID: PMC3077801.
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    54. Maternal expression of a NANOS homolog is required for early development of the leech Helobdella robusta. Dev Biol. 2006 Oct 01; 298(1):1-11. Agee SJ, Lyons DC, Weisblat DA. PMID: 16930584.
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