Header Logo

Rachel Daniels PhD

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
368 Plantation Street
Worcester MA 01605
vCardDownload vCard
    Other Positions
    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute


    Collapse Biography 
    Collapse education and training
    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United StatesBSBiology
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United StatesPHD

    Collapse Bibliographic 
    Collapse selected publications
    Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.
    Newest   |   Oldest   |   Most Cited   |   Most Discussed   |   Timeline   |   Field Summary   |   Plain Text
    PMC Citations indicate the number of times the publication was cited by articles in PubMed Central, and the Altmetric score represents citations in news articles and social media. (Note that publications are often cited in additional ways that are not shown here.) Fields are based on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classifies the publication's journal and might not represent the specific topic of the publication. Translation tags are based on the publication type and the MeSH terms NLM assigns to the publication. Some publications (especially newer ones and publications not in PubMed) might not yet be assigned Field or Translation tags.) Click a Field or Translation tag to filter the publications.
    1. Peterman EL, Ploessl DS, Love KS, Sanabria V, Daniels RF, Johnstone CP, Godavarti DR, Kabaria SR, Oakes CG, Pai AA, Galloway KE. High-resolution profiling reveals coupled transcriptional and translational regulation of transgenes. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jun 06; 53(11). PMID: 40530694.
      Citations:    
    2. Peterman EL, Ploessl DS, Love KS, Sanabria V, Daniels RF, Johnstone CP, Godavarti DR, Kabaria SR, Oakes CG, Pai AA, Galloway KE. High-resolution profiling reveals coupled transcriptional and translational regulation of transgenes. bioRxiv. 2024 Dec 03. PMID: 39651241.
      Citations:    
    3. Calvo-Roitberg E, Daniels RF, Pai AA. Challenges in identifying mRNA transcript starts and ends from long-read sequencing data. Genome Res. 2024 Nov 20; 34(11):1719-1734. PMID: 39567236.
      Citations:    
    4. Calvo-Roitberg E, Daniels RF, Pai AA. Challenges in identifying mRNA transcript starts and ends from long-read sequencing data. bioRxiv. 2023 Jul 27. PMID: 37546743.
      Citations:    
    5. Wong W, Volkman S, Daniels R, Schaffner S, Sy M, Ndiaye YD, Badiane AS, Deme AB, Diallo MA, Gomis J, Sy N, Ndiaye D, Wirth DF, Hartl DL. RH: a genetic metric for measuring intrahost Plasmodium falciparum relatedness and distinguishing cotransmission from superinfection. PNAS Nexus. 2022 Sep; 1(4):pgac187. PMID: 36246152.
      Citations:    
    6. Sy M, Deme AB, Warren JL, Early A, Schaffner S, Daniels RF, Dieye B, Ndiaye IM, Diedhiou Y, Mbaye AM, Volkman SK, Hartl DL, Wirth DF, Ndiaye D, Bei AK. Plasmodium falciparum genomic surveillance reveals spatial and temporal trends, association of genetic and physical distance, and household clustering. Sci Rep. 2022 01 18; 12(1):938. PMID: 35042879.
      Citations:    
    7. Ndiaye YD, Hartl DL, McGregor D, Badiane A, Fall FB, Daniels RF, Wirth DF, Ndiaye D, Volkman SK. Genetic surveillance for monitoring the impact of drug use on Plasmodium falciparum populations. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2021 12; 17:12-22. PMID: 34333350.
      Citations:    
    8. Lozovsky ER, Daniels RF, Heffernan GD, Jacobus DP, Hartl DL. Relevance of Higher-Order Epistasis in Drug Resistance. Mol Biol Evol. 2021 01 04; 38(1):142-151. PMID: 32745183.
      Citations:    
    9. Sitali L, Mwenda MC, Miller JM, Bridges DJ, Hawela MB, Hamainza B, Mudenda-Chilufya M, Chizema-Kawesha E, Daniels R, Eisele TP, Nerland AH, Chipeta J, Lindtjorn B. Data on selected antimalarial drug resistance markers in Zambia. Data Brief. 2021 Feb; 34:106650. PMID: 33364273.
      Citations:    
    10. Daniels RF, Chenet S, Rogier E, Lucchi N, Herman C, Pierre B, Lemoine JF, Boncy J, Wirth DF, Chang MA, Udhayakumar V, Volkman SK. Genetic analysis reveals unique characteristics of Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations in Haiti. Malar J. 2020 Oct 23; 19(1):379. PMID: 33097045.
      Citations:    
    11. Sitali L, Mwenda MC, Miller JM, Bridges DJ, Hawela MB, Hamainza B, Mudenda-Chilufya M, Chizema-Kawesha E, Daniels RF, Eisele TP, Nerland AH, Chipeta J, Lindtjorn B. Surveillance of molecular markers for antimalarial resistance in Zambia: Polymorphism of Pfkelch 13, Pfmdr1 and Pfdhfr/Pfdhps genes. Acta Trop. 2020 Dec; 212:105704. PMID: 33002448.
      Citations:    
    12. Dewasurendra RL, Baniecki ML, Schaffner S, Siriwardena Y, Moon J, Doshi R, Gunawardena S, Daniels RF, Neafsey D, Volkman S, Chandrasekharan NV, Wirth DF, Karunaweera ND. Use of a Plasmodium vivax genetic barcode for genomic surveillance and parasite tracking in Sri Lanka. Malar J. 2020 Sep 21; 19(1):342. PMID: 32958025.
      Citations:    
    13. Daniels RF, Schaffner SF, Dieye Y, Dieng G, Hainsworth M, Fall FB, Diouf CN, Ndiop M, Cisse M, Gueye AB, Sarr O, Guinot P, Deme AB, Bei AK, Sy M, Thwing J, MacInnis B, Earle D, Guinovart C, Sene D, Hartl DL, Ndiaye D, Steketee RW, Wirth DF, Volkman SK. Genetic evidence for imported malaria and local transmission in Richard Toll, Senegal. Malar J. 2020 Aug 03; 19(1):276. PMID: 32746830.
      Citations:    
    14. Daniels RF, Schaffner SF, Bennett A, Porter TR, Yukich JO, Mulube C, Mambwe B, Mwenda MC, Chishimba S, Bridges DJ, Moonga H, Hamainza B, Chizema Kawesha E, Miller JM, Steketee RW, Wirth DF, Eisele TP, Hartl DL, Volkman SK. Evidence for Reduced Malaria Parasite Population after Application of Population-Level Antimalarial Drug Strategies in Southern Province, Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 08; 103(2_Suppl):66-73. PMID: 32618255.
      Citations:    
    15. Finn TP, Porter TR, Moonga H, Silumbe K, Daniels RF, Volkman SK, Yukich JO, Keating J, Bennett A, Steketee RW, Miller JM, Eisele TP. Adherence to Mass Drug Administration with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Plasmodium falciparum Clearance in Southern Province, Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 08; 103(2_Suppl):37-45. PMID: 32618267.
      Citations:    
    16. Chauhan G, McClure J, Hekman J, Marsh PW, Bailey JA, Daniels RF, Genereux DP, Karlsson EK. Combining Citizen Science and Genomics to Investigate Tick, Pathogen, and Commensal Microbiome at Single-Tick Resolution. Front Genet. 2019; 10:1322. PMID: 32038704.
      Citations:    
    17. Di?dhiou CK, Moussa RA, Bei AK, Daniels R, Papa Mze N, Ndiaye D, Faye N, Wirth D, Amambua-Ngwa A, Mboup S, Ahouidi AD. Temporal changes in Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homolog 2b (PfRh2b) in Senegal and The Gambia. Malar J. 2019 Jul 16; 18(1):239. PMID: 31311552.
      Citations:    
    18. Early AM, Daniels RF, Farrell TM, Grimsby J, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, MacInnis BL, Neafsey DE. Detection of low-density Plasmodium falciparum infections using amplicon deep sequencing. Malar J. 2019 Jul 01; 18(1):219. PMID: 31262308.
      Citations:    
    19. Bankole BE, Kayode AT, Nosamiefan IO, Eromon P, Baniecki ML, Daniels RF, Hamilton EJ, Durfee K, MacInnis B, Okafor H, Sowunmi A, Volkman SK, Sabeti P, Wirth D, Happi CT, Folarin OA. Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum structure in Nigeria with malaria SNPs barcode. Malar J. 2018 Dec 17; 17(1):472. PMID: 30558627.
      Citations:    
    20. Grignard L, Gon?alves BP, Early AM, Daniels RF, Tiono AB, Guelb?ogo WM, Ou?draogo A, van Veen EM, Lanke K, Diarra A, Nebie I, Sirima SB, Targett GA, Volkman SK, Neafsey DE, Wirth DF, Bousema T, Drakeley C. Transmission of molecularly undetectable circulating parasite clones leads to high infection complexity in mosquitoes post feeding. Int J Parasitol. 2018 07; 48(8):671-677. PMID: 29738740.
      Citations:    
    21. Bei AK, Niang M, Deme AB, Daniels RF, Sarr FD, Sokhna C, Talla C, Faye J, Diagne N, Doucoure S, Mboup S, Wirth DF, Tall A, Ndiaye D, Hartl DL, Volkman SK, Toure-Balde A. Dramatic Changes in Malaria Population Genetic Complexity in Dielmo and Ndiop, Senegal, Revealed Using Genomic Surveillance. J Infect Dis. 2018 01 30; 217(4):622-627. PMID: 29325146.
      Citations:    
    22. Seck MC, Thwing J, Fall FB, Gomis JF, Deme A, Ndiaye YD, Daniels R, Volkman SK, Ndiop M, Ba M, Ndiaye D. Malaria prevalence, prevention and treatment seeking practices among nomadic pastoralists in northern Senegal. Malar J. 2017 10 13; 16(1):413. PMID: 29029619.
      Citations:    
    23. Mukherjee A, Bopp S, Magistrado P, Wong W, Daniels R, Demas A, Schaffner S, Amaratunga C, Lim P, Dhorda M, Miotto O, Woodrow C, Ashley EA, Dondorp AM, White NJ, Wirth D, Fairhurst R, Volkman SK. Artemisinin resistance without pfkelch13 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Cambodia. Malar J. 2017 05 12; 16(1):195. PMID: 28494763.
      Citations:    
    24. Gunawardena S, Daniels RF, Yahathugoda TC, Weerasooriya MV, Durfee K, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Karunaweera ND. Case report of Plasmodium ovale curtisi malaria in Sri Lanka: relevance for the maintenance of elimination status. BMC Infect Dis. 2017 04 24; 17(1):307. PMID: 28438137.
      Citations:    
    25. Ndiaye YD, Di?dhiou CK, Bei AK, Dieye B, Mbaye A, Mze NP, Daniels RF, Ndiaye IM, D?me AB, Gaye A, Sy M, Ndiaye T, Badiane AS, Ndiaye M, Premji Z, Wirth DF, Mboup S, Krogstad D, Volkman SK, Ahouidi AD, Ndiaye D. High resolution melting: a useful field-deployable method to measure dhfr and dhps drug resistance in both highly and lowly endemic Plasmodium populations. Malar J. 2017 Apr 19; 16(1):153. PMID: 28420422.
      Citations:    
    26. Talundzic E, Ndiaye YD, Deme AB, Olsen C, Patel DS, Biliya S, Daniels R, Vannberg FO, Volkman SK, Udhayakumar V, Ndiaye D. Molecular Epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 Mutations in Senegal Determined by Using Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 03; 61(3). PMID: 28069653.
      Citations:    
    27. Wong W, Griggs AD, Daniels RF, Schaffner SF, Ndiaye D, Bei AK, Deme AB, MacInnis B, Volkman SK, Hartl DL, Neafsey DE, Wirth DF. Genetic relatedness analysis reveals the cotransmission of genetically related Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Thi?s, Senegal. Genome Med. 2017 01 24; 9(1):5. PMID: 28118860.
      Citations:    
    28. Daniels RF, Deme AB, Gomis JF, Dieye B, Durfee K, Thwing JI, Fall FB, Ba M, Ndiop M, Badiane AS, Ndiaye YD, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Ndiaye D. Evidence of non-Plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in K?dougou, S?n?gal. Malar J. 2017 01 03; 16(1):9. PMID: 28049489.
      Citations:    
    29. Dieye B, Affara M, Sangare L, Joof F, Ndiaye YD, Gomis JF, Ndiaye M, Mbaye A, Diakite M, Sy N, Mbengue B, Deme AB, Daniels R, Ahouidi AD, Dieye T, Abdullahi A, Doumbia S, Ndiaye JL, Diarra A, Ismaela A, Coulibaly M, Welty C, Ngwa AA, Shaffer J, D'Alessandro U, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Krogstad DJ, Koita O, Nwakanma D, Ndiaye D. West Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research: Drug Resistance Patterns to Artemether-Lumefantrine in Senegal, Mali, and The Gambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Nov 02; 95(5):1054-1060. PMID: 27549635.
      Citations:    
    30. Chang HH, Meibalan E, Zelin J, Daniels R, Eziefula AC, Meyer EC, Tadesse F, Grignard L, Joice RC, Drakeley C, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Buckee C, Bousema T, Marti M. Persistence of Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia after artemisinin combination therapy: evidence from a randomized trial in Uganda. Sci Rep. 2016 05 20; 6:26330. PMID: 27197604.
      Citations:    
    31. Obald?a N, Dow GS, Gerena L, Kyle D, Otero W, Mantel PY, Baro N, Daniels R, Mukherjee A, Childs LM, Buckee C, Duraisingh MT, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Marti M. Altered drug susceptibility during host adaptation of a Plasmodium falciparum strain in a non-human primate model. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 16; 6:21216. PMID: 26880111.
      Citations:    
    32. Daniels R, Hamilton EJ, Durfee K, Ndiaye D, Wirth DF, Hartl DL, Volkman SK. Methods to Increase the Sensitivity of High Resolution Melting Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping in Malaria. J Vis Exp. 2015 Nov 10; (105):e52839. PMID: 26575471.
      Citations:    
    33. Papa Mze N, Ndiaye YD, Diedhiou CK, Rahamatou S, Dieye B, Daniels RF, Hamilton EJ, Diallo M, Bei AK, Wirth DF, Mboup S, Volkman SK, Ahouidi AD, Ndiaye D. RDTs as a source of DNA to study Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in isolates from Senegal and the Comoros Islands. Malar J. 2015 Sep 29; 14:373. PMID: 26415927.
      Citations:    
    34. Daniels RF, Schaffner SF, Wenger EA, Proctor JL, Chang HH, Wong W, Baro N, Ndiaye D, Fall FB, Ndiop M, Ba M, Milner DA, Taylor TE, Neafsey DE, Volkman SK, Eckhoff PA, Hartl DL, Wirth DF. Modeling malaria genomics reveals transmission decline and rebound in Senegal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jun 02; 112(22):7067-72. PMID: 25941365.
      Citations:    
    35. Baniecki ML, Faust AL, Schaffner SF, Park DJ, Galinsky K, Daniels RF, Hamilton E, Ferreira MU, Karunaweera ND, Serre D, Zimmerman PA, S? JM, Wellems TE, Musset L, Legrand E, Melnikov A, Neafsey DE, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Sabeti PC. Development of a single nucleotide polymorphism barcode to genotype Plasmodium vivax infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar; 9(3):e0003539. PMID: 25781890.
      Citations:    
    36. Galinsky K, Valim C, Salmier A, de Thoisy B, Musset L, Legrand E, Faust A, Baniecki ML, Ndiaye D, Daniels RF, Hartl DL, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Neafsey DE. COIL: a methodology for evaluating malarial complexity of infection using likelihood from single nucleotide polymorphism data. Malar J. 2015 Jan 19; 14:4. PMID: 25599890.
      Citations:    
    37. Bei AK, Diouf A, Miura K, Larremore DB, Ribacke U, Tullo G, Moss EL, Neafsey DE, Daniels RF, Zeituni AE, Nosamiefan I, Volkman SK, Ahouidi AD, Ndiaye D, Dieye T, Mboup S, Buckee CO, Long CA, Wirth DF. Immune characterization of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with a shared genetic signature in a region of decreasing transmission. Infect Immun. 2015 Jan; 83(1):276-85. PMID: 25368109.
      Citations:    
    38. Obaldia N, Baro NK, Calzada JE, Santamaria AM, Daniels R, Wong W, Chang HH, Hamilton EJ, Arevalo-Herrera M, Herrera S, Wirth DF, Hartl DL, Marti M, Volkman SK. Clonal outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum infection in eastern Panama. J Infect Dis. 2015 Apr 01; 211(7):1087-96. PMID: 25336725.
      Citations:    
    39. Van Tyne D, Dieye B, Valim C, Daniels RF, S?ne PD, Lukens AK, Ndiaye M, Bei AK, Ndiaye YD, Hamilton EJ, Ndir O, Mboup S, Volkman SK, Wirth DF, Ndiaye D. Changes in drug sensitivity and anti-malarial drug resistance mutations over time among Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Senegal. Malar J. 2013 Dec 06; 12:441. PMID: 24314037.
      Citations:    
    40. Ndiaye D, Dieye B, Ndiaye YD, Van Tyne D, Daniels R, Bei AK, Mbaye A, Valim C, Lukens A, Mboup S, Ndir O, Wirth DF, Volkman S. Polymorphism in dhfr/dhps genes, parasite density and ex vivo response to pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites in Thies, Senegal. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist. 2013 Dec; 3:135-42. PMID: 24533303.
      Citations:    
    41. Daniels R, Chang HH, S?ne PD, Park DC, Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Hamilton EJ, Lukens AK, Van Tyne D, Mboup S, Sabeti PC, Ndiaye D, Wirth DF, Hartl DL, Volkman SK. Genetic surveillance detects both clonal and epidemic transmission of malaria following enhanced intervention in Senegal. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e60780. PMID: 23593309.
      Citations:    
    42. Volkman SK, Ndiaye D, Diakite M, Koita OA, Nwakanma D, Daniels RF, Park DJ, Neafsey DE, Muskavitch MA, Krogstad DJ, Sabeti PC, Hartl DL, Wirth DF. Application of genomics to field investigations of malaria by the international centers of excellence for malaria research. Acta Trop. 2012 Mar; 121(3):324-32. PMID: 22182668.
      Citations:    
    43. Zhang JJ, Senaratne TN, Daniels R, Valim C, Alifrangis M, Amerasinghe P, Konradsen F, Rajakaruna R, Wirth DF, Karunaweera ND. Distribution pattern of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine transporter (pfcrt) gene haplotypes in Sri Lanka 1996-2006. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Nov; 85(5):811-4. PMID: 22049031.
      Citations:    
    44. Van Tyne D, Park DJ, Schaffner SF, Neafsey DE, Angelino E, Cortese JF, Barnes KG, Rosen DM, Lukens AK, Daniels RF, Milner DA, Johnson CA, Shlyakhter I, Grossman SR, Becker JS, Yamins D, Karlsson EK, Ndiaye D, Sarr O, Mboup S, Happi C, Furlotte NA, Eskin E, Kang HM, Hartl DL, Birren BW, Wiegand RC, Lander ES, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Sabeti PC. Identification and functional validation of the novel antimalarial resistance locus PF10_0355 in Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS Genet. 2011 Apr; 7(4):e1001383. PMID: 21533027.
      Citations: 58     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    45. Neafsey DE, Schaffner SF, Volkman SK, Park D, Montgomery P, Milner DA, Lukens A, Rosen D, Daniels R, Houde N, Cortese JF, Tyndall E, Gates C, Stange-Thomann N, Sarr O, Ndiaye D, Ndir O, Mboup S, Ferreira MU, Moraes Sdo L, Dash AP, Chitnis CE, Wiegand RC, Hartl DL, Birren BW, Lander ES, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF. Genome-wide SNP genotyping highlights the role of natural selection in Plasmodium falciparum population divergence. Genome Biol. 2008; 9(12):R171. PMID: 19077304.
      Citations:    
    46. Daniels R, Volkman SK, Milner DA, Mahesh N, Neafsey DE, Park DJ, Rosen D, Angelino E, Sabeti PC, Wirth DF, Wiegand RC. A general SNP-based molecular barcode for Plasmodium falciparum identification and tracking. Malar J. 2008 Oct 29; 7:223. PMID: 18959790.
      Citations:    
    Daniels's Networks
    Click the
    Explore
    buttons for more information and interactive visualizations!
    Concepts (181)
    Explore
    _
    Co-Authors (3)
    Explore
    _
    Similar People (60)
    Explore
    _
    Same Department Expand Description
    Explore
    _
    Physical Neighbors
    _