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Adam Amsterdam

Adam Amsterdam

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
40
Citations
10086
World Ranking
19576
National Ranking
7976

Overview

Adam Amsterdam is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in fields related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their research focuses on several interconnected subfields, particularly Ophthalmology, Cell Biology, and Molecular Biology.

Their work encompasses a range of topics including Ocular Oncology and Treatments, Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and Retinal Development and Disorders.

Among their recent publications are papers addressing genetic and cellular mechanisms in melanoma and melanocyte lineage cells. These include:

  • MITF deficiency accelerates GNAQ-driven uveal melanoma, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • MITF deficiency and oncogenic GNAQ each promote proliferation programs in zebrafish melanocyte lineage cells, 2022, Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Adam Amsterdam has published work in venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Collaboratively, they have frequently worked with a group of co-authors including Grace B. Phelps, Hannah R. Hagen, Jacqueline A. Lees, and Nicole Zambrana García.

Best Publications

  • TAZ, a transcriptional modulator of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation.

    Jeong Ho Hong;Eun Sook Hwang;Michael T. McManus;Adam Amsterdam

  • Identification of 315 genes essential for early zebrafish development

    Adam Amsterdam;Robert M. Nissen;Zhaoxia Sun;Eric C. Swindell

  • LEF-1, a gene encoding a lymphoid-specific protein with an HMG domain, regulates T-cell receptor alpha enhancer function [corrected]

    A Travis;A Amsterdam;C Belanger;R Grosschedl

  • Insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish rapidly identifies genes essential for early vertebrate development.

    Gregory Golling;Adam Amsterdam;Zhaoxia Sun;Marcelo Antonelli

  • A genetic screen in zebrafish identifies cilia genes as a principal cause of cystic kidney.

    Zhaoxia Sun;Adam Amsterdam;Gregory J. Pazour;Douglas G. Cole

  • A large-scale insertional mutagenesis screen in zebrafish.

    Adam Amsterdam;Shawn Burgess;Gregory Golling;Wenbiao Chen

  • Many Ribosomal Protein Genes Are Cancer Genes in Zebrafish

    Adam Amsterdam;Kirsten C Sadler;Kevin Lai;Sarah Farrington

  • DNA-binding properties of the HMG domain of the lymphoid-specific transcriptional regulator LEF-1.

    K Giese;A Amsterdam;R Grosschedl

  • Mutagenesis strategies in zebrafish for identifying genes involved in development and disease.

    Adam Amsterdam;Nancy Hopkins

  • A zebrafish sox9 gene required for cartilage morphogenesis

    Yi Lin Yan;Craig T. Miller;Robert Nissen;Amy Singer

  • Insertional mutagenesis and rapid cloning of essential genes in zebrafish

    Nicholas Gaiano;Adam Amsterdam;Koichi Kawakami;Miguel Allende

  • THE AEQUOREA VICTORIA GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN CAN BE USED AS A REPORTER IN LIVE ZEBRAFISH EMBRYOS

    Adam Amsterdam;Shuo Lin;Nancy Hopkins

  • Insertional mutagenesis in zebrafish identifies two novel genes, pescadillo and dead eye, essential for embryonic development.

    M L Allende;A Amsterdam;T Becker;K Kawakami

  • DTL/CDT2 is essential for both CDT1 regulation and the early G2/M checkpoint

    Christopher L. Sansam;Jennifer L. Shepard;Kevin Lai;Alessandra Ianari

  • A genetic screen in zebrafish identifies the mutants vps18, nf2 and foie gras as models of liver disease

    Kirsten C. Sadler;Adam Amsterdam;Carol Soroka;James Boyer

  • The Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule EpCAM Is Required for Epithelial Morphogenesis and Integrity during Zebrafish Epiboly and Skin Development

    Krasimir Slanchev;Thomas J. Carney;Marc P. Stemmler;Birgit Koschorz

  • The identification of zebrafish mutants showing alterations in senescence-associated biomarkers.

    Shuji Kishi;Peter E. Bayliss;Junzo Uchiyama;Eriko Koshimizu;Eriko Koshimizu

  • Loss of p53 synthesis in zebrafish tumors with ribosomal protein gene mutations.

    Alyson W. MacInnes;Adam Amsterdam;Charles A. Whittaker;Nancy Hopkins

  • Identification of Zebrafish insertional mutants with defects in visual system development and function

    Jeffrey Martin Gross;Brian D. Perkins;Adam Amsterdam;Ana Egaña

  • Highly efficient germ-line transmission of proviral insertions in zebrafish

    Nicholas Gaiano;Miguel Allende;Adam Amsterdam;Koichi Kawakami

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas S. Becker
Thomas S. Becker University of Sydney
Shawn M. Burgess
Shawn M. Burgess National Institutes of Health
Donna Neuberg
Donna Neuberg Harvard University
Leonard I. Zon
Leonard I. Zon Harvard University
A. Thomas Look
A. Thomas Look Harvard University
Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Matthias Hammerschmidt
Matthias Hammerschmidt University of Cologne

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