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9507
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4198

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1982 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Alex B. Novikoff was affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research contributions mainly spanned the field of Medicine, with specific subfields including Surgery, Sensory Systems, Nutrition and Dietetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Molecular Biology.

Their body of work focused on several core topics, primarily:

  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Among their recent publications were the following papers:

  • Neuronal loss of TRPM8 leads to obesity and glucose intolerance in male mice, 2023, Molecular Metabolism
  • Genetische Varianten im GLP1-R-Gen und ihre geschlechtsspezifische Bedeutung bei Adipositas, 2025, Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie

Frequent co-authors throughout their career included:

  • Carol Coupland
  • Daniela Liśkiewicz
  • Qirui Zhang
  • Clarissa S. Barthem
  • Martin Jastroch

Their work was published notably in:

  • Molecular Metabolism
  • Adipositas - Ursachen Folgeerkrankungen Therapie

In terms of recognitions received during their career, Alex B. Novikoff was awarded the following:

  • E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology in 1982
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1974
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1963

Best Publications

  • Nucleosidediphosphatase activity in the Golgi apparatus and its usefulness for cytological studies.

    Alex B. Novikoff;Sidney Goldfischer

  • Mitochondrial localization of oxidative enzymes: staining results with two tetrazolium salts.

    Alex B. Novikoff;Woo-Yung Shin;Joan Drucker

  • GOLGI APPARATUS, GERL, AND LYSOSOMES OF NEURONS IN RAT DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA, STUDIED BY THICK SECTION AND THIN SECTION CYTOCHEMISTRY

    Phyllis M. Novikoff;Alex B. Novikoff;Nelson Quintana;Jean-Jacques Hauw

  • Lysosomes in the Physiology and Pathology of Cells: Contributions of Staining Methods

    Alex B. Novikoff

  • VISUALIZATION OF PEROXISOMES (MICROBODIES) AND MITOCHONDRIA WITH DIAMINOBENZIDINE

    Alex B. Novikoff;Sidney Goldfischer

  • Electron microscopy of the human synovial membrane.

    Peter Barland;Alex B. Novikoff;David Hamerman

  • THE LOCALIZATION OF PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITIES AT THE LEVEL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE.

    Sidney Goldfischer;Edward Essner;Alex B. Novikoff

  • The endoplasmic reticulum: a cytochemist's view (a review)

    Alex B. Novikoff

  • Organelle relationships in cultured 3T3-L1 preadipocytes.

    Alex B. Novikoff;Phyllis M. Novikoff;Ora M. Rosen;Charles S. Rubin

  • LYSOSOMES IN THE RAT SCIATIC NERVE FOLLOWING CRUSH

    Eric Holtzman;Alex B. Novikoff

  • The liver cell: Some new approaches to its study☆

    Alex B. Novikoff;Edward Essner

  • LYSOSOMES AND GERL IN NORMAL AND CHROMATOLYTIC NEURONS OF THE RAT GANGLION NODOSUM

    Eric Holtzman;Alex B. Novikoff;Humberto Villaverde

  • GOLGI APPARATUS AND LYSOSOMES.

    Novikoff Ab;Essner E;Quintana N

  • Peroxisomes in absorptive cells of mammalian small intestine.

    Phyllis M. Novikoff;Alex B. Novikoff

  • ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF LYSOSOME-RICH FRACTIONS FROM RAT LIVER

    Alex B. Novikoff;H. Beaufay;C. de Duve

  • ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND CYTOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS ON B-16 AND HARDING-PASSEY MOUSE MELANOMAS THE ORIGIN OF PREMELANOSOMES AND COMPOUND MELANOSOMES:

    Alex B. Novikoff;Arline Albala;Luis Biempica

  • LOCALIZATION OF ACID PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY IN HEPATIC LYSOSOMES BY MEANS OF ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

    E. Essner;Alex B. Novikoff

  • CYTOLYSOMES AND MITOCHONDRIAL DEGENERATION

    Alex B. Novikoff;Edward Essner

  • STUDIES ON MICROPEROXISOMES II. A CYTOCHEMICAL METHOD FOR LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

    Alex B. Novikoff;Phyllis M. Novikoff;Cleveland Davis;Nelson Quintana

  • A Transplantable Rat Liver Tumor Induced by 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene

    Alex B. Novikoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Konrad Akert
Konrad Akert University of Zurich
Floyd E. Bloom
Floyd E. Bloom Scripps Research Institute
Morris J. Karnovsky
Morris J. Karnovsky Harvard University
Torbjörn Caspersson
Torbjörn Caspersson Karolinska Institute
Allan W. Wolkoff
Allan W. Wolkoff Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Eric A. Barnard
Eric A. Barnard University of Cambridge

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