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Biology and Biochemistry
Singapore
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
28588
World Ranking
5466
National Ranking
20

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Alexander D. Bershadsky is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a specific concentration in cell biology and related subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of cellular mechanics and interactions. Their work also covers microtubule and mitosis dynamics, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, muscle physiology and disorders, nuclear structure and function, developmental biology and gene regulation, as well as advanced materials and mechanics.

Key recent publications include:

  • "Microtubules tune mechanosensitive cell responses" (2021), published in Nature Materials
  • "The formin inhibitor SMIFH2 inhibits members of the myosin superfamily" (2021), published in Journal of Cell Science
  • "Actin polymerisation and crosslinking drive left-right asymmetry in single cell and cell collectives" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "Application of piconewton forces to individual filopodia reveals mechanosensory role of L-type Ca2+ channels" (2022), published in Biomaterials
  • "Differential cellular responses to adhesive interactions with galectin-8- and fibronectin-coated substrates" (2021), published in Journal of Cell Science

The frequent co-authors of Alexander D. Bershadsky include Shidong Shi, Yee Han Tee, Yukako Nishimura, Virgile Viasnoff, and Aaron J. Farrugia.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biophysical Journal, Journal of Cell Science, Nature Materials, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Transmembrane crosstalk between the extracellular matrix--cytoskeleton crosstalk.

    Benjamin Geiger;Alexander Bershadsky;Roumen Pankov;Kenneth M. Yamada

  • Environmental sensing through focal adhesions

    Benjamin Geiger;Joachim P. Spatz;Alexander D. Bershadsky

  • Force and focal adhesion assembly: a close relationship studied using elastic micropatterned substrates

    Nathalie Q. Balaban;Ulrich S. Schwarz;Daniel Riveline;Polina Goichberg

  • Focal Contacts as Mechanosensors Externally Applied Local Mechanical Force Induces Growth of Focal Contacts by an Mdia1-Dependent and Rock-Independent Mechanism

    Daniel Riveline;Daniel Riveline;Eli Zamir;Nathalie Q. Balaban;Ulrich S. Schwarz

  • Adhesion-dependent cell mechanosensitivity.

    Alexander D. Bershadsky;Nathalie Q. Balaban;Benjamin Geiger

  • Dynamics and segregation of cell-matrix adhesions in cultured fibroblasts

    Eli Zamir;Menachem Katz;Yehudit Posen;Noam Erez

  • Assembly and mechanosensory function of focal contacts.

    Benjamin Geiger;Alexander Bershadsky

  • Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing

    Masha Prager-Khoutorsky;Alexandra Lichtenstein;Ramaswamy Krishnan;Ramaswamy Krishnan;Kavitha Rajendran;Kavitha Rajendran

  • Physical State of the Extracellular Matrix Regulates the Structure and Molecular Composition of Cell-Matrix Adhesions

    Ben-Zion Katz;Eli Zamir;Alexander Bershadsky;Zvi Kam

  • Exploring the Neighborhood: Adhesion-Coupled Cell Mechanosensors

    Benjamin Geiger;Alexander Bershadsky

  • Adhesion-mediated mechanosensitivity: a time to experiment, and a time to theorize.

    Alexander Bershadsky;Michael Kozlov;Benjamin Geiger

  • Involvement of microtubules in the control of adhesion-dependent signal transduction

    Alexander Bershadsky;Alexander Chausovsky;Eitan Becker;Anna Lyubimova

  • Calculation of Forces at Focal Adhesions from Elastic Substrate Data: The Effect of Localized Force and the Need for Regularization

    Ulrich S Schwarz;Ulrich S Schwarz;N Q Balaban;N Q Balaban;D Riveline;D Riveline;Alexander D Bershadsky

  • YAP/TAZ as mechanosensors and mechanotransducers in regulating organ size and tumor growth

    Boon Chuan Low;Catherine Qiurong Pan;G.V. Shivashankar;Alexander Bershadsky;Alexander Bershadsky

  • Cellular chirality arising from the self-organization of the actin cytoskeleton

    Yee Han Tee;Tom Shemesh;Visalatchi Thiagarajan;Rizal Fajar Hariadi

  • p120 catenin affects cell motility via modulation of activity of Rho-family GTPases: a link between cell-cell contact formation and regulation of cell locomotion.

    I. Grosheva;M. Shtutman;M. Elbaum;A.D. Bershadsky

  • Focal adhesions as mechanosensors: a physical mechanism.

    Tom Shemesh;Benjamin Geiger;Alexander D. Bershadsky;Michael M. Kozlov

  • Comparative Dynamics of Retrograde Actin Flow and Focal Adhesions: Formation of Nascent Adhesions Triggers Transition from Fast to Slow Flow

    Antonina Y. Alexandrova;Katya Arnold;Sébastien Schaub;Sébastien Schaub;Jury M. Vasiliev;Jury M. Vasiliev

  • Microtubule dynamics: mechanism, regulation, and function

    Vladimir I. Gelfand;Alexander D. Bershadsky

  • Assembly and mechanosensory function of focal adhesions: experiments and models.

    Alexander D. Bershadsky;Christoph Ballestrem;Letizia Carramusa;Yuliya Zilberman

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin Geiger
Benjamin Geiger Weizmann Institute of Science
Michael P. Sheetz
Michael P. Sheetz The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Vladimir I. Gelfand
Vladimir I. Gelfand Northwestern University
Samuel A. Safran
Samuel A. Safran Weizmann Institute of Science
Gareth E. Jones
Gareth E. Jones King's College London
Michael M. Kozlov
Michael M. Kozlov Tel Aviv University
Jie Yan
Jie Yan National University of Singapore
Paul L. Kaufman
Paul L. Kaufman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Avri Ben-Ze'ev
Avri Ben-Ze'ev Weizmann Institute of Science
Ulrich S. Schwarz
Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University

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