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Biology and Biochemistry
Argentina
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
12695
World Ranking
10879
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Argentina Leader Award
  • 2001 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Alfredo Cáceres is affiliated with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The scientist's work covers several main fields of study, including:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, Cáceres focuses on various subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Cell Biology
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Cancer Research

The main topics of their research include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics

Cáceres has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Carlos Wilson
  • Alan M. Szalai
  • Nicolás Unsain
  • Fernando D. Stefani
  • Ana Lis Moyano

Their most recent papers include:

  • Super-resolution Imaging of Energy Transfer by Intensity-Based STED-FRET, 2021, Nano Letters
  • Three-dimensional total-internal reflection fluorescence nanoscopy with nanometric axial resolution by photometric localization of single molecules, 2021, Nature Communications
  • The Histone Methyltransferase G9a Controls Axon Growth by Targeting the RhoA Signaling Pathway, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Protocol for Evaluating Neuronal Polarity in Murine Models, 2020, STAR Protocols
  • Perspectives on Mechanisms Supporting Neuronal Polarity From Small Animals to Humans, 2022, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Cáceres has published multiple articles in prominent venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Nano Letters
  • Cell Reports
  • STAR Protocols

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Microtubule assembly, organization and dynamics in axons and dendrites.

    Cecilia Conde;Alfredo Cáceres

  • Inhibition of neurite polarity by tau antisense oligonucleotides in primary cerebellar neurons

    Alfredo Caceres;Kenneth S. Kosik;Kenneth S. Kosik

  • Immunocytochemical localization of tubulin and microtubule-associated protein 2 during the development of hippocampal neurons in culture

    A Caceres;GA Banker;L Binder

  • MAP2 is localized to the dendrites of hippocampal neurons which develop in culture

    Alfredo Caceres;Gary Banker;Oswald Steward;Lester Binder

  • Differential subcellular localization of tubulin and the microtubule- associated protein MAP2 in brain tissue as revealed by immunocytochemistry with monoclonal hybridoma antibodies

    A Caceres;L I Binder;M R Payne;P Bender

  • Suppression of MAP2 in cultured cerebeller macroneurons inhibits minor neurite formation

    Alfredo Caceres;Jorge Mautino;Kenneth S. Kosik

  • Inhibition of tau phosphorylating protein kinase cdk5 prevents β-amyloid-induced neuronal death

    Alejandra Alvarez;Rodrigo Toro;Alfredo Cáceres;Ricardo B Maccioni

  • Heterogeneity of microtubule-associated protein 2 during rat brain development.

    Lester I. Binder;Anthony Frankfurter;Helen Kim;Alfredo Caceres

  • The effect of tau antisense oligonucleotides on neurite formation of cultured cerebellar macroneurons.

    A Caceres;S Potrebic;KS Kosik

  • Evidence for the Participation of the Neuron-Specific CDK5 Activator P35 during Laminin-Enhanced Axonal Growth

    Gabriela Paglini;Gustavo Pigino;Patricia Kunda;Gerardo Morfini

  • Estrogen-enhanced neurite growth: Evidence for a selective induction of tau and stable microtubules

    A Ferreira;A Caceres

  • Nerve growth factor potentiates the neurotoxicity of beta amyloid.

    Bruce A. Yankner;Alfredo Caceres;Lawrence K. Duffy

  • Immunocytochemical localization of actin and microtubule-associated protein MAP2 in dendritic spines.

    Alfredo Caceres;Michael R. Payne;Lester I. Binder;Oswald Steward

  • Evidence for the involvement of Tiam1 in axon formation.

    Patricia Kunda;Gabriela Paglini;Santiago Quiroga;Kenneth Kosik

  • Microtubule formation and neurite growth in cerebellar macroneurons which develop in vitro: evidence for the involvement of the microtubule-associated proteins, MAP-1a, HMW-MAP2 and Tau.

    Adriana Ferreira;Jorge Busciglio;Alfredo Cáceres

  • Kinesin-mediated organelle translocation revealed by specific cellular manipulations.

    Fabian Feiguin;Adriana Ferreira;Kenneth S. Kosik;Alfredo Caceres

  • Suppression of Radixin and Moesin Alters Growth Cone Morphology, Motility, and Process Formation In Primary Cultured Neurons

    Gabriela Paglini;Patricia Kunda;Santiago Quiroga;Kenneth Kosik

  • Dendritic reorganization in the denervated dentate gyrus of the rat following entorhinal cortical lesions: A Golgi and electron microscopic analysis

    Alfredo Caceres;Oswald Steward

  • Analysis of the expression, distribution and function of cyclin dependent kinase 5 (cdk5) in developing cerebellar macroneurons

    Gustavo Pigino;Gabriela Paglini;Luis Ulloa;Jesús Avila

  • Intraneuronal compartments of the amyloid precursor protein

    A Ferreira;A Caceres;KS Kosik

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriana Ferreira
Adriana Ferreira Northwestern University
Kenneth S. Kosik
Kenneth S. Kosik University of California, Santa Barbara
Oswald Steward
Oswald Steward University of California, Irvine
Jesús Avila
Jesús Avila Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Thomas M. Jovin
Thomas M. Jovin Max Planck Society
Gary Banker
Gary Banker Oregon Health & Science University
Ricardo B. Maccioni
Ricardo B. Maccioni University of Chile
Philip A. Barker
Philip A. Barker University of British Columbia
Felipe A. Court
Felipe A. Court Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Philip Tinnefeld
Philip Tinnefeld Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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