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Overview

Ben N G Giepmans is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist's work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biophysics, and Surgery.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas. These include:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Research

Ben N G Giepmans has contributed to multiple publications, some of which have received considerable citations. Recent papers include:

  • "Endocytosis of Extracellular Vesicles and Release of Their Cargo from Endosomes," 2020, published in ACS Nano
  • "mScarlet3: a brilliant and fast-maturing red fluorescent protein," 2023, published in Nature Methods
  • "Large-scale electron microscopy database for human type 1 diabetes," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Segmentation in large-scale cellular electron microscopy with deep learning: A literature survey," 2023, published in Medical Image Analysis
  • "Nanobody-Based Probes for Subcellular Protein Identification and Visualization," 2020, published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with notable publication counts in:

  • Microscopy and Microanalysis (8 publications)
  • Histochemistry and Cell Biology (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • Diabetologia (2 publications)
  • Methods in microscopy (2 publications)

Ben N G Giepmans collaborates regularly with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Anouk H. G. Wolters (17 co-authored papers)
  • Jacob P. Hoogenboom (17 co-authored papers)
  • Jeroen Kuipers (11 co-authored papers)
  • B. H. Peter Duinkerken (11 co-authored papers)
  • Ryan Lane (10 co-authored papers)

Best Publications

  • Improved monomeric red, orange and yellow fluorescent proteins derived from Discosoma sp. red fluorescent protein.

    Nathan C Shaner;Robert E Campbell;Robert E Campbell;Paul A Steinbach;Ben N G Giepmans

  • The fluorescent toolbox for assessing protein location and function

    Ben N. G. Giepmans;Stephen R. Adams;Mark H. Ellisman;Roger Y. Tsien

  • The ins and outs of lysophosphatidic acid signaling

    Wouter H Moolenaar;Laurens A van Meeteren;Ben N G Giepmans

  • The gap junction protein connexin43 interacts with the second PDZ domain of the zona occludens-1 protein

    Ben N.G. Giepmans;Wouter H. Moolenaar

  • Gap junctions and connexin-interacting proteins

    Ben N G Giepmans

  • Mammalian cell-based optimization of the biarsenical-binding tetracysteine motif for improved fluorescence and affinity.

    Brent R Martin;Ben N G Giepmans;Stephen R Adams;Roger Y Tsien

  • Immunolabeling artifacts and the need for live-cell imaging

    Ulrike Schnell;Freark Dijk;Klaas A Sjollema;Ben N G Giepmans

  • Correlated light and electron microscopy: ultrastructure lights up!

    Pascal de Boer;Jacob P Hoogenboom;Ben N G Giepmans

  • Correlated light and electron microscopic imaging of multiple endogenous proteins using Quantum dots

    Ben N G Giepmans;Thomas J Deerinck;Benjamin L Smarr;Ying Z Jones

  • Dynamic trafficking and delivery of connexons to the plasma membrane and accretion to gap junctions in living cells.

    Undine Lauf;Ben N. G. Giepmans;Patricia Lopez;Sébastien Braconnot

  • Endocytosis of Extracellular Vesicles and Release of Their Cargo from Endosomes

    Bhagyashree S Joshi;Marit A de Beer;Ben N G Giepmans;Inge S Zuhorn

  • Gap junction protein connexin-43 interacts directly with microtubules

    Ben N.G. Giepmans;Ingrid Verlaan;Trudi Hengeveld;Hans Janssen

  • EpCAM: structure and function in health and disease.

    Ulrike Schnell;Vincenzo Cirulli;Ben N. G. Giepmans

  • Iron deficiency impairs contractility of human cardiomyocytes through decreased mitochondrial function

    Martijn F Hoes;Niels Grote Beverborg;J David Kijlstra;Jeroen Kuipers

  • Long-Term In Vitro Expansion of Salivary Gland Stem Cells Driven by Wnt Signals

    Martti Maimets;Cecilia Rocchi;Reinier Bron;Sarah Pringle

  • Epithelial cell-cell junctions and plasma membrane domains

    Ben N. G. Giepmans;Sven C. D. van Ijzendoorn

  • Interaction of c-Src with Gap Junction Protein Connexin-43 ROLE IN THE REGULATION OF CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION

    Ben N. G. Giepmans;Trudi Hengeveld;Friso R. Postma;Wouter H. Moolenaar

  • The diagnosis of insulitis in human type 1 diabetes

    M. L. Campbell-Thompson;M. A. Atkinson;A. E. Butler;N. M. Chapman

  • Connexin-43 interactions with ZO-1 and alpha- and beta-tubulin.

    Ben N. G. Giepmans;Ingrid Verlaan;Wouter H. Moolenaar

  • Rac activation by lysophosphatidic acid LPA1 receptors through the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Tiam1

    Frank N Van Leeuwen;Cristina Olivo;Shula Grivell;Ben N G Giepmans

Frequent Co-Authors

Wouter H. Moolenaar
Wouter H. Moolenaar Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Mark H. Ellisman
Mark H. Ellisman University of California, San Diego
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Y. Tsien University of California, San Diego
Marcel F. Jonkman
Marcel F. Jonkman University Medical Center Groningen
Thomas J. Deerinck
Thomas J. Deerinck University of California, San Diego
Eugene Berezikov
Eugene Berezikov University Medical Center Groningen
Kees Jalink
Kees Jalink Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital
Peter M. Lansdorp
Peter M. Lansdorp University of British Columbia
Paul de Vos
Paul de Vos University Medical Center Groningen
Marijke M. Faas
Marijke M. Faas University Medical Center Groningen

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