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Bert L. Semler publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bert L. Semler sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 194 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Bert L. Semler D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bert L. Semler sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bert L. Semler is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research activity spans fields primarily within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Specific subfields include Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Biophysics.

Their work addresses several main topics covering Viral Infections and Immunology Research, interferon and immune responses, RNA regulation and disease, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Virology, New Biotechnology, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Some of their recent papers include the following:

  • "New rabies viral resources for multi-scale neural circuit mapping" (2024) published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "APOBEC3B drives PKR-mediated translation shutdown and protects stress granules in response to viral infection" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Genotoxic stress and viral infection induce transient expression of APOBEC3A and pro-inflammatory genes through two distinct pathways" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping and Recent Advances in Trans-synaptic Anterograde Tracers" (2020) published in Neuron
  • "Structure of the PCBP2/stem-loop IV complex underlying translation initiation mediated by the poliovirus type I IRES" (2020) published in Nucleic Acids Research

The scientist has frequently collaborated with colleagues including Alexis Bouin, Sunwoo Oh, Lavanya Manjunath, Rémi Buisson, and Elodie Bournique.

Among distinctions received, Bert L. Semler was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA

    Naomi Kitamura;Bert L. Semler;Paul G. Rothberg;Glenn R. Larsen

  • Expression of virus-encoded proteinases: functional and structural similarities with cellular enzymes.

    W G Dougherty;B L Semler

  • Requirement of poly(rC) binding protein 2 for translation of poliovirus RNA.

    Lawrence B. Blyn;Jonathan S. Towner;Bert L. Semler;Ellie Ehrenfeld

  • SARS Coronavirus nsp1 Protein Induces Template-Dependent Endonucleolytic Cleavage of mRNAs: Viral mRNAs Are Resistant to nsp1-Induced RNA Cleavage

    Cheng Huang;Kumari G. Lokugamage;Janet M. Rozovics;Krishna Narayanan

  • Protein 3CD is the major poliovirus proteinase responsible for cleavage of the P1 capsid precursor.

    Mary Frances Ypma-Wong;Patricia Gillis Dewalt;Victoria H. Johnson;John G. Lamb

  • Poly (rC) binding protein 2 forms a ternary complex with the 5'-terminal sequences of poliovirus RNA and the viral 3CD proteinase.

    T B Parsley;J S Towner;L B Blyn;E Ehrenfeld

  • Molecular Biology Of Picornaviruses

    Bert L. Semler;Eckard Wimmer

  • Proteolytic processing of poliovirus polypeptides: antibodies to polypeptide P3-7c inhibit cleavage at glutamine-glycine pairs

    Ronnie Hanecak;Bert L. Semler;Carl W. Anderson;Eckard Wimmer

  • In vitro translation of poliovirus RNA: utilization of internal initiation sites in reticulocyte lysate.

    A J Dorner;B L Semler;R J Jackson;R Hanecak

  • Poly(rC) binding protein 2 binds to stem-loop IV of the poliovirus RNA 5' noncoding region: identification by automated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

    Lawrence B. Blyn;Kristine M. Swiderek;Oliver Richards;Douglas C. Stahl

  • Regulation of picornavirus gene expression.

    Kristin M. Bedard;Bert L. Semler

  • Genetic analysis of the attenuation phenotype of poliovirus type 1.

    T Omata;M Kohara;S Kuge;T Komatsu

  • Bridging IRES elements in mRNAs to the eukaryotic translation apparatus.

    Kerry D. Fitzgerald;Bert L. Semler

  • Differential utilization of poly(rC) binding protein 2 in translation directed by picornavirus IRES elements.

    Brandon L. Walter;Joseph H.C. Nguyen;Ellie Ehrenfeld;Bert L. Semler

  • Distinct Poly(rC) Binding Protein KH Domain Determinants for Poliovirus Translation Initiation and Viral RNA Replication

    Brandon L. Walter;Todd B. Parsley;Ellie Ehrenfeld;Bert L. Semler

  • DETERMINANTS OF MEMBRANE ASSOCIATION FOR POLIOVIRUS PROTEIN 3AB

    Jonathan S. Towner;Tri V. Ho;Bert L. Semler

  • Molecular Aspects of Picornavirus Infection and Detection

    Bert L. Semler;Ellie Ehrenfeld

  • A nucleo-cytoplasmic SR protein functions in viral IRES-mediated translation initiation.

    Kristin M Bedard;Sarah Daijogo;Bert L Semler

  • A membrane-associated precursor to poliovirus VPg identified by immunoprecipitation with antibodies directed against a synthetic heptapeptide

    Bert L. Semler;Carl W. Anderson;Ronnie Hanecak;Lydia F. Dorner

  • Cellular protein modification by poliovirus: the two faces of poly(rC)-binding protein.

    Rushika Perera;Sarah Daijogo;Brandon L. Walter;Joseph H. C. Nguyen

Frequent Co-Authors

Eckard Wimmer
Eckard Wimmer Stony Brook University
Ellie Ehrenfeld
Ellie Ehrenfeld National Institutes of Health
Carl W. Anderson
Carl W. Anderson Brookhaven National Laboratory
John J. Holland
John J. Holland University of California, San Diego
Jonathan S. Towner
Jonathan S. Towner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Richard Kuhn
Richard Kuhn Purdue University West Lafayette
Lawrence B. Blyn
Lawrence B. Blyn Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
George A. Gutman
George A. Gutman University of California, Irvine
Akio Nomoto
Akio Nomoto Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Raymond P. Roos
Raymond P. Roos University of Chicago

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