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Brenda A. Schulman

Brenda A. Schulman

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
32322
World Ranking
2530
National Ranking
186

Brenda A. Schulman publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 278 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brenda A. Schulman 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 Brenda A. Schulman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 89 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2019 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Brenda A. Schulman is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their scholarly output includes a substantial focus on Molecular Biology and related subfields such as Cell Biology, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's work centers extensively on topics including ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, protein degradation and inhibitors, autophagy in disease and therapy, peptidase inhibition and analysis, cellular transport and secretion, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, and RNA modifications and cancer.

Brenda A. Schulman has published numerous articles in several frequently chosen venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature
  • Nature Chemical Biology

Their research contributions include notable recent papers such as:

  • "Papain-like protease regulates SARS-CoV-2 viral spread and innate immunity," 2020, Nature
  • "An expanded lexicon for the ubiquitin code," 2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "NEDD8 nucleates a multivalent cullin-RING-UBE2D ubiquitin ligation assembly," 2020, Nature
  • "Cullin-RING Ubiquitin Ligase Regulatory Circuits: A Quarter Century Beyond the F-Box Hypothesis," 2021, Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • "Quantifying the heterogeneity of macromolecular machines by mass photometry," 2020, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors in their field, including:

  • Matthias Mann
  • J. Rajan Prabu
  • Özge Karayel
  • J. Wade Harper
  • Kheewoong Baek

Throughout their career, Brenda A. Schulman has received multiple recognitions, such as membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina with a focus on Biochemistry and Biophysics in 2019. Other distinctions include being a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2014, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2012, and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Structure of the Cul1-Rbx1-Skp1-F boxSkp2 SCF ubiquitin ligase complex.

    Ning Zheng;Brenda A. Schulman;Brenda A. Schulman;Langzhou Song;Julie J. Miller

  • Deletion of IKZF1 and prognosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Charles G Mullighan;Xiaoping Su;Jinghui Zhang;Ina Radtke

  • Papain-like protease regulates SARS-CoV-2 viral spread and innate immunity.

    Donghyuk Shin;Donghyuk Shin;Rukmini Mukherjee;Diana Grewe;Denisa Bojkova

  • Ubiquitin-like protein activation by E1 enzymes: the apex for downstream signalling pathways

    Brenda A. Schulman;J. Wade Harper

  • Structural Insights into NEDD8 Activation of Cullin-RING Ligases: Conformational Control of Conjugation

    David M. Duda;Laura A. Borg;Daniel C. Scott;Harold W. Hunt

  • Structure of a β-TrCP1-Skp1-β-Catenin Complex: Destruction Motif Binding and Lysine Specificity of the SCFβ-TrCP1 Ubiquitin Ligase

    Geng Wu;Guozhou Xu;Brenda A. Schulman;Philip D. Jeffrey

  • Insights into SCF ubiquitin ligases from the structure of the Skp1-Skp2 complex.

    Brenda A. Schulman;Andrea C. Carrano;Philip D. Jeffrey;Zachary Bowen

  • JAK mutations in high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

    Charles G. Mullighan;Jinghui Zhang;Richard C. Harvey;J. Racquel Collins-Underwood

  • Quantitative Proteomics Reveal a Feedforward Mechanism for Mitochondrial PARKIN Translocation and Ubiquitin Chain Synthesis

    Alban Ordureau;Shireen A. Sarraf;David M. Duda;Jin-Mi Heo

  • Protein neddylation: beyond cullin-RING ligases.

    Radoslav I. Enchev;Brenda A. Schulman;Matthias Peter

  • A Calcium-Regulated MEF2 Sumoylation Switch Controls Postsynaptic Differentiation

    Aryaman Shalizi;Brice Gaudillière;Zengqiang Yuan;Judith Stegmüller

  • The SOCS box: a tale of destruction and degradation

    Benjamin T Kile;Brenda A Schulman;Warren S Alexander;Nicos A Nicola

  • Parkin Is a Component of an SCF-like Ubiquitin Ligase Complex and Protects Postmitotic Neurons from Kainate Excitotoxicity

    John F. Staropoli;Caroline McDermott;Cécile Martinat;Brenda Schulman

  • Substrate recruitment to cyclin-dependent kinase 2 by a multipurpose docking site on cyclin A

    Brenda A. Schulman;Derek L. Lindstrom;Ed Harlow

  • Structures of SPOP-substrate complexes: insights into molecular architectures of BTB-Cul3 ubiquitin ligases.

    Min Zhuang;Matthew F. Calabrese;Jiang Liu;M. Brett Waddell

  • Role of the F-box protein Skp2 in lymphomagenesis.

    Esther Latres;Roberto Chiarle;Brenda A. Schulman;Nikola P. Pavletich

  • Building and remodelling Cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases.

    John R Lydeard;Brenda A Schulman;J Wade Harper

  • The UbcH8 ubiquitin E2 enzyme is also the E2 enzyme for ISG15, an IFN-α/β-induced ubiquitin-like protein

    Chen Zhao;Sylvie L. Beaudenon;Melissa L. Kelley;M. Brett Waddell

  • A residue-specific NMR view of the non-cooperative unfolding of a molten globule

    Brenda A. Schulman;Peter S. Kim;Christopher M. Dobson;Christina Redfield

  • Structural Mechanisms Underlying Posttranslational Modification by Ubiquitin-Like Proteins

    Billy T. Dye;Brenda A. Schulman

Frequent Co-Authors

J. Wade Harper
J. Wade Harper Harvard Medical School
Jan-Michael Peters
Jan-Michael Peters Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Matthias Mann
Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Holger Stark
Holger Stark Max Planck Society
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Huib Ovaa
Huib Ovaa Leiden University Medical Center
R. Kiplin Guy
R. Kiplin Guy University of Kentucky
Bhuvanesh Singh
Bhuvanesh Singh Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jinghui Zhang
Jinghui Zhang St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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