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Christine Jacobs-Wagner

Christine Jacobs-Wagner

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
11609
World Ranking
15541
National Ranking
6483

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Christine Jacobs-Wagner is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular concentration on molecular biology and genetics. Additional subfields of study include parasitology, insect science, and ecology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Christine Jacobs-Wagner has published extensively, with a strong presence in standing venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), which accounts for the largest number of their publications. Other frequent venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Current Biology, eLife, and PLoS Pathogens.

Recent papers include the following:

  • "Interconnecting solvent quality, transcription, and chromosome folding in Escherichia coli" (2021, Cell)
  • "Connecting single-cell ATP dynamics to overflow metabolism, cell growth, and the cell cycle in Escherichia coli" (2022, Current Biology)
  • "Proximity labeling reveals non-centrosomal microtubule-organizing center components required for microtubule growth and localization" (2021, Current Biology)
  • "Caulobacter crescentus: model system extraordinaire" (2020, Current Biology)
  • "Polyploidy, regular patterning of genome copies, and unusual control of DNA partitioning in the Lyme disease spirochete" (2022, Nature Communications)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Wei-Hsiang Lin
  • Constantin N. Takacs
  • Alexandros Papagiannakis
  • Sander K. Govers
  • Yingjie Xiang

Christine Jacobs-Wagner was recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The bacterial cytoplasm has glass-like properties and is fluidized by metabolic activity

    Brad Parry;Ivan Surovtsev;Matthew Cabeen;Corey O'Hern

  • BACTERIAL CELL SHAPE

    Matthew T. Cabeen;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • High-throughput, subpixel precision analysis of bacterial morphogenesis and intracellular spatio-temporal dynamics.

    Oleksii Sliusarenko;Jennifer Heinritz;Thierry Emonet;Christine Jacobs-Wagner;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • mTORC1 Controls Phase Separation and the Biophysical Properties of the Cytoplasm by Tuning Crowding

    M. Delarue;G.P. Brittingham;S. Pfeffer;I.V. Surovtsev;I.V. Surovtsev

  • A Constant Size Extension Drives Bacterial Cell Size Homeostasis

    Manuel Campos;Manuel Campos;Ivan V. Surovtsev;Ivan V. Surovtsev;Setsu Kato;Ahmad Paintdakhi;Ahmad Paintdakhi

  • The Bacterial Cytoskeleton: An Intermediate Filament-Like Function in Cell Shape

    Nora Ausmees;Jeffrey R Kuhn;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • Spatial organization of the flow of genetic information in bacteria

    Paula Montero Llopis;Audrey F. Jackson;Audrey F. Jackson;Oleksii Sliusarenko;Oleksii Sliusarenko;Ivan Surovtsev

  • Oufti : an integrated software package for high-accuracy, high-throughput quantitative microscopy analysis

    Ahmad Paintdakhi;Ahmad Paintdakhi;Bradley Parry;Bradley Parry;Manuel Campos;Manuel Campos;Irnov Irnov;Irnov Irnov

  • A Self-Associating Protein Critical for Chromosome Attachment, Division, and Polar Organization in Caulobacter

    Gitte Ebersbach;Ariane Briegel;Grant J. Jensen;Christine Jacobs-Wagner;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • Pathogen-mediated manipulation of arthropod microbiota to promote infection

    Nabil M. Abraham;Nabil M. Abraham;Lei Liu;Brandon Lyon Jutras;Brandon Lyon Jutras;Akhilesh K. Yadav

  • Ultra-High Resolution 3D Imaging of Whole Cells

    Fang Huang;Fang Huang;George Sirinakis;George Sirinakis;Edward S. Allgeyer;Edward S. Allgeyer;Lena K. Schroeder

  • The tubulin homologue FtsZ contributes to cell elongation by guiding cell wall precursor synthesis in Caulobacter crescentus

    Michelle Aaron;Godefroid Charbon;Hubert Lam;Heinz Schwarz

  • How do bacteria localize proteins to the cell pole

    Géraldine Laloux;Christine Jacobs-Wagner;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • Evidence for a DNA-relay mechanism in ParABS-mediated chromosome segregation

    Hoong Chuin Lim;Ivan Vladimirovich Surovtsev;Ivan Vladimirovich Surovtsev;Bruno Gabriel Beltran;Bruno Gabriel Beltran;Fang Huang

  • A Landmark Protein Essential for Establishing and Perpetuating the Polarity of a Bacterial Cell

    Hubert Lam;Whitman B. Schofield;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • RodZ, a component of the bacterial core morphogenic apparatus

    S. Anisah Alyahya;Roger Alexander;Teresa Costa;Adriano O. Henriques

  • Bacterial cell curvature through mechanical control of cell growth

    Matthew T Cabeen;Godefroid Charbon;Waldemar Vollmer;Petra Born

  • Cell cycle coordination and regulation of bacterial chromosome segregation dynamics by polarly localized proteins

    Whitman B Schofield;Hoong Chuin Lim;Christine Jacobs-Wagner;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • Subcellular Organization: A Critical Feature of Bacterial Cell Replication.

    Ivan V. Surovtsev;Ivan V. Surovtsev;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

  • Cytokinesis monitoring during development; rapid pole-to-pole shuttling of a signaling protein by localized kinase and phosphatase in Caulobacter.

    Jean-Yves Matroule;Hubert Lam;Dylan T. Burnette;Christine Jacobs-Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Waldemar Vollmer
Waldemar Vollmer Newcastle University
Erol Fikrig
Erol Fikrig Yale University
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Yale University
Jay T. Groves
Jay T. Groves University of California, Berkeley
Kang Shen
Kang Shen Stanford University
Alice Y. Ting
Alice Y. Ting Stanford University
Patricia A. Rosa
Patricia A. Rosa National Institutes of Health
Kevin J. Kennedy
Kevin J. Kennedy University of Ottawa
Trevor Lithgow
Trevor Lithgow Monash University

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