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Conrad L. Woldringh

Conrad L. Woldringh

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
7299
World Ranking
16388
National Ranking
397

Overview

Conrad L. Woldringh is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Within these broad disciplines, they focus on subfields including Genetics, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of Conrad L. Woldringh's work cover Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, DNA Repair Mechanisms, and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

The scientist has published multiple recent papers, notable for their focus on bacterial DNA and nucleoid structure. These include:

  • The Bacterial Nucleoid: From Electron Microscopy to Polymer Physics-A Personal Recollection, 2023, Life
  • Compaction and Segregation of DNA in Escherichia coli, 2024, Life
  • Compaction and Segregation of DNA in Escherichia coli, 2024, Preprints.org

Woldringh's work has appeared predominantly in the journals Life and Preprints.org, which are among their frequent publication venues.

Their research often intersects the study of bacterial chromosomes and DNA organization, exploring physical and biochemical aspects of nucleoid compaction and segregation in bacteria such as Escherichia coli. This multidisciplinary approach integrates microscopy techniques and polymer physics perspectives.

Best Publications

  • The role of co-transcriptional translation and protein translocation (transertion) in bacterial chromosome segregation.

    Conrad L. Woldringh

  • Changes in cell diameter during the division cycle of Escherichia coli.

    F J Trueba;C L Woldringh

  • Visualization of membrane domains in Escherichia coli

    Itzhak Fishov;Conrad L. Woldringh

  • Toporegulation of bacterial division according to the nucleoid occlusion model

    C.L. Woldringh;E. Mulder;P.G. Huls;N. Vischer

  • Actively replicating nucleoids influence positioning of division sites in Escherichia coli filaments forming cells lacking DNA.

    E Mulder;C L Woldringh

  • Physical manipulation of the Escherichia coli chromosome reveals its soft nature

    James Pelletier;Ken Halvorsen;Ken Halvorsen;Bae-Yeun Ha;Raffaella Paparcone

  • Morphological analysis of the division cycle of two Escherichia coli substrains during slow growth.

    C L Woldringh;M A de Jong;W van den Berg;L Koppes

  • Division behavior and shape changes in isogenic ftsZ, ftsQ, ftsA, pbpB, and ftsE cell division mutants of Escherichia coli during temperature shift experiments.

    P. E. M. Taschner;P. G. Huls;E. Pas;C. L. Woldringh

  • Role of the nucleoid in the toporegulation of division.

    C.L. Woldringh;E. Mulder;J.A.C. Valkenburg;F.B. Wientjes

  • Polymer-Mediated Compaction and Internal Dynamics of Isolated Escherichia coli Nucleoids

    Sónia Cunha;Sónia Cunha;Conrad L Woldringh;Theo Odijk

  • Structure and partitioning of bacterial DNA: determined by a balance of compaction and expansion forces?

    Conrad L. Woldringh;Peter Ruhdal Jensen;Hans V. Westerhoff

  • Size variations and correlation of different cell cycle events in slow-growing Escherichia coli.

    L H Koppes;C L Woldringh;N Nanninga

  • Topography of Peptidoglycan Synthesis during Elongation and Polar Cap Formation in a Cell Division Mutant of Escherichia coli MC4100

    C. L. Woldringh;P. Huls;E. Pas;G. J. Brakenhoff

  • Volume growth of daughter and parent cells during the cell cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae a/alpha as determined by image cytometry.

    C. L. Woldringh;P. G. Huls;N. O. E. Vischer

  • Phase separation between nucleoid and cytoplasm in Escherichia coli as defined by immersive refractometry.

    J. A. C. Valkenburg;C. L. Woldringh

  • Multiple classes of yeast mutants are defective in vacuole partitioning yet target vacuole proteins correctly.

    Y X Wang;H Zhao;T M Harding;D S Gomes de Mesquita

  • Object-image: an interactive image analysis program using structured point collection

    N.O.E. Vischer;P.G. Huls;C.L. Woldringh

  • Amount of peptidoglycan in cell walls of gram-negative bacteria.

    F B Wientjes;C L Woldringh;N Nanninga

  • Chloramphenicol causes fusion of separated nucleoids in Escherichia coli K-12 cells and filaments

    J. M. L. M. Van Helvoort;J. Kool;C. L. Woldringh

  • Morphological analysis of nuclear separation and cell division during the life cycle of Escherichia coli.

    C L Woldringh

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara M. Bakker
Barbara M. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen
Jacky L. Snoep
Jacky L. Snoep Stellenbosch University
Hans V. Westerhoff
Hans V. Westerhoff Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Karl Drlica
Karl Drlica Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bernard Witholt
Bernard Witholt University of Groningen
David Mirelman
David Mirelman Weizmann Institute of Science
Arie J. Verkleij
Arie J. Verkleij Utrecht University
Daniel J. Klionsky
Daniel J. Klionsky University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Flemming G. Hansen
Flemming G. Hansen Technical University of Denmark
Steven J. Sandler
Steven J. Sandler University of Massachusetts Amherst

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