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Biology and Biochemistry
Australia
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
115
Citations
56377
World Ranking
779
National Ranking
20

Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
56359
World Ranking
4494
National Ranking
125

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 1988 - Robert Koch Prize
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Donald Metcalf was affiliated with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia. Their research work primarily spanned the fields of immunology and microbiology, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Metcalf's notable contributions included studies in several subfields, such as immunology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and molecular biology. Their main research topics focused on interferon and immune responses, viral infections and immunology research, and cell death mechanisms and regulation.

The scientist authored publications in respected venues, with one noted publication in Nature Communications. This recent paper, titled "A missense mutation in the MLKL brace region promotes lethal neonatal inflammation and hematopoietic dysfunction", was published in 2020 and addressed inflammatory processes and hematopoietic dysfunction.

  • Joanne M. Hildebrand
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  • Nature Communications

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Immunology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology

  • interferon and immune responses
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation

Donald Metcalf received the Robert Koch Prize in 1988 and was elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.

Best Publications

  • THE GROWTH OF MOUSE BONE MARROW CELLS IN VITRO

    TR Bradley;D Metcalf

  • A family of cytokine-inducible inhibitors of signalling

    Robyn Starr;Tracy A. Willson;Elizabeth M. Viney;Leecia J. L. Murray

  • Proapoptotic Bcl-2 relative Bim required for certain apoptotic responses, leukocyte homeostasis, and to preclude autoimmunity.

    Philippe Bouillet;Donald Metcalf;David C. S. Huang;David M. Tarlinton

  • The granulocyte—Macrophage colony stimulating factors

    Donald Metcalf

  • The molecular biology and functions of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors.

    D Metcalf

  • Ontogeny of the haemopoietic system: yolk sac origin of in vivo and in vitro colony forming cells in the developing mouse embryo.

    Malcolm A. S. Moore;Donald Metcalf

  • Programmed Anuclear Cell Death Delimits Platelet Life Span

    Kylie D Mason;Marina Carpinelli;Jamie I Fletcher;Janelle Elyse Collinge

  • Development of plasmacytoid and conventional dendritic cell subtypes from single precursor cells derived in vitro and in vivo

    Shalin H. Naik;Priyanka Sathe;Priyanka Sathe;Hae Young Park;Hae Young Park;Donald Metcalf

  • SOCS3 negatively regulates IL-6 signaling in vivo.

    Ben A Croker;Danielle L Krebs;Jian-Guo Zhang;Sam Wormald

  • Leptin can induce proliferation, differentiation, and functional activation of hemopoietic cells.

    Timothy Gainsford;Tracy A. Willson;Donald Metcalf;Emanuela Handman

  • Twenty proteins containing a C-terminal SOCS box form five structural classes

    Douglas J. Hilton;Rachael T. Richardson;Warren S. Alexander;Elizabeth M. Viney

  • The hemopoietic colony stimulating factors

    Donald Metcalf

  • Purification and properties of colony-stimulating factor from mouse lung-conditioned medium.

    Antony W. Burgess;James Camakaris;Donald Metcalf

  • Intrasplenic steady-state dendritic cell precursors that are distinct from monocytes

    Shalin H Naik;Shalin H Naik;Donald Metcalf;Annemarie van Nieuwenhuijze;Ian Wicks

  • Effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on hematopoietic progenitor cells in cancer patients

    Ulrich Dührsen;Jean-Luc Villeval;Janis Boyd;George Kannourakis

  • Expression of myb, myc and fos proto-oncogenes during the differentiation of a murine myeloid leukaemia.

    Thomas J. Gonda;Donald Metcalf

  • The nature and action of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factors

    Antony W. Burgess;Donald Metcalf

  • Apoptosis initiated by Bcl-2-regulated caspase activation independently of the cytochrome c/Apaf-1/caspase-9 apoptosome

    Vanessa S. Marsden;Liam O'Connor;Liam O'Connor;Lorraine A. O'Reilly;John Silke

  • Deficiencies in progenitor cells of multiple hematopoietic lineages and defective megakaryocytopoiesis in mice lacking the thrombopoietic receptor c-Mpl

    Warren S. Alexander;Andrew W. Roberts;Nicos A. Nicola;Ruili Li

  • Hematopoietic regulators: redundancy or subtlety?

    Donald Metcalf

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicos A. Nicola
Nicos A. Nicola Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Warren S. Alexander
Warren S. Alexander Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Douglas J. Hilton
Douglas J. Hilton Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Benjamin T. Kile
Benjamin T. Kile University of Adelaide
Andrew W. Roberts
Andrew W. Roberts Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Tracy A. Willson
Tracy A. Willson Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Jian-Guo Zhang
Jian-Guo Zhang Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders
Antony W. Burgess
Antony W. Burgess Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Richard J. Simpson
Richard J. Simpson La Trobe University
Sandra E. Nicholson
Sandra E. Nicholson Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

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