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Elizabeth J. Robertson

Elizabeth J. Robertson

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
91
Citations
42655
World Ranking
715
National Ranking
388

Elizabeth J. Robertson publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth J. Robertson sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 177 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Elizabeth J. Robertson D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elizabeth J. Robertson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Elizabeth J. Robertson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Immunology, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Cell Biology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The areas of focus in their work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Renal and related cancers, Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation, Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum optics and atomic interactions, Reproductive System and Pregnancy, and studies on Pregnancy and preeclampsia.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Ita Costello, Elizabeth K. Bikoff, Luke Harland, Berthold Göttgens, and Alexandra Bisia.

Robertson's research has been published in several venues, with multiple publications in arXiv (Cornell University), Nature Cell Biology, Nature Communications, Experimental Hematology, and eLife.

Significant publications by Elizabeth J. Robertson include:

  • The T-box transcription factor Eomesodermin governs haemogenic competence of yolk sac mesodermal progenitors, 2021, Nature Cell Biology
  • CytoCensus, mapping cell identity and division in tissues and organs using machine learning, 2020, eLife
  • The transcriptional repressor Blimp1/PRDM1 regulates the maternal decidual response in mice, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A degron-based approach to manipulate Eomes functions in the context of the developing mouse embryo, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Optical convolutional neural network with atomic nonlinearity, 2023, Optics Express

Elizabeth J. Robertson has received a number of recognitions, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2003 and a Member of Academia Europaea in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Mice carrying null mutations of the genes encoding insulin-like growth factor I (Igf-1) and type 1 IGF receptor (Igf1r)

    Jeh-Ping Liu;Julie Baker;Archlbald S. Perkins;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • Role of Insulin-like Growth Factors in Embryonic and Postnatal Growth

    Julie Baker;Jeh-Ping Liu;Elizabeth J. Robertson;Argiris Efstratiadis

  • Parental imprinting of the mouse insulin-like growth factor II gene

    Thomas M. DeChiara;Elizabeth J. Robertson;Argiris Efstratiadis

  • Formation of germ-line chimaeras from embryo-derived teratocarcinoma cell lines

    Allan Bradley;Martin Evans;Matthew H. Kaufman;Elizabeth Robertson

  • A growth-deficiency phenotype in heterozygous mice carrying an insulin-like growth factor II gene disrupted by targeting.

    T M DeChiara;A Efstratiadis;E J Robertson

  • A requirement for bone morphogenetic protein-7 during development of the mammalian kidney and eye.

    Andrew T. Dudley;Karen M. Lyons;Karen M. Lyons;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • Erythroid differentiation in chimaeric mice blocked by a targeted mutation in the gene for transcription factor GATA-1

    Larysa Pevny;M. Celeste Simon;Elizabeth Robertson;William H. Klein

  • Germ-line transmission of genes introduced into cultured pluripotential cells by retroviral vector

    Elizabeth Robertson;Allan Bradley;Michael Kuehn;Martin Evans

  • Axis Development and Early Asymmetry in Mammals

    Rosa S.P Beddington;Elizabeth J Robertson

  • A primary requirement for nodal in the formation and maintenance of the primitive streak in the mouse

    Frank L. Conlon;Karen M. Lyons;Norma Takaesu;Katrin S. Barth

  • Relationship between asymmetric nodal expression and the direction of embryonic turning

    Jérôme Collignon;Isabella Varlet;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • Nodal signalling in the epiblast patterns the early mouse embryo

    Jane Brennan;Cindy C. Lu;Dominic P. Norris;Tristan A. Rodriguez

  • A potential animal model for Lesch–Nyhan syndrome through introduction of HPRT mutations into mice

    Michael R. Kuehn;Allan Bradley;Elizabeth J. Robertson;Martin J. Evans

  • Overlapping expression domains of bone morphogenetic protein family members potentially account for limited tissue defects in BMP7 deficient embryos

    Andrew T. Dudley;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • Pitx2 determines left-right asymmetry of internal organs in vertebrates

    Aimee K. Ryan;Bruce Blumberg;Concepción Rodriguez-Esteban;Sayuri Yonei-Tamura

  • nodal expression in the primitive endoderm is required for specification of the anterior axis during mouse gastrulation

    Isabelle Varlet;Jérôme Collignon;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • An Nkx2-5/Bmp2/Smad1 Negative Feedback Loop Controls Heart Progenitor Specification and Proliferation

    Owen W.J. Prall;Mary K. Menon;Mark J. Solloway;Yusuke Watanabe

  • Smad2 signaling in extraembryonic tissues determines anterior-posterior polarity of the early mouse embryo.

    W.Ross Waldrip;Elizabeth K Bikoff;Pamela A Hoodless;Jeffrey L Wrana

  • Colocalization of BMP 7 and BMP 2 RNAs suggests that these factors cooperatively mediate tissue interactions during murine development.

    Karen M. Lyons;Brigid L.M. Hogan;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • Nodal Antagonists in the Anterior Visceral Endoderm Prevent the Formation of Multiple Primitive Streaks

    Aitana Perea-Gomez;Francis D.J. Vella;William Shawlot;Mustapha Oulad-Abdelghani

Frequent Co-Authors

Argiris Efstratiadis
Argiris Efstratiadis Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens
Ronald N. Germain
Ronald N. Germain National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Brigid L.M. Hogan
Brigid L.M. Hogan Duke University
Stephen P. Goff
Stephen P. Goff Columbia University Medical Center
Jeffrey L. Wrana
Jeffrey L. Wrana Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Kensaku Mizuno
Kensaku Mizuno Tohoku University
Hiroshi Hamada
Hiroshi Hamada RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
Frank Costantini
Frank Costantini Columbia University
Ronald M. Evans
Ronald M. Evans Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Pamela L. Schwartzberg
Pamela L. Schwartzberg National Institutes of Health

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