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Elizabeth J. Robertson

Elizabeth J. Robertson

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
96
Citations
44240
World Ranking
1795
National Ranking
118

Overview

Elizabeth J. Robertson is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in Molecular Biology, Immunology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Cell Biology and Artificial Intelligence.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to developmental biology and molecular regulation. Notable papers 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

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robertson include:

  • Ita Costello
  • Elizabeth K. Bikoff
  • Luke Harland
  • Berthold Göttgens
  • Alexandra Bisia

Their work has been published in various scientific venues, especially in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Experimental Hematology
  • eLife

The main topics addressed by their research 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
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

The body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining biological sciences with computational and physical methods. Their contributions involve gene regulation mechanisms, immune system interactions, developmental processes, and applications of machine learning and photonic technologies in biological research.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Progenitor and terminal subsets of CD8+ T cells cooperate to contain chronic viral infection.

    Michael A. Paley;Daniela C. Kroy;Pamela M. Odorizzi;Jonathan B. Johnnidis

  • Making a commitment: cell lineage allocation and axis patterning in the early mouse embryo

    Sebastian J. Arnold;Elizabeth J. Robertson

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

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

  • 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

  • Mice homozygous for the ablm1 mutation show poor viability and depletion of selected B and T cell populations

    Pamela L. Schwartzberg;Alan M. Stall;Jeff D. Hardin;Katherine S. Bowdish

  • Mice lacking Bmp6 function.

    Mark J. Solloway;Andrew T. Dudley;Elizabeth K. Bikoff;Karen M. Lyons;Karen M. Lyons

  • Mouse Lefty2 and zebrafish antivin are feedback inhibitors of nodal signaling during vertebrate gastrulation.

    Chikara Meno;Kira Gritsman;Sachiko Ohishi;Yasuhisa Ohfuji

  • Embryonic lethality in mice homozygous for a targeted disruption of the N-myc gene.

    Jean Charron;Barbara A. Malynn;Peter Fisher;Valerie Stewart

  • Defective major histocompatibility complex class II assembly, transport, peptide acquisition, and CD4+ T cell selection in mice lacking invariant chain expression.

    E. K. Bikoff;Li-Yun Huang;V. Episkopou;J. Van Meerwijk

  • Cell fate decisions within the mouse organizer are governed by graded Nodal signals

    Stéphane D. Vincent;N. Ray Dunn;Shigemi Hayashi;Dominic P. Norris

  • Pluripotency factors regulate definitive endoderm specification through eomesodermin

    Adrian Kee Keong Teo;Sebastian J. Arnold;Matthew W.B. Trotter;Stephanie Brown

  • Germ-line transmission of a c-abl mutation produced by targeted gene disruption in ES cells.

    Pamela L. Schwartzberg;Stephen P. Goff;Elizabeth J. Robertson

  • The T-box transcription factor Eomes/Tbr2 regulates neurogenesis in the cortical subventricular zone.

    Sebastian J. Arnold;Guo Jen Huang;Amanda F P Cheung;Takumi Era

  • Placentation defects are highly prevalent in embryonic lethal mouse mutants.

    Vicente Perez-Garcia;Vicente Perez-Garcia;Elena Fineberg;Elena Fineberg;Robert Wilson;Alexander Murray;Alexander Murray

  • The nodal precursor acting via activin receptors induces mesoderm by maintaining a source of its convertases and BMP4.

    Nadav Ben-Haim;Cindy Lu;Marcela Guzman-Ayala;Luca Pescatore

  • Pivotal roles for eomesodermin during axis formation, epithelium-to-mesenchyme transition and endoderm specification in the mouse

    Sebastian J. Arnold;Ulf K. Hofmann;Elizabeth K. Bikoff;Elizabeth J. Robertson

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
David J. Adams
David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute
Wolfgang Weninger
Wolfgang Weninger Medical University of Vienna
James C. Smith
James C. Smith The Francis Crick Institute
Timothy J. Mohun
Timothy J. Mohun The Francis Crick Institute
Myriam Hemberger
Myriam Hemberger University of Calgary
Richard P. Harvey
Richard P. Harvey Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Aris N. Economides
Aris N. Economides Regeneron (United States)
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Berthold Göttgens
Berthold Göttgens University of Cambridge

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