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Biology and Biochemistry
France
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
98
Citations
39715
World Ranking
1644
National Ranking
28

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2015 - CNRS Gold Medal, French National Centre for Scientific Research Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Eric Karsenti is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Ecology, Molecular Biology, Oceanography, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Eric Karsenti has contributed to multiple research papers, notable recent publications include:

  • Tara Oceans: towards global ocean ecosystems biology (2020, Nature Reviews Microbiology)
  • Functional repertoire convergence of distantly related eukaryotic plankton lineages abundant in the sunlit ocean (2022, Cell Genomics)
  • Global distribution patterns of marine nitrogen-fixers by imaging and molecular methods (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Compendium of 530 metagenome-assembled bacterial and archaeal genomes from the polar Arctic Ocean (2021, Nature Microbiology)
  • Diversity and ecological footprint of Global Ocean RNA viruses (2022, Science)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Chris Bowler
  • Colomban de Vargas
  • Patrick Wincker
  • Matthew B. Sullivan
  • Silvia G. Acinas

They have published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ISME Communications
  • Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Cell Genomics
  • Nature Communications

Eric Karsenti's contributions have been recognized by awards including the CNRS Gold Medal from the French National Centre for Scientific Research in 2015 for Biology and membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Luis Pedro Coelho;Samuel Chaffron;Jens Roat Kultima

  • Eukaryotic plankton diversity in the sunlit ocean

    Colomban de Vargas;Colomban de Vargas;Stéphane Audic;Stéphane Audic;Nicolas Henry;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle;Johan Decelle

  • Self-organization of microtubules into bipolar spindles around artificial chromosomes in Xenopus egg extracts

    Rebecca Heald;Régis Tournebize;Thiemo Blank;Raphael Sandaltzopoulos

  • Determinants of community structure in the global plankton interactome

    Gipsi Lima-Mendez;Karoline Faust;Nicolas Henry;Johan Decelle

  • Phosphorylation and activation of human cdc25-C by cdc2-cyclin B and its involvement in the self-amplification of MPF at mitosis

    I Hoffmann;P R Clarke;M J Marcote;E Karsenti

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean.

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

  • Marine DNA Viral Macro- and Microdiversity from Pole to Pole.

    Ann C. Gregory;Ahmed A. Zayed;Nádia Conceição-Neto;Ben Temperton

  • Patterns and ecological drivers of ocean viral communities

    Jennifer R. Brum;J. Cesar Ignacio-Espinoza;Simon Roux;Guilhem Doulcier;Guilhem Doulcier

  • Ran Induces Spindle Assembly by Reversing the Inhibitory Effect of Importin α on TPX2 Activity

    Oliver J Gruss;Rafael E Carazo-Salas;Christoph A Schatz;Giulia Guarguaglini

  • Physical Properties Determining Self-Organization of Motors and Microtubules

    Thomas Surrey;François Nédélec;Stanislas Leibler;Eric Karsenti

  • Activation of the phosphatase activity of human cdc25A by a cdk2-cyclin E dependent phosphorylation at the G1/S transition.

    Ingrid Hoffmann;Giulio Draetta;Eric Karsenti

  • Self-organization in cell biology: a brief history

    Eric Karsenti

  • Generation of GTP-bound Ran by RCC1 is required for chromatin-induced mitotic spindle formation

    Rafael E. Carazo-Salas;Giulia Guarguaglini;Oliver J. Gruss;Alexandra Segref

  • The Mitotic Spindle: A Self-Made Machine

    E. Karsenti;I. Vernos

  • The subcellular organization of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells during the formation of a polarized epithelium.

    Robert Bacallao;C. Antony;C. Dotti;E. Karsenti

  • Structure of growing microtubule ends: two-dimensional sheets close into tubes at variable rates.

    D Chrétien;S D Fuller;E Karsenti

  • Regulation of microtubule dynamics by cdc2 protein kinase in cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs.

    Fulvia Verde;Jean Claude Labbé;Marcel Dorée;Eric Karsenti

  • Control of microtubule dynamics and length by cyclin A- and cyclin B-dependent kinases in Xenopus egg extracts.

    Fulvia Verde;Marileen Dogterom;Ernst Stelzer;Eric Karsenti

  • A Holistic Approach to Marine Eco-Systems Biology

    Eric Karsenti;Silvia G. Acinas;Peer Bork;Chris Bowler;Chris Bowler

  • Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean

    Lionel Guidi;Samuel Chaffron;Lucie Bittner;Damien Eveillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Wincker
Patrick Wincker University of Paris-Saclay
Chris Bowler
Chris Bowler École Normale Supérieure
Peer Bork
Peer Bork European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Fabrice Not
Fabrice Not Roscoff Marine Station
Shinichi Sunagawa
Shinichi Sunagawa Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Olivier Jaillon
Olivier Jaillon University of Paris-Saclay
Gabriel Gorsky
Gabriel Gorsky Sorbonne University
Marc Picheral
Marc Picheral Université Paris Cité
Hiroyuki Ogata
Hiroyuki Ogata Kyoto University
Stephane Pesant
Stephane Pesant University of Bremen

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