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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1987 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gary G. Borisy is affiliated with the ADA Forsyth Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to Dentistry and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in the subfields of Periodontics, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of their work include oral microbiology and periodontitis research, gut microbiota and health, oral health pathology and treatment, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, salivary gland disorders and functions, streptococcal infections and treatments, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Gary G. Borisy has published in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cell Host & Microbe

Notable recent papers include:

  • Oral Microbiome Geography: Micron-Scale Habitat and Niche (2020) - Cell Host & Microbe
  • Spatial Ecology of the Human Tongue Dorsum Microbiome (2020) - Cell Reports
  • Metapangenomics of the oral microbiome provides insights into habitat adaptation and cultivar diversity (2020) - Genome Biology
  • Corncob structures in dental plaque reveal microhabitat taxon specificity (2022) - Microbiome
  • Spatial scale in analysis of the dental plaque microbiome (2021) - Periodontology 2000

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jessica L. Mark Welch
  • Viviana Morillo-López
  • Imon Islam
  • Floyd E. Dewhirst
  • Julian Torres-Morales

Gary G. Borisy has been recognized with several awards throughout their career, including:

  • E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology (2011)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1987)

Best Publications

  • Cell migration: integrating signals from front to back.

    Anne J. Ridley;Martin A. Schwartz;Keith Burridge;Richard A. Firtel

  • Cellular Motility Driven by Assembly and Disassembly of Actin Filaments

    Thomas D Pollard;Gary G Borisy

  • Arp2/3 complex and actin depolymerizing factor/cofilin in dendritic organization and treadmilling of actin filament array in lamellipodia.

    Tatyana M. Svitkina;Gary G. Borisy

  • THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF COLCHICINE : Binding of Colchincine-3H to Cellular Protein

    G. G. Borisy;E. W. Taylor

  • Visualization of the intracellular behavior of HIV in living cells

    David McDonald;Marie A. Vodicka;Ginger Lucero;Tatyana M. Svitkina

  • Antagonism between Ena/VASP Proteins and Actin Filament Capping Regulates Fibroblast Motility

    James E. Bear;Tatyana M. Svitkina;Matthias Krause;Dorothy A. Schafer

  • Biogeography of a human oral microbiome at the micron scale

    Jessica L. Mark Welch;Jessica L. Mark Welch;Blair J. Rossetti;Blair J. Rossetti;Christopher W. Rieken;Floyd E. Dewhirst;Floyd E. Dewhirst

  • Mechanism of filopodia initiation by reorganization of a dendritic network

    Tatyana M. Svitkina;Elena A. Bulanova;Oleg Y. Chaga;Danijela M. Vignjevic

  • Analysis of the Actin–Myosin II System in Fish Epidermal Keratocytes: Mechanism of Cell Body Translocation

    Tatyana M. Svitkina;Alexander B. Verkhovsky;Kyle M. McQuade;Gary G. Borisy

  • THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF COLCHICINE Colchicine Binding to Sea Urchin Eggs and the Mitotic Apparatus

    G. G. Borisy;E. W. Taylor

  • Association of high-molecular-weight proteins with microtubules and their role in microtubule assembly in vitro

    Douglas B. Murphy;Gary G. Borisy

  • Microbiota organization is a distinct feature of proximal colorectal cancers

    Christine M. Dejea;Elizabeth C. Wick;Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner;James R. White

  • Actin machinery: pushing the envelope.

    Gary G Borisy;Tatyana M Svitkina

  • Lamellipodial Actin Mechanically Links Myosin Activity with Adhesion-Site Formation

    Grégory Giannone;Benjamin J. Dubin-Thaler;Olivier Rossier;Yunfei Cai

  • Self-polarization and directional motility of cytoplasm

    Alexander B. Verkhovsky;Tatyana M. Svitkina;Gary G. Borisy

  • Role of fascin in filopodial protrusion

    Danijela Vignjevic;Shin Ichiro Kojima;Yvonne Aratyn;Oana Danciu

  • The pericentriolar material in Chinese hamster ovary cells nucleates microtubule formation

    RR Gould;GG Borisy

  • Lamellipodial versus filopodial mode of the actin nanomachinery: pivotal role of the filament barbed end.

    Marisan R. Mejillano;Shin-ichiro Kojima;Derek Anthony Applewhite;Frank B. Gertler

  • PURIFICATION OF TUBULIN AND ASSOCIATED HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT PROTEINS FROM PORCINE BRAIN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY IN VITRO

    G. G. Borisy;J. M. Marcum;J. B. Olmsted;D. B. Murphy

  • Plectin sidearms mediate interaction of intermediate filaments with microtubules and other components of the cytoskeleton.

    T M Svitkina;A B Verkhovsky;G G Borisy

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatyana Svitkina
Tatyana Svitkina University of Pennsylvania
Floyd E. Dewhirst
Floyd E. Dewhirst Harvard University
Gary J. Gorbsky
Gary J. Gorbsky Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Kenneth A. Johnson
Kenneth A. Johnson The University of Texas at Austin
Anna Akhmanova
Anna Akhmanova Utrecht University
A. Murat Eren
A. Murat Eren Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Robert D. Goldman
Robert D. Goldman Northwestern University
Niels Galjart
Niels Galjart Erasmus University Rotterdam
Bartosz A. Grzybowski
Bartosz A. Grzybowski Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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