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D-Index
88
Citations
28491
World Ranking
2701
National Ranking
1401

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Gaudenz Danuser is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across several subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Oncology.

Their research covers a range of topics such as:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

Gaudenz Danuser has been involved in numerous publications, frequently contributing to venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Developmental Cell, and Nature Methods.

Notable recent papers authored with others include:

  • "Mechanical regulation of glycolysis via cytoskeleton architecture," 2020, Nature
  • "Blebs promote cell survival by assembling oncogenic signalling hubs," 2023, Nature
  • "Estimation of the fraction of COVID-19 infected people in U.S. states and countries worldwide," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Actin-Membrane Release Initiates Cell Protrusions," 2020, Developmental Cell
  • "Interpretable deep learning uncovers cellular properties in label-free live cell images that are predictive of highly metastatic melanoma," 2021, Cell Systems

Their frequent collaborators include Reto Fiolka, Tadamoto Isogai, Kevin M. Dean, Felix Zhou, and Bo-Jui Chang, each having coauthored numerous works together, demonstrating active collaborative engagement across various projects.

In recognition of their contributions, Gaudenz Danuser was named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Robust single-particle tracking in live-cell time-lapse sequences.

    Khuloud Jaqaman;Dinah Loerke;Marcel Mettlen;Hirotaka Kuwata

  • Coordination of Rho GTPase activities during cell protrusion

    Matthias Machacek;Matthias Machacek;Louis Hodgson;Louis Hodgson;Christopher Welch;Hunter Elliott

  • Two distinct actin networks drive the protrusion of migrating cells

    A. Ponti;M. Machacek;S. L. Gupton;C. M. Waterman-Storer

  • FRET or No FRET: A Quantitative Comparison

    Claude Berney;Gaudenz Danuser

  • Differential transmission of actin motion within focal adhesions

    Ke Hu;Lin Ji;Kathryn T. Applegate;Gaudenz Danuser

  • Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed

    Margaret L. Gardel;Benedikt Sabass;Benedikt Sabass;Lin Ji;Gaudenz Danuser

  • Positional stability of single double-strand breaks in mammalian cells

    Evi Soutoglou;Jonas F. Dorn;Kundan Sengupta;Maria Jasin

  • Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration

    Danfeng Cai;Danfeng Cai;Shann Ching Chen;Mohit Prasad;Li He

  • Regulation of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis.

    Marcel Mettlen;Ping Hung Chen;Saipraveen Srinivasan;Gaudenz Danuser

  • Cargo and dynamin regulate clathrin-coated pit maturation.

    Dinah Loerke;Marcel Mettlen;Defne Yarar;Defne Yarar;Khuloud Jaqaman

  • Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

    Cyrus A. Wilson;Mark A. Tsuchida;Greg M. Allen;Erin L. Barnhart

  • Mechanical regulation of glycolysis via cytoskeleton architecture

    Jin Suk Park;Christoph J. Burckhardt;Rossana Lazcano;Luisa M. Solis

  • Advances in Analysis of Low Signal-to-Noise Images Link Dynamin and AP2 to the Functions of an Endocytic Checkpoint

    François Aguet;Costin N. Antonescu;Marcel Mettlen;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Integrin-dependent actomyosin contraction regulates epithelial cell scattering

    Johan de Rooij;Johan de Rooij;Andre Kerstens;Andre Kerstens;Gaudenz Danuser;Martin A. Schwartz

  • Substrate stiffness regulates cadherin-dependent collective migration through myosin-II contractility

    Mei Rosa Ng;Achim Besser;Gaudenz Danuser;Joan S. Brugge

  • Actin–myosin network reorganization breaks symmetry at the cell rear to spontaneously initiate polarized cell motility

    Patricia T. Yam;Cyrus A. Wilson;Lin Ji;Benedict Hebert

  • LOVTRAP: an optogenetic system for photoinduced protein dissociation

    Hui Wang;Marco Vilela;Andreas Winkler;Miroslaw Tarnawski

  • Cell migration without a lamellipodium translation of actin dynamics into cell movement mediated by tropomyosin

    Stephanie L. Gupton;Karen L. Anderson;Thomas P. Kole;Robert S. Fischer

  • Ovarian cancer spheroids use myosin-generated force to clear the mesothelium

    Marcin P. Iwanicki;Rachel A. Davidowitz;Mei Rosa Ng;Achim Besser

  • Linking data to models: data regression.

    Khuloud Jaqaman;Gaudenz Danuser

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra L. Schmid
Sandra L. Schmid The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Klaus M. Hahn
Klaus M. Hahn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clare M. Waterman-Storer
Clare M. Waterman-Storer National Institutes of Health
Marcus Textor
Marcus Textor ETH Zurich
Michael W. Davidson
Michael W. Davidson Florida State University
Peter K. Sorger
Peter K. Sorger Harvard University
Edward D. Salmon
Edward D. Salmon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alex Mogilner
Alex Mogilner Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Timothy J. Mitchison
Timothy J. Mitchison Harvard University
Joan S. Brugge
Joan S. Brugge Harvard University

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