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D-Index
94
Citations
29313
World Ranking
2031
National Ranking
1108

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of a new theoretical approach to interfacial pattern formation, leading to new understanding of dendritic growth, fingering instabilities and fractal structures
  • 1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Herbert Levine is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a focus primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these fields, their work extensively covers Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research, and Immunology.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Herbert Levine has published prominently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Biomolecules

They have contributed to recent papers including:

  • "Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition" (2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology)
  • "Identification of EMT signaling cross-talk and gene regulatory networks by single-cell RNA sequencing" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Decoding leader cells in collective cancer invasion" (2021, Nature Reviews Cancer)
  • "A mechanism for epithelial-mesenchymal heterogeneity in a population of cancer cells" (2020, PLoS Computational Biology)
  • "Comparative Study of Transcriptomics-Based Scoring Metrics for the Epithelial-Hybrid-Mesenchymal Spectrum" (2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mohit Kumar Jolly, José N. Onuchic, Shubham Tripathi, Jason T. George, and Dongya Jia.

Herbert Levine has published a book titled Physics of Molecular and Cellular Processes (2022) with Springer Nature.

Their career has been recognized by several awards and honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2004)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1993), cited for developing a new theoretical approach to interfacial pattern formation, improving understanding of dendritic growth, fingering instabilities, and fractal structures
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1988)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

    Jing Yang;Parker Antin;Geert Berx;Cédric Blanpain

  • Implications of the Hybrid Epithelial/Mesenchymal Phenotype in Metastasis

    Mohit Kumar Jolly;Marcelo Boareto;Marcelo Boareto;Bin Huang;Dongya Jia

  • Cooperative self-organization of microorganisms

    Eshel Ben-Jacob;Inon Cohen;Herbert Levine

  • Self-organization in systems of self-propelled particles.

    Herbert Levine;Wouter-Jan Rappel;Inon Cohen

  • Antigen recognition by human T lymphocytes is linked to surface expression of the T3 molecular complex.

    Ellis L. Reinherz;Stefan Meuer;Kathleen A. Fitzgerald;Rebecca E. Hussey

  • MicroRNA-based regulation of epithelial-hybrid-mesenchymal fate determination.

    Mingyang Lu;Mohit Kumar Jolly;Herbert Levine;José N. Onuchic

  • Tumor Budding: The Name is EMT. Partial EMT.

    Alexandru Dan Grigore;Mohit Kumar Jolly;Dongya Jia;Mary C. Farach-Carson

  • Bacterial linguistic communication and social intelligence.

    Eshel Ben Jacob;Israela Becker;Yoash Shapira;Herbert Levine

  • Stability of the hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotype

    Mohit Kumar Jolly;Satyendra Chandra Tripathi;Dongya Jia;Steven M. Mooney

  • EMT and MET: necessary or permissive for metastasis?

    Mohit Kumar Jolly;Kathryn E. Ware;Shivee Gilja;Jason A. Somarelli

  • Geometrical models of interface evolution

    Richard C. Brower;David A. Kessler;Joel Koplik;Herbert Levine

  • RNA virus evolution via a fitness-space model.

    Lev S. Tsimring;Herbert Levine;David A. Kessler

  • Heterogeneous clearance rates of long-lived lymphocytes infected with HIV: Intrinsic stability predicts lifelong persistence

    M. C. Strain;H. F. Günthard;D. V. Havlir;C. C. Ignacio

  • Human natural killer cell adhesion molecules. Differential expression after activation and participation in cytolysis.

    Michael Robertson;Michael A. Caligiuri;Thomas J. Manley;Herbert Levine

  • Computational model for cell morphodynamics.

    Danying Shao;Wouter-Jan Rappel;Herbert Levine

  • Implications of the hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotype in metastasis

    Mohit Kumar Jolly;Marcelo Boareto;Bin Huang;Dongya Jia

  • Coupling actin flow, adhesion, and morphology in a computational cell motility model

    Danying Shao;Herbert Levine;Wouter-Jan Rappel

  • Elucidating cancer metabolic plasticity by coupling gene regulation with metabolic pathways.

    Dongya Jia;Mingyang Lu;Kwang Hwa Jung;Jun Hyoung Park

  • Hybrid epithelial/mesenchymal phenotypes promote metastasis and therapy resistance across carcinomas.

    Mohit Kumar Jolly;Jason A. Somarelli;Maya Sheth;Adrian Biddle

  • Toward understanding cancer stem cell heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment.

    Federico Bocci;Larisa Gearhart-Serna;Marcelo Boareto;Mariana Ribeiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Mohit Kumar Jolly
Mohit Kumar Jolly Indian Institute of Science
David A. Kessler
David A. Kessler United States Naval Research Laboratory
José N. Onuchic
José N. Onuchic Rice University
Samir M. Hanash
Samir M. Hanash The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Sendurai A. Mani
Sendurai A. Mani Brown University
Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Joel Koplik
Joel Koplik City College of New York
Stuart F. Schlossman
Stuart F. Schlossman Harvard University
Lev S. Tsimring
Lev S. Tsimring University of California, San Diego
Wendy A. Woodward
Wendy A. Woodward The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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