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Howard Riezman
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Biology and Biochemistry
Switzerland
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
105
Citations
36440
World Ranking
1207
National Ranking
27

Howard Riezman publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Riezman sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 317 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Howard Riezman D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard Riezman sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 105 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 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

Howard Riezman is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in medicine. Key subfields include molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, surgery, and biochemistry.

The main topics of investigation in Riezman's work touch on various aspects of lipid biology and cellular processes. These topics include:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Cellular Transport and Secretion
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Lipid Metabolism and Biosynthesis
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Riezman consist of Noemi Jiménez-Rojo, Suihan Feng, Isabelle Riezman, Flore Sinturel, and Charna Dibner. Their publication record includes venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ACS Central Science, iScience, ACS Chemical Biology, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Among recent publications are:

  • "Lipid metabolism around the body clocks" (2023) in Progress in Lipid Research
  • "Arf1 coordinates fatty acid metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis" (2023) in Nature Cell Biology
  • "Conserved Functions of Ether Lipids and Sphingolipids in the Early Secretory Pathway" (2020) in Current Biology
  • "Phosphatidylcholines from Pieris brassicae eggs activate an immune response in Arabidopsis" (2020) in eLife
  • "HaloFlippers: A General Tool for the Fluorescence Imaging of Precisely Localized Membrane Tension Changes in Living Cells" (2020) in ACS Central Science

Riezman holds membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), an association recognizing contributions in molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Understanding the diversity of membrane lipid composition.

    Takeshi Harayama;Howard Riezman

  • Proteasome-Independent Functions of Ubiquitin in Endocytosis and Signaling

    Debdyuti Mukhopadhyay;Howard Riezman

  • Ubiquitination of a Yeast Plasma Membrane Receptor Signals Its Ligand-Stimulated Endocytosis

    Linda A Hicke;Howard Riezman

  • Coatomer is essential for retrieval of dilysine-tagged proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum

    François Letourneur;Erin C. Gaynor;Silke Hennecke;Corinne Démollière

  • Sch9 is a major target of TORC1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Jörg Urban;Alexandre Soulard;Alexandre Huber;Soyeon Lippman

  • Sorting GPI-anchored proteins.

    Satyajit Mayor;Howard Riezman

  • Linking cargo to vesicle formation: receptor tail interactions with coat proteins

    Tomas Kirchhausen;Juan S Bonifacino;Howard Riezman

  • end3 and end4: two mutants defective in receptor-mediated and fluid-phase endocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Susan Raths;Jack Rohrer;Fabienne Crausaz;Howard Riezman

  • Actin and fimbrin are required for the internalization step of endocytosis in yeast.

    E Kübler;H Riezman

  • Drs2p-related P-type ATPases Dnf1p and Dnf2p are required for phospholipid translocation across the yeast plasma membrane and serve a role in endocytosis.

    Thomas Pomorski;Thomas Pomorski;Ruben Lombardi;Howard Riezman;Philippe F. Devaux

  • Specific Retrieval of the Exocytic SNARE Snc1p from Early Yeast Endosomes

    Michael J. Lewis;Benjamin J. Nichols;Cristina Prescianotto-Baschong;Howard Riezman

  • The ins and outs of sphingolipid synthesis.

    Anthony H. Futerman;Howard Riezman

  • The absence of Emp24p, a component of ER-derived COPII-coated vesicles, causes a defect in transport of selected proteins to the Golgi.

    F Schimmöller;B Singer-Krüger;S Schröder;U Krüger

  • Transcription and translation initiation frequencies of the Escherichia coli lac operon.

    David Kennell;Howard Riezman

  • end5, end6, and end7: mutations that cause actin delocalization and block the internalization step of endocytosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    A L Munn;B J Stevenson;M I Geli;H Riezman

  • The END3 gene encodes a protein that is required for the internalization step of endocytosis and for actin cytoskeleton organization in yeast

    Hélène Benedetti;Susan Raths;Fabienne Crausaz;Howard Riezman

  • Upstream of growth and differentiation factor 1 (uog1), a mammalian homolog of the yeast longevity assurance gene 1 (LAG1), regulates N-stearoyl-sphinganine (C18-(dihydro)ceramide) synthesis in a fumonisin B1-independent manner in mammalian cells.

    Krishnan Venkataraman;Christian Riebeling;Jacques Bodennec;Howard Riezman

  • Cytoplasmic Tail Phosphorylation of the α-Factor Receptor Is Required for Its Ubiquitination and Internalization

    Linda Hicke;Bettina Zanolari;Howard Riezman

  • mTORC2 Promotes Tumorigenesis via Lipid Synthesis.

    Yakir Guri;Marco Colombi;Eva Dazert;Sravanth K. Hindupur

  • Loss of ceramide synthase 3 causes lethal skin barrier disruption

    Richard Jennemann;Mariona Rabionet;Karin Gorgas;Sharon Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Matile
Stefan Matile University of Geneva
Taroh Kinoshita
Taroh Kinoshita Osaka University
Kai Johnsson
Kai Johnsson Max Planck Society
Gottfried Schatz
Gottfried Schatz University of Basel
Aurélien Roux
Aurélien Roux University of Geneva
Anthony H. Futerman
Anthony H. Futerman Weizmann Institute of Science
Alicia Alonso
Alicia Alonso University of the Basque Country
Elina Ikonen
Elina Ikonen University of Helsinki
Christopher J. Leaver
Christopher J. Leaver University of Oxford
Robbie Loewith
Robbie Loewith University of Geneva

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