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Ilya Levental 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 Ilya Levental sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 193 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ilya Levental 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 Ilya Levental sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Ilya Levental is affiliated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable subfields including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, and Physiology.

Their main topics of study encompass:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction

Levental has contributed to multiple publications in recognized scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Biophysical Journal (43 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (15 publications)
  • Faraday Discussions (5 publications)
  • Nature Chemical Biology (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (4 publications)

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Levental showcase a concentration on membrane biology and lipid environments:

  • "Plasma membranes are asymmetric in lipid unsaturation, packing and protein shape" (2020), Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Lipid Rafts: Controversies Resolved, Mysteries Remain" (2020), Trends in Cell Biology
  • "Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment" (2022), Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 requires cholesterol for viral entry and pathological syncytia formation" (2021), eLife
  • "Structural and functional consequences of reversible lipid asymmetry in living membranes" (2020), Nature Chemical Biology

Frequent collaborators in their work include Kandice R. Levental, Milka Doktorova, Hongyin Wang, Ivan Castello-Serrano, and Edward Lyman. These co-authors have contributed to numerous joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • The mystery of membrane organization: composition, regulation and roles of lipid rafts

    Erdinc Sezgin;Ilya Levental;Satyajit Mayor;Christian Eggeling

  • Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates

    Jérôme Solon;Ilya Levental;Kheya Sengupta;Kheya Sengupta;Penelope C. Georges

  • Soft biological materials and their impact on cell function

    Ilya Levental;Penelope C. Georges;Paul A. Janmey

  • Elucidating membrane structure and protein behavior using giant plasma membrane vesicles.

    Erdinc Sezgin;Hermann Josef Kaiser;Tobias Baumgart;Petra Schwille

  • Palmitoylation regulates raft affinity for the majority of integral raft proteins

    Ilya Levental;Daniel Lingwood;Michal Grzybek;Uenal Coskun

  • Plasma membranes are asymmetric in lipid unsaturation, packing and protein shape.

    J H Lorent;K R Levental;L Ganesan;G Rivera-Longsworth

  • Order of lipid phases in model and plasma membranes

    Hermann Josef Kaiser;Daniel Lingwood;Ilya Levental;Julio L. Sampaio

  • Cell-Cycle Control by Physiological Matrix Elasticity and In Vivo Tissue Stiffening

    Eric A. Klein;Liqun Yin;Devashish Kothapalli;Paola Castagnino

  • Greasing their way: lipid modifications determine protein association with membrane rafts.

    Ilya Levental;Michal Grzybek;Kai Simons

  • Lipid Rafts: Controversies Resolved, Mysteries Remain

    Ilya Levental;Kandice R. Levental;Frederick A. Heberle;Frederick A. Heberle

  • Electronic cigarettes disrupt lung lipid homeostasis and innate immunity independent of nicotine.

    Matthew C. Madison;Cameron T. Landers;Bon Hee Gu;Cheng Yen Chang

  • Partitioning, diffusion, and ligand binding of raft lipid analogs in model and cellular plasma membranes.

    Erdinc Sezgin;Ilya Levental;Michal Grzybek;Günter Schwarzmann

  • Spotted vesicles, striped micelles and Janus assemblies induced by ligand binding.

    David A Christian;Aiwei Tian;WG Wouter Ellenbroek;Ilya Levental

  • The continuing mystery of lipid rafts.

    Ilya Levental;Sarah L. Veatch

  • Structural determinants and functional consequences of protein affinity for membrane rafts

    Joseph H. Lorent;Blanca Diaz-Rohrer;Xubo Lin;Kevin Spring

  • Lipid rafts as functional heterogeneity in cell membranes.

    Daniel Lingwood;Hermann Josef Kaiser;Ilya Levental;Kai Simons

  • Raft domains of variable properties and compositions in plasma membrane vesicles

    Ilya Levental;Michal Grzybek;Kai Simons

  • Membrane raft association is a determinant of plasma membrane localization

    Blanca B. Diaz-Rohrer;Kandice R. Levental;Kai Simons;Ilya Levental

  • SARS-CoV-2 requires cholesterol for viral entry and pathological syncytia formation.

    David W Sanders;Chanelle C Jumper;Paul J Ackerman;Dan Bracha

  • Polyunsaturated Lipids Regulate Membrane Domain Stability by Tuning Membrane Order.

    Kandice R. Levental;Joseph H. Lorent;Xubo Lin;Allison D. Skinkle

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Janmey
Paul A. Janmey University of Pennsylvania
Kai Simons
Kai Simons Lipotype
M. Neal Waxham
M. Neal Waxham The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Robert S. Chapkin
Robert S. Chapkin Texas A&M University
Robert K. Ernst
Robert K. Ernst University of Maryland, Baltimore
Clifford P. Brangwynne
Clifford P. Brangwynne Princeton University
Petra Schwille
Petra Schwille Max Planck Society
Robert Bucki
Robert Bucki Medical University of Białystok
Jeffrey T. Chang
Jeffrey T. Chang The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John F. Hancock
John F. Hancock The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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