2026 Jacek Gaertig: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	44	2906	2641	1387	1246	88	9480

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Overview

Jacek Gaertig is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Enzyme Structure and Function

Jacek Gaertig has contributed to multiple scientific publications across various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Cell Biology
eLife
EMBO Reports
Structure

Their recent papers include:

"Remodeling and activation mechanisms of outer arm dyneins revealed by cryo-EM" (2021) published in EMBO Reports
"DomainFit: Identification of protein domains in cryo-EM maps at intermediate resolution using AlphaFold2-predicted models" (2024) published in Structure
"CEP104/FAP256 and associated cap complex maintain stability of the ciliary tip" (2023) published in The Journal of Cell Biology
"Anterior-posterior pattern formation in ciliates" (2022) published in Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
"Mutual antagonism between Hippo signaling and cyclin E drives intracellular pattern formation" (2020) published in The Journal of Cell Biology

Throughout these publications, Jacek Gaertig has collaborated frequently with several coauthors:

Khanh Huy Bui
Corbin Black
Melissa Valente-Paterno
Chinkyu Lee
Thibault Legal

Best Publications

Microtubule acetylation promotes kinesin-1 binding and transport

Nathan A. Reed;Dawen Cai;T. Lynne Blasius;Gloria T. Jih

1029
Citations
Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, a Model Eukaryote

Jonathan A. Eisen;Robert S Coyne;Martin Wu;Dongying Wu

865
Citations
The tubulin code.

Kristen J. Verhey;Jacek Gaertig

687
Citations
MEC-17 is an α-tubulin acetyltransferase

Jyothi S. Akella;Dorota Wloga;Jihyun Kim;Natalia G. Starostina

513
Citations
Tubulin Polyglutamylase Enzymes Are Members of the TTL Domain Protein Family

Carsten Janke;Krzysztof Rogowski;Dorota Wloga;Catherine Regnard

399
Citations
Germline and Somatic Transformation of Mating Tetrahymena Thermophila by Particle Bombardment

Donna Cassidy-Hanley;Josephine Bowen;John H. Lee;Eric Cole

356
Citations
A robust inducible-repressible promoter greatly facilitates gene knockouts, conditional expression, and overexpression of homologous and heterologous genes in Tetrahymena thermophila

Yuhua Shang;Xiaoyuan Song;Josephine Bowen;Robert Corstanje

339
Citations
Post-translational modifications of microtubules

Dorota Wloga;Jacek Gaertig

335
Citations
High frequency vector-mediated transformation and gene replacement in Tetrahymena

Jacek Gaertig;Long Gu;Bing Hai;Martin A. Gorovsky

215
Citations
TTLL3 Is a Tubulin Glycine Ligase that Regulates the Assembly of Cilia

Dorota Wloga;Danielle M. Webster;Krzysztof Rogowski;Marie-Hélène Bré

191
Citations
Evolutionary Divergence of Enzymatic Mechanisms for Posttranslational Polyglycylation

Krzysztof Rogowski;François Juge;Juliette van Dijk;Dorota Wloga

188
Citations
Posttranslational Modifications of Tubulin and Cilia.

Dorota Wloga;Ewa Joachimiak;Panagiota Louka;Jacek Gaertig

186
Citations
Katanin regulates dynamics of microtubules and biogenesis of motile cilia

Neeraj Sharma;Jessica Bryant;Dorota Wloga;Rachel Donaldson

185
Citations
Efficient mass transformation of Tetrahymena thermophila by electroporation of conjugants.

Jacek Gaertig;Martin A. Gorovsky

179
Citations
Tubulin Glutamylation Regulates Ciliary Motility by Altering Inner Dynein Arm Activity

Swati Suryavanshi;Bernard Eddé;Bernard Eddé;Laura A. Fox;Stella Guerrero

176
Citations
Polyglycylation of Tubulin Is Essential and Affects Cell Motility and Division in Tetrahymena thermophila

Lu Xia;Bing Hai;Yan Gao;Dylan Burnette

173
Citations
Acetylation of lysine 40 in alpha-tubulin is not essential in Tetrahymena thermophila.

Jacek Gaertig;Manuel A. Cruz;Josephine Bowen;Long Gu

171
Citations
Polyglycylation domain of beta-tubulin maintains axonemal architecture and affects cytokinesis in Tetrahymena.

Rupal Thazhath;Chengbao Liu;Jacek Gaertig

160
Citations
Kinesin-II Is Preferentially Targeted to Assembling Cilia and Is Required for Ciliogenesis and Normal Cytokinesis inTetrahymena

Jason M. Brown;Christine Marsala;Roman Kosoy;Jacek Gaertig

145
Citations
Electroporation-mediated replacement of a positively and negatively selectable beta-tubulin gene in Tetrahymena thermophila.

Jacek Gaertig;Thomas H. Thatcher;Long Gu;Martin A. Gorovsky

134
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Gorovsky University of Rochester

Mark Winey University of California, Davis

Carsten Janke Institute Curie

Ralf Baumeister University of Freiburg

Winfield S. Sale Emory University

Jane M. Carlton New York University

George B. Witman University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Alain Van Dorsselaer University of Strasbourg

Gerard Manning University College Cork

Eileen T. O'Toole University of Colorado Boulder

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