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Jacek Gaertig publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jacek Gaertig sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 88 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Jacek Gaertig D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

  • The tubulin code.

    Kristen J. Verhey;Jacek Gaertig

  • MEC-17 is an α-tubulin acetyltransferase

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

  • Tubulin Polyglutamylase Enzymes Are Members of the TTL Domain Protein Family

    Carsten Janke;Krzysztof Rogowski;Dorota Wloga;Catherine Regnard

  • Germline and Somatic Transformation of Mating Tetrahymena Thermophila by Particle Bombardment

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

  • 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

  • Post-translational modifications of microtubules

    Dorota Wloga;Jacek Gaertig

  • High frequency vector-mediated transformation and gene replacement in Tetrahymena

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

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

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

  • Evolutionary Divergence of Enzymatic Mechanisms for Posttranslational Polyglycylation

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

  • Posttranslational Modifications of Tubulin and Cilia.

    Dorota Wloga;Ewa Joachimiak;Panagiota Louka;Jacek Gaertig

  • Katanin regulates dynamics of microtubules and biogenesis of motile cilia

    Neeraj Sharma;Jessica Bryant;Dorota Wloga;Rachel Donaldson

  • Efficient mass transformation of Tetrahymena thermophila by electroporation of conjugants.

    Jacek Gaertig;Martin A. Gorovsky

  • Tubulin Glutamylation Regulates Ciliary Motility by Altering Inner Dynein Arm Activity

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

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

    Lu Xia;Bing Hai;Yan Gao;Dylan Burnette

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

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

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

    Rupal Thazhath;Chengbao Liu;Jacek Gaertig

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin A. Gorovsky
Martin A. Gorovsky University of Rochester
Mark Winey
Mark Winey University of California, Davis
Carsten Janke
Carsten Janke Institute Curie
Ralf Baumeister
Ralf Baumeister University of Freiburg
Winfield S. Sale
Winfield S. Sale Emory University
Jane M. Carlton
Jane M. Carlton New York University
George B. Witman
George B. Witman University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Alain Van Dorsselaer
Alain Van Dorsselaer University of Strasbourg
Gerard Manning
Gerard Manning University College Cork
Eileen T. O'Toole
Eileen T. O'Toole University of Colorado Boulder

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