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James W. Posakony publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Posakony sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 91 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

James W. Posakony D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James W. Posakony sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

James W. Posakony is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields related to biological sciences, including Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work covers specific subfields such as Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Plant Science. The main topics addressed in their research include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, and Plant Molecular Biology Research.

Among their recent scholarly contributions is the paper titled "Disparate expression specificities coded by a shared Hox-C enhancer", published in 2020 in the journal eLife. This publication has garnered citations that indicate engagement within the academic community.

Collaboration is evident in their frequent co-authorship with Steven W. Miller, reflecting joint contributions to the scientific literature.

Publications by this researcher appear primarily in the venue eLife, which covers open-access work in the life sciences.

James W. Posakony has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The structure and evolution of the human β-globin gene family

    Argiris Efstratiadis;James W. Posakony;Tom Maniatis;Richard M. Lawn

  • Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

    Sushmita Roy;Jason Ernst;Peter V. Kharchenko;Pouya Kheradpour

  • Suppressor of hairless directly activates transcription of enhancer of split complex genes in response to Notch receptor activity.

    A M Bailey;J W Posakony

  • A Cis-Regulatory Map of the Drosophila Genome

    Nicolas Nègre;Christopher D. Brown;Lijia Ma;Christopher Aaron Bristow

  • Development of adult sensilla on the wing and notum of Drosophila melanogaster.

    V. Hartenstein;J.W. Posakony

  • extramacrochaetae, a negative regulator of sensory organ development in Drosophila, defines a new class of helix-loop-helix proteins

    Hilary M. Ellis;Dennis R. Spann;James W. Posakony

  • Three habits of highly effective signaling pathways: principles of transcriptional control by developmental cell signaling

    Scott Barolo;James W. Posakony

  • A dual function of the Notch gene in Drosophila sensillum development.

    Volker Hartenstein;James W. Posakony

  • The Structure and Evolution of the Human /?-Globin Gene Family

    Argiris Efstratiadis;James W. Posakony;Tom Maniatis;Richard M. Lawn

  • GFP and β-Galactosidase Transformation Vectors for Promoter/Enhancer Analysis in Drosophila

    Scott Barolo;Lucy A. Carver;James W. Posakony

  • The Drosophila extramacrochaetae protein antagonizes sequence-specific DNA binding by daughterless/achaete-scute protein complexes.

    M. Van Doren;H.M. Ellis;J.W. Posakony

  • Negative regulation of proneural gene activity: hairy is a direct transcriptional repressor of achaete.

    M Van Doren;A M Bailey;J Esnayra;K Ede

  • Suppressor of Hairless, the Drosophila homolog of the mouse recombination signal-binding protein gene, controls sensory organ cell fates.

    François Schweisguth;James W. Posakony

  • Correct developmental expression of a cloned alcohol dehydrogenase gene transduced into the drosophila germ line

    David A. Goldberg;James W. Posakony;Tom Maniatis

  • KCNQ potassium channel mutations cause cardiac arrhythmias in Drosophila that mimic the effects of aging.

    Karen Ocorr;Nick L. Reeves;Nick L. Reeves;Robert J. Wessells;Robert J. Wessells;Martin Fink;Martin Fink

  • Default repression and Notch signaling: Hairless acts as an adaptor to recruit the corepressors Groucho and dCtBP to Suppressor of Hairless.

    Scott Barolo;Tammie Stone;Anne G. Bang;Anne G. Bang;James W. Posakony

  • Mitochondrial growth and division during the cell cycle in HeLa cells

    James W. Posakony;James M. England;Giuseppe Attardi

  • Discrete enhancer elements mediate selective responsiveness of enhancer of split complex genes to common transcriptional activators

    David T. Nellesen;Eric C. Lai;James W. Posakony

  • Nature versus nurture: asymmetric cell divisions in Drosophila bristle development.

    James W. Posakony

  • New Drosophila transgenic reporters: insulated P-element vectors expressing fast-maturing RFP.

    Scott Barolo;Brian Castro;James W. Posakony

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric H. Davidson
Eric H. Davidson California Institute of Technology
Roy J. Britten
Roy J. Britten California Institute of Technology
Eric C. Lai
Eric C. Lai Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robert G. Grossman
Robert G. Grossman Houston Methodist
Tom Maniatis
Tom Maniatis Columbia University
François Schweisguth
François Schweisguth Institut Pasteur
Christopher D. Brown
Christopher D. Brown University of Pennsylvania
Bing Ren
Bing Ren New York Genome Center
Kevin P. White
Kevin P. White National University of Singapore

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