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Overview

Joel M. Goodman is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions in related subfields such as biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work centers on topics including lipid metabolism and biosynthesis, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, adipose tissue and metabolism, cannabis and cannabinoid research, and adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases.

Joel M. Goodman has authored several recent papers, reflecting ongoing engagement with molecular and cellular biology themes. Selected publications include:

  • "Adipogenin Dictates Adipose Tissue Expansion by Facilitating the Assembly of a Dodecameric Seipin Complex" (2024), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Seipin forms a flexible cage at lipid droplet formation sites" (2022), published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • "Seipin: harvesting fat and keeping adipocytes healthy" (2021), published in Trends in Cell Biology
  • "The importance of microlipophagy in liver" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Seipin forms a flexible cage at lipid droplet formation sites" (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The venues in which Joel M. Goodman publishes include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Trends in Cell Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology.

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's work include Brayden Folger, Henning Arlt, Xuewu Sui, Carson Adams, and Xiao Chen, with multiple collaborations reflecting sustained research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • The lipodystrophy protein seipin is found at endoplasmic reticulum lipid droplet junctions and is important for droplet morphology

    Kimberly M. Szymanski;Derk Binns;René Bartz;Nick V. Grishin

  • A unified nomenclature for peroxisome biogenesis factors.

    B. Distel;R. Erdmann;S. J. Gould;G. Blobel

  • An oligomeric protein is imported into peroxisomes in vivo

    James A. McNew;Joel M. Goodman

  • An intimate collaboration between peroxisomes and lipid bodies

    Derk Douglas Binns;Tom Januszewski;Yue Chen;Justin Hill

  • Sequence of the leader peptidase gene of Escherichia coli and the orientation of leader peptidase in the bacterial envelope.

    P B Wolfe;W Wickner;J M Goodman

  • Peroxisomal protein import is conserved between yeast, plants, insects and mammals.

    Stephen J. Gould;Gilbert Andre Keller;Michel Schneider;Stephen H. Howell

  • The gregarious lipid droplet.

    Joel M. Goodman

  • The yeast lipin orthologue Pah1p is important for biogenesis of lipid droplets

    Oludotun Adeyo;Patrick J. Horn;SungKyung Lee;Derk Douglas Binns

  • The assembly of lipid droplets and their roles in challenged cells

    W Mike Henne;Michael L Reese;Joel M Goodman

  • Pmp27 promotes peroxisomal proliferation.

    Pamela A. Marshall;Yelena I. Krimkevich;Richard H. Lark;John M. Dyer

  • The lipid droplet—a well-connected organelle

    Qiang Gao;Joel M. Goodman

  • The sorting sequence of the peroxisomal integral membrane protein PMP47 is contained within a short hydrophilic loop.

    John M. Dyer;James A. McNew;Joel M. Goodman

  • The targeting and assembly of peroxisomal proteins: some old rules do not apply.

    James A. McNew;Joel M. Goodman

  • The life cycle of lipid droplets

    Hayaa F Hashemi;Joel M Goodman

  • Seipin: from human disease to molecular mechanism.

    Bethany R. Cartwright;Joel M. Goodman

  • Procoat, the precursor of M13 coat protein, requires an electrochemical potential for membrane insertion

    Takayasu Date;Joel M. Goodman;William T. Wickner

  • Arabidopsis SEIPIN Proteins Modulate Triacylglycerol Accumulation and Influence Lipid Droplet Proliferation.

    Yingqi Cai;Joel M. Goodman;Michal Pyc;Robert T. Mullen

  • Association of Glyoxylate and Beta-Oxidation Enzymes with Peroxisomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Mark T. McCammon;Marten Veenhuis;Steven B. Trapp;Joel M. Goodman

  • Seipin performs dissectible functions in promoting lipid droplet biogenesis and regulating droplet morphology

    Bethany R. Cartwright;Derk D. Binns;Christopher L. Hilton;Sungwon Han

  • Uniqueness of the mechanism of protein import into the peroxisome matrix: Transport of folded, co-factor-bound and oligomeric proteins by shuttling receptors

    Sébastien Léon;Joel M. Goodman;Suresh Subramani

Frequent Co-Authors

Marten Veenhuis
Marten Veenhuis University of Groningen
John M. Dyer
John M. Dyer United States Department of Agriculture
James A. McNew
James A. McNew Rice University
Kent D. Chapman
Kent D. Chapman University of North Texas
Qiang Gao
Qiang Gao Beihang University
Nick V. Grishin
Nick V. Grishin The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ben Distel
Ben Distel Erasmus MC
Robert T. Mullen
Robert T. Mullen University of Guelph
Hans R. Waterham
Hans R. Waterham University of Amsterdam
William Wickner
William Wickner Dartmouth College

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