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John W. Sedat

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
87
Citations
31382
World Ranking
2801
National Ranking
1443

John W. Sedat publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 194 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.

John W. Sedat 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 John W. Sedat sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 87 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

John W. Sedat is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus extending into several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Biophysics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work centers on a variety of main topics including:

  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Digital Holography and Microscopy
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by John W. Sedat are:

  • "CryoSIM: super-resolution 3D structured illumination cryogenic fluorescence microscopy for correlated ultrastructural imaging" (2020, Optica)
  • "Three-dimensional deconvolution processing for STEM cryotomography" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Entropy-regularized deconvolution of cellular cryotransmission electron tomograms" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Microscope-Cockpit: Python-based bespoke microscopy for bio-medical science" (2021, Wellcome Open Research)
  • "CryoSIM: super resolution 3D structured illumination cryogenic fluorescence microscopy for correlated ultra-structural imaging" (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))

John W. Sedat frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Optica
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The scientist collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications, such as:

  • Michael Elbaum
  • Richard M. Parton
  • Ian M. Dobbie
  • Zvi Kam
  • Muthuvel Arigovindan

John W. Sedat received the Member of the National Academy of Sciences award in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Spatial partitioning of the regulatory landscape of the X-inactivation centre

    Elphège P. Nora;Bryan R. Lajoie;Edda G. Schulz;Luca Giorgetti;Luca Giorgetti;Luca Giorgetti

  • Three-Dimensional Resolution Doubling in Wide-Field Fluorescence Microscopy by Structured Illumination

    Mats G.L. Gustafsson;Lin Shao;Peter M. Carlton;C. J. Rachel Wang

  • Subdiffraction Multicolor Imaging of the Nuclear Periphery with 3D Structured Illumination Microscopy

    Lothar Schermelleh;Peter M. Carlton;Sebastian Haase;Lin Shao

  • Fluorescence microscopy: reduced photobleaching of rhodamine and fluorescein protein conjugates by n-propyl gallate

    Haim Giloh;John W. Sedat

  • Polarization of Chemoattractant Receptor Signaling During Neutrophil Chemotaxis

    Guy Servant;Orion D. Weiner;Paul Herzmark;Tamás Balla

  • Fluorescence microscopy in three dimensions.

    David A. Agard;Yasushi Hiraoka;Peter Shaw;John W. Sedat

  • Interphase chromosomes undergo constrained diffusional motion in living cells.

    W.F Marshall;A Straight;J.F Marko;J Swedlow

  • Microtubule nucleation by γ-tubulin-containing rings in the centrosome

    Michelle Moritz;Michael B. Braunfeld;John W. Sedat;Bruce Alberts

  • Early transcription and silencing of cytokine genes underlie polarization of T helper cell subsets.

    Jane L. Grogan;Markus Mohrs;Brian Harmon;Dee A. Lacy

  • Mitochondrial transmission during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is determined by mitochondrial fusion and fission and the intramitochondrial segregation of mitochondrial DNA.

    Jodi Nunnari;Wallace F. Marshall;Aaron Straight;Andrew Murray

  • Three-dimensional architecture of a polytene nucleus

    David A. Agard;John W. Sedat

  • I5M: 3D widefield light microscopy with better than 100 nm axial resolution.

    M. G. L. Gustafsson;D. A. Agard;J. W. Sedat

  • Perturbation of Nuclear Architecture by Long-Distance Chromosome Interactions

    Abby F. Dernburg;Karl W. Broman;Jennifer C. Fung;Wallace F. Marshall

  • Direct Evidence of a Role for Heterochromatin in Meiotic Chromosome Segregation

    Abby F. Dernburg;John W. Sedat;R.Scott Hawley

  • Mitosis in living budding yeast: anaphase A but no metaphase plate.

    Aaron F. Straight;Wallace F. Marshall;John W. Sedat;Andrew W. Murray

  • The use of a charge-coupled device for quantitative optical microscopy of biological structures

    Yasushi Hiraoka;John W. Sedat;David A. Agard

  • Determination of three-dimensional imaging properties of a light microscope system. Partial confocal behavior in epifluorescence microscopy

    Y. Hiraoka;J.W. Sedat;D.A. Agard

  • Telomeres Cluster De Novo before the Initiation of Synapsis: A Three-dimensional Spatial Analysis of Telomere Positions before and during Meiotic Prophase

    Hank W. Bass;Wallace F. Marshall;John W. Sedat;David A. Agard

  • A Direct Approach to the Structure of Eukaryotic Chromosomes

    J. Sedat;L. Manuelidis

  • UCSF tomography: an integrated software suite for real-time electron microscopic tomographic data collection, alignment, and reconstruction.

    Shawn Q. Zheng;Bettina Keszthelyi;Eric Branlund;John M. Lyle

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Agard
David A. Agard University of California, San Francisco
Wallace F. Marshall
Wallace F. Marshall University of California, San Francisco
Abby F. Dernburg
Abby F. Dernburg University of California, Berkeley
Yasushi Hiraoka
Yasushi Hiraoka Osaka University
Jason R. Swedlow
Jason R. Swedlow University of Dundee
Lin Shao
Lin Shao Texas A&M University
Andrew S. Belmont
Andrew S. Belmont University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark Hochstrasser
Mark Hochstrasser Yale University
Andrew W. Murray
Andrew W. Murray Harvard University
Richard J. Spontak
Richard J. Spontak North Carolina State University

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