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80
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4095
National Ranking
2012

Overview

Jonathan M.W. Slack is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research contributions primarily span the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus also on Medicine.

The scientist's main research subfields include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. The topics covered across their publications emphasize Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Elder Abuse and Neglect, Cognitive Functions and Memory, as well as Pancreatic Function and Diabetes.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Jonathan M.W. Slack include:

  • The organizer: What it meant, and still means, to developmental biology, 2023, published in Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Applying the British picture vocabulary scale to estimate premorbid cognitive ability in adults, 2020, published in Applied Neuropsychology Adult
  • Lewis Wolpert (1929-2021), 2021, published in Science
  • Ectopic expression of HNF4α in Het1A cells induces an invasive phenotype, 2023, published in Differentiation
  • 40. Desmoplastic Nodular Medulloblastoma-like Tumor Arising from an Ovarian Mature Cystic Teratoma: A Case Report, 2023, published in Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Cheryll Tickle, Gemma Ezard, Michael J. Pearce, Timothy L. Hodgson, and Carmen Grimaldos Rodriguez.

Jonathan M.W. Slack has published work through notable venues such as:

  • Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology
  • Science
  • Applied Neuropsychology Adult
  • Differentiation
  • Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has an academic book published by Oxford University Press titled Stem Cells: A Very Short Introduction, released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Developmental biology of the pancreas

    J. M. W. Slack

  • Mesoderm induction in early Xenopus embryos by heparin-binding growth factors.

    J. M. W. Slack;B. G. Darlington;J. K. Heath;S. F. Godsave

  • The zootype and the phylotypic stage.

    J. M. W. Slack;P. W. H. Holland;C. F. Graham

  • Fate map for the 32-cell stage of Xenopus laevis.

    L. Dale;J.M. Slack

  • How cells change their phenotype

    David Tosh;Jonathan M. W. Slack

  • Stem cells in epithelial tissues

    Jonathan M W Slack

  • Molecular basis of transdifferentiation of pancreas to liver.

    Chia-Ning Shen;Jonathan M. W. Slack;David Tosh

  • The early development of Xenopus laevis: by P. Hausen and M. Riebesell, Springer-Verlag, 1991. £78.50 (vii + 142 pages) ISBN 3 540 53740 6

    Jonathan Slack

  • From Egg to Embryo

    J. M. W. Slack

  • eFGF regulates Xbra expression during Xenopus gastrulation.

    H. V. Isaacs;M. E. Pownall;J. M. W. Slack

  • Experimental Conversion of Liver to Pancreas

    Marko E Horb;Chia Ning Shen;David Tosh;Jonathan M W Slack

  • Expression of a novel FGF in the Xenopus embryo. A new candidate inducing factor for mesoderm formation and anteroposterior specification.

    H. V. Isaacs;D. Tannahill;J. M. W. Slack

  • Regional specification within the mesoderm of early embryos of Xenopus laevis

    L. Dale;J. M. W. Slack

  • FGF-8 is associated with anteroposterior patterning and limb regeneration in Xenopus.

    Bea Christen;Jonathan M.W. Slack

  • eFGF, Xcad3 and Hox genes form a molecular pathway that establishes the anteroposterior axis in Xenopus

    Mary Elizabeth Pownall;Abigail S. Tucker;Jonathan M. W. Slack;Harry V. Isaacs

  • Conrad Hal Waddington: the last Renaissance biologist?

    Jonathan M. W. Slack

  • Molecular Pathways Needed for Regeneration of Spinal Cord and Muscle in a Vertebrate

    Caroline W Beck;Bea Christen;Jonathan M.W Slack

  • Inducing factors in Xenopus early embryos

    J.M.W. Slack

  • From egg to embryo : regional specification in early development

    J. M. W. Slack

  • From egg to embryo : determinative events in early development

    J. M. W. Slack

Frequent Co-Authors

David Tannahill
David Tannahill University of Cambridge
Abigail S. Tucker
Abigail S. Tucker King's College London
Michael Kyba
Michael Kyba University of Minnesota
James C. Smith
James C. Smith The Francis Crick Institute
John K. Heath
John K. Heath University of Birmingham
Peter W. H. Holland
Peter W. H. Holland University of Oxford
Mamoru Hasegawa
Mamoru Hasegawa Kyushu University
Yasuhiro Ikeda
Yasuhiro Ikeda AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Cheryll Tickle
Cheryll Tickle University of Bath
Thomas W. Kirchstetter
Thomas W. Kirchstetter Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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