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51
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17001
National Ranking
1338

Overview

Jordan W. Raff is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on cell biology and molecular biology. Their work also spans plant science, genetics, and biomedical engineering.

Their scientific contributions cover several main topics including:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Plant molecular biology research
  • Genomics and chromatin dynamics
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Jordan W. Raff has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Cell Science
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Science Advances
  • Cell

Notable recent papers authored by Raff include:

  • "An Autonomous Oscillation Times and Executes Centriole Biogenesis" (2020, Cell)
  • "Centrioles generate a local pulse of Polo/PLK1 activity to initiate mitotic centrosome assembly" (2022, The EMBO Journal)
  • "Ana1 helps recruit Polo to centrioles to promote mitotic PCM assembly and centriole elongation" (2021, Journal of Cell Science)
  • "Drosophila Sas-6, Ana2 and Sas-4 self-organise into macromolecular structures that can be used to probe centriole and centrosome assembly" (2020, Journal of Cell Science)
  • "Centriole growth is limited by the Cdk/Cyclin-dependent phosphorylation of Ana2/STIL" (2022, The Journal of Cell Biology)

Frequent collaboration partners of Jordan W. Raff include:

  • Saroj Saurya
  • Siu-Shing Wong
  • Alan Wainman
  • Thomas L. Steinacker
  • Zachary M. Wilmott

Best Publications

  • Centrioles, centrosomes, and cilia in health and disease.

    Erich A. Nigg;Jordan W. Raff

  • Flies without Centrioles

    Renata Basto;Joyce Lau;Tatiana Vinogradova;Tatiana Vinogradova;Alejandra Gardiol

  • Centrosome Amplification Can Initiate Tumorigenesis in Flies

    Renata Basto;Kathrin Brunk;Tatiana Vinadogrova;Tatiana Vinadogrova;Nina Peel;Nina Peel

  • Centrosome function and assembly in animal cells

    Paul T. Conduit;Alan Wainman;Jordan W. Raff

  • Drosophila Aurora A kinase is required to localize D-TACC to centrosomes and to regulate astral microtubules.

    Régis Giet;Doris McLean;Simon Descamps;Michael J. Lee

  • Msps/XMAP215 interacts with the centrosomal protein D-TACC to regulate microtubule behaviour

    Michael J. Lee;Fanni Gergely;Kim Jeffers;Sew Yeu Peak-Chew

  • Overexpressing Centriole-Replication Proteins In Vivo Induces Centriole Overduplication and De Novo Formation

    Nina Peel;Naomi R. Stevens;Renata Basto;Jordan W. Raff

  • The disappearance of cyclin B at the end of mitosis is regulated spatially in Drosophila cells.

    Jun‐yong Huang;Jordan W. Raff

  • The ch-TOG/XMAP215 protein is essential for spindle pole organization in human somatic cells

    Fanni Gergely;Viji M. Draviam;Jordan W. Raff

  • The TACC domain identifies a family of centrosomal proteins that can interact with microtubules

    Fanni Gergely;Christina Karlsson;Christina Karlsson;Ivan Still;John Cowell

  • Aurora A phosphorylation of TACC3/maskin is required for centrosome-dependent microtubule assembly in mitosis

    Kazuhisa Kinoshita;Tim L. Noetzel;Laurence Pelletier;Karl Mechtler

  • D-TACC: a novel centrosomal protein required for normal spindle function in the early Drosophila embryo.

    Fanni Gergely;Deborah Kidd;Kim Jeffers;James G. Wakefield

  • Nuclear and cytoplasmic mitotic cycles continue in Drosophila embryos in which DNA synthesis is inhibited with aphidicolin.

    J W Raff;D M Glover

  • The Drosophila pericentrin-like protein is essential for cilia/flagella function, but appears to be dispensable for mitosis

    Maruxa Martinez-Campos;Renata Basto;James Baker;Maurice Kernan

  • A genome-wide RNAi screen to dissect centriole duplication and centrosome maturation in Drosophila.

    Jeroen Dobbelaere;Filipe Josué;Saskia Suijkerbuijk;Buzz Baum

  • Centrosomes, and not nuclei, initiate pole cell formation in Drosophila embryos

    Jordan W. Raff;David M. Glover

  • The Drosophila GAGA transcription factor is associated with specific regions of heterochromatin throughout the cell cycle.

    J W Raff;R Kellum;B Alberts

  • The roles of Fzy/Cdc20 and Fzr/Cdh1 in regulating the destruction of cyclin B in space and time

    Jordan W. Raff;Kim Jeffers;Jun-yong Huang

  • Aurora A activates D-TACC–Msps complexes exclusively at centrosomes to stabilize centrosomal microtubules

    Teresa P. Barros;Kazuhisa Kinoshita;Anthony A. Hyman;Jordan W. Raff

  • Drosophila Ana2 is a conserved centriole duplication factor

    Naomi R. Stevens;Jeroen Dobbelaere;Kathrin Brunk;Anna Franz

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Lea
Susan M. Lea University of Oxford
David M. Glover
David M. Glover California Institute of Technology
Karen Oegema
Karen Oegema University of California, San Diego
Bruce Alberts
Bruce Alberts University of California, San Francisco
Alexey Khodjakov
Alexey Khodjakov New York State Department of Health
Christopher M. Johnson
Christopher M. Johnson MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Daniel St Johnston
Daniel St Johnston University of Cambridge
Lothar Schermelleh
Lothar Schermelleh University of Oxford
Peter J. Bond
Peter J. Bond Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Anthony A. Hyman
Anthony A. Hyman Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

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