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80
Citations
24192
World Ranking
4056
National Ranking
1996

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Julie A. Theriot is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research focus centered on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions span several interconnected subfields including molecular biology, cell biology, biophysics, biomedical engineering, and genetics.

Their work addresses multiple topics such as:

  • Cellular mechanics and interactions
  • Cell image analysis techniques
  • Advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • 3D printing in biomedical research
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Planarian biology and electrostimulation

Theriot has published extensively, with specific focus on cellular structural dynamics and intracellular organization. Some of their recent significant papers include:

  • Actin cables and comet tails organize mitochondrial networks in mitosis, 2021, Nature
  • Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell-target interactions, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Integrated intracellular organization and its variations in human iPS cells, 2023, Nature
  • Fundamental limits on the rate of bacterial growth and their influence on proteomic composition, 2021, Cell Systems
  • Phagocytic 'teeth' and myosin-II 'jaw' power target constriction during phagocytosis, 2021, eLife

Frequent publication venues where they have contributed many articles include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Cell Systems
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell

Collaboration appears to be a significant aspect of their research, as demonstrated by frequent co-authors such as Susanne M. Rafelski, Matheus P. Viana, Rikki M. Garner, Matthew J. Footer, and Daan Vorselen.

Recognition of their academic standing includes being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2004. This award reflects a distinction in their research career.

Best Publications

  • Physical Biology of the Cell

    Rob Phillips;Jane Kondev;Julie Theriot;Hernan G. Garcia

  • Actin microfilament dynamics in locomoting cells

    Julie A. Theriot;Timothy J. Mitchison

  • Differentiation and developmental pathways of uropathogenic Escherichia coli in urinary tract pathogenesis.

    Sheryl S. Justice;Chia Hung;Julie A. Theriot;Daniel A. Fletcher

  • Mechanism of shape determination in motile cells

    Kinneret Keren;Zachary Pincus;Greg M. Allen;Erin L. Barnhart

  • The rate of actin-based motility of intracellular Listeria monocytogenes equals the rate of actin polymerization.

    Julie A. Theriot;Timothy J. Mitchison;Lewis G. Tilney;Daniel A. Portnoy

  • Bacterial chromosomal loci move subdiffusively through a viscoelastic cytoplasm.

    Stephanie C. Weber;Andrew J. Spakowitz;Julie A. Theriot

  • The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria.

    Enrique R. Rojas;Gabriel Billings;Pascal D. Odermatt;Pascal D. Odermatt;George K. Auer

  • Myosin II contributes to cell-scale actin network treadmilling through network disassembly

    Cyrus A. Wilson;Mark A. Tsuchida;Greg M. Allen;Erin L. Barnhart

  • Direct measurement of force generation by actin filament polymerization using an optical trap.

    Matthew J. Footer;Jacob W. J. Kerssemakers;Julie A. Theriot;Marileen Dogterom

  • Motility of ActA protein-coated microspheres driven by actin polymerization.

    L A Cameron;M J Footer;A van Oudenaarden;J A Theriot

  • Nonthermal ATP-dependent fluctuations contribute to the in vivo motion of chromosomal loci

    Stephanie C. Weber;Andrew J. Spakowitz;Julie A. Theriot

  • Involvement of profilin in the actin-based motility of L. monocytogenes in cells and in cell-free extracts.

    Julie A. Theriot;Jody Rosenblatt;Daniel A. Portnoy;Pascal J. Goldschmidt-Clermont

  • An adhesion-dependent switch between mechanisms that determine motile cell shape.

    Erin L. Barnhart;Kun Chun Lee;Kinneret Keren;Alex Mogilner

  • Expression and phosphorylation of the Listeria monocytogenes ActA protein in mammalian cells

    Rodney A. Brundage;Gregory A. Smith;Andrew Camilli;Julie A. Theriot;Julie A. Theriot

  • Actin–myosin network reorganization breaks symmetry at the cell rear to spontaneously initiate polarized cell motility

    Patricia T. Yam;Cyrus A. Wilson;Lin Ji;Benedict Hebert

  • Shigella flexneri surface protein IcsA is sufficient to direct actin-based motility.

    Marcia B. Goldberg;Julie A. Theriot

  • The tandem repeat domain in the Listeria monocytogenes ActA protein controls the rate of actin-based motility, the percentage of moving bacteria, and the localization of vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein and profilin.

    Gregory A. Smith;Julie A. Theriot;Daniel A. Portnoy

  • Principles of locomotion for simple-shaped cells

    Juliet Lee;Akira Ishihara;Julie A. Theriot;Ken Jacobson

  • Relative rates of surface and volume synthesis set bacterial cell size

    Leigh K. Harris;Julie A. Theriot

  • CRAWLING TOWARD A UNIFIED MODEL OF CELL MOTILITY: Spatial and Temporal Regulation of Actin Dynamics

    Susanne M Rafelski;Julie A Theriot

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Mogilner
Alex Mogilner Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Timothy J. Mitchison
Timothy J. Mitchison Harvard University
Daniel A. Portnoy
Daniel A. Portnoy University of California, Berkeley
Kerwyn Casey Huang
Kerwyn Casey Huang Stanford University
Matthew D. Welch
Matthew D. Welch University of California, Berkeley
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Carolyn R. Bertozzi Stanford University
Wei Cai
Wei Cai Stanford University
Marcia B. Goldberg
Marcia B. Goldberg Harvard University
Gaudenz Danuser
Gaudenz Danuser The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Denise M. Monack
Denise M. Monack Stanford University

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