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Katherine W. Osteryoung

Katherine W. Osteryoung

Michigan State University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9558
World Ranking
17154
National Ranking
7066

Katherine W. Osteryoung publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 93 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Katherine W. Osteryoung 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 Katherine W. Osteryoung sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Katherine W. Osteryoung is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields of study mainly focus on molecular biology, plant science, biochemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, the environment, and aspects of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their work has addressed a range of topics including photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant molecular biology research, plant stress responses and tolerance, light effects on plants, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and algal biology and biofuel production.

Recent publications by Katherine W. Osteryoung include research articles published in various scientific venues. Some notable papers are:

  • ORHis, a Natural Variant of OR, Specifically Interacts with Plastid Division Factor ARC3 to Regulate Chromoplast Number and Carotenoid Accumulation, 2020, Molecular Plant
  • Orthogonal Degron System for Controlled Protein Degradation in Cyanobacteria, 2021, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • The Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplast division protein FtsZ1 counterbalances FtsZ2 filament stability in vitro, 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Dynamics of the Synechococcus elongatus cytoskeletal GTPase FtsZ yields mechanistic and evolutionary insight into cyanobacterial and chloroplast FtsZs, 2023, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Chloroplast Z-ring dynamics is governed by conserved core regions of evolutionarily divergent FtsZs, 2025, Frontiers in Plant Science

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Molecular Plant
  • ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Katherine W. Osteryoung has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include Cheng Chen, Katie J. Porter, Lingyan Cao, Wenbin Du, and Wanqi Liang.

Awards received by Katherine W. Osteryoung include becoming a Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2011 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Chloroplast Division in Higher Plants Requires Members of Two Functionally Divergent Gene Families with Homology to Bacterial ftsZ

    Katherine W. Osteryoung;Kevin D. Stokes;Stephen M. Rutherford;Ann L. Percival

  • Genome, Functional Gene Annotation, and Nuclear Transformation of the Heterokont Oleaginous Alga Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779

    Astrid Vieler;Guangxi Wu;Chia Hong Tsai;Blair Bullard

  • Ftsz Ring Formation at the Chloroplast Division Site in Plants

    Stanislav Vitha;Rosemary S. McAndrew;Katherine W. Osteryoung

  • ARC5, a cytosolic dynamin-like protein from plants, is part of the chloroplast division machinery

    Hongbo Gao;Deena Kadirjan-Kalbach;John E. Froehlich;Katherine W. Osteryoung

  • Conserved cell and organelle division

    Katherine W. Osteryoung;Elizabeth Vierling

  • The division of endosymbiotic organelles.

    Katherine W. Osteryoung;Jodi Nunnari

  • Proteomic Study of the Arabidopsis thaliana Chloroplastic Envelope Membrane Utilizing Alternatives to Traditional Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis

    John E. Froehlich;Curtis G. Wilkerson;W. Keith Ray;Rosemary S. McAndrew

  • Exceptional sensitivity of Rubisco activase to thermal denaturation in vitro and in vivo.

    Michael E. Salvucci;Katherine W. Osteryoung;Steven J. Crafts-Brandner;Elizabeth Vierling

  • Analysis of carotenoid biosynthetic gene expression during marigold petal development.

    Charles P. Moehs;Li Tian;Katherine W. Osteryoung;Dean Dellapenna

  • ARC6 Is a J-Domain Plastid Division Protein and an Evolutionary Descendant of the Cyanobacterial Cell Division Protein Ftn2

    Stanislav Vitha;John E. Froehlich;Olga Koksharova;Kevin A. Pyke

  • A homologue of the bacterial cell division site-determining factor MinD mediates placement of the chloroplast division apparatus.

    Kelly S. Colletti;Elizabeth A. Tattersall;Kevin A. Pyke;John E. Froelich

  • Identification of cyanobacterial cell division genes by comparative and mutational analyses

    Shin Ya Miyagishima;Peter P. Wolk;Katherine W. Osteryoung

  • PDV1 and PDV2 Mediate Recruitment of the Dynamin-Related Protein ARC5 to the Plastid Division Site

    Shin Ya Miyagishima;John E. Froehlich;Katherine W. Osteryoung

  • Division and Dynamic Morphology of Plastids

    Katherine W. Osteryoung;Kevin A. Pyke

  • Colocalization of plastid division proteins in the chloroplast stromal compartment establishes a new functional relationship between FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 in higher plants.

    Rosemary S. McAndrew;John E. Froehlich;Stanislav Vitha;Kevin D. Stokes

  • THE PLASTID DIVISION MACHINE.

    Katherine W Osteryoung;Rosemary S McAndrew

  • Photosynthetic Responses to Dynamic Light Environments by Hawaiian Trees : Time Course of CO2 Uptake and Carbon Gain during Sunflecks

    Robert W. Pearcy;Katherine Osteryoung;Howard W. Calkin

  • Elevated ATPase Activity of KaiC Applies a Circadian Checkpoint on Cell Division in Synechococcus elongatus

    Guogang Dong;Guogang Dong;Qiong Yang;Qiang Wang;Yong Ick Kim

  • Arabidopsis ARC6 coordinates the division machineries of the inner and outer chloroplast membranes through interaction with PDV2 in the intermembrane space.

    Jonathan M. Glynn;John E. Froehlich;Katherine W. Osteryoung

  • Chloroplast Division and Morphology Are Differentially Affected by Overexpression of FtsZ1 and FtsZ2 Genes in Arabidopsis

    Kevin D. Stokes;Rosemary S. McAndrew;Rubi Figueroa;Stanislav Vitha

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Froehlich
John E. Froehlich Michigan State University
Elizabeth Vierling
Elizabeth Vierling University of Massachusetts Amherst
Shin-ya Miyagishima
Shin-ya Miyagishima National Institute of Genetics
Christoph Benning
Christoph Benning Michigan State University
Dean DellaPenna
Dean DellaPenna Michigan State University
Andreas P. M. Weber
Andreas P. M. Weber Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Kevin L. Childs
Kevin L. Childs Michigan State University
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Shin-Han Shiu
Shin-Han Shiu Michigan State University
Susan S. Golden
Susan S. Golden University of California, San Diego

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