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5540
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Klaus M. Hahn is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biophysics. Additional subfields include Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Light effects on plants

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of their research and publications. These include:

  • Deep learning enables structured illumination microscopy with low light levels and enhanced speed, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Regulation of local GTP availability controls RAC1 activity and cell invasion, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Force-exerting perpendicular lateral protrusions in fibroblastic cell contraction, 2020, Communications Biology
  • Combined Atomic Force Microscope and Volumetric Light Sheet System for Correlative Force and Fluorescence Mechanobiology Studies, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Biosensors based on peptide exposure show single molecule conformations in live cells, 2021, Cell

Recurring collaborators in their research include:

  • Timothy C. Elston, with 15 joint publications
  • Daniel J. Marston, with 13 joint publications
  • Brian Kuhlman, with 11 joint publications
  • Gaudenz Danuser, with 10 joint publications
  • Takashi Watanabe, with 9 joint publications

Klaus M. Hahn has published frequently in several venues, with the highest number of publications found in UNC Libraries. Other notable publication venues include Biophysical Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University, and Nature Communications.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Klaus M. Hahn was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • A genetically encoded photoactivatable Rac controls the motility of living cells

    Yi I. Wu;Daniel Frey;Oana I. Lungu;Angelika Jaehrig

  • Coordination of Rho GTPase activities during cell protrusion

    Matthias Machacek;Matthias Machacek;Louis Hodgson;Louis Hodgson;Christopher Welch;Hunter Elliott

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of RhoA activity in migrating cells

    Olivier Pertz;Olivier Pertz;Olivier Pertz;Louis Hodgson;Louis Hodgson;Louis Hodgson;Richard L. Klemke;Richard L. Klemke;Klaus M. Hahn;Klaus M. Hahn;Klaus M. Hahn

  • Amiloride inhibits macropinocytosis by lowering submembranous pH and preventing Rac1 and Cdc42 signaling

    Mirkka Koivusalo;Christopher Welch;Hisayoshi Hayashi;Cameron C Scott

  • Localized Rac Activation Dynamics Visualized in Living Cells

    Vadim S. Kraynov;Chester Chamberlain;Gary M. Bokoch;Martin A. Schwartz

  • Labelling and optical erasure of synaptic memory traces in the motor cortex

    Akiko Hayashi-Takagi;Sho Yagishita;Mayumi Nakamura;Fukutoshi Shirai

  • An orally bioavailable chemical probe of the Lysine Methyltransferases EZH2 and EZH1.

    Kyle D. Konze;Anqi Ma;Fengling Li;Dalia Barsyte-Lovejoy

  • Activation of Endogenous Cdc42 Visualized in Living Cells

    Perihan Nalbant;Louis Hodgson;Vadim Kraynov;Alexei Toutchkine

  • Integrins regulate GTP-Rac localized effector interactions through dissociation of Rho-GDI

    Miguel Angel Del Pozo;William B. Kiosses;Nazilla B. Alderson;Nahum Meller

  • Engineered Allosteric Activation of Kinases in Living Cells

    Andrei Karginov;Feng Ding;Pradeep Kota;Nikolay Dokholyan

  • Differential Regulation of Protrusion and Polarity by PI(3)K during Neutrophil Motility in Live Zebrafish

    Sa Kan Yoo;Qing Deng;Peter J. Cavnar;Yi I. Wu

  • Light-mediated activation reveals a key role for Rac in collective guidance of cell movement in vivo

    Xiaobo Wang;Li-Li He;Yi I. Wu;Klaus M. Hahn

  • Vinculin modulation of paxillin–FAK interactions regulates ERK to control survival and motility

    M. Cecilia Subauste;Olivier Pertz;Eileen D. Adamson;Christopher E. Turner

  • LOVTRAP: an optogenetic system for photoinduced protein dissociation

    Hui Wang;Marco Vilela;Andreas Winkler;Miroslaw Tarnawski

  • Site-specific protein modification using a ketone handle

    Virginia W. Cornish;Klaus Michael Hahn;Peter G. Schultz

  • Rho Family Proteins Modulate Rapid Apoptosis Induced by Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and Fas

    M. Cecilia Subauste;Matthias Von Herrath;Valerie Benard;Chester E. Chamberlain

  • Effects of cell tension on the small GTPase Rac

    Akira Katsumi;Julie Milanini;William B. Kiosses;Miguel A. del Pozo

  • Differential expression of SNAP-25 protein isoforms during divergent vesicle fusion events of neural development.

    I C Bark;K M Hahn;A E Ryabinin;M C Wilson

  • Vimentin organization modulates the formation of lamellipodia

    Brian T. Helfand;Melissa G. Mendez;S. N.Prasanna Murthy;Dale K. Shumaker

  • Dynamic elastic behavior of alpha-satellite DNA domains visualized in situ in living human cells.

    Richard D. Shelby;Klaus Michael Hahn;Kevin F. Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Gaudenz Danuser
Gaudenz Danuser The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Brian Kuhlman
Brian Kuhlman University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Nikolay V. Dokholyan Pennsylvania State University
Gary M. Bokoch
Gary M. Bokoch Scripps Research Institute
Enrico Gratton
Enrico Gratton University of California, Irvine
John S. Condeelis
John S. Condeelis Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John Sondek
John Sondek University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Robert F. Murphy
Robert F. Murphy Carnegie Mellon University
Edna Cukierman
Edna Cukierman Fox Chase Cancer Center
Alexander Deiters
Alexander Deiters University of Pittsburgh

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