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62
Citations
13736
World Ranking
10798
National Ranking
829

Overview

Kurt I. Anderson is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Media Technology.

Their work covers a range of topics primarily related to microscopic imaging and cellular analysis. These include:

  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Image Processing Techniques and Applications
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Medical Image Segmentation Techniques

Kurt I. Anderson's publication record demonstrates contributions across multiple scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Nature Protocols
  • Journal of Microscopy
  • Cell Reports
  • Life Science Alliance
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Anderson reflect a focus on microscopy methodology and cellular imaging. Selected works include:

  • Tutorial: guidance for quantitative confocal microscopy, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • A FIJI macro for quantifying pattern in extracellular matrix, 2021, Life Science Alliance
  • Single-cell resolved imaging reveals intra-tumor heterogeneity in glycolysis, transitions between metabolic states, and their regulatory mechanisms, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Antigen retrieval and clearing for whole-organ immunofluorescence by FLASH, 2020, Nature Protocols
  • Label-Free Multiphoton Microscopy: Much More Than Fancy Images, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as James Jonkman, Claire M. Brown, Graham Wright, Alison J. North, and Owen J. Sansom, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • p53 status determines the role of autophagy in pancreatic tumour development

    Mathias T. Rosenfeldt;Jim O’Prey;Jennifer P. Morton;Colin Nixon

  • Actomyosin-Mediated Cellular Tension Drives Increased Tissue Stiffness and β-Catenin Activation to Induce Epidermal Hyperplasia and Tumor Growth

    Michael S. Samuel;Jose I. Lopez;Ewan J. McGhee;Daniel R. Croft

  • Rab25 associates with α5β1 integrin to promote invasive migration in 3D microenvironments

    Patrick T. Caswell;Heather J. Spence;Maddy Parsons;Dominic P. White

  • Hexagonal Packing of Drosophila Wing Epithelial Cells by the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway

    Anne-Kathrin Classen;Kurt I. Anderson;Eric Marois;Suzanne Eaton

  • ROS Production and NF-κB Activation Triggered by RAC1 Facilitate WNT-Driven Intestinal Stem Cell Proliferation and Colorectal Cancer Initiation

    Kevin B. Myant;Patrizia Cammareri;Ewan J. McGhee;Rachel A. Ridgway

  • Assembling an actin cytoskeleton for cell attachment and movement

    J V Small;K Rottner;I Kaverina;K I Anderson

  • Rab25 and CLIC3 collaborate to promote integrin recycling from late endosomes/lysosomes and drive cancer progression

    Marta A. Dozynkiewicz;Nigel B. Jamieson;Nigel B. Jamieson;Iain MacPherson;Joan Grindlay

  • The actin bundling protein fascin stabilizes actin in invadopodia and potentiates protrusive invasion

    Ang Li;John C. Dawson;Manuel Forero-Vargas;Heather J. Spence

  • Neuropilin-1/GIPC1 signaling regulates α5β1 integrin traffic and function in endothelial cells

    Donatella Valdembri;Patrick T Caswell;Kurt I Anderson;Juliane P Schwarz

  • Actin filament organization in the fish keratocyte lamellipodium.

    J V Small;M Herzog;K Anderson

  • Tutorial: guidance for quantitative confocal microscopy.

    James Jonkman;Claire M Brown;Graham D Wright;Kurt I Anderson

  • Transient tissue priming via ROCK inhibition uncouples pancreatic cancer progression, sensitivity to chemotherapy, and metastasis

    Claire Vennin;Claire Vennin;Venessa T. Chin;Venessa T. Chin;Sean C. Warren;Sean C. Warren;Morghan C. Lucas;Morghan C. Lucas

  • Targeting the LOX/hypoxia axis reverses many of the features that make pancreatic cancer deadly: inhibition of LOX abrogates metastasis and enhances drug efficacy.

    Bryan W Miller;Jennifer P Morton;Mark Pinese;Grazia Saturno

  • Dynamic actin patterns and Arp2/3 assembly at the substrate-attached surface of motile cells

    Till Bretschneider;Stefan Diez;Kurt Anderson;John Heuser

  • Talin tension sensor reveals novel features of focal adhesion force transmission and mechanosensitivity.

    Abhishek Kumar;Mingxing Ouyang;Koen Van den Dries;Ewan James McGhee

  • Observing structure, function and assembly of single proteins by AFM.

    Daniel J. Müller;Harald Janovjak;Tiina Lehto;Lars Kuerschner

  • The Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Actin Waves, a Model of Cytoskeletal Self-Organization

    Till Bretschneider;Kurt Anderson;Mary Ecke;Annette Müller-Taubenberger

  • Mobile actin clusters and traveling waves in cells recovering from actin depolymerization.

    Günther Gerisch;Till Bretschneider;Annette Müller-Taubenberger;Evelyn Simmeth

  • Nanometer targeting of microtubules to focal adhesions

    Olga Krylyshkina;Kurt I. Anderson;Irina Kaverina;Irene Upmann

  • N-WASP deficiency impairs EGF internalization and actin assembly at clathrin-coated pits

    Stefanie Benesch;Simona Polo;Frank P. L. Lai;Kurt I. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Timpson
Paul Timpson Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Owen J. Sansom
Owen J. Sansom University of Glasgow
Jennifer P. Morton
Jennifer P. Morton University of Glasgow
Valerie G. Brunton
Valerie G. Brunton University of Edinburgh
Margaret C. Frame
Margaret C. Frame University of Edinburgh
Michael F. Olson
Michael F. Olson Toronto Metropolitan University
Laura M. Machesky
Laura M. Machesky University of Glasgow
Tri Giang Phan
Tri Giang Phan Garvan Institute of Medical Research
J. Victor Small
J. Victor Small Austrian Academy of Sciences
Jim C. Norman
Jim C. Norman University of Glasgow

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