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78
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World Ranking
4594
National Ranking
2234

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1994 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology

Overview

L. Andrew Staehelin is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within the biological sciences, focusing substantially on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. The scientist's work is distinguished by investigations into molecular biology and plant science, with additional contributions to atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

Their research interests include various topics related to plant biology and biochemical processes. Key areas covered in their work include:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls

Throughout their career, Staehelin has published articles in notable scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "A brief history of how microscopic studies led to the elucidation of the 3D architecture and macromolecular organization of higher plant thylakoids" (2020) in Photosynthesis Research
  • "A rich and bountiful harvest: Key discoveries in plant cell biology" (2021) in The Plant Cell

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Dominick J. Paolillo
  • Alice Y. Cheung
  • Daniel J. Cosgrove
  • Ikuko Hara-Nishimura
  • Gerd Jürgens

Staehelin's work has appeared predominantly in the journals Photosynthesis Research and The Plant Cell.

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, they have received several honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)
  • Membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, recognized in the field of Genetics/Molecular Biology and Cell Biology (1994)

Best Publications

  • Stop-and-Go Movements of Plant Golgi Stacks Are Mediated by the Acto-Myosin System

    Andreas Nebenführ;Larry A. Gallagher;Terri G. Dunahay;Jennifer A. Frohlick

  • Golgi Structure in Three Dimensions: Functional Insights from the Normal Rat Kidney Cell

    Mark S. Ladinsky;David N. Mastronarde;J. Richard McIntosh;Kathryn E. Howell

  • The plant ER: a dynamic organelle composed of a large number of discrete functional domains

    L. Andrew Staehelin

  • Advances in ultrarapid freezing for the preservation of cellular ultrastructure

    John C. Gilkey;L. Andrew Staehelin

  • Plastoglobules Are Lipoprotein Subcompartments of the Chloroplast That Are Permanently Coupled to Thylakoid Membranes and Contain Biosynthetic Enzymes

    Jotham R. Austin;Jotham R. Austin;Elizabeth Frost;Pierre-Alexandre Vidi;Felix Kessler

  • Functional Compartmentation of the Golgi Apparatus of Plant Cells : Immunocytochemical Analysis of High-Pressure Frozen- and Freeze-Substituted Sycamore Maple Suspension Culture Cells

    Guo Feng Zhang;L. Andrew Staehelin

  • Reevaluation of the Effects of Brefeldin A on Plant Cells Using Tobacco Bright Yellow 2 Cells Expressing Golgi-Targeted Green Fluorescent Protein and COPI Antisera

    Christophe Ritzenthaler;Andreas Nebenführ;Ali Movafeghi;Christiane Stussi-Garaud

  • Cytokinesis in Higher Plants

    L.Andrew Staehelin;Peter K Hepler

  • Senescence-associated vacuoles with intense proteolytic activity develop in leaves of Arabidopsis and soybean.

    Marisa S. Otegui;Yoo-Sun Noh;Dana E. Martínez;Martin G. Vila Petroff

  • Visualization of the supramolecular architecture of chlorosomes (chlorobium type vesicles) in freeze-fractured cells of Chloroflexus aurantiacus

    L. Andrew Staehelin;L. Andrew Staehelin;Jochen R. Golecki;R. Clinton Fuller;R. Clinton Fuller;Gerhart Drews

  • Supramolecular organization of chlorosomes (chlorobium vesicles) and of their membrane attachment sites in Chlorobium Limicola

    L. Andrew Staehelin;Jochen R. Golecki;Gerhart Drews

  • Lumenal plasma membrane of the urinary bladder. I. Three-dimensional reconstruction from freeze-etch images.

    L. Andrew Staehelin;Francis J. Chlapowski;Mary A. Bonneville

  • Structural, biochemical and biophysical characterization of four oxygen-evolving photosystem II preparations from spinach

    Terri Goodman Dunahay;L.Andrew Staehelin;Michael Seibert;Paula D. Ogilvie

  • Electron Tomographic Analysis of Somatic Cell Plate Formation in Meristematic Cells of Arabidopsis Preserved by High-Pressure Freezing

    José M. Seguí-Simarro;Jotham R. Austin;Erin A. White;L. Andrew Staehelin

  • Electron tomography of RabA4b- and PI-4Kβ1-labeled trans Golgi network compartments in Arabidopsis.

    Byung Ho Kang;Byung Ho Kang;Erik Nielsen;Mary Lai Preuss;David Mastronarde

  • Dissociation of supramolecular complexes in chloroplast membranes. A manifestation of heat damage to the photosynthetic apparatus.

    Paul A Armond;Paul A Armond;Olle Björkman;Olle Björkman;L.Andrew Staehelin;L.Andrew Staehelin

  • A nomenclature for the genes encoding the chlorophylla/b-binding proteins of higher plants

    Stefan Jansson;Eran Pichersky;Roberto Bassi;Beverley R. Green

  • Three-Dimensional Analysis of Syncytial-Type Cell Plates during Endosperm Cellularization Visualized by High Resolution Electron Tomography

    Marisa S. Otegui;David N. Mastronarde;Byung-Ho Kang;Sebastian Y. Bednarek

  • The Proteolytic Processing of Seed Storage Proteins in Arabidopsis Embryo Cells Starts in the Multivesicular Bodies

    Marisa S. Otegui;Marisa S. Otegui;Rachel Herder;Jan Schulze;Rudolf Jung

  • Plant cell walls: from chemistry to biology.

    Peter Albersheim;Alan G. Darvill;K. Roberts;Ron Sederoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Byung-Ho Kang
Byung-Ho Kang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Marisa S. Otegui
Marisa S. Otegui University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas H. Giddings
Thomas H. Giddings University of Colorado Boulder
Bryon S. Donohoe
Bryon S. Donohoe National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Peter Albersheim
Peter Albersheim University of Georgia
Alan G. Darvill
Alan G. Darvill University of Georgia
Gerhart Drews
Gerhart Drews University of Freiburg
Gadi Schuster
Gadi Schuster Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Benjamin S. Glick
Benjamin S. Glick University of Chicago
Anastasios Melis
Anastasios Melis University of California, Berkeley

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