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Laurent Blanchoin

Laurent Blanchoin

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
19912
World Ranking
4593
National Ranking
117

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Laurent Blanchoin is affiliated with Grenoble Alpes University in France. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on cell biology. Their scientific contributions are distributed across various subfields, including molecular biology, biomedical engineering, condensed matter physics, and biophysics.

The main topics of Blanchoin's research cover cellular mechanics and interactions, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, and 3D printing applications in biomedical research. Other notable topics include micro and nano robotics, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, protist diversity and phylogeny, and photosynthetic processes and mechanisms.

Laurent Blanchoin has published extensively, with a record of 115 publications within their core discipline. Some frequent venues for their work include bioRxiv, Nature Materials, Current Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The EMBO Journal. They have multiple contributions in these journals, notably 24 publications in bioRxiv, 5 each in Nature Materials, Current Biology, and PNAS, and 3 in The EMBO Journal.

Recent significant papers include:

  • Stress fibres are embedded in a contractile cortical network (2020, Nature Materials)
  • Loss of Ena/VASP interferes with lamellipodium architecture, motility and integrin-dependent adhesion (2020, eLife)
  • Self-repair protects microtubules from destruction by molecular motors (2021, Nature Materials)
  • CLASP Mediates Microtubule Repair by Restricting Lattice Damage and Regulating Tubulin Incorporation (2020, Current Biology)
  • Microtubules control nuclear shape and gene expression during early stages of hematopoietic differentiation (2020, The EMBO Journal)

Frequently collaborating scientists include Manuel Théry, Benoît Vianay, Jérémie Gaillard, Christophe Guérin, and Magali Orhant-Prioux.

Laurent Blanchoin is recognized by the scientific community as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), which indicates a level of distinction within the field of molecular biology and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Actin Filament Dynamics in Nonmuscle Cells

    T D Pollard;L Blanchoin;R D Mullins

  • Actin Dynamics, Architecture, and Mechanics in Cell Motility

    Laurent Blanchoin;Rajaa Boujemaa-Paterski;Cécile Sykes;Julie Plastino

  • Scar, a WASp-related protein, activates nucleation of actin filaments by the Arp2/3 complex.

    Machesky Lm;Mullins Rd;Higgs Hn;Kaiser Da

  • Direct observation of dendritic actin filament networks nucleated by Arp2/3 complex and WASP/Scar proteins.

    Laurent Blanchoin;Kurt J. Amann;Henry N. Higgs;Jean-Baptiste Marchand

  • MECHANISM OF INTERACTION OF ACANTHAMOEBA ACTOPHORIN (ADF/COFILIN) WITH ACTIN FILAMENTS

    Laurent Blanchoin;Thomas D. Pollard

  • Interactions of ADF/cofilin, Arp2/3 complex, capping protein and profilin in remodeling of branched actin filament networks.

    Laurent Blanchoin;Thomas D. Pollard;R.Dyche Mullins

  • Actin Network Architecture Can Determine Myosin Motor Activity

    Anne-Cécile Reymann;Rajaa Boujemaa-Paterski;Jean-Louis Martiel;Christophe Guérin

  • Influence of the C Terminus of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein (WASp) and the Arp2/3 Complex on Actin Polymerization†

    Henry N. Higgs;Laurent Blanchoin;Thomas D. Pollard

  • Microtubules self-repair in response to mechanical stress.

    Laura Schaedel;Karin John;Jérémie Gaillard;Maxence V. Nachury

  • Cofilin increases the bending flexibility of actin filaments: implications for severing and cell mechanics.

    Brannon R McCullough;Laurent Blanchoin;Jean Louis Martiel;Enrique M. De La Cruz

  • Inhibition of the Arp2/3 complex-nucleated actin polymerization and branch formation by tropomyosin.

    Laurent Blanchoin;Thomas D Pollard;Sarah E Hitchcock-DeGregori

  • Inhibitory signalling to the Arp2/3 complex steers cell migration

    Irene Dang;Roman Gorelik;Carla Sousa-Blin;Emmanuel Derivery

  • Hydrolysis of ATP by Polymerized Actin Depends on the Bound Divalent Cation but Not Profilin

    Laurent Blanchoin;Thomas D. Pollard

  • Actin filament dynamics are dominated by rapid growth and severing activity in the Arabidopsis cortical array.

    Christopher J. Staiger;Michael B. Sheahan;Parul Khurana;Xia Wang

  • Cofilin Tunes the Nucleotide State of Actin Filaments and Severs at Bare and Decorated Segment Boundaries

    Cristian Suarez;Jérémy Roland;Rajaa Boujemaa-Paterski;Hyeran Kang

  • The centrosome is an actin-organizing centre

    Francesca Farina;Jérémie Gaillard;Christophe Guérin;Yohann Couté

  • Architecture and Connectivity Govern Actin Network Contractility.

    Hajer Ennomani;Gaëlle Letort;Christophe Guérin;Jean-Louis Martiel

  • Actin dynamics: old friends with new stories.

    Christopher J Staiger;Laurent Blanchoin

  • The Putative Arabidopsis Arp2/3 Complex Controls Leaf Cell Morphogenesis

    Shundai Li;Laurent Blanchoin;Zhenbiao Yang;Elizabeth M. Lord

  • Interaction of actin monomers with Acanthamoeba actophorin (ADF/cofilin) and profilin.

    Laurent Blanchoin;Thomas D. Pollard

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Théry
Manuel Théry Grenoble Alpes University
Christopher J. Staiger
Christopher J. Staiger Purdue University West Lafayette
Enrique M. De La Cruz
Enrique M. De La Cruz Yale University
Thomas D. Pollard
Thomas D. Pollard Yale University
Alex Mogilner
Alex Mogilner Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Shanjin Huang
Shanjin Huang Tsinghua University
Robert Robinson
Robert Robinson Okayama University
Bruce L. Goode
Bruce L. Goode Brandeis University
Ed Manser
Ed Manser Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Henry N. Higgs
Henry N. Higgs Dartmouth College

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