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Overview

Leonard J. Foster is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans extensive domains within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong focus on molecular biology, genetics, insect science, as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
  • RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks

Foster has contributed to multiple respected publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 40 publications
  • PLoS ONE, 10 publications
  • Scientific Reports, 7 publications
  • Analytical Chemistry, 4 publications
  • Journal of Economic Entomology, 4 publications

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Recent advances in targeting the "undruggable" proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials" (2023, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy)
  • "Cell type prioritization in single-cell data" (2020, Nature Biotechnology)
  • "Chemical language models enable navigation in sparsely populated chemical space" (2021, Nature Machine Intelligence)
  • "Vulnerability of honey bee queens to heat-induced loss of fertility" (2020, Nature Sustainability)
  • "Subcellular proteomics" (2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers)

Their frequent collaborators include Kyung-Mee Moon, Alison McAfee, David R. Tarpy, Shelley E. Hoover, and Michael A. Skinnider. Collaboration with these co-authors is evident in numerous publications, highlighting interdisciplinary research efforts.

Best Publications

  • PSORTb 3.0

    Nancy Y. Yu;James R. Wagner;Matthew R. Laird;Gabor Melli

  • Unbiased quantitative proteomics of lipid rafts reveals high specificity for signaling factors

    Leonard J. Foster;Carmen L. de Hoog;Matthias Mann

  • A proteomics strategy to elucidate functional protein-protein interactions applied to EGF signaling

    Blagoy Blagoev;Irina Kratchmarova;Shao En Ong;Mogens Nielsen

  • A Mammalian Organelle Map by Protein Correlation Profiling

    Leonard J. Foster;Carmen L. de Hoog;Carmen L. de Hoog;Yanling Zhang;Yanling Zhang;Yong Zhang;Yong Zhang

  • Mass spectrometric-based approaches in quantitative proteomics.

    Shao En Ong;Leonard J. Foster;Matthias Mann

  • Isotopic labeling of terminal amines in complex samples identifies protein N-termini and protease cleavage products

    Oded Kleifeld;Alain Doucet;Ulrich auf dem Keller;Anna Prudova

  • An exosome-based secretion pathway is responsible for protein export from Leishmania and communication with macrophages.

    Judith Maxwell Silverman;Joachim Clos;Carolina Camargo de'Oliveira;Carolina Camargo de'Oliveira;Omid Shirvani

  • Finding the missing honey bee genes: Lessons learned from a genome upgrade

    Christine G Elsik;Christine G Elsik;Kim C Worley;Anna K Bennett;Martin Beye

  • Leishmania exosomes modulate innate and adaptive immune responses through effects on monocytes and dendritic cells.

    Judith Maxwell Silverman;Joachim Clos;Eva Horakova;Adele Y. Wang

  • A high-throughput approach for measuring temporal changes in the interactome

    Anders R Kristensen;Joerg Gsponer;Leonard J Foster

  • Proteomic analysis of the secretome of Leishmania donovani

    J Maxwell Silverman;J Maxwell Silverman;Simon K Chan;Simon K Chan;Dale P Robinson;Dale P Robinson;Dennis M Dwyer

  • Quantitative Proteomic Comparison of Rat Mitochondria from Muscle, Heart, and Liver

    Francesca Forner;Leonard J. Foster;Stefano Campanaro;Giorgio Valle

  • Pseudopodial Actin Dynamics Control Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Metastatic Cancer Cells

    Jay Shankar;Anat Messenberg;Jackie Chan;T. Michael Underhill

  • RNA and RNA Binding Proteins Participate in Early Stages of Cell Spreading through Spreading Initiation Centers

    Carmen L. de Hoog;Leonard J. Foster;Matthias Mann

  • Protein synthesis rate is the predominant regulator of protein expression during differentiation

    Anders R Kristensen;Joerg Gsponer;Leonard J Foster

  • MSQuant, an Open Source Platform for Mass Spectrometry-Based Quantitative Proteomics

    Peter Mortensen;Joost W. Gouw;Jesper V. Olsen;Shao En Ong

  • Rictor and integrin-linked kinase interact and regulate Akt phosphorylation and cancer cell survival.

    Paul C. McDonald;Arusha Oloumi;Julia Mills;Iveta Dobreva

  • Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera

    Jay D Evans;Ryan S Schwarz;Yan Ping Chen;Giles Budge

  • Differential expression profiling of membrane proteins by quantitative proteomics in a human mesenchymal stem cell line undergoing osteoblast differentiation.

    Leonard J. Foster;Leonard J. Foster;Patricia A. Zeemann;Chen Li;Matthias Mann

  • This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon. Finding the missing honey bee genes: lessons learned from a genome upgrade

    Anna K Bennett;Martin Beye;Christopher P Childers;Jixin Deng

Frequent Co-Authors

B. Brett Finlay
B. Brett Finlay University of British Columbia
Robert C. Brunham
Robert C. Brunham University of British Columbia
Matthias Mann
Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
David R. Tarpy
David R. Tarpy North Carolina State University
Neil E. Reiner
Neil E. Reiner University of British Columbia
Ivan R. Nabi
Ivan R. Nabi University of British Columbia
Christoph H. Borchers
Christoph H. Borchers McGill University
Mario F. Feldman
Mario F. Feldman Washington University in St. Louis
Wanyin Deng
Wanyin Deng University of British Columbia
Robert E. W. Hancock
Robert E. W. Hancock University of British Columbia

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