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Louise C. Serpell publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louise C. Serpell sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 198 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Louise C. Serpell D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Louise C. Serpell sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Louise C. Serpell is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on medicine. The scientist's contributions are notably grounded in molecular biology, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience, alongside work in biomaterials and materials chemistry.

The research topics covered by Louise C. Serpell include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Prion diseases and protein misfolding
  • Supramolecular self-assembly in materials
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Protein structure and dynamics
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering

Louise C. Serpell has authored multiple recent papers, some of which include:

  • Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Tau Filament Self-Assembly and Structure: Tau as a Therapeutic Target, 2020, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Misfolded amyloid-β-42 impairs the endosomal-lysosomal pathway, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Internalisation and toxicity of amyloid-β 1-42 are influenced by its conformation and assembly state rather than size, 2020, FEBS Letters
  • Quantification of amyloid fibril polymorphism by nano-morphometry reveals the individuality of filament assembly, 2020, Communications Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Louise C. Serpell include:

  • Youssra K. Al-Hilaly
  • Mahmoud Bukar Maina
  • Karen E. Marshall
  • Claude M. Wischik
  • Wei-Feng Xue

The scientist has published regularly in several key venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Common core structure of amyloid fibrils by synchrotron X-ray diffraction.

    Margaret Sunde;Louise C Serpell;Mark Bartlam;Paul E Fraser

  • Nucleated conformational conversion and the replication of conformational information by a prion determinant.

    Tricia R. Serio;Anil G. Cashikar;Anthony S. Kowal;George J. Sawicki

  • Distinct tau prion strains propagate in cells and mice and define different tauopathies.

    David W. Sanders;Sarah K. Kaufman;Sarah L. DeVos;Apurwa M. Sharma

  • Fiber diffraction of synthetic alpha-synuclein filaments shows amyloid-like cross-beta conformation.

    L C Serpell;J Berriman;R Jakes;M Goedert

  • Molecular basis for amyloid fibril formation and stability

    O. Sumner Makin;Edward Atkins;Pawel Sikorski;Jan Johansson

  • Exploring the sequence determinants of amyloid structure using position-specific scoring matrices

    Sebastian Maurer-Stroh;Maja Debulpaep;Maja Debulpaep;Nico Kuemmerer;Manuela Lopez de la Paz

  • Structures for amyloid fibrils.

    O. Sumner Makin;Louise C. Serpell

  • Amyloid fibrils: abnormal protein assembly.

    Roma N Rambaran;Louise C Serpell

  • Half a century of amyloids: past, present and future

    Pu Chun Ke;Pu Chun Ke;Ruhong Zhou;Ruhong Zhou;Louise C. Serpell;Roland Riek

  • Rational design and application of responsive α-helical peptide hydrogels

    Eleanor F. Banwell;Edgardo S. Abelardo;Edgardo S. Abelardo;Dave J. Adams;Martin A. Birchall

  • The Helix-Hairpin-Helix DNA-Binding Motif: A Structural Basis for Non-Sequence-Specific Recognition of DNA

    Aidan J. Doherty;Louise C. Serpell;Christopher P. Ponting

  • The protofilament substructure of amyloid fibrils.

    Louise C Serpell;Margaret Sunde;Merrill D Benson;Glenys A Tennent

  • Proteasomal degradation of tau protein.

    Della C. David;Robert Layfield;Louise Serpell;Yolanda Narain

  • Membrane and surface interactions of Alzheimer's Aβ peptide--insights into the mechanism of cytotoxicity.

    Thomas L. Williams;Louise C. Serpell

  • Tau filaments from human brain and from in vitro assembly of recombinant protein show cross-β structure

    John Berriman;Louise C. Serpell;Keith A. Oberg;Anthony L. Fink

  • Protofilaments, filaments, ribbons, and fibrils from peptidomimetic self-assembly: Implications for amyloid fibril formation and materials science

    Hilal A. Lashuel;Steven R. LaBrenz;Linda Woo;Louise C. Serpell

  • Mutation E46K increases phospholipid binding and assembly into filaments of human α-synuclein

    Woong Choi;Shahin Zibaee;Ross Jakes;Louise C. Serpell

  • Identification of a novel human islet amyloid polypeptide beta-sheet domain and factors influencing fibrillogenesis.

    Emma T.A.S Jaikaran;Claire E Higham;Louise C Serpell;Jesús Zurdo

  • Structural Basis for Increased Toxicity of Pathological Aβ42:Aβ40 Ratios in Alzheimer Disease

    Kris Pauwels;Thomas L. Williams;Kyle L. Morris;Wim Jonckheere;Wim Jonckheere

  • Engineering nanoscale order into a designed protein fiber

    David Papapostolou;Andrew M. Smith;Edward D. T. Atkins;Seb J. Oliver

Frequent Co-Authors

Dave J. Adams
Dave J. Adams University of Glasgow
Paul E. Fraser
Paul E. Fraser University of Toronto
Margaret Sunde
Margaret Sunde University of Sydney
Alison Rodger
Alison Rodger Macquarie University
Kevin Staras
Kevin Staras University of Sussex
Mick F. Tuite
Mick F. Tuite University of Kent
Timothy R. Dafforn
Timothy R. Dafforn University of Birmingham
Michel Goedert
Michel Goedert MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Thomas Scheibel
Thomas Scheibel University of Bayreuth

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