What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
Her primary scientific interests are in Cell biology, Mitochondrion, Calcium signaling, Aequorin and Cytosol.
Her research in Cell biology intersects with topics in Calcium and Calcium pump.
As part of her studies on Mitochondrion, she frequently links adjacent subjects like Autophagy.
Her Calcium signaling research integrates issues from Mitochondrial Degradation, Voltage-dependent calcium channel, Calcium in biology, Ion transporter and Endoplasmic reticulum.
Her research integrates issues of Biophysics and Photoprotein in her study of Aequorin.
In her work, Aequorea victoria, Green fluorescent protein and Recombinant DNA is strongly intertwined with Transfection, which is a subfield of Organelle.
Her most cited work include:
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (4170 citations)
- Microdomains with high Ca2+ close to IP3-sensitive channels that are sensed by neighboring mitochondria (1018 citations)
- Rapid changes of mitochondrial Ca2+ revealed by specifically targeted recombinant aequorin. (809 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
Marisa Brini focuses on Cell biology, Mitochondrion, Calcium signaling, Biochemistry and Aequorin.
Cell biology and Cytosol are commonly linked in her work.
Her Mitochondrion research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Mitochondrial matrix, Alpha-synuclein, Substantia nigra, Uniporter and Neurodegeneration.
The Calcium signaling study combines topics in areas such as Calcium in biology, Inner ear, Ion transporter and Voltage-dependent calcium channel.
Her Aequorin study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cytoplasm, Recombinant DNA, Biophysics, Transfection and Photoprotein.
Her work deals with themes such as Autophagy, Molecular biology, Signal transduction and Inositol, which intersect with Endoplasmic reticulum.
She most often published in these fields:
- Cell biology (60.90%)
- Mitochondrion (28.85%)
- Calcium signaling (25.00%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2020)?
- Cell biology (60.90%)
- Mitochondrion (28.85%)
- Cytosol (18.59%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Marisa Brini mainly investigates Cell biology, Mitochondrion, Cytosol, Endoplasmic reticulum and Organelle.
Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Parkin, SERCA, Calcium and Alpha-synuclein.
Her work carried out in the field of Mitochondrion brings together such families of science as Autophagy, Neurodegeneration, Intracellular and Substantia nigra.
Her Cytosol research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Extracellular, Calmodulin, Aequorin and Gene isoform.
Her Gene isoform study combines topics in areas such as Mutation and Calcium signaling.
Her work in Organelle tackles topics such as Computational biology which are related to areas like Sprague dawley and In vivo.
Between 2016 and 2020, her most popular works were:
- SPLICS: a split green fluorescent protein-based contact site sensor for narrow and wide heterotypic organelle juxtaposition. (89 citations)
- Regulation of ER-mitochondria contacts by Parkin via Mfn2. (65 citations)
- The Close Encounter Between Alpha-Synuclein and Mitochondria. (43 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
Marisa Brini spends much of her time researching Cell biology, Mitochondrion, Neurodegeneration, Autophagy and Cytosol.
Marisa Brini is interested in Endoplasmic reticulum, which is a field of Cell biology.
Her study in Endoplasmic reticulum is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Calcium, Organelle and Green fluorescent protein.
The various areas that she examines in her Mitochondrion study include Unfolded protein response, mitochondrial fusion, Disease, Pars compacta and Soma.
She has included themes like Parkin, Cytochrome c, MFN2, Transmembrane protein and Membrane potential in her Autophagy study.
Her studies deal with areas such as SERCA and Calcium pump as well as Cytosol.
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