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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Mark A. Krasnow is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

Their work encompasses a range of topics related to cellular and molecular mechanisms, notably:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Lung Cancer Research Studies

Krasnow has published extensively in various academic venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • eLife

Among recent research publications, notable works include:

  • "SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues," 2020, Cell
  • "A molecular cell atlas of the human lung from single-cell RNA sequencing," 2020, Nature
  • "A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse," 2020, Nature
  • "The Tabula Sapiens: A multiple-organ, single-cell transcriptomic atlas of humans," 2022, Science
  • "Ageing hallmarks exhibit organ-specific temporal signatures," 2020, Nature

Krasnow frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Astrid Gillich
  • Stephen R. Quake
  • Antoine de Morrée
  • Christin S. Kuo
  • SoRi Jang

Recognition of Krasnow's scientific contributions includes membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2019 and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1998.

Best Publications

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Is an Interferon-Stimulated Gene in Human Airway Epithelial Cells and Is Detected in Specific Cell Subsets across Tissues.

    Carly G.K. Ziegler;Samuel J. Allon;Sarah K. Nyquist;Ian M. Mbano

  • Reconstructing lineage hierarchies of the distal lung epithelium using single cell RNA-seq

    Barbara Treutlein;Doug G. Brownfield;Angela Ruohao Wu;Norma F. Neff

  • A molecular cell atlas of the human lung from single-cell RNA sequencing.

    Kyle J. Travaglini;Ahmad N. Nabhan;Ahmad N. Nabhan;Lolita Penland;Rahul Sinha

  • A single-cell transcriptomic atlas characterizes ageing tissues in the mouse

    Nicole Almanzar;Jane Antony;Ankit S. Baghel

  • Gene expression during the life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster.

    Michelle N. Arbeitman;Eileen E. M. Furlong;Farhad Imam;Eric Johnson;Eric Johnson

  • Alveolar progenitor and stem cells in lung development, renewal and cancer

    Tushar J. Desai;Douglas G. Brownfield;Mark A. Krasnow

  • Tube morphogenesis: making and shaping biological tubes.

    Barry Lubarsky;Mark A. Krasnow

  • sprouty Encodes a Novel Antagonist of FGF Signaling that Patterns Apical Branching of the Drosophila Airways

    Nir Hacohen;Susanne Kramer;David Sutherland;Yasushi Hiromi

  • The branching programme of mouse lung development

    Ross J. Metzger;Ophir D. Klein;Gail R. Martin;Mark A. Krasnow

  • VERTEBRATE SPROUTY GENES ARE INDUCED BY FGF SIGNALING AND CAN CAUSE CHONDRODYSPLASIA WHEN OVEREXPRESSED

    George Minowada;Lesley A. Jarvis;Candace L. Chi;Annette Neubüser

  • branchless Encodes a Drosophila FGF Homolog That Controls Tracheal Cell Migration and the Pattern of Branching

    David Sutherland;Christos Samakovlis;Mark A Krasnow

  • Genetic Control of Branching Morphogenesis

    Ross J. Metzger;Mark A. Krasnow

  • Ageing hallmarks exhibit organ-specific temporal signatures.

    Nicholas Schaum;Benoit Lehallier;Oliver Hahn;Róbert Pálovics

  • Single-cell Wnt signaling niches maintain stemness of alveolar type 2 cells

    Ahmad N. Nabhan;Douglas G. Brownfield;Pehr B. Harbury;Mark A. Krasnow

  • The Hypoxic Response: Huffing and HIFing

    Karen Guillemin;Mark A. Krasnow

  • Coronary arteries form by developmental reprogramming of venous cells

    Kristy Red-Horse;Hiroo Ueno;Irving L. Weissman;Mark A. Krasnow

  • Cellular and genetic analysis of wound healing in Drosophila larvae.

    Michael J Galko;Mark A Krasnow

  • Development of the Drosophila tracheal system occurs by a series of morphologically distinct but genetically coupled branching events

    Christos Samakovlis;Nir Hacohen;Gerard Manning;David C. Sutherland

  • Targeting Robo4-Dependent Slit Signaling to Survive the Cytokine Storm in Sepsis and Influenza

    Nyall R. London;Weiquan Zhu;Fernando A. Bozza;Matthew C. P. Smith

  • Branching morphogenesis of the Drosophila tracheal system.

    Amin Ghabrial;Stefan Luschnig;Mark M Metzstein;Mark A Krasnow

Frequent Co-Authors

Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli
Nicholas R. Cozzarelli University of California, Berkeley
Karen Guillemin
Karen Guillemin University of Oregon
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Stephen R. Quake
Stephen R. Quake Stanford University
Daniel V. Madison
Daniel V. Madison Stanford University
Gerard Manning
Gerard Manning University College Cork
David S. Hogness
David S. Hogness Stanford University
Sarah M. Fortune
Sarah M. Fortune Harvard University
Anton Berns
Anton Berns Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital

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