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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2009 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2008 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
  • 2008 - Nobel Prize for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Martin Chalfie is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology with publications spanning subfields such as Molecular Biology, Aging, Physiology, Cell Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed to research covering various topics including Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms; Spaceflight effects on biology; Heat shock proteins research; Microtubule and mitosis dynamics; Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms; Evolution and Genetic Dynamics; and Nuclear Issues and Defense.

Recent publications include:

  • Epistatic, synthetic, and balancing interactions among tubulin missense mutations affecting neurite growth in Caenorhabditis elegans (2020), published in Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Opposing effects of an F-box protein and the HSP90 chaperone network on microtubule stability and neurite growth in Caenorhabditis elegans (2020), published in Development
  • Uphold the nuclear weapons test moratorium (2020), published in Science
  • Identifying Factors that Control Mechanoreceptor Neuron Development in C. elegans (2025), published in Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal
  • Opposing effects of an F-box protein and the HSP90 chaperone network on microtubule stability and neurite growth in Caenorhabditis elegans (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Ho Ming Terence Lee
  • Susan Laura Javier Jao
  • Chaogu Zheng
  • Emily G Atlas
  • Ken C. Q. Nguyen

Key publication venues where the scientist's work appears are:

  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Development
  • Science
  • Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist's career includes several awards:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2018)
  • Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association (2009)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2009)
  • E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology (2008)
  • Nobel Prize (2008) for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003)

Best Publications

  • Green fluorescent protein as a marker for gene expression

    Martin Chalfie;Yuan Tu;Ghia Euskirchen;William W. Ward

  • The neural circuit for touch sensitivity in Caenorhabditis elegans

    M Chalfie;JE Sulston;JG White;E Southgate

  • Green fluorescent protein

    Martin Chalfie;Douglas Prasher

  • mec-3, a homeobox-containing gene that specifies differentiation of the touch receptor neurons in C. elegans

    Jeffrey C. Way;Martin Chalfie

  • The mec -4 gene is a member of a family of Caenorhabditis elegans genes that can mutate to induce neuronal degeneration

    Monica Driscoll;Martin Chalfie

  • A Transparent window into biology: A primer on Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Ann K. Corsi;Bruce Wightman;Martin Chalfie

  • Mutations that lead to reiterations in the cell lineages of C. elegans

    Martin Chalfie;H.Robert Horvitz;John E. Sulston

  • Serotonin and octopamine in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

    HR Horvitz;M Chalfie;C Trent;JE Sulston

  • Uses of green fluorescent protein

    Martin Chalfie;Douglas Prasher

  • The MEC-4 DEG/ENaC channel of Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons transduces mechanical signals.

    Robert O'Hagan;Martin Chalfie;Miriam B Goodman

  • Gene interactions affecting mechanosensory transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Mingxia Huang;Martin Chalfie

  • Green fluorescent protein : properties, applications, and protocols

    Martin Chalfie;Steven R. Kain

  • Eukaryotic Mechanosensitive Channels

    Jóhanna Árnadóttir;Martin Chalfie

  • Genetic control of differentiation of the Caenorhabditis elegans touch receptor neurons

    Martin Chalfie;Macy Au

  • Enhanced neuronal RNAi in C. elegans using SID-1

    Andrea Calixto;Dattananda Chelur;Dattananda Chelur;Irini Topalidou;Xiaoyin Chen

  • The mec-3 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans requires its own product for maintained expression and is expressed in three neuronal cell types.

    Jeffrey C. Way;Martin Chalfie

  • The identification and suppression of inherited neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans.

    Martin Chalfie;Eve Wolinsky;Eve Wolinsky

  • EAT-4, a Homolog of a Mammalian Sodium-Dependent Inorganic Phosphate Cotransporter, Is Necessary for Glutamatergic Neurotransmission in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Raymond Y. N. Lee;Elizabeth R. Sawin;Martin Chalfie;H. Robert Horvitz

  • MEC-2 regulates C. elegans DEG/ENaC channels needed for mechanosensation

    Miriam B. Goodman;Glen G. Ernstrom;Dattananda S. Chelur;Robert O'Hagan

  • A stomatin-like protein necessary for mechanosensation in C. elegans.

    Mingxia Huang;Guoqiang Gu;Edwin L. Ferguson;Edwin L. Ferguson;Martin Chalfie

Frequent Co-Authors

Miriam B. Goodman
Miriam B. Goodman Stanford University
Monica Driscoll
Monica Driscoll Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ehud Y. Isacoff
Ehud Y. Isacoff University of California, Berkeley
John Sulston
John Sulston Wellcome Sanger Institute
David H. Hall
David H. Hall Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Y. Tsien University of California, San Diego
Thomas Benzing
Thomas Benzing University of Cologne
Guy A. Caldwell
Guy A. Caldwell University of Alabama
Bernhard Schermer
Bernhard Schermer University of Cologne
Karl Kunzelmann
Karl Kunzelmann University of Regensburg

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