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Mary B. Kennedy

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
24822
World Ranking
9449
National Ranking
4167

Mary B. Kennedy 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 Mary B. Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 129 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mary B. Kennedy 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 Mary B. Kennedy sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Mary B. Kennedy is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research contributions span across Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience, with a focus on subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Neurology.

Their work covers several key research topics including Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, RNA Research and Splicing, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics.

Mary B. Kennedy has authored multiple scientific papers. Selected recent publications include:

  • Interactions between calmodulin and neurogranin govern the dynamics of CaMKII as a leaky integrator, 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
  • A sex difference in the response of the rodent postsynaptic density to synGAP haploinsufficiency, 2020, eLife
  • MCell4 with BioNetGen: A Monte Carlo simulator of rule-based reaction-diffusion systems with Python interface, 2024, PLoS Computational Biology
  • MCell4 with BioNetGen: A Monte Carlo Simulator of Rule-Based Reaction-Diffusion Systems with Python Interface, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Amplification of neurotoxic HTTex1 assemblies in human neurons, 2021, Neurobiology of Disease

The researcher frequently publishes in several venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • UNC Libraries
  • eLife
  • Neurobiology of Disease

Collaboration is an integral part of their scientific output. Frequent co-authors include Mariam Ordyan, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Thomas M. Bartol, Padmini Rangamani, and Tara L Mastro.

Their contributions have been recognized by the scientific community, notably receiving the Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Domain interaction between NMDA receptor subunits and the postsynaptic density protein PSD-95

    Hans Christian Kornau;Leslie T. Schenker;Mary B. Kennedy;Peter H. Seeburg

  • Progressive development of the rat osteoblast phenotype in vitro: Reciprocal relationships in expression of genes associated with osteoblast proliferation and differentiation during formation of the bone extracellular matrix

    Thomas A. Owen;Michael A. Aronow;Victoria Shalhoub;Leesa M. Barone

  • The rat brain postsynaptic density fraction contains a homolog of the Drosophila discs-large tumor suppressor protein.

    Kyung-Ok Cho;Carol A. Hunt;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Signal-Processing Machines at the Postsynaptic Density

    Mary B. Kennedy

  • Regulation of brain Type II Ca2+ calmodulin - dependent protein kinase by autophosphorylation: A Ca2+-triggered molecular switch

    Stephen G. Miller;Mary B. Kennedy

  • A Synaptic Ras-GTPase Activating Protein (p135 SynGAP) Inhibited by CaM Kinase II

    Hong Jung Chen;Michelle Rojas-Soto;Asako Oguni;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Regional distribution of type II Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase in rat brain

    Ngozi E. Erondu;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Biochemical and immunochemical evidence that the "major postsynaptic density protein" is a subunit of a calmodulin-dependent protein kinase

    Mary B. Kennedy;Mark K. Bennett;Ngozi E. Erondu

  • The postsynaptic density at glutamatergic synapses.

    Mary B. Kennedy

  • Purification and characterization of a calmodulin-dependent protein kinase that is highly concentrated in brain.

    Mark K. Bennett;Ngozi E. Erondu;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Identification of Proteins in the Postsynaptic Density Fraction by Mass Spectrometry

    Randall S. Walikonis;Ole N. Jensen;Matthias Mann;D. William Provance

  • Interaction of ion channels and receptors with PDZ domain proteins

    Hans Christian Kornau;Peter H. Seeburg;Mary B. Kennedy

  • The major tyrosine-phosphorylated protein in the postsynaptic density fraction is N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit 2B

    Il Soo Moon;Michelle L. Apperson;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Spine architecture and synaptic plasticity

    Holly J. Carlisle;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Sequences of autophosphorylation sites in neuronal type II CaM kinase that control Ca2(+)-independent activity.

    Stephen G. Miller;Bruce L. Patton;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Regulation of neuronal function by calcium

    Mary B. Kennedy

  • Identification of a Phosphorylation Site for Calcium/Calmodulindependent Protein Kinase II in the NR2B Subunit of the N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor

    Ramakrishnapillai V. Omkumar;Melinda J. Kiely;Alan J. Rosenstein;Kyung-Tai Min

  • Distinct forebrain and cerebellar isozymes of type II Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase associate differently with the postsynaptic density fraction.

    Stephen G. Miller;Mary B. Kennedy

  • PSD-95 is associated with the postsynaptic density and not with the presynaptic membrane at forebrain synapses

    Carol A. Hunt;Leslie J. Schenker;Mary B. Kennedy

  • Two calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases, which are highly concentrated in brain, phosphorylate protein I at distinct sites.

    Mary B. Kennedy;Paul Greengard

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrence J. Sejnowski
Terrence J. Sejnowski Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Sonja Hess
Sonja Hess AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Peter C. Kind
Peter C. Kind University of Edinburgh
Stefan Mihalas
Stefan Mihalas Allen Institute for Brain Science
Jean-Paul Borg
Jean-Paul Borg Inserm
Sumantra Chattarji
Sumantra Chattarji National Centre for Biological Sciences
Kristen M. Harris
Kristen M. Harris The University of Texas at Austin
Erin M. Schuman
Erin M. Schuman Max Planck Society
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Daniel Birnbaum
Daniel Birnbaum Inserm

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