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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Matthew P. Scott is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology, genetics, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and emergency medicine. The scientist's work covers key topics such as epigenetics and DNA methylation, hedgehog signaling pathway studies, animal genetics and reproduction, pluripotent stem cells research, otolaryngology and infectious diseases, infective endocarditis diagnosis and management, and emergency and acute care studies.

Their recent publications include a range of journals and venues, reflecting a diverse research portfolio. Notable papers are:

  • "40 years of the homeobox: either it is wrong or it is quite interesting," 2024, Development
  • "Ezh2 Delays Activation of Differentiation Genes During Normal Cerebellar Granule Neuron Development and in Medulloblastoma," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Predictors of Inpatient Racemic Epinephrine Use in Patients Admitted With Croup," 2023, Hospital Pediatrics
  • "Drosophila Niemann-Pick Type C-2 genes control sterol homeostasis and steroid biosynthesis: a model of human neurodegenerative disease," 2021, UNC Libraries
  • "The cost of keeping warm and the price of inadequate policy," 2022, BMJ

Frequent co-authors with whom the scientist has collaborated include James Purzner, Alexander S. Brown, Teresa Purzner, Lauren Ellis, and Katharine Andrews.

Their work is published recurrently in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Development, UNC Libraries, Hospital Pediatrics, and BMJ.

Matthew P. Scott has received recognition and membership in prestigious scientific communities, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1999 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Human Homolog of patched, a Candidate Gene for the Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome

    Ronald L. Johnson;Alana L. Rothman;Jingwu Xie;Lisa V. Goodrich

  • Altered Neural Cell Fates and Medulloblastoma in Mouse patched Mutants

    Lisa V. Goodrich;Ljiljana Milenković;Kay M. Higgins;Matthew P. Scott

  • Patched1 Regulates Hedgehog Signaling at the Primary Cilium

    Rajat Rohatgi;Ljiljana Milenkovic;Matthew P. Scott

  • Effects of oncogenic mutations in Smoothened and Patched can be reversed by cyclopamine

    Jussi Taipale;James K. Chen;Michael K. Cooper;Baolin Wang

  • Control of Neuronal Precursor Proliferation in the Cerebellum by Sonic Hedgehog

    Robert J Wechsler-Reya;Matthew P Scott

  • The tumour-suppressor gene patched encodes a candidate receptor for Sonic hedgehog

    Donna M. Stone;Mary Hynes;Mark Armanini;Todd A. Swanson

  • The structure and function of the homeodomain.

    Matthew P. Scott;John W. Tamkun;George W. Hartzell

  • brahma: a regulator of Drosophila homeotic genes structurally related to the yeast transcriptional activator SNF2/SWI2.

    John W. Tamkun;Renate Deuring;Matthew P. Scott;Mark Kissinger

  • Gene expression during the life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster.

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

  • Conservation of the hedgehog/patched signaling pathway from flies to mice: induction of a mouse patched gene by Hedgehog.

    Lisa V. Goodrich;Ronald L. Johnson;Ljiljana Milenkovic;Jill A. McMahon

  • Structural relationships among genes that control development: sequence homology between the Antennapedia, Ultrabithorax, and fushi tarazu loci of Drosophila.

    Matthew P. Scott;Amy J. Weiner

  • Communicating with Hedgehogs.

    Joan E. Hooper;Matthew P. Scott

  • Basal Cell Carcinomas in Mice Overexpressing Sonic Hedgehog

    Anthony E. Oro;Kay M. Higgins;Kay M. Higgins;Zhilan Hu;Zhilan Hu;Jeannette M. Bonifas;Jeannette M. Bonifas

  • Sequence of a Drosophila segmentation gene: protein structure homology with DNA-binding proteins

    Allen Laughon;Matthew P. Scott

  • The output of Hedgehog signaling is controlled by the dynamic association between Suppressor of Fused and the Gli proteins

    Eric W. Humke;Karolin V. Dorn;Ljiljana Milenkovic;Matthew P. Scott

  • Vertebrate homeobox gene nomenclature

    Matthew P. Scott

  • A Genome-Wide Study of Gene Activity Reveals Developmental Signaling Pathways in the Preimplantation Mouse Embryo

    Q.Tian Wang;Karolina Piotrowska;Maria Anna Ciemerych;Ljiljana Milenkovic

  • The Drosophila patched gene encodes a putative membrane protein required for segmental patterning

    Joan E. Hooper;Matthew P. Scott

  • The developmental biology of brain tumors.

    Robert Wechsler-Reya;Matthew P. Scott

  • The prospero gene specifies cell fates in the Drosophila central nervous system

    C.Q. Doe;Q. Chu-Lagraff;D.M. Wright;M.P. Scott

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Solgaard
Olav Solgaard Stanford University
Sean B. Carroll
Sean B. Carroll University of Maryland, College Park
Eileen E. M. Furlong
Eileen E. M. Furlong European Bioinformatics Institute
Anthony E. Oro
Anthony E. Oro Stanford University
Tobias Meyer
Tobias Meyer Stanford University
Chris Q. Doe
Chris Q. Doe Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Mary L. Bouxsein
Mary L. Bouxsein Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Thomas C. Kaufman
Thomas C. Kaufman Indiana University
Richard M. Myers
Richard M. Myers HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

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