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12039
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3852
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Matthew S. Sachs is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing to 35 publications in these areas.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Geophysics

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Light effects on plants
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Matthew S. Sachs are:

  • Deborah Bell-Pedersen
  • Cheng Wu
  • Kathrina Castillo
  • Jay Dunlap
  • Jennifer Hurley

Significant publication venues where this scientist has contributed multiple works include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Cell Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew S. Sachs highlight diverse areas of molecular biology and genetics:

  • Conserved Upstream Open Reading Frame Nascent Peptides That Control Translation, 2020, Annual Review of Genetics
  • Structural basis for the tryptophan sensitivity of TnaC-mediated ribosome stalling, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Circadian clock control of eIF2α phosphorylation is necessary for rhythmic translation initiation, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Structure of the translating Neurospora ribosome arrested by cycloheximide, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • E-site drug specificity of the human pathogen Candida albicans ribosome, 2022, Science Advances

Matthew S. Sachs was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Katherine A. Borkovich;Eric U. Selker

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • Lessons from the Genome Sequence of Neurospora crassa: Tracing the Path from Genomic Blueprint to Multicellular Organism

    Katherine A. Borkovich;Lisa A. Alex;Oded Yarden;Michael Freitag

  • Codon Usage Influences the Local Rate of Translation Elongation to Regulate Co-translational Protein Folding

    Chien Hung Yu;Yunkun Dang;Zhipeng Zhou;Cheng Wu

  • Non-optimal codon usage affects expression, structure and function of clock protein FRQ

    Mian Zhou;Jinhu Guo;Jinhu Guo;Joonseok Cha;Michael Chae

  • Early nonsense: mRNA decay solves a translational problem

    Nadia Amrani;Matthew S. Sachs;Allan Jacobson

  • Partial gene sequences for the A subunit of methyl-coenzyme M reductase (mcrI) as a phylogenetic tool for the family Methanosarcinaceae.

    Erik Springer;Matthew S. Sachs;Carl R. Woese;David R. Boone

  • Enabling a community to dissect an organism: overview of the Neurospora functional genomics project.

    Jay C. Dunlap;Katherine A. Borkovich;Matthew R. Henn;Gloria E. Turner

  • The Neurospora Compendium: Chromosomal Loci

    David D. Perkins;Alan Radford;Matthew S. Sachs

  • Redundancy of the Two Dicer Genes in Transgene-Induced Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing in Neurospora crassa

    Caterina Catalanotto;Massimiliano Pallotta;Paul ReFalo;Matthew S. Sachs

  • The Antidepressant Sertraline Provides a Promising Therapeutic Option for Neurotropic Cryptococcal Infections

    Bing Zhai;Cheng Wu;Linqi Wang;Matthew S. Sachs

  • Site-specific release of nascent chains from ribosomes at a sense codon

    Victoria A. Doronina;Cheng Wu;Pablo de Felipe;Matthew S. Sachs

  • A rapid and simple method for isolation of Neurospora crassa homokaryons using microconidia

    D. Ebbole;M. S. Sachs

  • Ribosome occupancy of the yeast CPA1 upstream open reading frame termination codon modulates nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.

    Anthony Gaba;Allan Jacobson;Matthew S. Sachs

  • Physical evidence for distinct mechanisms of translational control by upstream open reading frames

    Anthony Gaba;Zhong Wang;Zhong Wang;Thanuja Krishnamoorthy;Alan G. Hinnebusch

  • Initiation context modulates autoregulation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1 (eIF1)

    Ivaylo P. Ivanov;Gary Loughran;Matthew S. Sachs;John F. Atkins

  • Ribosome stalling is responsible for arginine-specific translational attenuation in Neurospora crassa

    Zhong Wang;Matthew S. Sachs

  • Developmental expression of genes involved in conidiation and amino acid biosynthesis in Neurospora crassa.

    Matthew S. Sachs;Charles Yanofsky

  • Evolutionary Roles of Upstream Open Reading Frames in Mediating Gene Regulation in Fungi

    Heather M Hood;Daniel E Neafsey;James Galagan;Matthew S Sachs

  • Site-Specific Release of Nascent Chains from Ribosomes at

    Victoria A. Doronina;Cheng Wu;Pablo de Felipe;Matthew S. Sachs

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. Galagan
James E. Galagan Boston University
Deborah Bell-Pedersen
Deborah Bell-Pedersen Texas A&M University
Jay C. Dunlap
Jay C. Dunlap Dartmouth College
Michael Freitag
Michael Freitag Oregon State University
Ivaylo Ivanov
Ivaylo Ivanov Georgia State University
Eric U. Selker
Eric U. Selker University of Oregon
Adam P. Geballe
Adam P. Geballe Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
John F. Atkins
John F. Atkins University College Cork
Jennifer J. Loros
Jennifer J. Loros Dartmouth College
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University

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