Michael A. J. Ferguson

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• 1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Best Publications

• Cell-Surface Anchoring of Proteins via Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Structures

  Michael A. J. Ferguson;Alan F. Williams

  1593
  Citations

• The structure, biosynthesis and function of glycosylated phosphatidylinositols in the parasitic protozoa and higher eukaryotes.

  M J McConville;M A J Ferguson

  1145
  Citations

• Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol moiety that anchors Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein to the membrane

  Michael A. J. Ferguson;Steve W. Homans;Raymond A. Dwek;Thomas W. Rademacher

  916
  Citations

• Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury

  Vishal S. Vaidya;Michael A. Ferguson;Joseph V. Bonventre

  884
  Citations

• The structure, biosynthesis and functions of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors, and the contributions of trypanosome research

  Michael A. J. Ferguson

  764
  Citations

• Glycosyl-sn-1,2-dimyristylphosphatidylinositol is covalently linked to Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein.

  Michael A. J. Ferguson;Martin G. Low;George A. M. Cross

  535
  Citations

• Complete structure of the glycosyl phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor of rat brain Thy-1 glycoprotein.

  Steve W. Homans;Michael A. J. Ferguson;Raymond A. Dwek;Thomas W. Rademacher

  514
  Citations

• An Evaluation of the Left-Brain vs. Right-Brain Hypothesis with Resting State Functional Connectivity Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  Jared A. Nielsen;Brandon A. Zielinski;Michael A. Ferguson;Janet E. Lainhart

  487
  Citations

• Anti-trypanosomatid drug discovery: an ongoing challenge and a continuing need

  Mark C. Field;David Horn;Alan H. Fairlamb;Michael A. J. Ferguson

  429
  Citations

• Biomarkers of nephrotoxic acute kidney injury

  Michael A. Ferguson;Vishal S. Vaidya;Joseph V. Bonventre

  386
  Citations

• Transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis by sand flies is enhanced by regurgitation of fPPG.

  Matthew E. Rogers;Thomas Ilg;Andrei V. Nikolaev;Michael A. J. Ferguson

  363
  Citations

• Developmental modification of lipophosphoglycan during the differentiation of Leishmania major promastigotes to an infectious stage.

  Malcolm J. McConville;Salvatore J. Turco;Michael A. J. Ferguson;David L. Sacks

  359
  Citations

• N-Myristoyltransferase Inhibitors as New Leads to Treat Sleeping Sickness.

  Julie A. Frearson;Stephen Brand;Stuart P. McElroy;Laura A.T. Cleghorn

  350
  Citations

• Primary Structure of CD52

  A. Treumann;M. R. Lifely;P. Schneider;M. A. J. Ferguson

  330
  Citations

• Covalently attached phosphatidylinositol as a hydrophobic anchor for membrane proteins

  Martin G Low;Michael A.J Ferguson;Michael A.J Ferguson;Anthony H Futerman;Israel Silman

  323
  Citations

• Highly purified glycosylphosphatidylinositols from Trypanosoma cruzi are potent proinflammatory agents.

  Igor C. Almeida;Igor C. Almeida;Maristela M. Camargo;Daniela O. Procópio;Luiz S. Silva

  321
  Citations

• Trypanosoma brucei Variant Surface Glycoprotein Has a sn- 1,2- Dimyristyl Glycerol Membrane Anchor at Its COOH Terminus*

  Michael A. J. Ferguson;Kasturi Haldar;George A. M. Cross

  312
  Citations

• Hydrophilic-interaction chromatography of complex carbohydrates

  Andrew J. Alpert;Mukta Shukla;Ashok K. Shukla;Lynn R. Zieske

  295
  Citations

• Biosynthesis of Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins. N-glycosylation and addition of a phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor.

  Michael A. J. Ferguson;Michael Duszenko;Gretel S. Lamont;Peter Overath

  290
  Citations

• Established and Emerging Markers of Kidney Function

  Michael A. Ferguson;Sushrut S. Waikar

  271
  Citations