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96
Citations
99637
World Ranking
849
National Ranking
118

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1989 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Michael Ashburner is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their academic involvement centers on research activities aligned with this institution.

The scientist has been recognized with several distinctions, reflecting their standing within the scientific community. These awards include:

  • Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology, 2011
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 1990
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1989
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

No data is currently available on specific papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, or main fields and subfields of study. As a result, there is no detailed record of their latest research topics or thematic focus areas.

Despite the absence of information on recent work or publication metrics, the affiliations and honors indicate an established career within biological and computational sciences, particularly related to molecular biology and bioinformatics, which are typical areas associated with the listed memberships and fellowships.

The scientist's profile reflects a professional trajectory acknowledged by multiple prestigious scientific organizations, underscoring their involvement in the European and international research landscapes.

Best Publications

  • Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    M Ashburner;C A Ball;J A Blake;D Botstein

  • The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster

    M. D. Adams;S. E. Celniker;R. A. Holt;C. A. Evans

  • The Gene Ontology (GO) database and informatics resource.

    Harris Ma;Clark J;Ireland A;Lomax J

  • The OBO Foundry : coordinated evolution of ontologies to support biomedical data integration

    Barry Smith;Michael Ashburner;Cornelius Rosse;Jonathan Bard

  • Comparative Genomics of the Eukaryotes

    Gerald M. Rubin;Mark D. Yandell;Jennifer R. Wortman;George L. Gabor

  • The minimum information about a genome sequence (MIGS) specification.

    Dawn Field;George Garrity;Tanya Gray;Norman Morrison

  • ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest

    Kirill Degtyarenko;Paula de Matos;Marcus Ennis;Janna Hastings

  • The bacterial symbiont Wolbachia induces resistance to RNA viral infections in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Luis Teixeira;Álvaro Gil Ferreira;Michael Ashburner

  • Birth of the D-E-A-D box.

    Patrick Linder;Paul F. Lasko;Michael Ashburner;Pascale Leroy

  • The Sequence Ontology: a tool for the unification of genome annotations

    Karen Eilbeck;Suzanna E Lewis;Christopher J Mungall;Mark D Yandell

  • Temporal control of puffing activity in polytene chromosomes.

    Michael Ashburner;Carol Chihara;Paul Meltzer;Geoff Richards

  • Functional annotation of a full-length mouse cDNA collection

    J. Kawai;A. Shinagawa;K. Shibata;M. Yoshino

  • Systematic determination of patterns of gene expression during Drosophila embryogenesis

    Pavel Tomancak;Amy Beaton;Richard Weiszmann;Elaine Kwan

  • FlyBase: enhancing Drosophila Gene Ontology annotations

    Susan Tweedie;Michael Ashburner;Kathleen Falls;Paul Leyland

  • The product of the Drosophila gene vasa is very similar to eukaryotic initiation factor-4A

    Paul F. Lasko;Michael Ashburner

  • The Gene Ontology project in 2008

    Midori A Harris;Jennifer I. Deegan;Amelia Ireland;Jane Lomax

  • The transposable elements of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatin: a genomics perspective

    Joshua S Kaminker;Casey M Bergman;Brent Kronmiller;Brent Kronmiller;Joseph Carlson

  • Promoting coherent minimum reporting guidelines for biological and biomedical investigations: the MIBBI project

    Chris F. Taylor;Chris F. Taylor;Dawn Field;Susanna Assunta Sansone;Susanna Assunta Sansone;Jan Aerts

  • Constitutive Activation of Toll-Mediated Antifungal Defense in Serpin-Deficient Drosophila

    Elena A. Levashina;Emma Langley;Clare Green;David Gubb

  • An ontology for cell types

    Jonathan Bard;Seung Y Rhee;Michael Ashburner;Michael Ashburner

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanna E. Lewis
Suzanna E. Lewis Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christopher J. Mungall
Christopher J. Mungall Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gerald M. Rubin
Gerald M. Rubin Howard Hughes Medical Institute
David M. Glover
David M. Glover California Institute of Technology
Christos Louis
Christos Louis University of Crete
Judith A. Blake
Judith A. Blake Edith Cowan University
Casey M. Bergman
Casey M. Bergman University of Georgia
Susan E. Celniker
Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kara Dolinski
Kara Dolinski Princeton University
David Botstein
David Botstein Princeton University

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