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Michael D. Waterfield

Michael D. Waterfield

Ludwig Cancer Research
Belgium

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Biology and Biochemistry
Belgium
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
65676
World Ranking
921
National Ranking
15

Michael D. Waterfield 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 Michael D. Waterfield sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 279 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael D. Waterfield 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 Michael D. Waterfield sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 316 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 899 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,025 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,149 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,235 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,162 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,130 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,031 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 714 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 71 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Michael D. Waterfield was affiliated with Ludwig Cancer Research in Belgium. Their research spanned multiple fields including immunology, microbiology, and medicine.

Their scientific contributions covered several subfields such as immunology, neurology, genetics, and molecular biology. Key topics addressed in their work included neuroblastoma research and treatments, chronic lymphocytic leukemia research, PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer, immunotherapy and immune responses, T-cell and B-cell immunology, and immune cell function and interaction.

Among their recent publications were:

  • "Republication: Targeting PI3KC2β Impairs Proliferation and Survival in Acute Leukemia, Brain Tumours and Neuroendocrine Tumours," 2022, Anticancer Research
  • "The transcriptional regulator Aire coopts the repressive ATF7ip-MBD1 complex for the induction of immunotolerance," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Control of medullary thymic epithelial cell development and central tolerance by a zinc finger transcription factor," 2022, The Journal of Immunology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Waterfield included Danielle Boller, Kathrin T. Doepfner, Angela De Laurentiis, Ana Guerreiro Stücklin, and Marin Marinov.

Their work was published in venues such as:

  • Anticancer Research
  • UNC Libraries
  • The Journal of Immunology

Michael D. Waterfield was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1991.

Best Publications

  • Human epidermal growth factor receptor cDNA sequence and aberrant expression of the amplified gene in A431 epidermoid carcinoma cells

    A Ullrich;L Coussens;J S Hayflick;T J Dull

  • Close similarity of epidermal growth factor receptor and v- erb-B oncogene protein sequences

    J. Downward;Y. Yarden;E. Mayes;G. Scrace

  • PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL-3-OH KINASE AS A DIRECT TARGET OF RAS

    Pablo Rodriguez-Viciana;Patricia H. Warne;Ritu Dhand;Bart Vanhaesebroeck

  • Synthesis and Function of 3-Phosphorylated Inositol Lipids

    Bart Vanhaesebroeck;Sally J. Leevers;Khatereh Ahmadi;John Timms

  • Platelet-derived growth factor is structurally related to the putative transforming protein p28sis of simian sarcoma virus.

    Michael D. Waterfield;Geoffrey T. Scrace;Nigel Whittle;Paul Stroobant

  • Sequence and expression of human estrogen receptor complementary DNA

    Geoffrey L. Greene;Paul Gilna;Michael Waterfield;Andrew Baker

  • Amplification, enhanced expression and possible rearrangement of EGF receptor gene in primary human brain tumours of glial origin

    Towia A. Libermann;Harris R. Nusbaum;Nissim Razon;Richard Kris

  • Cellular function of phosphoinositide 3-kinases: Implications for development, immunity, homeostasis, and cancer

    Roy Katso;Klaus Okkenhaug;Khatereh Ahmadi;Sarah White

  • Multiple, distinct forms of bovine and human protein kinase C suggest diversity in cellular signaling pathways.

    Lisa Coussens;Peter J. Parker;Lucy Rhee;Teresa L. Yang-Feng

  • Phosphoinositide 3-kinases: a conserved family of signal transducers.

    Bart Vanhaesebroeck;Sally J. Leevers;George Panayotou;Michael D. Waterfield

  • Role of Phosphoinositide 3-OH Kinase in Cell Transformation and Control of the Actin Cytoskeleton by Ras

    Pablo Rodriguez-Viciana;Patricia H Warne;Asim Khwaja;Barbara M Marte

  • Signaling by distinct classes of phosphoinositide 3-kinases

    B. Vanhaesebroeck;M.D. Waterfield;M.D. Waterfield

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase encoded by yeast VPS34 gene essential for protein sorting

    Peter V. Schu;Kaoru Takegawa;Michael J. Fry;Jeffrey H. Stack

  • Impaired B and T Cell Antigen Receptor Signaling in p110δ PI 3-Kinase Mutant Mice

    Klaus Okkenhaug;Antonio Bilancio;Géraldine Farjot;Helen Priddle

  • The Complete Primary Structure of Protein Kinase C—the Major Phorbol Ester Receptor

    Peter J. Parker;Lisa Coussens;Nick Totty;Lucy Rhee

  • Platelet-derived growth factor promotes division and motility and inhibits premature differentiation of the oligodendrocyte/type-2 astrocyte progenitor cell.

    Mark Noble;Kerren Murray;Paul Stroobant;Michael D. Waterfield

  • Changes in the conformation of influenza virus hemagglutinin at the pH optimum of virus-mediated membrane fusion.

    J J Skehel;P M Bayley;E B Brown;S R Martin

  • Glial growth factors are alternatively spliced erbB2 ligands expressed in the nervous system.

    Mark A. Marchionni;Andrew D. J. Goodearl;Maio Su Chen;Olivia Bermingham-McDonogh

  • Autophosphorylation sites on the epidermal growth factor receptor.

    J. Downward;P. Parker;M. D. Waterfield

  • Characterization of two 85 kd proteins that associate with receptor tyrosine kinases, middle-T/pp60c-src complexes, and PI3-kinase.

    Masayuki Otsu;Ian Hiles;Ivan Gout;Michael J. Fry

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan Gout
Ivan Gout University College London
Marketa Zvelebil
Marketa Zvelebil University of Basel
Rainer Cramer
Rainer Cramer University of Reading
Peter J. Parker
Peter J. Parker The Francis Crick Institute
George Panayotou
George Panayotou Ludwig Cancer Research
Bart Vanhaesebroeck
Bart Vanhaesebroeck University College London
Paul C. Driscoll
Paul C. Driscoll University College London
J. Justin Hsuan
J. Justin Hsuan University College London
Alexandre Arcaro
Alexandre Arcaro University of Bern
Tom L. Blundell
Tom L. Blundell University of Cambridge

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