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57
Citations
10764
World Ranking
13927
National Ranking
1095

Overview

Michael R. H. White is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Immunology, Genetics, Cancer Research, and General Health Professions as key subfields.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics and include the following papers:

  • Diversity and heterotic patterns in North American proprietary dent maize germplasm, 2020, Crop Science
  • Natural killer cell immune synapse formation and cytotoxicity are controlled by tension of the target interface, 2021, Journal of Cell Science
  • Cellular heterogeneity in TNF/TNFR1 signalling: live cell imaging of cell fate decisions in single cells, 2024, Cell Death and Disease
  • Apoptotic priming is defined by the dynamic exchange of Bcl-2 proteins between mitochondria and cytosol, 2022, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Overexpression of IκB⍺ modulates NF-κB activation of inflammatory target gene expression, 2023, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Michael R. H. White has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers including David G. Spiller, Benjamin Morison, Christian Wildberg, Alejandro Luis, and St Salas. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple research projects alongside White.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Apeiron
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Cell Biology
  • Crop Science
  • Journal of Cell Science

Their research topics focus on key areas of immune and cellular biology including:

  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • NF-κB Signaling Pathways
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Best Publications

  • Oscillations in NF-κB Signaling Control the Dynamics of Gene Expression

    D. E. Nelson;A. E. C. Ihekwaba;M. Elliott;J. R. Johnson

  • Pulsatile Stimulation Determines Timing and Specificity of NF-κB-Dependent Transcription

    Louise Ashall;Caroline A. Horton;David E. Nelson;Pawel Paszek

  • Measurement of single-cell dynamics.

    David G. Spiller;Christopher D. Wood;David A. Rand;Michael R. H. White

  • The mitochondrial network of human neutrophils: role in chemotaxis, phagocytosis, respiratory burst activation, and commitment to apoptosis.

    Gianluca Fossati;Dale A. Moulding;David G. Spiller;Robert J. Moots

  • Bcl-2 family expression in human neutrophils during delayed and accelerated apoptosis

    Dale A. Moulding;Cahit Akgul;Mathieu Derouet;Michael R. H. White

  • Characterization of the ethanol-inducible alc gene-expression system in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Hairul A. Roslan;Michael G. Salter;Chris D. Wood;Michael R. H. White

  • Inflammasome-dependent IL-1β release depends upon membrane permeabilisation.

    F Martín-Sánchez;C Diamond;C Diamond;M Zeitler;A I Gomez

  • Dynamic analysis of stochastic transcription cycles

    Claire V. Harper;Bärbel Finkenstädt;Dan J. Woodcock;Sönke Friedrichsen

  • Population robustness arising from cellular heterogeneity

    Pawel Paszek;Sheila Ryan;Louise Ashall;Kate Sillitoe

  • Unregulated actin polymerization by WASp causes defects of mitosis and cytokinesis in X-linked neutropenia

    Dale A. Moulding;Michael P. Blundell;David G. Spiller;Michael R.H. White

  • Apoptosis is rapidly triggered by antisense depletion of MCL-1 in differentiating U937 cells.

    Dale A. Moulding;Richard V. Giles;David G. Spiller;Michael R. H. White

  • Targeted inhibition of transcription elongation in cells mediated by triplex-forming oligonucleotides

    M. Faria;C. D. Wood;L. Perrouault;J. S. Nelson

  • Edible mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) lectin, which reversibly inhibits epithelial cell proliferation, blocks nuclear localization sequence-dependent nuclear protein import

    Lu Gang Yu;David G. Fernig;Michael R H White;David G. Spiller

  • Physiological levels of TNFα stimulation induce stochastic dynamics of NF-κB responses in single living cells

    David A Turner;Pawel Paszek;Dan J Woodcock;David E Nelson

  • Multi-parameter analysis of the kinetics of NF-kappa B signalling and transcription in single living cells

    Glyn Nelson;Luminita Paraoan;David G. Spiller;Geraint J. C. Wilde

  • Phosphoramidate oligonucleotides as potent antisense molecules in cells and in vivo.

    Marcella Faria;David G. Spiller;Catherine Dubertret;Jeff S. Nelson

  • The intervertebral disc contains intrinsic circadian clocks that are regulated by age and cytokines and linked to degeneration

    Michal Dudek;Nan Yang;Nan Yang;Jayalath Pd Ruckshanthi;Jayalath Pd Ruckshanthi;Jack Williams;Jack Williams

  • In vivo localisation and stability of human Mcl-1 using green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion proteins

    Cahit Akgul;Dale A Moulding;M.R.H White;Steven W Edwards

  • Functional analysis of the human MCL-1 gene.

    C. Akgul;P. C. Turner;M. R. H. White;S. W. Edwards

  • Intron-less RNA injected into the nucleus of Xenopus oocytes accesses a regulated translation control pathway

    M. Braddock;M. Muckenthaler;M. R H White;A. M. Thorburn

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Spiller
David G. Spiller University of Manchester
Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Ramakrishna R. Nemani Ames Research Center
John J. Mullins
John J. Mullins University of Edinburgh
Douglas B. Kell
Douglas B. Kell University of Liverpool
Steven W. Running
Steven W. Running University of Montana
Steven W. Edwards
Steven W. Edwards University of Liverpool
Guy A. Rutter
Guy A. Rutter Imperial College London
Patrick G. Bray
Patrick G. Bray Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Kazuhito Ichii
Kazuhito Ichii Chiba University
Alan J. Kingsman
Alan J. Kingsman Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom)

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