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3609
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1804

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
  • 2015 - Distinguished Scientist Award, Mineralogical Society of America

Overview

Michael W. Davidson was affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, predominantly within social sciences, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and physics and astronomy.

Throughout their career, they contributed to various subfields including biophysics, sociology and political science, gender studies, political science and international relations, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their published work covered a range of topics such as advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, corruption and economic development, gender politics and representation, policing practices and perceptions, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, spaceflight effects on biology, and digital holography and microscopy.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael W. Davidson included the following:

  • Family Matters: The Double-Edged Sword of Police-Community Connections, 2021, The Journal of Politics
  • Experimental test of the geometric model of image formation in bright-field microscopy, 2021, Journal of Microscopy
  • Pioneers in Optics: James Hillier (1915-2007), 2024, Microscopy Today

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Davidson were:

  • Dotan Haim
  • Matthew Nanes
  • Erin E. Wilson Rankin
  • W.W. Chambers
  • Radek Pelc

The primary venues frequently publishing Davidson's work included:

  • The Journal of Politics
  • Journal of Microscopy
  • Microscopy Today

During their career, Michael W. Davidson received recognitions such as the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Mineralogical Society of America in 2015 and was named a Fellow of the same society in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Imaging intracellular fluorescent proteins at nanometer resolution.

    Eric Betzig;George H. Patterson;Rachid Sougrat;O. Wolf Lindwasser

  • Lattice Light Sheet Microscopy: Imaging Molecules to Embryos at High Spatiotemporal Resolution

    Bi Chang Chen;Wesley R. Legant;Kai Wang;Lin Shao

  • Nanoscale architecture of integrin-based cell adhesions

    Pakorn Kanchanawong;Gleb Shtengel;Ana M. Pasapera;Ericka B. Ramko

  • A bright monomeric green fluorescent protein derived from Branchiostoma lanceolatum.

    Nathan C Shaner;Gerard G Lambert;Andrew Chammas;Yuhui Ni

  • Rapid three-dimensional isotropic imaging of living cells using Bessel beam plane illumination

    Thomas A Planchon;Liang Gao;Daniel E Milkie;Michael W Davidson

  • Improving the photostability of bright monomeric orange and red fluorescent proteins.

    Nathan C Shaner;Michael Z Lin;Michael R McKeown;Paul A Steinbach

  • Interferometric fluorescent super-resolution microscopy resolves 3D cellular ultrastructure

    Gleb Shtengel;James A. Galbraith;Catherine G. Galbraith;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • Advances in fluorescent protein technology

    Nathan C. Shaner;George H. Patterson;Michael W. Davidson

  • The fluorescent protein palette: tools for cellular imaging

    Richard N. Day;Michael W. Davidson

  • Applying systems-level spectral imaging and analysis to reveal the organelle interactome

    Alex M. Valm;Sarah Cohen;Wesley R. Legant;Justin Melunis

  • A genetically encoded tag for correlated light and electron microscopy of intact cells, tissues, and organisms.

    Xiaokun Shu;Varda Lev-Ram;Thomas J. Deerinck;Yingchuan B Qi

  • Improving FRET dynamic range with bright green and red fluorescent proteins

    Amy J Lam;François St-Pierre;Yiyang Gong;Yiyang Gong;Jesse D Marshall;Jesse D Marshall

  • Extended-resolution structured illumination imaging of endocytic and cytoskeletal dynamics

    Dong Li;Lin Shao;Bi-Chang Chen;Xi Zhang;Xi Zhang

  • The cancer glycocalyx mechanically primes integrin-mediated growth and survival

    Matthew J. Paszek;Christopher C. DuFort;Olivier Rossier;Russell O Bainer

  • A bright and photostable photoconvertible fluorescent protein

    Sean A McKinney;Christopher S Murphy;Kristin L Hazelwood;Michael W Davidson

  • Far-red fluorescent tags for protein imaging in living tissues.

    Dmitry Shcherbo;Christopher S. Murphy;Galina V. Ermakova;Elena A. Solovieva

  • Superresolution Imaging using Single-Molecule Localization

    George Patterson;Michael Davidson;Suliana Manley;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

  • Dual-color superresolution imaging of genetically expressed probes within individual adhesion complexes

    Hari Shroff;Catherine G. Galbraith;James A. Galbraith;Helen White

  • Video-rate nanoscopy using sCMOS camera-specific single-molecule localization algorithms

    Fang Huang;Tobias M P Hartwich;Tobias M P Hartwich;Tobias M P Hartwich;Felix E Rivera-Molina;Yu Lin

  • Quantitative assessment of fluorescent proteins

    Paula J Cranfill;Paula J Cranfill;Paula J Cranfill;Brittney R Sell;Michelle A Baird;John R Allen

Frequent Co-Authors

David W. Piston
David W. Piston Washington University in St. Louis
Robert E. Campbell
Robert E. Campbell University of Tokyo
Gaudenz Danuser
Gaudenz Danuser The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Richard O. Day
Richard O. Day University of New South Wales
Michael Z. Lin
Michael Z. Lin Stanford University
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Lin Shao
Lin Shao Texas A&M University
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Y. Tsien University of California, San Diego
Valerie M. Weaver
Valerie M. Weaver University of California, San Francisco
Peter W. Baas
Peter W. Baas Drexel University

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