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49
Citations
8869
World Ranking
18011
National Ranking
7368

Overview

Michael W. Quick is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with significant contributions to radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pathology and forensic medicine, and oncology.

The main topics covered in Michael W. Quick's work include genetic factors in colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening and detection, radiomics and machine learning in medical imaging, and medical imaging techniques and applications.

Frequent coauthors include J. L. Christiansen, Siniša Todorović, Igor Mihajlovic, Claire Weston, and Clara Moskowitz. This collaborative work has been published across several well-known venues.

Michael W. Quick's publication history features contributions to the following venues:

  • Scientific American (3 publications)
  • Journal of Pathology Informatics (1 publication)
  • Cancer Research (1 publication)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael W. Quick include:

  • DEEP MULTI-INSTANCE LEARNING FOR PREDICTING MISMATCH REPAIR DEFICIENCY IN COLON BIOPSIES, 2022, Journal of Pathology Informatics
  • Abstract 7391: Beyond traditional staining: A virtual-IHC digital assay for HER2 score prediction from routine H&E images, 2024, Cancer Research
  • Essential Nutrients, 2024, Scientific American
  • Why We Love Some Smells and Loathe Others, 2025, Scientific American
  • The Growing Global Burden, 2025, Scientific American

Best Publications

  • Desensitization of neuronal nicotinic receptors.

    Michael W. Quick;Robin A.J. Lester

  • Synaptic uptake and beyond: the sodium- and chloride-dependent neurotransmitter transporter family SLC6

    Nian-Hang Chen;Maarten E. A. Reith;Michael W. Quick

  • Influence of Subunit Composition on Desensitization of Neuronal Acetylcholine Receptors at Low Concentrations of Nicotine

    C. P. Fenster;M. F. Rains;B. Noerager;M. W. Quick

  • Steady states, charge movements, and rates for a cloned GABA transporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes

    Sela Mager;Janis Naeve;Michael Quick;Cesar Labarca

  • Upregulation of Surface α4β2 Nicotinic Receptors Is Initiated by Receptor Desensitization after Chronic Exposure to Nicotine

    Catherine P. Fenster;Terri L. Whitworth;Elise B. Sheffield;Michael W. Quick

  • Protein kinase C modulates the activity of a cloned gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter expressed in Xenopus oocytes via regulated subcellular redistribution of the transporter.

    Janis L. Corey;Norman Davidson;Henry A. Lester;Nicholas Brecha

  • Potassium-Coupled Chloride Cotransport Controls Intracellular Chloride in Rat Neocortical Pyramidal Neurons

    R. Anthony DeFazio;Sotirios Keros;Michael W. Quick;John J. Hablitz

  • Regulation of CFTR chloride channels by syntaxin and Munc18 isoforms

    Anjaparavanda P. Naren;Deborah J. Nelson;Weiwen Xie;Biljana Jovov

  • A cocaine-sensitive Drosophila serotonin transporter: cloning, expression, and electrophysiological characterization.

    Janis L. Corey;Michael W. Quick;Norman Davidson;Henry A. Lester

  • A Regulated Interaction of Syntaxin 1A with the Antidepressant-Sensitive Norepinephrine Transporter Establishes Catecholamine Clearance Capacity

    Uhna Sung;Subramaniam Apparsundaram;Aurelio Galli;Kristopher M. Kahlig

  • Regulation of γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Transporters by Extracellular GABA

    Eve M. Bernstein;Michael W. Quick

  • Transport rates of GABA transporters: regulation by the N-terminal domain and syntaxin 1A.

    Scott L. Deken;Matthew L. Beckman;Laura Boos;Michael W. Quick

  • Regulating the conducting states of a mammalian serotonin transporter.

    Michael W Quick

  • Number, density, and surface/cytoplasmic distribution of GABA transporters at presynaptic structures of knock-in mice carrying GABA transporter subtype 1-green fluorescent protein fusions.

    Chi-Sung Chiu;Kimmo Jensen;Irina Sokolova;Dan Wang

  • CFTR chloride channel regulation by an interdomain interaction.

    Anjaparavanda P. Naren;Estelle Cormet-Boyaka;Jian Fu;Matteo Villain

  • PERMEATION PROPERTIES OF NEUROTRANSMITTER TRANSPORTERS

    Henry A. Lester;Sela Mager;Michael W. Quick;Janis L. Corey

  • Syntaxin 1A inhibits CFTR chloride channels by means of domain-specific protein–protein interactions

    Anjaparavanda P. Naren;Michael W. Quick;James F. Collawn;Deborah J. Nelson

  • Protein Kinase C Regulates the Interaction between a GABA Transporter and Syntaxin 1A

    Matthew L. Beckman;Eve M. Bernstein;Michael W. Quick

  • Second Messengers, Trafficking-Related Proteins, and Amino Acid Residues that Contribute to the Functional Regulation of the Rat Brain GABA Transporter GAT1

    Michael W. Quick;Janis L. Corey;Norman Davidson;Henry A. i Lester

  • Regulation of α4β2 Nicotinic Receptor Desensitization by Calcium and Protein Kinase C

    Catherine P. Fenster;Matthew L. Beckman;Julie C. Parker;Elise B. Sheffield

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry A. Lester
Henry A. Lester California Institute of Technology
Norman Davidson
Norman Davidson California Institute of Technology
Melvin I. Simon
Melvin I. Simon California Institute of Technology
Deborah J. Nelson
Deborah J. Nelson University of Chicago
David G. Warnock
David G. Warnock University of Alabama at Birmingham
Istvan Mody
Istvan Mody University of California, Los Angeles
Ana Belén Elgoyhen
Ana Belén Elgoyhen University of Buenos Aires
Stephen F. Heinemann
Stephen F. Heinemann Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Edwin M. Meyer
Edwin M. Meyer University of Florida
Jonathan Pevsner
Jonathan Pevsner National Institute of Mental Health

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