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Overview

Michael Way is affiliated with The Francis Crick Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on cell biology and molecular biology subfields.

Their work spans several specialized areas, including cellular mechanics and interactions, poxvirus research and outbreaks, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, virus-based gene therapy research, and herpesvirus infections and treatments.

Michael Way has contributed multiple publications in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Cell Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Biology Open

The scientist's recent papers illustrate a focus on actin network dynamics and viral infection mechanisms, among other themes. Notable publications are:

  • "MICAL2 enhances branched actin network disassembly by oxidizing Arp3B-containing Arp2/3 complexes" (2021, The Journal of Cell Biology)
  • "Multi-omics characterization of the monkeypox virus infection" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Lamellipodin tunes cell migration by stabilizing protrusions and promoting adhesion formation" (2020, Journal of Cell Science)
  • "Cortactin stabilizes actin branches by bridging activated Arp2/3 to its nucleated actin filament" (2024, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology)
  • "Regulation of branched versus linear Arp2/3-generated actin filaments" (2023, The EMBO Journal)

Michael Way collaborates frequently with several researchers, with the most common co-authors being:

  • Luyan Cao
  • Miroslav Mladenov
  • Carolyn A. Moores
  • Naoko Kogata
  • Guillaume Romet-Lemonne

Best Publications

  • Activation of MDA5 Requires Higher-Order RNA Structures Generated during Virus Infection

    Andreas Pichlmair;Andreas Pichlmair;Oliver Schulz;Choon-Ping Tan;Jan Rehwinkel

  • Actin-based motility of vaccinia virus.

    Sally Cudmore;Pascale Cossart;Gareth Griffiths;Michael Way

  • Actin-based motility of vaccinia virus mimics receptor tyrosine kinase signalling.

    Friedrich Frischknecht;Violaine Moreau;Sabine Röttger;Stefania Gonfloni

  • A superhighway to virus infection.

    Urs F. Greber;Michael Way

  • F-Actin Is an Evolutionarily Conserved Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern Recognized by DNGR-1, a Receptor for Dead Cells

    Susan Ahrens;Santiago Zelenay;David Sancho;Pavel Hanč

  • Caveolin-3 Associates with Developing T-tubules during Muscle Differentiation

    Robert G. Parton;Michael Way;Natasha Zorzi;Espen Stang

  • M-caveolin, a muscle-specific caveolin-related protein

    Michael Way;Robert G. Parton

  • Lamellipodin, an Ena/VASP ligand, is implicated in the regulation of lamellipodial dynamics.

    Matthias Krause;Jonathan D. Leslie;Mary Stewart;Esther M. Lafuente

  • A complex of N-WASP and WIP integrates signalling cascades that lead to actin polymerization.

    Violaine Moreau;Friedrich Frischknecht;Inge Reckmann;Renaud Vincentelli

  • Kinesin-dependent movement on microtubules precedes actin-based motility of vaccinia virus

    Jens Rietdorf;Aspasia Ploubidou;Inge Reckmann;Anna Holmström

  • Arp2/3-mediated actin-based motility: a tail of pathogen abuse.

    Matthew D. Welch;Michael Way

  • Coupling viruses to dynein and kinesin-1

    Mark P Dodding;Michael Way

  • Surfing pathogens and the lessons learned for actin polymerization

    Freddy Frischknecht;Michael Way

  • Identification of a region in segment 1 of gelsolin critical for actin binding.

    M. Way;B. Pope;J. Gooch;M. Hawkins

  • Kinesin-1-mediated capsid disassembly and disruption of the nuclear pore complex promote virus infection.

    Sten Strunze;Martin F. Engelke;I-Hsuan Wang;Daniel Puntener

  • Expression of human plasma gelsolin in Escherichia coli and dissection of actin binding sites by segmental deletion mutagenesis.

    M Way;J Gooch;B Pope;A G Weeds

  • SLP-76 Coordinates Nck-Dependent Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Recruitment with Vav-1/Cdc42-Dependent Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Activation at the T Cell-APC Contact Site

    Rong Zeng;Judy L. Cannon;Robert T. Abraham;Michael Way

  • Expression of the N-terminal domain of dystrophin in E. coli and demonstration of binding to F-actin.

    M. Way;B. Pope;R.A. Cross;J. Kendrick-Jones

  • The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

    Michael Way;Sharon A. Ahmad

  • Lamellipodin, a novel Ena/VASP ligand, is implicated in the regulation of lamellipodial dynamics

    M Krause;J D Leslie;M Stewart;E M Lafuente

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan G. Weeds
Alan G. Weeds MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Friedrich Frischknecht
Friedrich Frischknecht Heidelberg University
Neil Q. McDonald
Neil Q. McDonald The Francis Crick Institute
Facundo D. Batista
Facundo D. Batista Harvard Medical School
Caetano Reis e Sousa
Caetano Reis e Sousa The Francis Crick Institute
Klemens Rottner
Klemens Rottner Technische Universität Braunschweig
Robert G. Parton
Robert G. Parton University of Queensland
Gareth Griffiths
Gareth Griffiths University of Oslo
Paul Matsudaira
Paul Matsudaira National University of Singapore
Paul A. Janmey
Paul A. Janmey University of Pennsylvania

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