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Neuroscience

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162
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114693
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103
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17

Biology and Biochemistry

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107
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2000 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Michel Goedert is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medical and biochemical aspects related to neurodegenerative disorders, particularly in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields in which they have made significant contributions include Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.

Goedert's research covers a range of topics, with a strong emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases. Key topics associated with their work are:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments

The scientist has authored numerous papers published in high-impact journals. Recent notable publications include:

  • Structure-based classification of tauopathies, 2021, Nature
  • Structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy, 2020, Nature
  • Novel tau filament fold in corticobasal degeneration, 2020, Nature
  • Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology, 2022, Nature
  • Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments, 2020, Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Michel Goedert collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Sjors H. W. Scheres, Bernardino Ghetti, Alexey G. Murzin, Masato Hasegawa, and Yang Shi.

In terms of publication venues, Goedert's work is often found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • EMPIAR dataset

Goedert has also contributed to book literature. One known publication is "Frontotemporal Dementias," released in 2021 by Springer Nature.

The scientist has received recognition through awards such as being made a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2000 and election as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies.

    Maria Grazia Spillantini;Marie Luise Schmidt;Virginia M.-Y. Lee;John Q. Trojanowski

  • α-Synuclein in filamentous inclusions of Lewy bodies from Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

    M G Spillantini;R A Crowther;R Jakes;M Hasegawa

  • Multiple isoforms of human microtubule-associated protein tau: sequences and localization in neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's disease

    M. Goedert;M.G. Spillantini;R. Jakes;D. Rutherford

  • A Century of Alzheimer's Disease

    Michel Goedert;Maria Grazia Spillantini

  • Neurodegenerative tauopathies.

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  • Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments from Alzheimer’s disease

    Anthony W. P. Fitzpatrick;Benjamin Falcon;Shaoda He;Alexey G. Murzin

  • Transmission and spreading of tauopathy in transgenic mouse brain

    Florence Clavaguera;Tristan Bolmont;R. Anthony Crowther;Dorothee Abramowski

  • Mutation in the tau gene in familial multiple system tauopathy with presenile dementia

    Maria Grazia Spillantini;Jill R. Murrell;Michel Goedert;Martin R. Farlow

  • Alpha-synuclein and neurodegenerative diseases

    Michel Goedert

  • Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA encoding an isoform of microtubule-associated protein tau containing four tandem repeats: differential expression of tau protein mRNAs in human brain.

    M Goedert;M G Spillantini;M C Potier;J Ulrich

  • Cloning and sequencing of the cDNA encoding a core protein of the paired helical filament of Alzheimer disease: identification as the microtubule-associated protein tau

    M Goedert;C M Wischik;R A Crowther;J E Walker

  • Tau proteins of alzheimer paired helical filaments: Abnormal phosphorylation of all six brain isoforms

    M. Goedert;M.G. Spillantini;N.J. Cairns;R.A. Crowther

  • 100 years of Lewy pathology

    Michel Goedert;Maria Grazia Spillantini;Kelly Del Tredici;Heiko Braak

  • Identification of two distinct synucleins from human brain

    Ross Jakes;Maria Grazia Spillantini;Michel Goedert

  • Assembly of microtubule-associated protein tau into Alzheimer-like filaments induced by sulphated glycosaminoglycans

    M. Goedert;R. Jakes;M. G. Spillantini;M. G. Spillantini;M. Hasegawa

  • Tau pathology and neurodegeneration

    Maria Grazia Spillantini;Michel Goedert

  • Filamentous α-synuclein inclusions link multiple system atrophy with Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

    M G Spillantini;R A Crowther;R Jakes;N J Cairns

  • Expression of separate isoforms of human tau protein: correlation with the tau pattern in brain and effects on tubulin polymerization.

    M. Goedert;R. Jakes

  • Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases: The prion concept in relation to assembled Aβ, tau, and α-synuclein

    Michel Goedert

  • Abnormal tau phosphorylation at Ser396 in Alzheimer's disease recapitulates development and contributes to reduced microtubule binding.

    Gregory T. Bramblett;Michel Goedert;Ross Jakes;Sandra E. Merrick

  • [EC-03–02]: CRYO-EM STRUCTURES OF TAU FILAMENTS FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BRAIN

    Anthony Fitzpatrick;Benjamin Falcon;Shaoda He;Alexey Murzin

  • TRANSMISSION AND SPREADING OF TAUOPATHIES IN TRANSGENIC MOUSE BRAIN

    Florence Clavaguera;Bernardino Ghetti;Gabriel Schweighauser;Hiroyasu Akatsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Grazia Spillantini
Maria Grazia Spillantini University of Cambridge
Ross Jakes
Ross Jakes MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Bernardino Ghetti
Bernardino Ghetti Indiana University
Philip Cohen
Philip Cohen University of Dundee
Masato Hasegawa
Masato Hasegawa Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
R. Anthony Crowther
R. Anthony Crowther MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Alphonse Probst
Alphonse Probst University Hospital of Basel
Virginia M.-Y. Lee
Virginia M.-Y. Lee University of Pennsylvania
Patrick W. Mantyh
Patrick W. Mantyh University of Arizona
John Q. Trojanowski
John Q. Trojanowski University of Pennsylvania

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