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Nico Stuurman is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with specific contributions across several subfields including Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Structural Biology, Cell Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics such as:

  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Stuurman has contributed several research papers, including:

  • "Pycro-Manager: open-source software for customized and reproducible microscope control" (2021), published in Nature Methods
  • "High-content imaging-based pooled CRISPR screens in mammalian cells" (2020), published in The Journal of Cell Biology
  • "A 6-nm ultra-photostable DNA FluoroCube for fluorescence imaging" (2020), published in Nature Methods
  • "Three-color single-molecule imaging reveals conformational dynamics of dynein undergoing motility" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "High-content Imaging-based Pooled CRISPR Screens in Mammalian Cells" (2020), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent co-authors include Ronald D. Vale, Stefan Niekamp, Nan Zhang, Xiaowei Yan, and Henry Pinkard. The most common venues for their publications are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Methods
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology

Best Publications

  • Advanced methods of microscope control using μManager software.

    Arthur D Edelstein;Mark A Tsuchida;Nenad Amodaj;Henry Pinkard

  • Computer control of microscopes using µManager.

    Arthur Edelstein;Nenad Amodaj;Karl Hoover;Ron Vale;Ron Vale

  • Nuclear Lamins: Their Structure, Assembly, and Interactions

    Nico Stuurman;Susanne Heins;Ueli Aebi

  • Functional genomic screen reveals genes involved in lipid-droplet formation and utilization

    Yi Guo;Tobias C. Walther;Meghana Rao;Nico Stuurman

  • Biological imaging software tools

    Kevin W. Eliceiri;Michael R. Berthold;Ilya G. Goldberg;Luis Ibáñez

  • The t(15;17) translocation alters a nuclear body in a retinoic acid-reversible fashion.

    M.H. Koken;F. Puvion-Dutilleul;M.C. Guillemin;A. Viron

  • Genes required for mitotic spindle assembly in Drosophila S2 cells.

    Gohta Goshima;Roy Wollman;Roy Wollman;Sarah S. Goodwin;Nan Zhang

  • Molecular requirements for actin-based lamella formation in Drosophila S2 cells

    Stephen L. Rogers;Ursula Wiedemann;Nico Stuurman;Ronald D. Vale

  • Quantitative evaluation of software packages for single-molecule localization microscopy

    Daniel Sage;Hagai Kirshner;Thomas Pengo;Nico Stuurman

  • Augmin: a protein complex required for centrosome-independent microtubule generation within the spindle

    Gohta Goshima;Mirjam Mayer;Mirjam Mayer;Nan Zhang;Nico Stuurman;Nico Stuurman

  • Simultaneous imaging of Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 populations expressing three different autofluorescent proteins in the rhizosphere: new perspectives for studying microbial communities.

    Guido V. Bloemberg;André H. M. Wijfjes;Gerda E. M. Lamers;Nico Stuurman

  • Role of Phosphatidylinositol(4,5)bisphosphate Organization in Membrane Transport by the Unc104 Kinesin Motor

    Dieter R. Klopfenstein;Michio Tomishige;Nico Stuurman;Ronald D. Vale

  • A monoclonal antibody recognizing nuclear matrix-associated nuclear bodies

    N Stuurman;A de Graaf;A Floore;A Josso

  • Length control of the metaphase spindle

    Gohta Goshima;Roy Wollman;Roy Wollman;Nico Stuurman;Nico Stuurman;Jonathan M. Scholey

  • Spindly, a novel protein essential for silencing the spindle assembly checkpoint, recruits dynein to the kinetochore

    Eric R. Griffis;Nico Stuurman;Nico Stuurman;Ronald D. Vale;Ronald D. Vale

  • Polarized myosin produces unequal-size daughters during asymmetric cell division.

    Guangshuo Ou;Nico Stuurman;Michael D’Ambrosio;Ronald D. Vale

  • The nuclear matrix from cells of different origin. Evidence for a common set of matrix proteins.

    N. Stuurman;A. M. L. Meijne;A. J. Van Der Pol;L. De Jong

  • Expression of Drosophila lamin C is developmentally regulated: analogies with vertebrate A-type lamins

    Dieter Riemer;Nico Stuurman;Miguel Berrios;Cecil Hunter

  • Use of green fluorescent protein color variants expressed on stable broad-host-range vectors to visualize rhizobia interacting with plants.

    Nico Stuurman;Cristina Pacios Bras;Helmi R. M. Schlaman;André H. M. Wijfjes

  • Intranuclear filaments containing a nuclear pore complex protein.

    V C Cordes;S Reidenbach;A Köhler;N Stuurman

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald D. Vale
Ronald D. Vale University of California, San Francisco
Herman P. Spaink
Herman P. Spaink Leiden University
Ueli Aebi
Ueli Aebi University of Basel
Gohta Goshima
Gohta Goshima Nagoya University
Ariel Lustig
Ariel Lustig University of Basel
Ophir D. Klein
Ophir D. Klein University of California, San Francisco
Guido V. Bloemberg
Guido V. Bloemberg University of Zurich
Jens Stougaard
Jens Stougaard Aarhus University
Roel van Driel
Roel van Driel University of Amsterdam

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