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86
Citations
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World Ranking
2961
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for his work in embryonic patterning in vertebrates and particularly in the genetic and developmental mechanisms that control segmentation.
  • 2011 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Olivier Pourquié is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, focusing extensively on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Physiology.

The primary topics of their scientific work include:

  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research

They have published extensively in a range of scientific journals with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Developmental Cell
  • Development
  • ACS Applied Bio Materials

Recent representative papers include:

  • "In vitro characterization of the human segmentation clock" (2020, Nature)
  • "Intracellular pH controls WNT downstream of glycolysis in amniote embryos" (2020, Nature)
  • "Metabolic regulation of species-specific developmental rates" (2023, Nature)
  • "In Situ Printing of Adhesive Hydrogel Scaffolds for the Treatment of Skeletal Muscle Injuries" (2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials)
  • "Bioinks and Bioprinting Strategies for Skeletal Muscle Tissue Engineering" (2021, Advanced Materials)

The scientist collaborates frequently with multiple colleagues, including:

  • Margarete Díaz-Cuadros
  • Ziad Al Tanoury
  • Alejandra Rodríguez-delaRosa
  • Jyoti Rao
  • Arthur Michaut

Recognition for their work includes membership in several prestigious organizations and awards such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences and French Academy of Sciences (2012), awarded for contributions to embryonic patterning in vertebrates and mechanisms controlling segmentation
  • Member of Academia Europaea (2011)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • Avian hairy Gene Expression Identifies a Molecular Clock Linked to Vertebrate Segmentation and Somitogenesis

    Isabel Palmeirim;Domingos Henrique;David Ish-Horowicz;Olivier Pourquié

  • FGF Signaling Controls Somite Boundary Position and Regulates Segmentation Clock Control of Spatiotemporal Hox Gene Activation

    Julien Dubrulle;Michael J. McGrew;Olivier Pourquié

  • Making muscle: skeletal myogenesis in vivo and in vitro.

    Jérome Chal;Jérome Chal;Olivier Pourquié

  • The segmentation clock: converting embryonic time into spatial pattern.

    Olivier Pourquié

  • A complex oscillating network of signaling genes underlies the mouse segmentation clock.

    Mary Lee Dequéant;Earl Glynn;Karin Gaudenz;Matthias Wahl;Matthias Wahl

  • Maintenance of neuroepithelial progenitor cells by Delta-Notch signalling in the embryonic chick retina.

    Domingos Henrique;Estelle Hirsinger;Julie Adam;Isabelle Le Roux

  • Lateral and Axial Signals Involved in Avian Somite Patterning: A Role for BMP4

    Olivier Pourquié;Chen-Ming Fan;Monique Coltey;Estelle Hirsinger

  • fgf8 mRNA decay establishes a gradient that couples axial elongation to patterning in the vertebrate embryo

    Julien Dubrulle;Olivier Pourquié

  • Segmental patterning of the vertebrate embryonic axis

    Mary-Lee Dequéant;Olivier Pourquié;Olivier Pourquié

  • A random cell motility gradient downstream of FGF controls elongation of an amniote embryo

    Bertrand Bénazéraf;Paul Francois;Ruth E. Baker;Nicolas Denans;Nicolas Denans

  • Differentiation of pluripotent stem cells to muscle fiber to model Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Jérome Chal;Masayuki Oginuma;Ziad Al Tanoury;Bénédicte Gobert

  • Delta-1 Activation of Notch-1 Signaling Results in HES-1 Transactivation

    Sophie Jarriault;Odile Le Bail;Estelle Hirsinger;Olivier Pourquié

  • Notch signalling is required for cyclic expression of the hairy-like gene HES1 in the presomitic mesoderm

    C. Jouve;I. Palmeirim;D. Henrique;J. Beckers

  • Signalling dynamics in vertebrate segmentation.

    Alexis Hubaud;Olivier Pourquié;Olivier Pourquié

  • Control of dorsoventral patterning of somitic derivatives by notochord and floor plate

    O Pourquié;M Coltey;M A Teillet;C Ordahl

  • Periodic Notch inhibition by Lunatic Fringe underlies the chick segmentation clock

    J. K. Dale;M. Maroto;M. Maroto;M.-L. Dequeant;M.-L. Dequeant;P. Malapert;P. Malapert

  • Vertebrate Segmentation: From Cyclic Gene Networks to Scoliosis

    Olivier Pourquié

  • A beta-catenin gradient links the clock and wavefront systems in mouse embryo segmentation.

    Alexander Aulehla;Winfried Wiegraebe;Valerie Baubet;Matthias B. Wahl

  • A molecular map of the chicken major histocompatibility complex: the class II beta genes are closely linked to the class I genes and the nucleolar organizer.

    F. Guillemot;A. Billault;O. Pourquié;G. Béhar

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole M. Le Douarin
Nicole M. Le Douarin Collège de France
Sally L. Dunwoodie
Sally L. Dunwoodie Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Domingos Henrique
Domingos Henrique University of Lisbon
Benjamin A. Alman
Benjamin A. Alman Duke University
Arcady Mushegian
Arcady Mushegian National Science Foundation
Albert Goldbeter
Albert Goldbeter Université Libre de Bruxelles
Chu-Xia Deng
Chu-Xia Deng University of Macau
Andrew C. Oates
Andrew C. Oates École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Christine E. Seidman
Christine E. Seidman Harvard University
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule Collège de France

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