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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Paul W. Sternberg is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also in medicine.

Their research extensively covers several subfields, including molecular biology, aging, ophthalmology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and insect science. Central themes in their research include genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms; circadian rhythm and melatonin; retinal diseases and treatments; bioinformatics and genomic networks; biomedical text mining and ontologies; entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control; and retinal imaging and analysis.

The scientist has regularly published in several academic venues, with a high number of publications in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Genetics. Other frequent publication venues include PubMed, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Ophthalmology Retina.

Recent publications by Paul W. Sternberg demonstrate active engagement in genetics and database resources for model organisms. Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Gene Ontology knowledgebase in 2023" (2023) published in Genetics
  • "WormBase in 2022-data, processes, and tools for analyzing Caenorhabditis elegans" (2022) published in Genetics
  • "WormBase 2024: status and transitioning to Alliance infrastructure" (2024) published in Genetics
  • "Perspectives of Patients About Immediate Access to Test Results Through an Online Patient Portal" (2023) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Automated generation of gene summaries at the Alliance of Genome Resources" (2020) published in Database

Paul W. Sternberg has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Shriji Patel, Chieh-Hsiang Tan, Heenam Park, Kimberly Van Auken, and Valerio Arnaboldi.

The scientist's recognitions include election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2009, Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000, and Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1992.

Best Publications

  • The Gene Ontology Resource: 20 years and still GOing strong

    S. Carbon;E. Douglass;N. Dunn;B. Good

  • The Gene Ontology (GO) database and informatics resource.

    Harris Ma;Clark J;Ireland A;Lomax J

  • Gene Ontology Consortium: going forward

    J. A. Blake;J. Chan;R. Kishore;P. W. Sternberg

  • The Gene Ontology resource: enriching a GOld mine

    Seth Carbon;Eric Douglass;Benjamin M Good

  • Expansion of the Gene Ontology knowledgebase and resources

    S. Carbon;J. Chan;R. Kishore;R. Lee

  • Textpresso: an ontology-based information retrieval and extraction system for biological literature.

    Hans-Michael Müller;Eimear E Kenny;Paul W Sternberg

  • Gene ontology annotations and resources

    Blake Ja;Dolan M;Drabkin H

  • The lin-12 locus specifies cell fates in caenorhabditis elegans

    Iva S. Greenwald;Paul W. Sternberg;H. Robert Horvitz

  • The Gene Ontology project in 2008

    Midori A Harris;Jennifer I. Deegan;Amelia Ireland;Jane Lomax

  • WormBase: a multi‐species resource for nematode biology and genomics

    Todd W. Harris;Nansheng Chen;Fiona Cunningham;Marcela K. Tello-Ruiz

  • Scaffold proteins may biphasically affect the levels of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling and reduce its threshold properties.

    Andre Levchenko;Jehoshua Bruck;Paul W. Sternberg

  • A polycystic kidney-disease gene homologue required for male mating behaviour in C. elegans

    Maureen M. Barr;Paul W. Sternberg

  • The let-23 gene necessary for Caenorhabditis elegans vulval induction encodes a tyrosine kinase of the EGF receptor subfamily

    Raffi V. Aroian;Makoto Koga;Jane E. Mendel;Yasumi Ohshima

  • let-60, a gene that specifies cell fates during C. elegans vulval induction, encodes a ras protein

    Min Han;Paul W. Sternberg

  • Pattern formation during vulval development in C. elegans.

    Paul W. Sternberg;H.Robert Horvitz

  • The gene lin-3 encodes an inductive signal for vulval development in C. elegans

    Russell J. Hill;Paul W. Sternberg

  • WormBase: a comprehensive resource for nematode research

    Todd W. Harris;Igor Antoshechkin;Tamberlyn Bieri;Darin Blasiar

  • Sensory regulation of male mating behavior in caenorhabditis elegans

    Katharine S Liu;Paul W Sternberg

  • Multiple positive and negative regulators of signaling by the EGF-receptor

    Nadeem Moghal;Paul W Sternberg

  • A genetic pathway for the specification of the vulval cell lineages of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Edwin L. Ferguson;Paul W. Sternberg;Paul W. Sternberg;H. Robert Horvitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin B. Gasser
Robin B. Gasser University of Melbourne
Frank C. Schroeder
Frank C. Schroeder Boyce Thompson Institute
Andreas Hofmann
Andreas Hofmann University of Melbourne
Aaron R. Jex
Aaron R. Jex Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Lincoln Stein
Lincoln Stein Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Bronwyn E. Campbell
Bronwyn E. Campbell RMIT University
Cinzia Cantacessi
Cinzia Cantacessi University of Cambridge
Christopher J. Mungall
Christopher J. Mungall Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Matthew Berriman
Matthew Berriman University of Glasgow

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