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17775
National Ranking
1401

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Pauline Schaap is affiliated with the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on subfields such as Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Paleontology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Pauline Schaap has published notably in several venues. These include:

  • Open Research Europe
  • Biology Open
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Genes

Recent papers by Pauline Schaap include:

  • From environmental sensing to developmental control: cognitive evolution in dictyostelid social amoebas (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolution of Multicellular Complexity in The Dictyostelid Social Amoebas (2021), published in Genes
  • The proppin Bcas3 and its interactor KinkyA localize to the early phagophore and regulate autophagy (2020), published in Autophagy
  • Loss of the Polyketide Synthase StlB Results in Stalk Cell Overproduction in Polysphondylium violaceum (2020), published in Genome Biology and Evolution
  • Cold climate adaptation is a plausible cause for evolution of multicellular sporulation in Dictyostelia (2020), published in Scientific Reports

The list of frequent coauthors reflects recurring collaboration and includes:

  • Koryu Kin
  • Christina Schilde
  • Yoshinori Kawabe
  • Gillian Forbes
  • Qingyou Du

Best Publications

  • Genome of Acanthamoeba castellanii highlights extensive lateral gene transfer and early evolution of tyrosine kinase signaling

    Michael John Clarke;Amanda J Lohan;Bernard Liu;Ilias Lagkouvardos

  • Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Morphology in the Social Amoebas

    Pauline Schaap;Thomas Winckler;Michaela Nelson;Elisa Alvarez-Curto

  • Induction of post-aggregative differentiation in Dictyostelium discoideum by cAMP: evidence of involvement of the cell surface cAMP receptor

    Pauline Schaap;Roel van Driel

  • Comparative genomics of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum and Dictyostelium purpureum

    Richard Sucgang;Alan Kuo;Xiangjun Tian;William J Salerno

  • Phylogeny-wide analysis of social amoeba genomes highlights ancient origins for complex intercellular communication

    Andrew J. Heidel;Hajara M. Lawal;Marius Felder;Christina Schilde

  • Interactions between adenosine and oscillatory cAMP signaling regulate size and pattern in Dictyostelium

    Pauline Schaap;Mei Wang

  • Two cAMP receptors activate common signaling pathways in Dictyostelium.

    Robert H. Insall;Ron D.M. Soede;Pauline Schaap;Peter N. Devreotes

  • The prokaryote messenger c-di-GMP triggers stalk cell differentiation in Dictyostelium

    Zhi-hui Chen;Pauline Schaap

  • cAMP signaling in Dictyostelium. Complexity of cAMP synthesis, degradation and detection.

    Shweta Saran;Marcel E. Meima;Elisa Alvarez-Curto;Karin E. Weening

  • The Evolution of Aggregative Multicellularity and Cell-Cell Communication in the Dictyostelia.

    Qingyou Du;Yoshinori Kawabe;Christina Schilde;Zhi-hui Chen

  • Phosphorylation of Chemoattractant Receptors Is Not Essential for Chemotaxis or Termination of G-protein-mediated Responses

    Ji Yun Kim;Ron D.M. Soede;Pauline Schaap;Romi Valkema

  • Evolutionary crossroads in developmental biology: Dictyostelium discoideum.

    Pauline Schaap

  • Evidence that the Dictyostelium Dd-STATa protein is a repressor that regulates commitment to stalk cell differentiation and is also required for efficient chemotaxis.

    S. Mohanty;K.A. Jermyn;A. Early;T. Kawata

  • Adenylyl Cyclase G, an Osmosensor Controlling Germination of Dictyostelium Spores

    Saskia van Es;Kiran J. Virdy;Geoffrey S. Pitt;Marcel Meima

  • Guanylyl cyclases across the tree of life.

    Pauline Schaap

  • Regulation of size and pattern in the cellular slime molds

    Pauline Schaap

  • Postaggregative differentiation induction by cyclic AMP in Dictyostelium: Intracellular transduction pathway and requirement for additional stimuli

    Pauline Schaap;Michiel M. van Lookeren Campagne;Roel van Driel;Wouter Spek

  • Multiple splice variants encode a novel adenylyl cyclase of possible plastid origin expressed in the sexual stage of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

    David K. Muhia;Claire A. Swales;Ursula Eckstein-Ludwig;Shweta Saran

  • Guanylyl cyclase activity associated with putative bifunctional integral membrane proteins in Plasmodium falciparum.

    Daniel J. Carucci;Adam A. Witney;David K. Muhia;David C. Warhurst

  • A Novel Adenylyl Cyclase Detected in Rapidly Developing Mutants of Dictyostelium

    Hyun Ji Kim;Wen-Tsan Chang;Marcel Meima;Julian D. Gross

Frequent Co-Authors

Gernot Glöckner
Gernot Glöckner University of Cologne
Peter J.M. van Haastert
Peter J.M. van Haastert University of Groningen
Dorien J.M. Peters
Dorien J.M. Peters Leiden University Medical Center
Peter N. Devreotes
Peter N. Devreotes Johns Hopkins University
Angelika A. Noegel
Angelika A. Noegel University of Cologne
Geoffrey J. Barton
Geoffrey J. Barton University of Dundee
Richard A. Firtel
Richard A. Firtel University of California, San Diego
Adam Kuspa
Adam Kuspa Welch Foundation
Bernd Jastorff
Bernd Jastorff University of Bremen
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington

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