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Peter J.M. van Haastert

Peter J.M. van Haastert

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
12675
World Ranking
9324
National Ranking
248

Overview

Peter J.M. van Haastert is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with an emphasis on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics including Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Spaceflight effects on biology, Protist diversity and phylogeny, and Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors of van Haastert include Ineke Keizer-Gunnink, Arjan Kortholt, Henderikus Pots, and Claudia Ortiz-Mateos. These collaborations highlight a network of research efforts in related fields.

Van Haastert has published work in several scientific journals, with recurring contributions to:

  • Methods in molecular biology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cells

Notable recent papers authored by van Haastert include:

  • "Short- and long-term memory of moving amoeboid cells", 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Unified control of amoeboid pseudopod extension in multiple organisms by branched F-actin in the front and parallel F-actin/myosin in the cortex", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Forty-five years of cGMP research in Dictyostelium: understanding the regulation and function of the cGMP pathway for cell movement and chemotaxis", 2021, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "Symmetry Breaking during Cell Movement in the Context of Excitability, Kinetic Fine-Tuning and Memory of Pseudopod Formation", 2020, Cells

Their work involves cell movement, signaling pathways, and cytoskeletal dynamics, frequently studied through molecular and cellular biology methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Chemotaxis: signalling the way forward.

    Peter J. M. Van Haastert;Peter N. Devreotes

  • A homologue of the Parkinson's disease-associated protein LRRK2 undergoes a monomer-dimer transition during GTP turnover.

    Egon Deyaert;Lina Wauters;Lina Wauters;Giambattista Guaitoli;Albert Konijnenberg

  • Roc, a Ras/GTPase domain in complex proteins

    Leonard Bosgraaf;Peter J.M. van Haastert

  • Real-time visualization of intracellular hydrodynamics in single living cells

    Eric O. Potma;Wim P. de Boeij;Peter J. M. van Haastert;Douwe A. Wiersma

  • A new set of small, extrachromosomal expression vectors for Dictyostelium discoideum

    Douwe M. Veltman;Gunkut Akar;Leonard Bosgraaf;Peter J. M. Van Haastert

  • The Ordered Extension of Pseudopodia by Amoeboid Cells in the Absence of External Cues

    Leonard Bosgraaf;Peter J. M. Van Haastert

  • 3′:5′-Cyclic AMP-dependent 3′:5′-cyclic GMP accumulation in Dictyostelium discoideum

    José M. Mato;Frans A. Krens;Peter J. M. Van Haastert;Theo M. Konijn

  • Chemotaxis: a feedback-based computational model robustly predicts multiple aspects of real cell behaviour.

    Matthew P. Neilson;Douwe M. Veltman;Peter J. M. van Haastert;Steven D. Webb

  • G protein linked signal transduction pathways in development: dictyostelium as an experimental system.

    Richard A. Firtel;Peter J.M. van Haastert;Alan R. Kimmel;Peter N. Devreotes

  • Structure of the Roc-COR domain tandem of C. tepidum, a prokaryotic homologue of the human LRRK2 Parkinson kinase

    Katja Gotthardt;Michael Weyand;Arjan Kortholt;Peter J M Van Haastert

  • Chemotaxis: signalling modules join hands at front and tail.

    Marten Postma;Leonard Bosgraaf;Harriët M Loovers;Peter J M Van Haastert

  • A novel cGMP signalling pathway mediating myosin phosphorylation and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium

    Leonard Bosgraaf;Henk Russcher;Janet L. Smith;Deborah Wessels

  • Inhibitory action of certain cyclophosphate derivatives of cAMP on cAMP-dependent protein kinases

    René J.W. de Wit;Doeke Hekstra;Bernd Jastorff;Wojciech J. Stec

  • Four key signaling pathways mediating chemotaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum

    Douwe M. Veltman;Ineke Keizer-Gunnink;Peter J. M. Van Haastert

  • A Diffusion–Translocation Model for Gradient Sensing by Chemotactic Cells

    Marten Postma;Peter J.M. Van Haastert

  • Essential role of PI3-kinase and phospholipase A2 in Dictyostelium discoideum chemotaxis

    Peter J.M. van Haastert;Ineke Keizer-Gunnink;Arjan Kortholt

  • Reduced Protein Diffusion Rate by Cytoskeleton in Vegetative and Polarized Dictyostelium Cells

    Eric O. Potma;Wim P. de Boeij;Leonard Bosgraaf;Jeroen Roelofs

  • The Roco protein family: a functional perspective

    Ignacio Marin;Wouter N. van Egmond;Peter J. M. van Haastert

  • Navigation of Chemotactic Cells by Parallel Signaling to Pseudopod Persistence and Orientation

    Leonard Bosgraaf;Peter J. M. Van Haastert

  • Protection Against Osmotic Stress by cGMP-Mediated Myosin Phosphorylation

    Hidekazu Kuwayama;Maria Ecke;Günther Gerisch;Peter J. M. Van Haastert

Frequent Co-Authors

Pauline Schaap
Pauline Schaap University of Dundee
Bernd Jastorff
Bernd Jastorff University of Bremen
Frans A. Krens
Frans A. Krens Wageningen University & Research
José M. Mato
José M. Mato CIC bioGUNE
Antonie J. W. G. Visser
Antonie J. W. G. Visser Wageningen University & Research
Peter N. Devreotes
Peter N. Devreotes Johns Hopkins University
Christophe Erneux
Christophe Erneux Université Libre de Bruxelles
Holger Rehmann
Holger Rehmann Utrecht University
Alfred Wittinghofer
Alfred Wittinghofer Max Planck Society
Roel van Driel
Roel van Driel University of Amsterdam

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