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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Peter N. Devreotes is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing notably to subfields such as Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Biophysics.

Their work encompasses a range of scientific topics including Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, and Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research.

Among recent publications, some key papers include:

  • "An Excitable Ras/PI3K/ERK Signaling Network Controls Migration and Oncogenic Transformation in Epithelial Cells", 2020, Developmental Cell
  • "Spatiotemporal dynamics of membrane surface charge regulates cell polarity and migration", 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Statin-induced GGPP depletion blocks macropinocytosis and starves cells with oncogenic defects", 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Cortical waves mediate the cellular response to electric fields", 2022, eLife
  • "Traveling and standing waves mediate pattern formation in cellular protrusions", 2020, Science Advances

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Pablo A. Iglesias
  • Dhiman Sankar Pal
  • Tatsat Banerjee
  • Jane Borleis
  • Yuchuan Miao

Their work has been published regularly in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Honors received by Peter N. Devreotes include the E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology in 2019 and election as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Electrical signals control wound healing through phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase-γ and PTEN

    Min Zhao;Bing Song;Jin Pu;Teiji Wada

  • A Cell's Sense of Direction

    Carole A. Parent;Peter N. Devreotes

  • Chemotaxis: signalling the way forward.

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

  • Chemotaxis in Eukaryotic Cells: A Focus on Leukocytes and Dictyostelium

    Peter N. Devreotes;Sally H. Zigmond

  • Tumor suppressor PTEN mediates sensing of chemoattractant gradients.

    Miho Iijima;Peter Devreotes

  • G Protein Signaling Events Are Activated at the Leading Edge of Chemotactic Cells

    Carole A. Parent;Brenda J. Blacklock;Wendy M. Froehlich;Douglas B. Murphy

  • Receptor-Mediated Activation of Heterotrimeric G-Proteins in Living Cells

    Chris Janetopoulos;Tian Jin;Peter Devreotes

  • Eukaryotic Chemotaxis: A Network of Signaling Pathways Controls Motility, Directional Sensing, and Polarity

    Kristen F. Swaney;Chuan Hsiang Huang;Peter N. Devreotes

  • Eukaryotic chemotaxis: distinctions between directional sensing and polarization.

    Peter Devreotes;Chris Janetopoulos

  • A chemoattractant receptor controls development in Dictyostelium discoideum.

    Peter S. Klein;Tzeli J. Sun;Charles L. Saxe;Alan R. Kimmel

  • Adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate waves in Dictyostelium discoideum: a demonstration by isotope dilution--fluorography

    K. J. Tomchik;P. N. Devreotes

  • Acetylcholine receptor turnover in membranes of developing muscle fibers.

    Peter N. Devreotes;Douglas M. Fambrough

  • Dictyostelium discoideum: a model system for cell-cell interactions in development

    Peter Devreotes

  • Single-Molecule Analysis of Chemotactic Signaling in Dictyostelium Cells

    Masahiro Ueda;Yasushi Sako;Yasushi Sako;Toshiki Tanaka;Peter Devreotes

  • Temporal and Spatial Regulation of Chemotaxis

    Miho Iijima;Yi Elaine Huang;Peter Devreotes

  • Signaling Networks that Regulate Cell Migration

    Peter Devreotes;Alan Rick Horwitz

  • Localization of the G Protein βγ Complex in Living Cells During Chemotaxis

    Tian Jin;Ning Zhang;Yu Long;Carole A. Parent

  • Structurally distinct and stage-specific adenylyl cyclase genes play different roles in Dictyostelium development.

    Geoffrey S. Pitt;Nina Milona;Jane Borleis;Kenneth C. Lin

  • Navigating through models of chemotaxis.

    Pablo A Iglesias;Peter N Devreotes

  • Molecular Genetics of Signal Transduction in Dictyostelium

    Carole A. Parent;Peter N. Devreotes

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Firtel
Richard A. Firtel University of California, San Diego
Peter S. Klein
Peter S. Klein University of Pennsylvania
Alan R. Kimmel
Alan R. Kimmel National Institutes of Health
Pauline Schaap
Pauline Schaap University of Dundee
Douglas M. Fambrough
Douglas M. Fambrough Johns Hopkins University
Peter J.M. van Haastert
Peter J.M. van Haastert University of Groningen
Robert H. Insall
Robert H. Insall University of Glasgow
Theodore L. Steck
Theodore L. Steck University of Chicago
Hiromi Sesaki
Hiromi Sesaki Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Alex Mogilner
Alex Mogilner Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

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