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Peter T. Lansbury

Peter T. Lansbury

Harvard University
United States

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Biology and Biochemistry
Portugal
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
58546
World Ranking
2157
National Ranking
1166

Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
46452
World Ranking
3177
National Ranking
1054

Peter T. Lansbury publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 200 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Peter T. Lansbury D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter T. Lansbury sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Portugal Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1963 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Peter T. Lansbury is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Physiology, Neurology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Lansbury's work include:

  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling

Notable recent publications by Lansbury include:

  • "Alpha-synuclein research: defining strategic moves in the battle against Parkinson's disease," 2021, published in npj Parkinson s Disease
  • "A Large-Scale Full GBA1 Gene Screening in Parkinson's Disease in the Netherlands," 2020, published in Movement Disorders
  • "A randomized single and multiple ascending dose study in healthy volunteers of LTI-291, a centrally penetrant glucocerebrosidase activator," 2021, published in British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • "A Phase 1B Trial in GBA1-Associated Parkinson's Disease of BIA-28-6156, a Glucocerebrosidase Activator," 2023, published in Movement Disorders
  • "A Biomarker Study in Patients with GBA1-Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Controls," 2023, published in Movement Disorders

Lansbury frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Jonas M. den Heijer, Valerie Cullen, Dana Hilt, Geert Jan Groeneveld, and Craig Justman.

Major publication venues for Lansbury's research include:

  • Movement Disorders
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • npj Parkinson s Disease
  • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Molecular Neurodegeneration

Throughout their career, Lansbury has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in both 1963 and 1991.

Best Publications

  • Seeding “one-dimensional crystallization” of amyloid: A pathogenic mechanism in Alzheimer's disease and scrapie?

    Joseph T. Jarrett;Peter T. Lansbury

  • The carboxy terminus of the beta amyloid protein is critical for the seeding of amyloid formation: implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.

    Joseph T. Jarrett;Elizabeth P. Berger;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Impaired degradation of mutant α-synuclein by chaperone-mediated autophagy

    Ana Maria Cuervo;Leonidas Stefanis;Ross Fredenburg;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Acceleration of oligomerization, not fibrillization, is a shared property of both α-synuclein mutations linked to early-onset Parkinson's disease: Implications for pathogenesis and therapy

    Kelly A. Conway;Seung Jae Lee;Jean Christophe Rochet;Tomas T. Ding

  • Protofibrils, pores, fibrils, and neurodegeneration: separating the responsible protein aggregates from the innocent bystanders.

    Byron Caughey;Peter T. Lansbury

  • MODELS OF AMYLOID SEEDING IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND SCRAPIE: Mechanistic Truths and Physiological Consequences of the Time-Dependent Solubility of Amyloid Proteins

    James D. Harper;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Neurodegenerative disease: amyloid pores from pathogenic mutations.

    Hilal A. Lashuel;Dean Hartley;Benjamin M. Petre;Thomas Walz

  • NACP, a protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease and learning, is natively unfolded.

    Paul H. Weinreb;Weiguo Zhen;Anna W. Poon;Kelly A. Conway

  • Accelerated in vitro fibril formation by a mutant alpha-synuclein linked to early-onset Parkinson disease.

    Kelly A. Conway;James D. Harper;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Amyloid fibrillogenesis: themes and variations.

    Jean-Christophe Rochet;Peter T Lansbury

  • Kinetic Stabilization of the α-Synuclein Protofibril by a Dopamine-α-Synuclein Adduct

    Kelly A. Conway;Jean-Christophe Rochet;Robert M. Bieganski;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Cell-free formation of protease-resistant prion protein

    David A. Kocisko;David A. Kocisko;Jon H. Come;Jon H. Come;Suzette A. Priola;Bruce Chesebro

  • The UCH-L1 Gene Encodes Two Opposing Enzymatic Activities that Affect α-Synuclein Degradation and Parkinson's Disease Susceptibility

    Yichin Liu;Lara Fallon;Hilal A. Lashuel;Zhihua Liu

  • α-Synuclein, Especially the Parkinson's Disease-associated Mutants, Forms Pore-like Annular and Tubular Protofibrils

    Hilal A. Lashuel;Benjamin M. Petre;Joseph Wall;Martha Simon

  • Amyloid diseases: abnormal protein aggregation in neurodegeneration.

    Edward H. Koo;Peter T. Lansbury;Jeffery W. Kelly

  • Fibrils Formed in Vitro from α-Synuclein and Two Mutant Forms Linked to Parkinson's Disease are Typical Amyloid†

    Kelly A. Conway;James D. Harper;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Observation of metastable Aβ amyloid protofibrils by atomic force microscopy

    James D. Harper;Stanislaus S. Wong;Charles M. Lieber;Peter T. Lansbury

  • Vesicle Permeabilization by Protofibrillar α-Synuclein: Implications for the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease†

    Michael J. Volles;Seung-Jae Lee;Jean-Christophe Rochet;Mark D. Shtilerman

  • A century-old debate on protein aggregation and neurodegeneration enters the clinic

    Peter T. Lansbury;Hilal A. Lashuel

  • Evolution of amyloid: What normal protein folding may tell us about fibrillogenesis and disease

    Peter T. Lansbury

Frequent Co-Authors

Hilal A. Lashuel
Hilal A. Lashuel École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Byron Caughey
Byron Caughey National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Robert G. Griffin
Robert G. Griffin MIT
E. J. Corey
E. J. Corey Harvard University
Thomas Walz
Thomas Walz Rockefeller University
Robert Langer
Robert Langer MIT
Paul H. Weinreb
Paul H. Weinreb Biogen (United States)
Bruce Chesebro
Bruce Chesebro National Institutes of Health
Jeffery W. Kelly
Jeffery W. Kelly Scripps Research Institute
Stanislaus S. Wong
Stanislaus S. Wong Stony Brook University

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