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R. Sanders Williams

R. Sanders Williams

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
20168
World Ranking
6578
National Ranking
3062

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

R. Sanders Williams is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their research spans multiple areas including health and medical research impacts, global health and surgery, and advances in oncology and radiotherapy.

Their recent publication includes:

  • Fostering Global Research Collaborations: An Update on Duke-NUS Medical School, the Duke University and National University of Singapore Partnership (2025, Academic Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with R. Sanders Williams include:

  • May May Yeo
  • Patrick J. Casey
  • Silke Vogel
  • Michael L. James

R. Sanders Williams has published predominantly in the venue Academic Medicine.

The main fields of study represented in Williams' work are:

  • Medicine

Subfields of study in their research include:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Global Health and Surgery
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy

Williams received recognition in the form of an award as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • A calcineurin-dependent transcriptional pathway controls skeletal muscle fiber type

    Eva R. Chin;Eric N. Olson;James A. Richardson;Quan Yang

  • Exercise Stimulates Pgc-1α Transcription in Skeletal Muscle through Activation of the p38 MAPK Pathway

    Takayuki Akimoto;Steven C. Pohnert;Ping Li;Mei Zhang

  • Regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis in skeletal muscle by CaMK.

    Hai Wu;Shane B. Kanatous;Frederick A. Thurmond;Teresa Gallardo

  • Cardiovascular and Behavioral Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training in Healthy Older Men and Women

    James A. Blumenthal;Charles F. Emery;David J. Madden;Linda K. George

  • Cytochrome c Deficiency Causes Embryonic Lethality and Attenuates Stress-Induced Apoptosis

    Kang Li;Yucheng Li;John M Shelton;James A Richardson

  • Introduction of foreign genes into tissues of living mice by DNA-coated microprojectiles.

    R S Williams;S A Johnston;M Riedy;M J DeVit

  • MEF2 responds to multiple calcium‐regulated signals in the control of skeletal muscle fiber type

    Hai Wu;Francisco J. Naya;Timothy A. McKinsey;Brian Mercer

  • Stimulation of Slow Skeletal Muscle Fiber Gene Expression by Calcineurin in Vivo

    Francisco J. Naya;Brian Mercer;John Shelton;James A. Richardson

  • A protein encoded within the Down syndrome critical region is enriched in striated muscles and inhibits calcineurin signaling

    Beverly A Rothermel;Rick B. Vega;John Yang;Hai Wu

  • E2F3 activity is regulated during the cell cycle and is required for the induction of S phase

    Gustavo Leone;James DeGregori;Zhen Yan;Laszlo Jakoi

  • Activation of MEF2 by muscle activity is mediated through a calcineurin-dependent pathway.

    Hai Wu;Beverly A Rothermel;Shane Kanatous;Paul Rosenberg

  • Calcineurin Signaling and Muscle Remodeling

    Eric N Olson;R.Sanders Williams;R.Sanders Williams

  • Independent Signals Control Expression of the Calcineurin Inhibitory Proteins MCIP1 and MCIP2 in Striated Muscles

    J. Yang;B. Rothermel;R. B. Vega;N. Frey

  • STIM1 signalling controls store-operated calcium entry required for development and contractile function in skeletal muscle

    Jonathan Stiber;April Hawkins;Zhu-Shan Zhang;Sunny Wang

  • Cardioprotective effects of 70-kDa heat shock protein in transgenic mice

    N. B. Radford;M. Fina;I. J. Benjamin;R. W. Moreadith

  • Myocyte-enriched calcineurin-interacting protein, MCIP1, inhibits cardiac hypertrophy in vivo.

    Beverly A Rothermel;Timothy A. McKinsey;Rick B. Vega;Rebekka L. Nicol

  • Remodeling muscles with calcineurin

    Eric N. Olson;R. Sanders Williams

  • Mice without myoglobin

    Daniel J. Garry;George A. Ordway;John N. Lorenz;Nina B. Radford

  • Cdc6 is regulated by E2F and is essential for DNA replication in mammalian cells

    Zhen Yan;James DeGregori;Ralph Shohet;Gustavo Leone

  • Highly coordinated gene regulation in mouse skeletal muscle regeneration

    Zhen Yan;Sangdun Choi;Xuebin Liu;Mei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric N. Olson
Eric N. Olson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Rhonda Bassel-Duby
Rhonda Bassel-Duby The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
John M. Shelton
John M. Shelton The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Daniel J. Garry
Daniel J. Garry University of Minnesota
Beverly A. Rothermel
Beverly A. Rothermel The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
James A. Richardson
James A. Richardson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
P. Darrell Neufer
P. Darrell Neufer East Carolina University
R. Edward Coleman
R. Edward Coleman Duke University
James DeGregori
James DeGregori University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Paul F. Worley
Paul F. Worley Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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