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Rebecca Heald publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rebecca Heald sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 152 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rebecca Heald 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 Rebecca Heald sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% 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

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Rebecca Heald is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research falls within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. Additional study areas include Plant Science, Ecology, and Genetics.

The main topics Rebecca Heald has contributed to include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Nuclear Structure and Function

The scientist has authored several recent papers, including:

  • "Scaling of biosynthesis and metabolism with cell size," published in 2022 in Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "Polyploidy in Xenopus lowers metabolic rate by decreasing total cell surface area," published in 2023 in Current Biology
  • "Conserved chromatin and repetitive patterns reveal slow genome evolution in frogs," published in 2024 in Nature Communications
  • "Identification and characterization of centromeric sequences in Xenopus laevis," published in 2021 in Genome Research
  • "Mitotic chromosomes scale to nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio and cell size in Xenopus," published in 2023 in eLife

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rebecca Heald include:

  • Owen K. Smith
  • Aaron F. Straight
  • Maiko Kitaoka
  • Coral Y. Zhou
  • Clotilde Cadart

Rebecca Heald's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Current Biology
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cytoskeleton

Rebecca Heald has been recognized with awards such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
  • Hellman Fellow (2000)

Best Publications

  • Self-organization of microtubules into bipolar spindles around artificial chromosomes in Xenopus egg extracts

    Rebecca Heald;Régis Tournebize;Thiemo Blank;Raphael Sandaltzopoulos

  • Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

    Adam M. Session;Adam M. Session;Yoshinobu Uno;Taejoon Kwon;Taejoon Kwon;Jarrod A. Chapman

  • Mutations of phosphorylation sites in lamin A that prevent nuclear lamina disassembly in mitosis

    Rebecca Heald;Frank McKeon

  • Visualization of a Ran-GTP Gradient in Interphase and Mitotic Xenopus Egg Extracts

    Petr Kalab;Karsten Weis;Rebecca Heald

  • Human wee1 maintains mitotic timing by protecting the nucleus from cytoplasmically activated cdc2 kinase

    Rebecca Heald;Michael McLoughlin;Frank McKeon

  • Dissection of the mammalian midbody proteome reveals conserved cytokinesis mechanisms.

    Ahna R. Skop;Ahna R. Skop;Hongbin Liu;John Yates;Barbara J. Meyer;Barbara J. Meyer

  • Importin β Is a Mitotic Target of the Small GTPase Ran in Spindle Assembly

    Maxence V Nachury;Thomas J Maresca;Wendy C Salmon;Clare M Waterman-Storer

  • A model for the proposed roles of different microtubule-based motor proteins in establishing spindle bipolarity

    Claire E. Walczak;Isabelle Vernos;Timothy J. Mitchison;Eric Karsenti

  • Spindle Assembly in Xenopus Egg Extracts: Respective Roles of Centrosomes and Microtubule Self-Organization

    Rebecca Heald;Régis Tournebize;Anja Habermann;Eric Karsenti

  • Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and function.

    Claire E Walczak;Rebecca Heald

  • Mechanisms and Molecules of the Mitotic Spindle

    Sharat Gadde;Rebecca Heald

  • Analysis of a RanGTP-regulated gradient in mitotic somatic cells

    Petr Kaláb;Arnd Pralle;Ehud Y. Isacoff;Rebecca Heald

  • Formation of spindle poles by dynein/dynactin-dependent transport of NuMA.

    Andreas Merdes;Rebecca Heald;Kumiko Samejima;William C. Earnshaw

  • The RanGTP gradient – a GPS for the mitotic spindle

    Petr Kalab;Rebecca Heald

  • A Rae1-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Complex Is Required for Mitotic Spindle Assembly

    Michael D. Blower;Maxence Nachury;Rebecca Heald;Karsten Weis

  • Importazole, a Small Molecule Inhibitor of the Transport Receptor Importin-β

    Jonathan F. Soderholm;Stephen L. Bird;Petr Kalab;Petr Kalab;Yasaswini Sampathkumar

  • Cytoplasmic volume modulates spindle size during embryogenesis.

    Matthew C. Good;Michael D. Vahey;Arunan Skandarajah;Daniel A. Fletcher;Daniel A. Fletcher

  • Nuclear size is regulated by importin α and Ntf2 in Xenopus.

    Daniel L. Levy;Rebecca Heald

  • Investigating mitotic spindle assembly and function in vitro using Xenopus laevis egg extracts

    Eva Hannak;Rebecca Heald

  • Thirty years of search and capture: The complex simplicity of mitotic spindle assembly

    Rebecca Heald;Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov

Frequent Co-Authors

Karsten Weis
Karsten Weis ETH Zurich
Young-Tae Chang
Young-Tae Chang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Peter G. Schultz
Peter G. Schultz Scripps Research Institute
Nathanael S. Gray
Nathanael S. Gray Stanford University
Jie Yan
Jie Yan National University of Singapore
Eric Karsenti
Eric Karsenti École Normale Supérieure
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Claire E. Walczak
Claire E. Walczak Indiana University
Ryan Lister
Ryan Lister University of Western Australia
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics

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