2026 Rebecca Heald: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	56	14212	13071	5990	5364	152	15677

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

1161
Citations
Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

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

934
Citations
Mutations of phosphorylation sites in lamin A that prevent nuclear lamina disassembly in mitosis

Rebecca Heald;Frank McKeon

810
Citations
Visualization of a Ran-GTP Gradient in Interphase and Mitotic Xenopus Egg Extracts

Petr Kalab;Karsten Weis;Rebecca Heald

674
Citations
Human wee1 maintains mitotic timing by protecting the nucleus from cytoplasmically activated cdc2 kinase

Rebecca Heald;Michael McLoughlin;Frank McKeon

619
Citations
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

582
Citations
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

488
Citations
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

471
Citations
Spindle Assembly in Xenopus Egg Extracts: Respective Roles of Centrosomes and Microtubule Self-Organization

Rebecca Heald;Régis Tournebize;Anja Habermann;Eric Karsenti

443
Citations
Mechanisms of mitotic spindle assembly and function.

Claire E Walczak;Rebecca Heald

440
Citations
Mechanisms and Molecules of the Mitotic Spindle

Sharat Gadde;Rebecca Heald

421
Citations
Analysis of a RanGTP-regulated gradient in mitotic somatic cells

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

413
Citations
Formation of spindle poles by dynein/dynactin-dependent transport of NuMA.

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

401
Citations
The RanGTP gradient – a GPS for the mitotic spindle

Petr Kalab;Rebecca Heald

334
Citations
A Rae1-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Complex Is Required for Mitotic Spindle Assembly

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

313
Citations
Importazole, a Small Molecule Inhibitor of the Transport Receptor Importin-β

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

279
Citations
Cytoplasmic volume modulates spindle size during embryogenesis.

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

259
Citations
Nuclear size is regulated by importin α and Ntf2 in Xenopus.

Daniel L. Levy;Rebecca Heald

249
Citations
Investigating mitotic spindle assembly and function in vitro using Xenopus laevis egg extracts

Eva Hannak;Rebecca Heald

224
Citations
Thirty years of search and capture: The complex simplicity of mitotic spindle assembly

Rebecca Heald;Alexey Khodjakov;Alexey Khodjakov

217
Citations