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Richard J. Roberts

Richard J. Roberts

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Genetics

D-Index
86
Citations
53992
World Ranking
1230
National Ranking
584

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1993 - Nobel Prize for their discoveries of split genes
  • 1978 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 1978 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Richard J. Roberts is affiliated with New England Biolabs in the United States and has an extensive publication record in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions also related to environmental science. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, ecology, plant science, epidemiology, and genetics.

Roberts' work covers a variety of scientific topics, prominently featuring genomics and phylogenetic studies, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, microbial community ecology and physiology, RNA modifications and cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and CRISPR and genetic engineering.

Frequent collaborators include Alexey Fomenkov, Brian P. Anton, Priya DasSarma, Shiladitya DasSarma, and Peter Weigele, illustrating a network of cooperative research efforts.

The scientist has published numerous articles in key venues such as Microbiology Resource Announcements, Nucleic Acids Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS ONE, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Selected recent papers include:

  • REBASE: a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Beyond Restriction Modification: Epigenomic Roles of DNA Methylation in Prokaryotes, 2021, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • A roadmap for the functional annotation of protein families: a community perspective, 2022, Database
  • The Role of Synthetic Biology in Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Prospects and Challenges, 2020, BioDesign Research
  • Production and characterization of the exopolysaccharide from strain Paenibacillus polymyxa 2020, 2021, PLoS ONE

Richard J. Roberts has received several distinctions throughout their career, including the Nobel Prize in 1993 for discoveries related to split genes. Additional honors include fellowships from the Royal Society of the United Kingdom (1995), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1997), the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1978), and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1978).

Best Publications

  • The Sequence of the Human Genome

    J. Craig Venter;Mark D. Adams;Eugene W. Myers;Peter W. Li

  • An amazing sequence arrangement at the 5′ ends of adenovirus 2 messenger RNA

    Louise T. Chow;Richard E. Gelinas;Thomas R. Broker;Richard J. Roberts

  • REBASE—a database for DNA restriction and modification: enzymes, genes and genomes

    Richard J. Roberts;Tamas Vincze;Janos Posfai;Dana Macelis

  • Hhal methyltransferase flips its target base out of the DNA helix

    Saulius Klimasauskas;Sanjay Kumar;Richard J. Roberts;Xiaodong Cheng

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyltransferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    Richard J. Roberts;Marlene Belfort;Timothy Bestor;Ashok S. Bhagwat

  • NEBcutter: a program to cleave DNA with restriction enzymes

    Tamas Vincze;Janos Posfai;Richard J. Roberts

  • Recombinant Human DNA (Cytosine-5) Methyltransferase I. EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION, AND COMPARISON OF DE NOVO AND MAINTENANCE METHYLATION

    Sriharsa Pradhan;Albino Bacolla;Robert D. Wells;Richard J. Roberts

  • AdoMet-dependent methylation, DNA methyltransferases and base flipping

    Xiaodong Cheng;Richard J. Roberts

  • Homing endonucleases: keeping the house in order

    Marlene Belfort;Richard J. Roberts

  • Predictive motifs derived from cytosine methyltransferases

    János Pósfai;Ashok S. Bhagwat;György Pósfai;Richard J. Roberts

  • The advantages of SMRT sequencing

    Richard J Roberts;Mauricio O Carneiro;Michael C Schatz

  • Restriction and modification enzymes and their recognition sequences

    Richard J. Roberts

  • The DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases

    Sanjay Kumar;Xiaodong Cheng;Saulius Klimasauskas;Sha Mi

  • REBASE—restriction enzymes and methylases

    Richard J. Roberts;Dana Macelis

  • Crystal-Structure of the Hhal DNA Methyltransferase Complexed with S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine

    Xiaodong Cheng;Sanjay Kumar;Janos Posfai;James W. Pflugrath

  • Co-operation and communication between the human maintenance and de novo DNA (cytosine-5) methyltransferases

    Gun-Do Kim;Jingwei Ni;Jingwei Ni;Nicole Kelesoglu;Richard J. Roberts

  • REBASE: restriction enzymes and methyltransferases

    Richard J. Roberts;Tamas Vincze;Janos Posfai;Dana Macelis

  • Genome-wide mapping of methylated adenine residues in pathogenic Escherichia coli using single-molecule real-time sequencing

    Gang Fang;Diana Munera;Diana Munera;David I Friedman;Anjali Mandlik;Anjali Mandlik

  • Acetaminophen elimination kinetics in neonates, children, and adults.

    R. P. Miller;R. J. Roberts;L. J. Fischer

  • A nomenclature for restriction enzymes, DNA methyl transferases, homing endonucleases and their genes

    RJ Roberts;M Belford;T Bester;AS Bhagwat

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaodong Cheng
Xiaodong Cheng The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Geoffrey G. Wilson
Geoffrey G. Wilson New England Biolabs
Simon Kasif
Simon Kasif Boston University
Jonas Korlach
Jonas Korlach Pacific Biosciences (United States)
Sriharsa Pradhan
Sriharsa Pradhan New England Biolabs
Marc W. Allard
Marc W. Allard US Food and Drug Administration
Tyson A. Clark
Tyson A. Clark Pacific Biosciences (United States)
Thomas R. Gingeras
Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
John R. Horton
John R. Horton The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Steven L. Salzberg
Steven L. Salzberg Johns Hopkins University

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