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Richard M. Harland is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research contributions are documented primarily through scientific publications and collaborations with various co-authors.

One of the recent papers by Richard M. Harland is titled Visualization of Neural Structures in Xenopus Tadpoles Through Whole-Mount Staining with Antibodies Derived Against Torpedo Californica Synaptosomes, published in 2025 in the SSRN Electronic Journal.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Marta Truchado-García
  • Donghoon Chung
  • Juliet Del Core

The main venue for Richard M. Harland's publications includes:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Awards received throughout their career include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Edwin Grant Conklin Medal, Society for Developmental Biology, 2014
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2019

Best Publications

  • In situ hybridization: an improved whole-mount method for Xenopus embryos.

    Richard M. Harland

  • The Spemann Organizer Signal noggin Binds and Inactivates Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4

    Lyle B Zimmerman;José M De Jesús-Escobar;Richard M Harland

  • Early development of Xenopus laevis : a laboratory manual

    Hazel L. Sive;Robert M. Grainger;Richard M. Harland

  • Expression cloning of noggin, a new dorsalizing factor localized to the Spemann organizer in Xenopus embryos

    William C. Smith;Richard M. Harland

  • Neural induction by the secreted polypeptide noggin

    Teresa M. Lamb;Anne K. Knecht;William C. Smith;Scott E. Stachel

  • Noggin-mediated antagonism of BMP signaling is required for growth and patterning of the neural tube and somite

    Jill A. McMahon;Shinji Takada;Lyle B. Zimmerman;Chen-Ming Fan

  • Noggin, Cartilage Morphogenesis, and Joint Formation in the Mammalian Skeleton

    Lisa J. Brunet;Jill A. McMahon;Jill A. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon;Andrew P. McMahon;Richard M. Harland;Richard M. Harland

  • FORMATION AND FUNCTION OF SPEMANN'S ORGANIZER

    Richard Harland;John Gerhart

  • Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

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

  • The genome of the western clawed frog xenopus tropicalis

    Uffe Hellsten;Richard M. Harland;Michael J. Gilchrist;David Hendrix

  • Dishevelled controls cell polarity during Xenopus gastrulation

    John B. Wallingford;Brian A. Rowning;Kevin M. Vogeli;Ute Rothbächer

  • A human Mad protein acting as a BMP-regulated transcriptional activator

    Fang Liu;Akiko Hata;Julie C. Baker;Jacqueline Doody

  • The Xenopus Dorsalizing Factor Gremlin Identifies a Novel Family of Secreted Proteins that Antagonize BMP Activities

    David R Hsu;Aris N Economides;Xiaorong Wang;Peter M Eimon

  • Convergent Extension: The Molecular Control of Polarized Cell Movement during Embryonic Development

    John B Wallingford;Scott E Fraser;Richard M Harland

  • Injected Xwnt-8 RNA acts early in Xenopus embryos to promote formation of a vegetal dorsalizing center.

    William C. Smith;Richard M. Harland

  • The organizer factors Chordin and Noggin are required for mouse forebrain development

    Daniel Bachiller;John Klingensmith;C. Kemp;J. A. Belo

  • Fibroblast growth factor is a direct neural inducer, which combined with noggin generates anterior-posterior neural pattern

    Teresa M. Lamb;Richard M. Harland

  • Identification of a retinoic acid-sensitive period during primary axis formation in Xenopus laevis.

    Hazel L. Sive;Bruce W. Draper;Richard M. Harland;Harold Weintraub

  • Wnt signaling in Xenopus embryos inhibits Bmp4 expression and activates neural development

    Julie C. Baker;Rosa S.P. Beddington;Richard M. Harland

  • A nodal-related gene defines a physical and functional domain within the Spemann organizer.

    William C. Smith;Roslyn McKendry;Stephen Ribisi;Richard M. Harland

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Grainger
Robert M. Grainger University of Virginia
John B. Wallingford
John B. Wallingford The University of Texas at Austin
Aris N. Economides
Aris N. Economides Regeneron (United States)
Jean-Philippe Vert
Jean-Philippe Vert Google (United States)
Douglas A. Melton
Douglas A. Melton Harvard University
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
James C. Smith
James C. Smith The Francis Crick Institute
Scott E. Fraser
Scott E. Fraser University of Southern California
Michael T. Longaker
Michael T. Longaker Stanford University

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