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537
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339

Overview

Robert D. Goldman is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on several subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biomaterials, Genetics, and Biophysics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Virus-based gene therapy research

Robert D. Goldman's publication record features numerous contributions, with notable papers including:

  • "NETosis proceeds by cytoskeleton and endomembrane disassembly and PAD4-mediated chromatin decondensation and nuclear envelope rupture," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Roles of vimentin in health and disease," 2022, Genes & Development
  • "Nuclear lamin isoforms differentially contribute to LINC complex-dependent nucleocytoskeletal coupling and whole-cell mechanics," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Functions of Filamentous and Non-Filamentous Vimentin," 2020, BioEssays
  • "Nuclear lamins: Structure and function in mechanobiology," 2022, APL Bioengineering

The scientist has frequently published in diverse venues, with the most contributions in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 16 publications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - 5 publications
  • The Journal of Cell Biology - 3 publications
  • BioEssays - 2 publications
  • The FASEB Journal - 2 publications

Among frequent collaborators are Stephen A. Adam, Ohad Medalia, Suganya Sivagurunathan, Amir Vahabikashi, and Joseph R. Tran. These coauthors have contributed significantly to multiple projects alongside Robert D. Goldman, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in the relevant research areas.

Best Publications

  • Accumulation of mutant lamin A causes progressive changes in nuclear architecture in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.

    Robert D. Goldman;Dale K. Shumaker;Michael R. Erdos;Maria Eriksson

  • Nuclear lamins: major factors in the structural organization and function of the nucleus and chromatin

    Thomas Dechat;Katrin Pfleghaar;Kaushik Sengupta;Takeshi Shimi

  • Vimentin induces changes in cell shape, motility, and adhesion during the epithelial to mesenchymal transition

    Melissa G. Mendez;Shin Ichiro Kojima;Robert D. Goldman

  • The nuclear lamina comes of age

    Yosef Gruenbaum;Ayelet Margalit;Robert D. Goldman;Dale K. Shumaker

  • Cells: a laboratory manual

    David L. Spector;Robert D. Goldman;Leslie A. Leinwand

  • Mutant nuclear lamin A leads to progressive alterations of epigenetic control in premature aging

    Dale K. Shumaker;Thomas Dechat;Alexander Kohlmaier;Alexander Kohlmaier;Stephen A. Adam

  • Nuclear lamins: building blocks of nuclear architecture

    Robert D. Goldman;Yosef Gruenbaum;Yosef Gruenbaum;Robert D. Moir;Dale K. Shumaker

  • Studies of the lamin proteinase reveal multiple parallel biochemical pathways during apoptotic execution

    Yuri A. Lazebnik;Atsushi Takahashi;Robert D. Moir;Robert D. Goldman

  • Autophagy mediates degradation of nuclear lamina

    Zhixun Dou;Caiyue Xu;Greg Donahue;Takeshi Shimi

  • Cleavage of lamin A by Mch2 alpha but not CPP32: multiple interleukin 1 beta-converting enzyme-related proteases with distinct substrate recognition properties are active in apoptosis.

    Atsushi Takahashi;Emad S. Alnemri;Yuri A. Lazebnik;Yuri A. Lazebnik;Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri

  • Actin, microtubules, and vimentin intermediate filaments cooperate for elongation of invadopodia

    Marie Schoumacher;Robert D. Goldman;Daniel Louvard;Danijela M. Vignjevic

  • The A- and B-type nuclear lamin networks: microdomains involved in chromatin organization and transcription

    Takeshi Shimi;Katrin Pfleghaar;Katrin Pfleghaar;Shin Ichiro Kojima;Chan Gi Pack

  • Probing the Stochastic, Motor-Driven Properties of the Cytoplasm Using Force Spectrum Microscopy

    Ming Guo;Allen J. Ehrlicher;Allen J. Ehrlicher;Mikkel H. Jensen;Mikkel H. Jensen;Malte Renz

  • The role of three cytoplasmic fibers in BHK-21 cell motility. I. Microtubules and the effects of colchicine.

    Robert D. Goldman

  • Introducing intermediate filaments: from discovery to disease.

    John E. Eriksson;Thomas Dechat;Boris Grin;Brian Helfand

  • The role of nuclear lamin B1 in cell proliferation and senescence

    Takeshi Shimi;Veronika Butin-Israeli;Stephen A. Adam;Robert B. Hamanaka

  • Intermediate filaments mediate cytoskeletal crosstalk

    Lynne Chang;Robert D. Goldman

  • Nuclear Lamins a and B1: Different Pathways of Assembly during Nuclear Envelope Formation in Living Cells

    Robert D. Moir;Miri Yoon;Satya Khuon;Robert D. Goldman

  • The function of intermediate filaments in cell shape and cytoskeletal integrity.

    Robert D. Goldman;Satya Khuon;Ying Hao Chou;Puneet Opal

  • Functions of Cytoplasmic Fibers in Non-Muscle Cell Motility

    Robert D. Goldman;David M. Knipe

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Adam
Stephen A. Adam Northwestern University
Jonathan C. R. Jones
Jonathan C. R. Jones Northwestern University
David L. Spector
David L. Spector Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Robert D. Moir
Robert D. Moir Harvard University
Yixian Zheng
Yixian Zheng Carnegie Institution for Science
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Kathleen J. Green
Kathleen J. Green Northwestern University
Karen M. Ridge
Karen M. Ridge Northwestern University
John E. Eriksson
John E. Eriksson Åbo Akademi University
Harald Herrmann
Harald Herrmann German Cancer Research Center

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