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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Biology and Biochemistry D-index 54 Citations 10,666 149 World Ranking 8145 National Ranking 650

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Awards & Achievements

2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Cell membrane

His primary areas of investigation include Cell biology, Dictyostelium, Actin, Chemotaxis and Actin cytoskeleton. Robert H. Insall studies Pseudopodia, a branch of Cell biology. Robert H. Insall has included themes like GTP-binding protein regulators, Adenylyl cyclase, Signal transduction and Cell culture in his Dictyostelium study.

The various areas that Robert H. Insall examines in his Actin study include Motility and Inositol. His work investigates the relationship between Chemotaxis and topics such as Immunology that intersect with problems in Chemokinesis. His study looks at the intersection of Actin cytoskeleton and topics like Cell morphology with Anatomy, WAVE Proteins and Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein Family.

His most cited work include:

  • Scar1 and the related Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP, regulate the actin cytoskeleton through the Arp2/3 complex (796 citations)
  • Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate induces actin-based movement of raft-enriched vesicles through WASP-Arp2/3 (470 citations)
  • Actin dynamics at the leading edge: from simple machinery to complex networks. (344 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Robert H. Insall focuses on Cell biology, Dictyostelium, Chemotaxis, Actin and Dictyostelium discoideum. His Cell biology research incorporates themes from Cell migration and Actin cytoskeleton, Cytoskeleton. His study in Dictyostelium is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Signal transduction and Mutant.

His work in Chemotaxis addresses subjects such as Metastasis, which are connected to disciplines such as Lysophosphatidic acid. His study explores the link between Actin and topics such as Lamellipodium that cross with problems in RAC1. His Dictyostelium discoideum study incorporates themes from Molecular biology, Cellular differentiation and Multicellular organism.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Cell biology (59.41%)
  • Dictyostelium (38.12%)
  • Chemotaxis (26.73%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Cell biology (59.41%)
  • Chemotaxis (26.73%)
  • Actin (25.74%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Cell biology, Chemotaxis, Actin, Cell migration and Pseudopodia. The study incorporates disciplines such as Dictyostelium discoideum, Dictyostelium, Lamellipodium, Arp2/3 complex and Cell polarity in addition to Cell biology. As part of the same scientific family, he usually focuses on Dictyostelium, concentrating on Regulator and intersecting with Basis.

Robert H. Insall interconnects Extracellular, Cell behaviour and Biological system in the investigation of issues within Chemotaxis. His Actin study combines topics in areas such as Formins, Cell, Cytoskeleton, Biophysics and Motility. His Pseudopodia research incorporates elements of Kinase and Phosphorylation.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Distinct Interaction Sites of Rac GTPase with WAVE Regulatory Complex Have Non-redundant Functions in Vivo. (39 citations)
  • WASP family proteins and formins compete in pseudopod- and bleb-based migration (33 citations)
  • Rapid and efficient genetic engineering of both wild type and axenic strains of Dictyostelium discoideum. (29 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Enzyme
  • Cell membrane

Robert H. Insall spends much of his time researching Cell biology, Chemotaxis, Arp2/3 complex, Actin and Cell migration. His Cell biology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Lamellipodium and Dictyostelium. His Dictyostelium research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Mutagenesis and Dictyostelium discoideum.

Arp2/3 complex is a subfield of Actin cytoskeleton that Robert H. Insall investigates. Cytokinesis and Motility is closely connected to Formins in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Actin. His Cell migration research includes elements of Cancer research, Biological system and Pancreatic cancer.

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Best Publications

Scar1 and the related Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP, regulate the actin cytoskeleton through the Arp2/3 complex

Laura M. Machesky;Robert H. Insall.
Current Biology (1998)

1087 Citations

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate induces actin-based movement of raft-enriched vesicles through WASP-Arp2/3

A.L. Rozelle;L.M. Machesky;M. Yamamoto;M.H.E. Driessens.
Current Biology (2000)

612 Citations

Actin dynamics at the leading edge: from simple machinery to complex networks.

Robert H. Insall;Laura M. Machesky.
Developmental Cell (2009)

452 Citations

Chemotaxis in shallow gradients is mediated independently of PtdIns 3-kinase by biased choices between random protrusions

Natalie Andrew;Robert H Insall.
Nature Cell Biology (2007)

393 Citations

Signaling to actin dynamics.

Laura M. Machesky;Robert H. Insall.
Journal of Cell Biology (1999)

315 Citations

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibition restores neutrophil accuracy in the elderly: toward targeted treatments for immunosenescence

Elizabeth Sapey;Hannah Greenwood;Georgia Walton;Elizabeth Mann.
Blood (2014)

236 Citations

PIP3, PIP2, and Cell Movement—Similar Messages, Different Meanings?

Robert H. Insall;Orion D. Weiner.
Developmental Cell (2001)

232 Citations

CRAC, a cytosolic protein containing a pleckstrin homology domain, is required for receptor and G protein-mediated activation of adenylyl cyclase in Dictyostelium.

Robert Insall;Adam Kuspa;Pamela J. Lilly;Gad Shaulsky.
Journal of Cell Biology (1994)

191 Citations

WASP and SCAR/WAVE proteins: the drivers of actin assembly

Alice Y. Pollitt;Robert H. Insall.
Journal of Cell Science (2009)

183 Citations

PIR121 Regulates Pseudopod Dynamics and SCAR Activity in Dictyostelium

Simone L. Blagg;Michael Stewart;Christine Sambles;Robert H. Insall.
Current Biology (2003)

175 Citations

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