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82
Citations
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3676
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Robert H. Michell is a researcher affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Surgery, Physiology, Biochemistry, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The researcher's publications cover a range of topics related to pancreatic function and diabetes, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, adipose tissue and metabolism, eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology, biochemical analysis and sensing techniques, diet, metabolism, and disease, as well as rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Mike Wakelam: an appreciation, 2020, Essays in Biochemistry
  • The reliability of biomedical science: A case history of a maturing experimental field, 2022, BioEssays
  • Rheumatoid arthritis, then and now, 2022, The Lancet Rheumatology
  • What was the scientific context in which I wrote my 1975 "Inositol phospholipids and cell surface receptor function" review?, 2025, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

Their work has been published in several venues, including Essays in Biochemistry, BioEssays, The Lancet Rheumatology, UNC Libraries, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids.

Frequent collaborators in their research include A J Morris, C. Peter Downes, and T K Harden.

Throughout their career, Robert H. Michell has contributed to advancing knowledge in biochemical and medical sciences, particularly in areas connected to metabolism, biochemical signaling, and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.

The researcher has been recognized with several honors, including being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of the United Kingdom in 1986, a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Inositol phospholipids and cell surface receptor function.

    Robert H. Michell

  • The polyphosphoinositide phosphodiesterase of erythrocyte membranes.

    C. Peter Downes;Robert H. Michell

  • Phosphoinositide signalling links O -GlcNAc transferase to insulin resistance

    Xiaoyong Yang;Pat P. Ongusaha;Philip D. Miles;Joyce C. Havstad

  • Rapid breakdown of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate in rat hepatocytes stimulated by vasopressin and other Ca2+-mobilizing hormones.

    J A Creba;C P Downes;P T Hawkins;G Brewster

  • The inositol trisphosphate phosphomonoesterase of the human erythrocyte membrane

    C P Downes;M C Mussat;R H Michell

  • The stimulation of inositol lipid metabolism that accompanies calcium mobilization in stimulated cells: defined characteristics and unanswered questions.

    Robert Hall Michell;C. J. Kirk;Lynne M. Jones;C. P. Downes

  • Osmotic stress activates phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate synthesis

    Stephen K. Dove;Frank T. Cooke;Michael R. Douglas;Lee G. Sayers

  • Hormonal stimulation of phosphatidylinositol breakdown with particular reference to the hepatic effects of vasopressin.

    R. H. Michell;C. J. Kirk;M. M. Billah

  • The site of diphosphoinositide synthesis in rat liver.

    Robert H. Michell;J.N. Hawthorne

  • Inositol derivatives: evolution and functions

    Robert H. Michell

  • Svp1p defines a family of phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate effectors

    Stephen K Dove;Robert C Piper;Robert K McEwen;Jong W Yu

  • Inositol phospholipids in membrane function

    R.H. Michell

  • Stepwise enzymatic dephosphorylation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate to inositol in liver

    Diane J. Storey;Stephen B. Shears;Christopher J. Kirk;Robert H. Michell

  • Identification of ARAP3, a novel PI3K effector regulating both Arf and Rho GTPases, by selective capture on phosphoinositide affinity matrices

    S. Krugmann;K.E. Anderson;S.H. Ridley;N. Risso

  • Diacylglycerols and phosphatidates: which molecular species are intracellular messengers?

    Matthew N Hodgkin;Trevor R Pettitt;Ashley Martin;Robert H Michell

  • Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate: Lipids in search of a function

    Peter Downes;Robert H. Michell

  • The distributions of some granule-associated enzymes in guinea-pig polymorphonuclear leucocytes

    Robert H. Michell;Morris J. Karnovsky;Manfred L. Karnovsky

  • Release of diacylglycerol-enriched vesicles from erythrocytes with increased intracellular (Ca2+)

    David Allan;M. M. Billah;J. B. Finean;Robert H. Michell

  • Phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate: metabolism and cellular functions

    Robert H. Michell;Victoria L. Heath;Mark A. Lemmon;Stephen K. Dove

  • The stress-activated phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase Fab1p is essential for vacuole function in S. cerevisiae

    Frank T. Cooke;Stephen K. Dove;Robert K. McEwen;Gavin Painter

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Kirk
Christopher J. Kirk Kezar Life Sciences
Roger Coleman
Roger Coleman University of Birmingham
Stephen B. Shears
Stephen B. Shears National Institutes of Health
Janet M. Lord
Janet M. Lord University of Birmingham
Phillip T. Hawkins
Phillip T. Hawkins Babraham Institute
Peter J. Parker
Peter J. Parker The Francis Crick Institute
Mark T. Drayson
Mark T. Drayson University of Birmingham
Michael J. O. Wakelam
Michael J. O. Wakelam Babraham Institute
Manfred L. Karnovsky
Manfred L. Karnovsky Harvard University
Andrew B. Holmes
Andrew B. Holmes University of Melbourne

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