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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
24822
World Ranking
2147
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - CNIB Chanchlani Global Vision Research Award
  • 2001 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Robert S. Molday is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily aligns with the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with specific focus in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cell Biology, and Genetics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

Molday's notable recent publications include:

  • "Advancing Clinical Trials for Inherited Retinal Diseases: Recommendations from the Second Monaciano Symposium," 2020, Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • "Structure and function of ABCA4 and its role in the visual cycle and Stargardt macular degeneration," 2021, Progress in Retinal and Eye Research
  • "TMEM30A loss-of-function mutations drive lymphomagenesis and confer therapeutically exploitable vulnerability in B-cell lymphoma," 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Cryo-EM structures of the ABCA4 importer reveal mechanisms underlying substrate binding and Stargardt disease," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Cis-acting modifiers in the ABCA4 locus contribute to the penetrance of the major disease-causing variant in Stargardt disease," 2021, Human Molecular Genetics

Frequent co-authors in Molday's publications include Jéssica Fernandes Scortecci, Irina Novikova, Theo Humphreys, Laurie L. Molday, and Fabian A. Garces.

Common venues for Molday's research publications are:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Translational Vision Science & Technology
  • Nature Communications

The scientist has received the CNIB Chanchlani Global Vision Research Award in 2016 and was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001 within the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Immunospecific ferromagnetic iron-dextran reagents for the labeling and magnetic separation of cells

    Robert S. Molday;Donald Mackenzie

  • Primary structure effects on peptide group hydrogen exchange.

    R S Molday;S W Englander;R G Kallen

  • Magnetic iron-dextran microspheres

    Robert S. Molday

  • Expression of a synthetic bovine rhodopsin gene in monkey kidney cells.

    D D Oprian;R S Molday;R J Kaufman;H G Khorana

  • Transgenic mice with a rhodopsin mutation (Pro23His): A mouse model of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa

    Jane E. Olsson;Jon W. Gordon;Basil S. Pawlyk;Dorothy Roof

  • Modulation of the cGMP-gated channel of rod photoreceptor cells by calmodulin

    Yi Te Hsu;Robert S. Molday

  • Monoclonal antibodies to rhodopsin: characterization, cross-reactivity, and application as structural probes

    R S Molday;D MacKenzie

  • Retinal Stimulates ATP Hydrolysis by Purified and Reconstituted ABCR, the Photoreceptor-specific ATP-binding Cassette Transporter Responsible for Stargardt Disease

    Hui Sun;Robert S. Molday;Jeremy Nathans

  • Peripherin. A rim-specific membrane protein of rod outer segment discs.

    R S Molday;D Hicks;L Molday

  • Photoreceptor peripherin is the normal product of the gene responsible for retinal degeneration in the rds mouse

    Greg Connell;Roger Bascom;Laurie Molday;Delyth Reid

  • Localization of peripherin/rds in the disk membranes of cone and rod photoreceptors: relationship to disk membrane morphogenesis and retinal degeneration.

    Kentaro Arikawa;Laurie L Molday;Robert S Molday;David S Williams

  • The 220-kDa Rim Protein of Retinal Rod Outer Segments Is a Member of the ABC Transporter Superfamily

    Michelle Illing;Laurie L. Molday;Robert S. Molday

  • Application of magnetic microspheres in labelling and separation of cells

    R. S. Molday;S. P. S. Yen;A. Rembaum

  • X-linked juvenile retinoschisis: clinical diagnosis, genetic analysis, and molecular mechanisms.

    Robert S. Molday;Ulrich Kellner;Bernhard H.F. Weber

  • ABCR expression in foveal cone photoreceptors and its role in Stargardt macular dystrophy.

    Laurie L. Molday;Arnold R. Rabin;Robert S. Molday

  • Cloning of the CDNA for a novel photoreceptor membrane protein (rom-1) identifies a disk rim protein family implicated in human retinopathies

    Roger A. Bascom;Suzi Manara;Leslie Collins;Robert S. Molday

  • Localization of binding sites for carboxyl terminal specific anti-rhodopsin monoclonal antibodies using synthetic peptides.

    D MacKenzie;A Arendt;P Hargrave;J H McDowell

  • A 240 kDa protein represents the complete β subunit of the cyclic nucleotide-gated channel from rod photoreceptor

    Heinz Gerd Ko¨rschen;Michelle Illing;Reinhard Seifer;Federico Sesti

  • ABCA4 is an N -retinylidene-phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylethanolamine importer

    Faraz Quazi;Stepan Lenevich;Robert S. Molday

  • P4-ATPases as Phospholipid Flippases-Structure, Function, and Enigmas.

    Jens P. Andersen;Anna L. Vestergaard;Stine A. Mikkelsen;Louise S. Mogensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard H. F. Weber
Bernhard H. F. Weber University of Regensburg
William W. Hauswirth
William W. Hauswirth University of Florida
Jens Peter Andersen
Jens Peter Andersen Aarhus University
Bente Vilsen
Bente Vilsen Aarhus University
Alison J. Hardcastle
Alison J. Hardcastle University College London
Sanford L. Boye
Sanford L. Boye University of Florida
David Hicks
David Hicks Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robin R. Ali
Robin R. Ali King's College London
Mathias W. Seeliger
Mathias W. Seeliger University of Tübingen
John R. Heckenlively
John R. Heckenlively University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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