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D-Index
65
Citations
22924
World Ranking
2662
National Ranking
1173

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1997 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Rolf Sternglanz is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, neuroscience, and psychology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding human behavior and mental processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Subfields within these broader fields further define their research focus, specifically in:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Applied Psychology

The topics of their work prominently feature areas linked to social interaction and health-related behaviors:

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions

Sternglanz has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Many Labs 5: Registered Replication of Förster, Liberman, and Kuschel's (2008) Study 1 (2020), published in Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
  • Psychological correlates of arbovirus preventive health behaviour (2020), published in Journal of Public Health

Their collaborations include multiple coauthors with whom they have published several works. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Madhavi Menon
  • Hans IJzerman
  • Ivan Ropovik
  • Charles R. Ebersole
  • Natasha Tidwell

The venues where Sternglanz frequently publishes are:

  • Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
  • Journal of Public Health

Recognition for their work has come in the form of fellowships from notable organizations, specifically:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 2012
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1997

Best Publications

  • The two-hybrid system: a method to identify and clone genes for proteins that interact with a protein of interest.

    Cheng-Ting Chien;Paul L. Bartel;Rolf Sternglanz;Stanley Fields

  • The silencing protein SIR2 and its homologs are NAD-dependent protein deacetylases.

    Joseph Landry;Ann Sutton;Stefan T. Tafrov;Ryan C. Heller

  • The two-hybrid system: an assay for protein-protein interactions

    Stanley Fields;Rolf Sternglanz

  • DNA topoisomerase II mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: topoisomerase II is required for segregation of daughter molecules at the termination of DNA replication.

    Stephen Dinardo;Karen Voelkel;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Elimination of false positives that arise in using the two-hybrid system.

    P. Bartel;Cheng-Ting Chien;R. Sternglanz;S. Fields

  • Silent information regulator 2 family of NAD- dependent histone/protein deacetylases generates a unique product, 1-O-acetyl-ADP-ribose

    Kirk G. Tanner;Joseph Landry;Rolf Sternglanz;John M. Denu

  • SirT2 is a histone deacetylase with preference for histone H4 Lys 16 during mitosis

    Alejandro Vaquero;Michael B. Scher;Dong Hoon Lee;Ann Sutton

  • Characterization of a “silencer” in yeast: A DNA sequence with properties opposite to those of a transcriptional enhancer

    Andrea H. Brand;Linda Breeden;Judith Abraham;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Perinuclear localization of chromatin facilitates transcriptional silencing

    Erik D. Andrulis;Aaron M. Neiman;David C. Zappulla;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I mutants have compensatory mutations in DNA gyrase genes

    Stephen Dinardo;Karen A. Voelkel;Rolf Sternglanz;Ann E. Reynolds

  • Need for DNA topoisomerase activity as a swivel for DNA replication for transcription of ribosomal RNA.

    Steven J. Brill;Stephen DiNardo;Stephen DiNardo;Karen Voelkel-Meiman;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Evidence that DNA topoisomerase I is necessary for the cytotoxic effects of camptothecin.

    Wai-Kwong Eng;L. Faucette;R. K. Johnson;R. Sternglanz

  • Identification of a gene encoding a yeast histone H4 acetyltransferase.

    Susanne Kleff;Erik D. Andrulis;Carl W. Anderson;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Crystal Structure of a SIR2 Homolog–NAD Complex

    Jinrong Min;Joseph Landry;Rolf Sternglanz;Rui Ming Xu

  • Identification and characterization of genes and mutants for an N-terminal acetyltransferase from yeast.

    J. R. Mullen;P. S. Kayne;R. P. Moerschell;S. Tsunasawa

  • Role of interactions between the origin recognition complex and SIR1 in transcriptional silencing

    Thomas Triolo;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Role of NAD(+) in the deacetylase activity of the SIR2-like proteins.

    Joseph Landry;James T. Slama;Rolf Sternglanz

  • Mutations in the gene coding for Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I affect transcription and transposition.

    Rolf Sternglanz;Stephen Dinardo;Karen A. Voelkel;Y. Nishimura

  • NAD+-dependent deacetylation of H4 lysine 16 by class III HDACs

    A Vaquero;R Sternglanz;D Reinberg

  • Structure of the Histone Acetyltransferase Hat1: A Paradigm for the GCN5-Related N-acetyltransferase Superfamily

    Robert N. Dutnall;Stefan T. Tafrov;Rolf Sternglanz;V. Ramakrishnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron M. Neiman
Aaron M. Neiman Stony Brook University
Rui-Ming Xu
Rui-Ming Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
William J. Lennarz
William J. Lennarz Stony Brook University
James C. Wang
James C. Wang Harvard University
Jerry L. Workman
Jerry L. Workman Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Jinrong Min
Jinrong Min Structural Genomics Consortium
Stanley Fields
Stanley Fields University of Washington
Susumu Tsunasawa
Susumu Tsunasawa Osaka University
Fred Sherman
Fred Sherman University of Rochester
Bruce Alberts
Bruce Alberts University of California, San Francisco

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