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92
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2166
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1171

Overview

S. J. Singer is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans several fields within physics and engineering, with a notable focus on both theoretical and applied aspects.

The scientist has contributed to multiple subfields including:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Physiology

Their main areas of study cover topics such as:

  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Enzyme Structure and Function

Singer has published a range of recent papers, highlighting diverse research interests. Among these are:

  • "A theoretical study of polymorphism in VQIVYK fibrils," published in 2021 in Biophysical Journal
  • "Mechanism of surface freezing of alkanes," published in 2020 in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Dielectric Behavior near a Spherical Ion," published in 2021 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Bound Charge Layering Near a Spherical Ion: Moving Beyond Born Theory," published in 2024 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Dielectric Behavior near a Spherical Ion," published in 2021 in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Min-Sang Lee
  • Jaehoon Yang
  • Mithila V. Agnihotri
  • Carol J. Huseby
  • Jeff Kuret

Their research has appeared primarily in journals such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Biophysical Journal
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Best Publications

  • The fluid mosaic model of the structure of cell membranes.

    S. J. Singer;Garth L. Nicolson

  • Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease

    Linus Pauling;Harvey A. Itano;S. J. Singer;Ibert C. Wells

  • Biological Membranes as Bilayer Couples. A Molecular Mechanism of Drug-Erythrocyte Interactions

    Michael P. Sheetz;S. J. Singer

  • Visualization by fluorescence of the binding and internalization of epidermal growth factor in human carcinoma cells A-431.

    Harry Haigler;J. F. Ash;S. J. Singer;Stanley Cohen

  • Vinculin: a cytoskeletal target of the transforming protein of Rous sarcoma virus.

    Bartholomew M. Sefton;Tony Hunter;Eric H. Ball;S.J. Singer

  • Vinculin, an intracellular protein localized at specialized sites where microfilament bundles terminate at cell membranes

    Benjamin Geiger;K. T. Tokuyasu;Anne H. Dutton;S. J. Singer

  • Immunoelectron microscope studies of membrane-microfilament interactions: distributions of alpha-actinin, tropomyosin, and vinculin in intestinal epithelial brush border and chicken gizzard smooth muscle cells.

    B Geiger;A H Dutton;K T Tokuyasu;S J Singer

  • Polarization of the Golgi apparatus and the microtubule-organizing center in cultured fibroblasts at the edge of an experimental wound.

    Abraham Kupfer;Daniel Louvard;S. J. Singer

  • Polarization of the Golgi apparatus and the microtubule-organizing center within cloned natural killer cells bound to their targets

    Abraham Kupfer;Gunther Dennert;S. J. Singer

  • Cell biology of cytotoxic and helper T cell functions: immunofluorescence microscopic studies of single cells and cell couples.

    Abraham Kupfer;S. J. Singer

  • Associations of elements of the Golgi apparatus with microtubules.

    A A Rogalski;S J Singer

  • Association of mitochondria with microtubules in cultured cells.

    Michael H. Heggeness;Melvin Simon;S. J. Singer

  • Sequence and domain structure of talin.

    D. J.G. Rees;D. J.G. Rees;Sarah Ellen Ades;S. J. Singer;Richard O. Hynes

  • Transmembrane interactions and the mechanism of capping of surface receptors by their specific ligands

    Lilly Y. W. Bourguignon;S. J. Singer

  • PROTEIN CONFORMATION IN CELL MEMBRANE PREPARATIONS AS STUDIED BY OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION AND CIRCULAR DICHROISM

    John Lenard;S. J. Singer

  • Ferritin-conjugated plant agglutinins as specific saccharide stains for electron microscopy: application to saccharides bound to cell membranes.

    Garth L. Nicolson;S. J. Singer

  • The specific direct interaction of helper T cells and antigen-presenting B cells

    Abraham Kupfer;Susan L. Swain;Charles A. Janeway;S. J. Singer

  • On the mechanism of ATP-induced shape changes in human erythrocyte membranes. I. The role of the spectrin complex.

    Michael Sheetz;S. J. Singer

  • THE DISTRIBUTION AND ASYMMETRY OF MAMMALIAN CELL SURFACE SACCHARIDES UTILIZING FERRITIN-CONJUGATED PLANT AGGLUTININS AS SPECIFIC SACCHARIDE STAINS

    Garth L. Nicolson;S. J. Singer

  • THE FLUID MOSAIC MODEL OF THE STRUCTURE OF CELL MEMBRANES Reprinted with permission from Science, Copyright AAA, 18 February 1972, Volume 175, pp. 720–731.

    S.J. Singer;Garth L. Nicolson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Sheetz
Michael P. Sheetz The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Gunther Dennert
Gunther Dennert University of Southern California
Peter K. Vogt
Peter K. Vogt Scripps Research Institute
Daniel Louvard
Daniel Louvard Institute Curie
Russell F. Doolittle
Russell F. Doolittle University of California, San Diego
Henry Metzger
Henry Metzger National Institutes of Health
Susan L. Swain
Susan L. Swain University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Julian M. Sturtevant
Julian M. Sturtevant Yale University
Sunney I. Chan
Sunney I. Chan National Taiwan University
Stanley N. Cohen
Stanley N. Cohen Stanford University

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