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Sandra L. Schmid publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sandra L. Schmid sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 236 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Sandra L. Schmid D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sandra L. Schmid sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sandra L. Schmid is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily addresses topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Immunology.

Their work encompasses a broad array of scientific themes including:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology

Sandra L. Schmid has contributed to multiple recent publications, notable among them are:

  • Dynamin regulates the dynamics and mechanical strength of the actin cytoskeleton as a multifilament actin-bundling protein, 2020, Nature Cell Biology
  • Sorting nexin 5 mediates virus-induced autophagy and immunity, 2020, Nature
  • Evolving models for assembling and shaping clathrin-coated pits, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Functional characterization of 67 endocytic accessory proteins using multiparametric quantitative analysis of CCP dynamics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • DASC, a sensitive classifier for measuring discrete early stages in clathrin-mediated endocytosis, 2020, eLife

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Zhiming Chen
  • Marcel Mettlen
  • Madhura Bhave
  • Rosa E. Mino
  • Xinxin Wang

Publication venues where Sandra L. Schmid has frequently published research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Traffic
  • Nature
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Recognized in the scientific community, Sandra L. Schmid has received several honors such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2015)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)

Best Publications

  • Regulated portals of entry into the cell

    Sean D. Conner;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Robust single-particle tracking in live-cell time-lapse sequences.

    Khuloud Jaqaman;Dinah Loerke;Marcel Mettlen;Hirotaka Kuwata

  • Induction of mutant dynamin specifically blocks endocytic coated vesicle formation.

    Hanna Damke;Takeshi Baba;Dale E. Warnock;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Control of EGF receptor signaling by clathrin-mediated endocytosis.

    Amandio V. Vieira;Christophe Lamaze;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Dynamin self-assembles into rings suggesting a mechanism for coated vesicle budding.

    Jenny E. Hinshaw;Sandra L. Schmid

  • CLATHRIN-COATED VESICLE FORMATION AND PROTEIN SORTING: An Integrated Process

    Sandra L. Schmid

  • Tubular membrane invaginations coated by dynamin rings are induced by GTP-γS in nerve terminals

    Kohji Takei;Peter S. McPherson;Sandra L. Schmid;Pietro De Camilli

  • Mutations in human dynamin block an intermediate stage in coated vesicle formation

    Alexander M. Van Der Bliek;Alexander M. Van Der Bliek;Thomas E. Redelmeier;Hanna Damke;Ellen J. Tisdale

  • Intracellular transport of class II MHC molecules directed by invariant chain

    Vincent Lotteau;Luc Teyton;Annick Peleraux;Tommy Nilsson;Tommy Nilsson

  • An enzyme that removes clathrin coats: purification of an uncoating ATPase.

    D. M. Schlossman;Sandra L Schmid;W. A. Braell;J. E. Rothman

  • Actin assembly plays a variable, but not obligatory role in receptor-mediated endocytosis in mammalian cells.

    L. Miya Fujimoto;Robyn Roth;John E. Heuser;Sandra L. Schmid

  • A Dynamic Actin Cytoskeleton Functions at Multiple Stages of Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis

    Defne Yarar;Clare M. Waterman-Storer;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Clathrin-independent pinocytosis is induced in cells overexpressing a temperature-sensitive mutant of dynamin.

    H Damke;T Baba;A M van der Bliek;S L Schmid

  • Impairment of dynamin's GAP domain stimulates receptor-mediated endocytosis.

    Sanja Sever;Amy B. Muhlberg;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Regulation of receptor-mediated endocytosis by Rho and Rac

    Christophe Lamaze;Tsung-Hsein Chuang;Laura J. Terlecky;Gary M. Bokoch

  • Regulation of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis.

    Marcel Mettlen;Ping Hung Chen;Saipraveen Srinivasan;Gaudenz Danuser

  • The Actin Cytoskeleton Is Required for Receptor-mediated Endocytosis in Mammalian Cells

    Christophe Lamaze;Christophe Lamaze;L. Miya Fujimoto;Helen L. Yin;Sandra L. Schmid

  • Membrane fission by dynamin: what we know and what we need to know

    Bruno Antonny;Christopher G. Burd;Pietro de Camilli;Elizabeth H. Chen

  • Dynamin and its partners: a progress report.

    Sandra L Schmid;Mark A McNiven;Pietro De Camilli;Pietro De Camilli

  • Two distinct subpopulations of endosomes involved in membrane recycling and transport to lysosomes

    Sandra L. Schmid;Renate Fuchs;Philippe Male;Ira Mellman

Frequent Co-Authors

Gaudenz Danuser
Gaudenz Danuser The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ira Mellman
Ira Mellman Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Christophe Lamaze
Christophe Lamaze Institute Curie
Mark Marsh
Mark Marsh University College London
James E. Rothman
James E. Rothman Yale University
Frances M. Brodsky
Frances M. Brodsky University College London
Ari Helenius
Ari Helenius ETH Zurich
Pietro De Camilli
Pietro De Camilli Yale University
Fred Dyda
Fred Dyda National Institutes of Health

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