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Sarah L. Keller is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several specialized subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cell Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

Keller's research topics cover a variety of areas, notably:

  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research

Their recent publications reflect these interests. Notable papers include:

  • "Endocytic proteins with prion-like domains form viscoelastic condensates that enable membrane remodeling," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Direct imaging of liquid domains in membranes by cryo-electron tomography," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Yeast cells actively tune their membranes to phase separate at temperatures that scale with growth temperatures," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Growth of Prebiotically Plausible Fatty Acid Vesicles Proceeds in the Presence of Prebiotic Amino Acids, Dipeptides, Sugars, and Nucleic Acid Components," 2022, Langmuir
  • "Remodeling of yeast vacuole membrane lipidomes from the log (one phase) to stationary stage (two phases)," 2023, Biophysical Journal

Keller has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Biophysical Journal (26 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (7 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (5 publications)
  • Langmuir (3 publications)
  • ChemBioChem (3 publications)

Collaborative work is an important aspect of Keller's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Caitlin E. Cornell (20 co-authored works)
  • Zachary R. Cohen (11 co-authored works)
  • Roy A. Black (11 co-authored works)
  • Gunnar J. Goetz (11 co-authored works)
  • Alexey J. Merz (10 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Separation of liquid phases in giant vesicles of ternary mixtures of phospholipids and cholesterol.

    Sarah L. Veatch;Sarah L. Keller

  • Seeing spots: Complex phase behavior in simple membranes

    Sarah L. Veatch;Sarah L. Keller

  • Miscibility phase diagrams of giant vesicles containing sphingomyelin.

    Sarah L. Veatch;Sarah L. Keller

  • Entropically driven microphase transitions in mixtures of colloidal rods and spheres

    Marie Adams;Zvonimir Dogic;Sarah L. Keller;Seth Fraden

  • Liquid Domains in Vesicles Investigated by NMR and Fluorescence Microscopy

    S. L. Veatch;I. V. Polozov;K. Gawrisch;Sarah L. Keller

  • Critical fluctuations in domain-forming lipid mixtures

    Sarah L. Veatch;Olivier Soubias;Sarah L. Keller;Klaus Gawrisch

  • High breakdown GaN HEMT with overlapping gate structure

    N.-Q. Zhang;S. Keller;G. Parish;S. Heikman

  • Electrical characterization of GaN p-n junctions with and without threading dislocations

    P. Kozodoy;J. P. Ibbetson;H. Marchand;P. T. Fini

  • Line Tensions, Correlation Lengths, and Critical Exponents in Lipid Membranes Near Critical Points

    Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith;Pietro Cicuta;Marcus D. Collins;Sarah L. Veatch

  • High Al-content AlGaN/GaN MODFETs for ultrahigh performance

    Y.-F. Wu;B.P. Keller;P. Fini;S. Keller

  • Influence of sapphire nitridation on properties of gallium nitride grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

    S. Keller;B. P. Keller;Y.‐F. Wu;B. Heying

  • Microstructure of GaN laterally overgrown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition

    H. Marchand;X. H. Wu;J. P. Ibbetson;P. T. Fini

  • Dislocation generation in GaN heteroepitaxy

    X.H Wu;P Fini;E.J Tarsa;B Heying

  • Tuning lipid mixtures to induce or suppress domain formation across leaflets of unsupported asymmetric bilayers

    Marcus D. Collins;Sarah L. Keller

  • Diffusion of liquid domains in lipid bilayer membranes.

    Pietro Cicuta;Sarah L. Keller;Sarah L. Veatch

  • Probability of alamethicin conductance states varies with nonlamellar tendency of bilayer phospholipids

    S.L. Keller;S.M. Bezrukov;S.M. Gruner;M.W. Tate

  • GaN microwave electronics

    U.K. Mishra;Yi-Feng Wu;B.P. Keller;S. Keller

  • Nucleation layer evolution in metal‐organic chemical vapor deposition grown GaN

    X. H. Wu;D. Kapolnek;E. J. Tarsa;B. Heying

  • Nonpolar InGaN∕GaN emitters on reduced-defect lateral epitaxially overgrown a-plane GaN with drive-current-independent electroluminescence emission peak

    Arpan Chakraborty;B. A. Haskell;S. Keller;J. S. Speck

  • Influence of the dynamic access resistance in the g/sub m/ and f/sub T/ linearity of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs

    T. Palacios;S. Rajan;A. Chakraborty;S. Heikman

  • Gallium nitride based high power heterojunction field effect transistors: process development and present status at UCSB

    S. Keller;Yi-Feng Wu;G. Parish;Naiqian Ziang

  • Closed-loop miscibility gap and quantitative tie-lines in ternary membranes containing diphytanoyl PC.

    Sarah L. Veatch;Klaus Gawrisch;Sarah L. Keller

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven P. DenBaars
Steven P. DenBaars University of California, Santa Barbara
Umesh K. Mishra
Umesh K. Mishra University of California, Santa Barbara
James S. Speck
James S. Speck University of California, Santa Barbara
bernd keller
bernd keller Cree (United States)
Arpan Chakraborty
Arpan Chakraborty Apple (United States)
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul T. Fini
Paul T. Fini Raytheon (United States)
Alessandro Chini
Alessandro Chini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Larry A. Coldren
Larry A. Coldren University of California, Santa Barbara

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