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60
Citations
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World Ranking
11730
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5045

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Scott F. Gilbert is affiliated with Swarthmore College in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. They have contributed extensively to subfields including surgery, molecular biology, reproductive medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in Scott F. Gilbert's work include:

  • Bladder and urothelial cancer treatments
  • Urinary and genital oncology studies
  • Reproductive health and technologies
  • Urological disorders and treatments
  • Climate change communication and perception
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer

They have published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Urology
  • Developmental Biology
  • Preprints.org
  • Cells and Development
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Scott F. Gilbert has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, notably:

  • Michael Barresi
  • Roger Li
  • Michael Poch
  • Wade J. Sexton
  • Heather L. Huelster

Their published papers of recent note include:

  • "Toward a Symbiotic Perspective on Public Health: Recognizing the Ambivalence of Microbes in the Anthropocene," 2020, Microorganisms
  • "Alternative Promoter Use Governs the Expression of IgLON Cell Adhesion Molecules in Histogenetic Fields of the Embryonic Mouse Brain," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "A Sympoietic View of Life: Gaia as a Holobiont Community," 2023, Preprints.org
  • "Pseudo-embryology and personhood: How embryological pseudoscience helps structure the American abortion debate," 2022, Natural Sciences
  • "Evolutionary developmental biology and sustainability: A biology of resilience," 2021, Evolution & Development

Scott F. Gilbert has also contributed to book publications, with work published by Oxford University Press. A notable book is "Developmental Biology," released in 2023, which has been cited extensively.

The scientist has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1999)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1997)

Best Publications

  • Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

    Margaret McFall-Ngai;Michael G. Hadfield;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Hannah V. Carey

  • A symbiotic view of life: we have never been individuals.

    Scott F. Gilbert;Jan Sapp;Alfred I. Tauber

  • Ecological Developmental Biology: Integrating Epigenetics, Medicine, and Evolution

    Scott F. Gilbert;David Epel

  • Resynthesizing evolutionary and developmental biology.

    Scott F. Gilbert;John M. Opitz;Rudolf A. Raff

  • [Ecological developmental biology: developmental biology meets the real world].

    Scott F. Gilbert

  • Embracing complexity: organicism for the 21st century.

    Scott F. Gilbert;Sahotra Sarkar

  • Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes.

    Kevin R. Theis;Nolwenn M. Dheilly;Jonathan L. Klassen;Robert M. Brucker

  • Towards a new developmental synthesis: adaptive developmental plasticity and human disease

    Peter D. Gluckman;Mark A. Hanson;Patrick Bateson;Alan S. Beedle

  • D-valine as a selective agent for normal human and rodent epithelial cells in culture.

    Scott F. Gilbert;Barbara R. Migeon

  • Eco-Evo-Devo: developmental symbiosis and developmental plasticity as evolutionary agents

    Scott F. Gilbert;Thomas C. G. Bosch;Cristina Ledón-Rettig

  • Morphogenesis of the turtle shell: the development of a novel structure in tetrapod evolution

    Scott F. Gilbert;Grace A. Loredo;Alla Brukman;Ann C. Burke

  • Basal Localization of the Presumptive Auxin Transport Carrier in Pea Stem Cells

    Mark Jacobs;Scott F. Gilbert

  • Activin disrupts epithelial branching morphogenesis in developing glandular organs of the mouse

    Olli Ritvos;Timo Tuuri;Marja Erämaa;Kirsi Sainio

  • The Importance Of Feminist Critique For Contemporary Cell Biology

    Athena Beldecos;Sarah Bailey

  • Ecological Developmental Biology: The Environmental Regulation of Development, Health, and Evolution

    Scott F. Gilbert;David Epel

  • The Morphogenesis Of Evolutionary Developmental Biology

    Scott F Gilbert

  • Reptilian heart development and the molecular basis of cardiac chamber evolution.

    Kazuko Koshiba-Takeuchi;Kazuko Koshiba-Takeuchi;Alessandro D. Mori;Alessandro D. Mori;Bogac L. Kaynak;Judith Cebra-Thomas

  • Holobionts as Units of Selection and a Model of Their Population Dynamics and Evolution

    Joan Roughgarden;Joan Roughgarden;Scott F. Gilbert;Eugene Rosenberg;Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg

  • Biología del desarrollo

    Scott F. Gilbert

  • Developmental Biology, 6th edition

    Scott F. Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Opitz
John M. Opitz University of Utah
Thomas C. G. Bosch
Thomas C. G. Bosch Kiel University
Eugene Rosenberg
Eugene Rosenberg Tel Aviv University
Rocky S. Tuan
Rocky S. Tuan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Lauri Saxén
Lauri Saxén University of Helsinki
John F. Baines
John F. Baines Max Planck Society
Benoit G. Bruneau
Benoit G. Bruneau Gladstone Institutes
Mona Nemer
Mona Nemer University of Ottawa
Alfred I. Tauber
Alfred I. Tauber Boston University
Eero Vasar
Eero Vasar University of Tartu

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