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Stephen W. Michnick

Stephen W. Michnick

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
65
Citations
32638
World Ranking
1640
National Ranking
49

Stephen W. Michnick publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen W. Michnick sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 167 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Stephen W. Michnick D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen W. Michnick sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Stephen W. Michnick is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and works primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology. Their research encompasses various subfields including Genetics, Cell Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Spectroscopy.

Their recent publications reflect diverse investigations into protein behavior, cellular processes, and genetic mechanisms. Notable recent papers include:

  • Endocytic proteins with prion-like domains form viscoelastic condensates that enable membrane remodeling, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Peroxisome biogenesis initiated by protein phase separation, 2023, Nature
  • Peroxisome biogenesis initiated by protein phase separation, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Adaptive partitioning of a gene locus to the nuclear envelope in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is driven by polymer-polymer phase separation, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Genetic landscape of an in vivo protein interactome, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist collaborates frequently with colleagues including Lidice González, Celia Jerónimo, François Robert, Kerry Bloom, and Xavier Castellanos-Girouard.

Stephen W. Michnick has published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • UNC Libraries

Their research covers topics such as:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Stephen W. Michnick has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2018 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • All-atom empirical potential for molecular modeling and dynamics studies of proteins.

    A. D. MacKerell;D. Bashford;M. Bellott;R. L. Dunbrack

  • Atypical Membrane Topology and Heteromeric Function of Drosophila Odorant Receptors In Vivo

    Richard Benton;Silke Sachse;Stephen W Michnick;Leslie B Vosshall

  • An in Vivo Map of the Yeast Protein Interactome

    Kirill Tarassov;Vincent Messier;Christian R. Landry;Stevo Radinovic

  • Erythropoietin Receptor Activation by a Ligand-Induced Conformation Change

    Ingrid Remy;Ian A. Wilson;Stephen W. Michnick

  • A highly sensitive protein-protein interaction assay based on Gaussia luciferase

    Ingrid Remy;Stephen W Michnick

  • PKB/Akt modulates TGF-beta signalling through a direct interaction with Smad3

    Ingrid Remy;Annie Montmarquette;Stephen W Michnick

  • Beta-lactamase protein fragment complementation assays as in vivo and in vitro sensors of protein protein interactions.

    André Galarneau;Martin Primeau;Louis-Eric Trudeau;Stephen W. Michnick

  • Oligomerization domain-directed reassembly of active dihydrofolate reductase from rationally designed fragments

    Joelle N. Pelletier;F.-X. Campbell-Valois;Stephen W. Michnick

  • Identifying off-target effects and hidden phenotypes of drugs in human cells

    Marnie MacDonald;Jane Lamerdin;Stephen Owens;Brigitte Keon

  • Universal strategies in research and drug discovery based on protein-fragment complementation assays

    Stephen W. Michnick;Po Hien Ear;Emily N. Manderson;Ingrid Remy

  • Solution structure of FKBP, a rotamase enzyme and receptor for FK506 and rapamycin.

    Stephen W. Michnick;Michael K. Rosen;Thomas J. Wandless;Martin Karplus

  • Design of Secondary Structures in Unnatural Peptides: Stable Helical γ-Tetra-, Hexa-, and Octapeptides and Consequences of α-Substitution

    Stephen Hanessian;Xuehong Luo;and Robert Schaum;Stephen Michnick

  • Chromatin- and Transcription-Related Factors Repress Transcription from within Coding Regions throughout the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome

    Vanessa Cheung;Gordon Chua;Nizar N Batada;Christian R Landry

  • Mechanisms and Consequences of Macromolecular Phase Separation

    Louis-Philippe Bergeron-Sandoval;Nozhat Safaee;Stephen W. Michnick

  • Weak functional constraints on phosphoproteomes.

    Christian R. Landry;Emmanuel D. Levy;Stephen W. Michnick

  • Clonal selection and in vivo quantitation of protein interactions with protein-fragment complementation assays

    Ingrid Remy;Stephen W. Michnick

  • Protein folding: defining a "standard" set of experimental conditions and a preliminary kinetic data set of two-state proteins.

    Karen L. Maxwell;David Wildes;Arash Zarrine-Afsar;Miguel A. De Los Rios

  • An in vivo library-versus-library selection of optimized protein-protein interactions

    Stephen William Watson Michnick;Joelle N. Pelletier;Katja M. Arndt;Andreas Pluckthun

  • Capturing protein interactions in the secretory pathway of living cells.

    Beat Nyfeler;Stephen W. Michnick;Hans-Peter Hauri

  • Quantification of dynamic protein complexes using Renilla luciferase fragment complementation applied to protein kinase A activities in vivo.

    E. Stefan;S. Aquin;N. Berger;C. R. Landry

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian R. Landry
Christian R. Landry Université Laval
John Westwick
John Westwick Novartis (Switzerland)
Pierre Thibault
Pierre Thibault University of Montreal
Martin Karplus
Martin Karplus Harvard University
John D. Rioux
John D. Rioux University of Montreal
Markus Ralser
Markus Ralser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Andreas Plückthun
Andreas Plückthun University of Zurich
Sylvain Chemtob
Sylvain Chemtob University of Montreal
Michael K. Rosen
Michael K. Rosen The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Stuart L. Schreiber
Stuart L. Schreiber Harvard University

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