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66
Citations
20204
World Ranking
2589
National Ranking
1148

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Susan K. Dutcher is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research centers on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

The main topics of their work include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Renal and related cancers, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program, 2021, Nature
  • Mapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes, 2020, Nature
  • Structures of radial spokes and associated complexes important for ciliary motility, 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Structural specializations of the sperm tail, 2023, Cell
  • Ciliary central apparatus structure reveals mechanisms of microtubule patterning, 2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Amjad Horani
  • John Blangero
  • Donald W. Bowden
  • Brian E. Cade
  • Joanne E. Curran

Common publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Cell
  • Nature Communications

Awards received by Susan K. Dutcher include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010

Best Publications

  • The Chlamydomonas Genome Reveals the Evolution of Key Animal and Plant Functions

    Sabeeha S. Merchant;Simon E. Prochnik;Olivier Vallon;Elizabeth H. Harris

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • Comparative Genomics Identifies a Flagellar and Basal Body Proteome that Includes the BBS5 Human Disease Gene

    Jin Billy Li;Jantje M Gerdes;Courtney J Haycraft;Yanli Fan

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Characterizing the Major Structural Variant Alleles of the Human Genome

    Peter A. Audano;Arvis Sulovari;Tina A. Graves-Lindsay;Stuart Cantsilieris

  • High-resolution comparative analysis of great ape genomes

    Zev N. Kronenberg;Ian T. Fiddes;David Gordon;Shwetha Murali

  • The tubulin fraternity: alpha to eta

    Susan K Dutcher

  • Flagellar assembly in two hundred and fifty easy-to-follow steps

    Susan K. Dutcher

  • The UNI3 gene is required for assembly of basal bodies of Chlamydomonas and encodes delta-tubulin, a new member of the tubulin superfamily.

    Susan K. Dutcher;Emanuel C. Trabuco

  • Mapping and Characterization of Structural Variation in 17,795 Human Genomes

    Haley J Abel;David E Larson;Allison A Regier;Colby Chiang

  • Cellular asymmetry in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    J. A. Holmes;Susan Dutcher

  • Whole-Exome Capture and Sequencing Identifies HEATR2 Mutation as a Cause of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

    Amjad Horani;Todd E. Druley;Maimoona A. Zariwala;Anand C. Patel

  • Structure of the decorated ciliary doublet microtubule

    Meisheng Ma;Mihaela Stoyanova;Griffin Rademacher;Susan K. Dutcher

  • Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale

    Xihao Li;Zilin Li;Hufeng Zhou;Sheila M Gaynor

  • Genetics and Biology of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

    Amjad Horani;Thomas W. Ferkol;Susan K. Dutcher;Steven L. Brody

  • Epsilon-tubulin is an essential component of the centriole.

    Susan K. Dutcher;Naomi S. Morrissette;Andrea M. Preble;Craig Rackley

  • Phosphoregulation of an Inner Dynein Arm Complex in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Is Altered in Phototactic Mutant Strains

    Stephen J. King;Susan K. Dutcher

  • Extragenic suppressors of paralyzed flagellar mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii identify loci that alter the inner dynein arms.

    Mary E. Porter;Joy Power;Susan K. Dutcher

  • The Chlamydomonas genome project: a decade on

    Ian K Blaby;Crysten E. Blaby-Haas;Nicolas J. Tourasse;Erik F.Y. Hom

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip V. Bayly
Philip V. Bayly Washington University in St. Louis
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Susan Redline
Susan Redline Brigham and Women's Hospital
L. Adrienne Cupples
L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University
Gary D. Stormo
Gary D. Stormo Washington University in St. Louis
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Samuli Ripatti
Samuli Ripatti University of Helsinki
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Patrick T. Ellinor
Patrick T. Ellinor Harvard University
Mina K. Chung
Mina K. Chung Cleveland Clinic

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