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Susan M. Parkhurst 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 Susan M. Parkhurst sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 89 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan M. Parkhurst 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 Susan M. Parkhurst sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Susan M. Parkhurst is affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the domain of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, contributing a total of 58 publications in this field. Subfields prominently featured in their work include Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Rehabilitation, Physiology, and Genetics.

The main topics explored by Parkhurst focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms, such as:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Cellular Transport and Secretion
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Parkhurst has contributed to several recent publications in reputable journals, including:

  • "Independent regulation of age associated fat accumulation and longevity," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Infantile Myelofibrosis and Myeloproliferation with CDC42 Dysfunction," 2020, Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • "The kinesin-like protein Pavarotti functions noncanonically to regulate actin dynamics," 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • "Coordinated efforts of different actin filament populations are needed for optimal cell wound repair," 2023, Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • "Wrangling Actin Assemblies: Actin Ring Dynamics during Cell Wound Repair," 2022, Cells

Parkhurst frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, notable among them are:

  • Mitsutoshi Nakamura
  • Justin Hui
  • Jeffrey M. Verboon
  • Viktor Stjepić
  • Kerri Davidson

Their research has been published across multiple venues, with the highest volume appearing in:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Cells
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Parallels between tissue repair and embryo morphogenesis.

    Paul B Martin;Susan M Parkhurst

  • Genomic binding by the Drosophila Myc, Max, Mad/Mnt transcription factor network

    Amir Orian;Bas van Steensel;Jeffrey Delrow;Harmen J. Bussemaker

  • Drosophila CtBP: a Hairy‐interacting protein required for embryonic segmentation and Hairy‐mediated transcriptional repression

    Gretchen Poortinga;Minoru Watanabe;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Live imaging of wound inflammation in Drosophila embryos reveals key roles for small GTPases during in vivo cell migration

    Brian Stramer;Will J Wood;Michael J Galko;Michael J Redd

  • Specificity for the hairy/enhancer of split basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins maps outside the bHLH domain and suggests two separable modes of transcriptional repression.

    Stephanie R. Dawson;David L. Turner;Harold Weintraub;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • The Drosophila melanogaster gypsy transposable element encodes putative gene products homologous to retroviral proteins.

    R L Marlor;S M Parkhurst;V G Corces

  • Human Subtelomeric WASH Genes Encode a New Subclass of the WASP Family

    Elena V Linardopoulou;Sean S Parghi;Cynthia Friedman;Gregory E Osborn

  • Rho1 interacts with p120ctn and α-catenin, and regulates cadherin-based adherens junction components in Drosophila

    Craig R. Magie;Delia Pinto-Santini;Susan M. Parkhurst;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Mutations in the Rho1 small GTPase disrupt morphogenesis and segmentation during early Drosophila development.

    Craig R. Magie;Michael R. Meyer;Michael S. Gorsuch;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Myc and Max Homologs in Drosophila

    Peter Gallant;Yuzuru Shiio;Pei Feng Cheng;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Dynamic Hsp83 RNA localization during Drosophila oogenesis and embryogenesis

    Dali Ding;Susan M. Parkhurst;Susan R. Halsell;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • Signal transduction by cAMP-dependent protein kinase A in Drosophila limb patterning

    Thierry Lepage;Stephen M. Cohen;Fernando J. Diaz-Benjumea;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Coordination of microtubule and microfilament dynamics by Drosophila Rho1, Spire and Cappuccino.

    Alicia E. Rosales-Nieves;James E. Johndrow;Lani C. Keller;Craig R. Magie

  • Drosophila embryos close epithelial wounds using a combination of cellular protrusions and an actomyosin purse string.

    Maria Teresa Abreu-Blanco;Jeffrey M. Verboon;Raymond Liu;James J. Watts

  • Coordination of Rho family GTPase activities to orchestrate cytoskeleton responses during cell wound repair.

    Maria Teresa Abreu-Blanco;Jeffrey M. Verboon;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Sex determination and dosage compensation: Lessons from flies and worms

    Susan M. Parkhurst;Philip M. Meneely

  • Cell wound repair in Drosophila occurs through three distinct phases of membrane and cytoskeletal remodeling

    Maria Teresa Abreu-Blanco;Jeffrey M. Verboon;Susan M. Parkhurst

  • Drosophila Sir2 Is Required for Heterochromatic Silencing and by Euchromatic Hairy/E(Spl) bHLH Repressors in Segmentation and Sex Determination

    Miriam I Rosenberg;Susan M Parkhurst;Susan M Parkhurst

  • Senseless acts as a binary switch during sensory organ precursor selection

    Hamed Jafar-Nejad;Melih Acar;Riitta Nolo;Haluk Lacin

  • Cytoskeleton responses in wound repair

    Maria Teresa Abreu-Blanco;James J. Watts;Jeffrey M. Verboon;Susan M. Parkhurst

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey J. Delrow
Jeffrey J. Delrow Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Mark Groudine
Mark Groudine Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Robert N. Eisenman
Robert N. Eisenman Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Bruce A. Edgar
Bruce A. Edgar Huntsman Cancer Institute
Paul Martin
Paul Martin University of Bristol
Harmen J. Bussemaker
Harmen J. Bussemaker Columbia University
Yuan Zhuang
Yuan Zhuang Duke University
Vijay G. Sankaran
Vijay G. Sankaran Harvard University
Min Han
Min Han University of Colorado Boulder
Tian Xu
Tian Xu Westlake University

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