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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Thomas J. Kelly is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, and Animal Science and Zoology as subfields.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, Coccidia and coccidiosis research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, virus-based gene therapy research, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Frequent co-authors include Steven R. Post, Bolni Marius Nagalo, Alicja Urbaniak, Martin J. Cannon, and Alexei G. Basnakian. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse portfolio of research publications.

Thomas J. Kelly has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Gastroenterology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The FASEB Journal

Recent notable papers include:

  • Chromosome-specific telomere lengths and the minimal functional telomere revealed by nanopore sequencing, 2021, Genome Research
  • γδ Intraepithelial Lymphocytes Facilitate Pathological Epithelial Cell Shedding Via CD103-Mediated Granzyme Release, 2021, Gastroenterology
  • Artificial intelligence and computer vision education: Codifying student learning gains and attitudes, 2023, Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-induced deforestation increases extinction risk faster than climate pressures: Evidence from long-term monitoring of the globally endangered Milne-Edward's sifaka, 2022, Biological Conservation
  • Chromosome specific telomere lengths and the minimal functional telomere revealed by nanopore sequencing, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their achievements have been recognized through several awards, including fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006, membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1992, and fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1989.

Best Publications

  • Focal adhesions: Transmembrane junctions between the extracellular matrix and the cytoskeleton

    Keith Burridge;Karl Fath;Thomas Kelly;Glen Nuckolls

  • A cellular DNA-binding protein that activates eukaryotic transcription and DNA replication

    Katherine A. Jones;James T. Kadonaga;Philip J. Rosenfeld;Thomas J. Kelly

  • The proline-rich transcriptional activator of CTF/NF-I is distinct from the replication and DNA binding domain

    Nicolas Mermod;Edward A. O'Neill;Thomas J. Kelly;Robert Tjian

  • A restriction enzyme from Hemophilus influenzae. II.

    Thomas J. Kelly;Hamilton O. Smith

  • Simian virus 40 DNA replication in vitro

    Joachim J. Li;Thomas J. Kelly

  • In vivo magnetic enrichment and multiplex photoacoustic detection of circulating tumour cells

    Ekaterina I. Galanzha;Evgeny V. Shashkov;Thomas Kelly;Jin-Woo Kim

  • Purification and characterization of replication protein A, a cellular protein required for in vitro replication of simian virus 40 DNA.

    Marc S. Wold;Thomas Kelly

  • Regulation of human thymidine kinase during the cell cycle

    J L Sherley;T J Kelly

  • Differentiation-induced gene expression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Characterization of a differentially expressed gene encoding stearoyl-CoA desaturase.

    J M Ntambi;S A Buhrow;K H Kaestner;R J Christy

  • Expression of specific mRNAs during adipose differentiation, identification of an mRNA encoding a homologue of myelin P2 protein

    D. A. Bernlohr;C. W. Angus;M. D. Lane;M. A. Bolanowski

  • Roles of DNA topoisomerases in simian virus 40 DNA replication in vitro.

    Liu Yang;Marc S. Wold;Joachim J. Li;Thomas J. Kelly

  • Nonerythrocyte spectrins: actin-membrane attachment proteins occurring in many cell types.

    Keith Burridge;Thomas Kelly;Paul Mangeat

  • Differentiation-induced gene expression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes: a second differentially expressed gene encoding stearoyl-CoA desaturase

    K H Kaestner;J M Ntambi;T J Kelly;M D Lane

  • Sequence-independent DNA binding and replication initiation by the human origin recognition complex

    Sanjay Vashee;Christin Cvetic;Wenyan Lu;Pamela Simancek

  • Adenovirus DNA replication in vitro.

    Mark D. Challberg;Thomas J. Kelly

  • A potential marker protease of invasiveness, seprase, is localized on invadopodia of human malignant melanoma cells

    Wayne L. Monsky;Chen Yong Lin;Atsuko Aoyama;Thomas Kelly

  • Use of Nondefective Adenovirus-Simian Virus 40 Hybrids for Mapping the Simian Virus 40 Genome

    Thomas J. Kelly;Andrew M. Lewis

  • Initiation of simian virus 40 DNA replication in vitro: large-tumor-antigen- and origin-dependent unwinding of the template

    Marc S. Wold;Joachim J. Li;Thomas J. Kelly

  • The fission yeast homologue of Orc4p binds to replication origin DNA via multiple AT-hooks

    Ray Yuan Chuang;Thomas J. Kelly

  • Identification of cellular proteins required for simian virus 40 DNA replication.

    M S Wold;D H Weinberg;D M Virshup;J J Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Stillman
Bruce Stillman Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Marc S. Wold
Marc S. Wold University of Iowa
David M. Virshup
David M. Virshup Duke NUS Graduate Medical School
Grant W. Brown
Grant W. Brown University of Toronto
Philip J. Rosenfeld
Philip J. Rosenfeld University of Miami
James M. Ntambi
James M. Ntambi University of Wisconsin–Madison
Stephen Desiderio
Stephen Desiderio Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
M. Daniel Lane
M. Daniel Lane Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kenneth I. Berns
Kenneth I. Berns University of Florida
Klaus H. Kaestner
Klaus H. Kaestner University of Pennsylvania

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