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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Thomas K. Borg is affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research contributions span the interdisciplinary fields of medicine and engineering, with a focus on topics that bridge cellular and molecular biology with applied physical techniques.

Their work covers a range of main research topics, including:

  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

Thomas K. Borg's publications include studies in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, biomedical engineering, structural biology, cell biology, as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics. They have contributed to research in all these subfields, illustrating a wide interdisciplinary approach.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • Study of the Expression Transition of Cardiac Myosin Using Polarization-Dependent SHG Microscopy, 2020, Biophysical Journal
  • In Vivo-Like Morphology of Intercalated Discs Achieved in a Neonatal Cardiomyocyte Culture Model, 2020, Tissue Engineering Part A
  • Multiple Beam Laser Guidance for Patterning Irregularly Shaped Cells, 2020, Frontiers in Physics
  • Desmoplakin is Important for Proper Cardiac Cell-Cell Interactions, 2020, UNC Libraries

Their frequent co-authors include Zhonghai Wang, Bruce Z. Gao, Tong Ye, Yonghong Shao, and Cai Yuan, with multiple collaborations documented particularly with Wang and Gao. Publications are distributed among several venues, notably the Biophysical Journal, Tissue Engineering Part A, Frontiers in Physics, and UNC Libraries.

Thomas K. Borg was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992. This honor underlines their longstanding participation and contribution to scientific research.

Best Publications

  • Structural and functional characterisation of cardiac fibroblasts

    Patrizia Camelliti;Thomas K. Borg;Peter Kohl

  • Determination of cell types and numbers during cardiac development in the neonatal and adult rat and mouse.

    Indroneal Banerjee;John W. Fuseler;Robert L. Price;Thomas K. Borg

  • The collagen network of the heart

    J B Caulfield;T K Borg

  • Integration from proteins to organs: the Physiome Project.

    Peter J. Hunter;Thomas K. Borg

  • Integrins and the Myocardium

    Robert S. Ross;Thomas K. Borg

  • Cardiac fibroblasts: friend or foe?

    Troy A. Baudino;Wayne Carver;Wayne Giles;Thomas K. Borg

  • Morphology of connective tissue in skeletal muscle

    Thomas K. Borg;James B. Caulfield

  • Structure and Mechanics of Healing Myocardial Infarcts

    Jeffrey W Holmes;Thomas K Borg;James W Covell

  • Collagen expression in mechanically stimulated cardiac fibroblasts.

    W Carver;M L Nagpal;M Nachtigal;T K Borg

  • Organization of fibroblasts in the heart

    Edie C. Goldsmith;Adam Hoffman;Mary O. Morales;Jay D. Potts

  • Beta 1 integrin-mediated collagen gel contraction is stimulated by PDGF.

    Donald Gullberg;Anders Tingström;Ann Charlotte Thuresson;Lennart Olsson

  • The collagen matrix of the heart.

    T K Borg;J B Caulfield

  • Expression of collagen binding integrins during cardiac development and hypertrophy.

    L Terracio;K Rubin;D Gullberg;E Balog

  • Modulation of cardiac myocyte phenotype in vitro by the composition and orientation of the extracellular matrix.

    D. G. Simpson;L. Terracio;M. Terracio;R. L. Price

  • Recognition of extracellular matrix components by neonatal and adult cardiac myocytes

    Thomas K. Borg;Kristofer Rubin;Evy Lundgren;Karen Borg

  • Pressure Overload Induces Severe Hypertrophy in Mice Treated With Cyclosporine, an Inhibitor of Calcineurin

    Bo Ding;Robert L. Price;Thomas K. Borg;Ellen O. Weinberg

  • Dynamic Interactions between Myocytes, Fibroblasts, and Extracellular Matrix

    Indroneal Banerjee;Krishna Yekkala;Thomas K. Borg;Troy A. Baudino

  • Regeneration of the Heart in Diabetes by Selective Copper Chelation

    Garth J.S. Cooper;Anthony R.J. Phillips;Soon Y. Choong;Bridget L. Leonard

  • Mechanical forces regulate focal adhesion and costamere assembly in cardiac myocytes

    Will W. Sharp;David G. Simpson;Thomas K. Borg;Allen M. Samarel

  • Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Ascending Aortic Stenosis Mice Anoikis and the Progression to Early Failure

    Bo Ding;Robert L. Price;Edie C. Goldsmith;Thomas K. Borg

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis Terracio
Louis Terracio New York University
Kristofer Rubin
Kristofer Rubin Uppsala University
David G. Simpson
David G. Simpson Virginia Commonwealth University
Donald Gullberg
Donald Gullberg University of Bergen
Roger R. Markwald
Roger R. Markwald Medical University of South Carolina
Allen M. Samarel
Allen M. Samarel Loyola University Chicago
Steven P. Wilson
Steven P. Wilson University of South Carolina
Björn Öbrink
Björn Öbrink Karolinska Institute
John W. Baynes
John W. Baynes University of South Carolina
Suzanne R. Thorpe
Suzanne R. Thorpe University of South Carolina

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