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5901
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Overview

Tim Stearns is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with detailed work in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Oncology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including microtubule and mitosis dynamics, genetic and kidney cyst diseases, protist diversity and phylogeny, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, genomics and chromatin dynamics, epigenetics and DNA methylation, and plant molecular biology research.

Recent papers by Tim Stearns highlight a range of subjects and publication venues:

  • "Investigate the origins of COVID-19," 2021, published in Science
  • "Systematic Discovery of Short Linear Motifs Decodes Calcineurin Phosphatase Signaling," 2020, published in Molecular Cell
  • "Hedgehog signaling and the primary cilium: implications for spatial and temporal constraints on signaling," 2021, published in Development
  • "CRISPR/Cas9 treatment causes extended TP53-dependent cell cycle arrest in human cells," 2020, published in Nucleic Acids Research
  • "The nucleus serves as the pacemaker for the cell cycle," 2020, published in eLife

Frequent co-authors of Tim Stearns include Jennifer T. Wang, G Buss, Ljiljana Milenković, Jessica L. Feldman, and Alexandra F. Long. Collaboration with Jennifer T. Wang is notably frequent, with thirteen co-authored works.

The scientist's works have appeared predominantly in several publication venues, including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), eLife, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Science, and PLoS Biology, reflecting a broad dissemination across notable biological and molecular journals.

Best Publications

  • γ-Tubulin is a highly conserved component of the centrosome

    Tim Stearns;Louise Evans;Marc Kirschner

  • The centrosome cycle: Centriole biogenesis, duplication and inherent asymmetries

    Erich A. Nigg;Tim Stearns

  • Fluorescence microscopy methods for yeast.

    John R. Pringle;Robert A. Preston;Alison E.M. Adams;Tim Stearns

  • Methods in yeast genetics

    Dan Burke;Dean Dawson;Tim Stearns

  • In vitro reconstitution of centrosome assembly and function: The central role of γ-tubulin

    Tim Stearns;Marc Kirschner

  • Microtubules Orient the Mitotic Spindle in Yeast through Dynein-dependent Interactions with the Cell Cortex

    Janet L. Carminati;Tim Stearns

  • Cyclin-dependent kinase control of centrosome duplication

    Kathleen R. Lacey;Peter K. Jackson;Tim Stearns

  • Primary cilia mediate mechanosensing in bone cells by a calcium-independent mechanism

    Amanda M. D. Malone;Charles T. Anderson;Padmaja Tummala;Ronald Y. Kwon;Ronald Y. Kwon

  • Mechanism limiting centrosome duplication to once per cell cycle

    Meng-Fu Bryan Tsou;Tim Stearns

  • Microtubule-organizing centres: a re-evaluation

    Jens Lüders;Tim Stearns

  • ADP-ribosylation factor is functionally and physically associated with the Golgi complex.

    Tim Stearns;Mark C. Willingham;David Botstein;Richard A. Kahn

  • DNA topoisomerase II must act at mitosis to prevent nondisjunction and chromosome breakage.

    C Holm;T Stearns;D Botstein

  • Autophagy promotes primary ciliogenesis by removing OFD1 from centriolar satellites

    Zaiming Tang;Mary Grace Lin;Timothy Richard Stowe;She Chen

  • Polo Kinase and Separase Regulate the Mitotic Licensing of Centriole Duplication in Human Cells

    Meng Fu Bryan Tsou;Won Jing Wang;Kelly A. George;Kunihiro Uryu

  • GCP-WD is a gamma-tubulin targeting factor required for centrosomal and chromatin-mediated microtubule nucleation.

    Jens Lüders;Urvashi K. Patel;Tim Stearns

  • ADP ribosylation factor is an essential protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and is encoded by two genes.

    T Stearns;R A Kahn;D Botstein;M A Hoyt

  • Cep152 interacts with Plk4 and is required for centriole duplication

    Emily M. Hatch;Anita Kulukian;Andrew J. Holland;Don W. Cleveland

  • A High-Enrollment Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Student Conceptions of Scientific Thinking and Ability to Interpret Data

    Sara E. Brownell;Daria S. Hekmat-Scafe;Veena Singla;Patricia Chandler Seawell

  • Plk1-Dependent Recruitment of γ-Tubulin Complexes to Mitotic Centrosomes Involves Multiple PCM Components

    Laurence Haren;Tim Stearns;Jens Lüders

  • A crucial requirement for Hedgehog signaling in small cell lung cancer

    Kwon Sik Park;Luciano G. Martelotto;Martin Peifer;Martin L. Sos

Frequent Co-Authors

David Botstein
David Botstein Princeton University
W. E. Moerner
W. E. Moerner Stanford University
Charles T. Anderson
Charles T. Anderson Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey D. Axelrod
Jeffrey D. Axelrod Stanford University
Martha S. Cyert
Martha S. Cyert Stanford University
W. James Nelson
W. James Nelson Stanford University
David G. Drubin
David G. Drubin University of California, Berkeley
Steven L. Brody
Steven L. Brody Washington University in St. Louis
James E. Ferrell
James E. Ferrell Stanford University
David A. Agard
David A. Agard University of California, San Francisco

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