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Urs Rutishauser is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields intersecting environmental science and biological research. Their work spans topics including forest ecology, biodiversity studies, and pluripotent stem cell research, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to scientific inquiry.

The scientist's research includes a focus on forest management and policy, as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience. Their investigations also cover subjects such as biomedical ethics and regulation, nuclear receptors and signaling, nerve injury and regeneration, and spinal cord injury research.

Rutishauser's scholarly contributions have frequently appeared in the following publication venues:

  • Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen
  • Cell stem cell
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Their recent papers illustrate a breadth of topics and collaborative efforts. Notable publications include:

  • Preclinical Efficacy and Safety of a Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Midbrain Dopamine Progenitor Product, MSK-DA01 (2021, Cell stem cell)
  • Zur Entstehung der NaiS-Standorttypen (2021, Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen)
  • Engineering polysialic acid on Schwann cells using polysialyltransferase gene transfer or purified enzyme exposure for spinal cord injury transplantation (2021, Neuroscience Letters)
  • Zuordnung der LFI-Probeflächen zu NaiS-Standorttypen (2021, Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen)
  • NaiS LFI: Zuordnung der LFI Stichprobenpunkte zu Waldgesellschaften: Erläuternder Schlussbericht (2020, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich))

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Monika Frehner
  • Gabriele Carraro
  • Stéphane Losey
  • Jinghua Piao
  • Susan E. Zabierowski

Rutishauser's work intersects significant subfields such as insect science, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation, which complement their primary focus on environmental and agricultural biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • THE COVALENT STRUCTURE OF AN ENTIRE γG IMMUNOGLOBULIN MOLECULE

    Gerald M. Edelman;Bruce A. Cunningham;W. Einar Gall;Paul D. Gottlieb

  • The neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) as a regulator of cell-cell interactions

    Urs Rutishauser;Ann Acheson;Alison K. Hall;Dennis M. Mann

  • Polysialic acid in the plasticity of the developing and adult vertebrate nervous system.

    Urs Rutishauser

  • Polysialic acid in the vertebrate nervous system: a promoter of plasticity in cell-cell interactions.

    Urs Rutishauser;Lynn Landmesser

  • Genetic deletion of a neural cell adhesion molecule variant (N-CAM-180) produces distinct defects in the central nervous system.

    Henry Tomasiewicz;Katsuhiko Ono;Della Yee;Christian Thompson

  • Adhesion among neural cells of the chick embryo. II. Purification and characterization of a cell adhesion molecule from neural retina.

    J P Thiery;R Brackenbury;U Rutishauser;G M Edelman

  • Chemical characterization of a neural cell adhesion molecule purified from embryonic brain membranes.

    S Hoffman;B C Sorkin;P C White;R Brackenbury

  • N-CAM mutation inhibits tangential neuronal migration and is phenocopied by enzymatic removal of polysialic acid

    Katsuhiko Ono;Henry Tomasiewicz;Terry Magnuson;Urs Rutishauser

  • Cell adhesion molecules in early chicken embryogenesis.

    Jean-Paul Thiery;Jean-Loup Duband;Urs Rutishauser;Gerald M. Edelman

  • The Role of Polysialic Acid in Migration of Olfactory Bulb Interneuron Precursors in the Subventricular Zone

    Huaiyu Hu;Henry Tomasiewicz;Terry Magnuson;Urs Rutishauser

  • Guidance of optic axons in vivo by a preformed adhesive pathway on neuroepithelial endfeet

    Jerry Silver;Urs Rutishauser

  • Adhesion among neural cells of the chick embryo. I. An immunological assay for molecules involved in cell-cell binding.

    R Brackenbury;J P Thiery;U Rutishauser;G M Edelman

  • Polysialic acid as a regulator of intramuscular nerve branching during embryonic development.

    Lynn Landmesser;Lisa Dahm;Jicheng Tang;Urs Rutishauser

  • Specific alteration of NCAM-mediated cell adhesion by an endoneuraminidase.

    Urs Rutishauser;Michiko Watanabe;Jerry Silver;Frederic A. Troy

  • Removal of Polysialic Acid–Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule Induces Aberrant Mossy Fiber Innervation and Ectopic Synaptogenesis in the Hippocampus

    Tatsunori Seki;Urs Rutishauser

  • Maturation of astrocytes in vitro alters the extent and molecular basis of neurite outgrowth.

    George M. Smith;Urs Rutishauser;Jerry Silver;Robert H. Miller

  • Developmental biology of a neural cell adhesion molecule

    Urs Rutishauser

  • Adhesion among neural cells of the chick embryo. IV. Role of the cell surface molecule CAM in the formation of neurite bundles in cultures of spinal ganglia.

    U Rutishauser;W E Gall;G M Edelman

  • Roles, regulation, and mechanism of polysialic acid function during neural development

    Juan L Brusés;Urs Rutishauser

  • Membrane Lipid Rafts Are Necessary for the Maintenance of the α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Somatic Spines of Ciliary Neurons

    Juan L. Brusés;Norbert Chauvet;Urs Rutishauser

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynn T. Landmesser
Lynn T. Landmesser Case Western Reserve University
Tatsunori Seki
Tatsunori Seki Tokyo Medical University
Jerry Silver
Jerry Silver Case Western Reserve University
Terry Magnuson
Terry Magnuson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deborah E. Leckband
Deborah E. Leckband University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vance Lemmon
Vance Lemmon University of Miami
Gavril W. Pasternak
Gavril W. Pasternak Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Damien D. Pearse
Damien D. Pearse University of Miami
Christo Goridis
Christo Goridis École Normale Supérieure
Lorenz Studer
Lorenz Studer Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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