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Vladimir I. Gelfand is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with extensive contributions to the field through 71 publications. Within this broad area, the scientist has specialized in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with additional work related to Aging and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their research topics cover several areas of cellular and molecular science. Key topics include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Skin and Cellular Biology Research, Cellular transport and secretion, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Reproductive Biology, and RNA Research and Splicing.

Gelfand has published research in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 12 publications, eLife with 2 publications, Current Biology with 2 publications, The FASEB Journal with 2 publications, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences with 2 publications.

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on molecular motor functions and cytoskeletal dynamics. Selected recent publications include:

  • Competition between kinesin-1 and myosin-V defines Drosophila posterior determination, 2020, eLife
  • Gatekeeper function for Short stop at the ring canals of the Drosophila ovary, 2021, Current Biology
  • Go with the flow - bulk transport by molecular motors, 2022, Journal of Cell Science
  • Ser/Thr kinase Trc controls neurite outgrowth in Drosophila by modulating microtubule-microtubule sliding, 2020, eLife
  • Ataxin-2 is essential for cytoskeletal dynamics and neurodevelopment in Drosophila, 2021, iScience

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of their research practice. Frequent co-authors include Wen Lü, Margot Lakonishok, Urko del Castillo, Anna S. Serpinskaya, and Bhuvanasundar Renganathan.

Best Publications

  • Kinesin and dynein move a peroxisome in vivo: a tug-of-war or coordinated movement?

    Comert Kural;Hwajin Kim;Sheyum Syed;Gohta Goshima

  • Role of Actin in Anchoring Postsynaptic Receptors in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons: Differential Attachment of NMDA versus AMPA Receptors

    Daniel W. Allison;Vladimir I. Gelfand;Ilan Spector;Ann Marie Craig

  • Small-molecule inhibitors of the AAA+ ATPase motor cytoplasmic dynein

    Ari J. Firestone;Joshua S. Weinger;Maria Maldonado;Kari Barlan

  • Dynactin is required for bidirectional organelle transport

    Sean W. Deacon;Anna S. Serpinskaya;Patricia S. Vaughan;Monica Lopez Fanarraga

  • Interactions and regulation of molecular motors in Xenopus melanophores.

    Steven P. Gross;M. Carolina Tuma;Sean W. Deacon;Anna S. Serpinskaya

  • Microtubule dynamics: mechanism, regulation, and function

    Vladimir I. Gelfand;Alexander D. Bershadsky

  • Postsynaptic Scaffolds of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses in Hippocampal Neurons: Maintenance of Core Components Independent of Actin Filaments and Microtubules

    Daniel W. Allison;Adam S. Chervin;Vladimir I. Gelfand;Ann Marie Craig;Ann Marie Craig

  • Myosin cooperates with microtubule motors during organelle transport in melanophores

    Stephen L Rogers;Vladimir I Gelfand

  • Bovine brain kinesin is a microtubule-activated ATPase

    Sergei A. Kuznetsov;Vladimir I. Gelfand

  • Coalignment of vimentin intermediate filaments with microtubules depends on kinesin

    F.K. Gyoeva;V.I. Gelfand

  • Antibodies to the kinesin motor domain and CENP-E inhibit microtubule depolymerization-dependent motion of chromosomes in vitro.

    V A Lombillo;C Nislow;T J Yen;V I Gelfand

  • Regulated bidirectional motility of melanophore pigment granules along microtubules in vitro

    Stephen L. Rogers;Irina S. Tint;Philip C. Fanapour;Vladimir I. Gelfand

  • Motor-cargo interactions: the key to transport specificity.

    Ryan L Karcher;Sean W Deacon;Vladimir I Gelfand

  • Membrane trafficking, organelle transport, and the cytoskeleton

    Stephen L Rogers;Vladimir I Gelfand

  • Opposite-polarity motors activate one another to trigger cargo transport in live cells

    Shabeen Ally;Adam G. Larson;Kari Barlan;Sarah E. Rice

  • The quaternary structure of bovine brain kinesin.

    S. A. Kuznetsov;E. A. Vaisberg;N. A. Shanina;N. N. Magretova

  • Microtubule-Based Transport and the Distribution, Tethering, and Organization of Organelles.

    Kari Barlan;Vladimir I. Gelfand

  • Microtubule-dependent control of cell shape and pseudopodial activity is inhibited by the antibody to kinesin motor domain.

    Vladimir I. Rodionov;Fatima K. Gyoeva;Elly Tanaka;Alexander D. Bershadsky

  • Organelle transport along microtubules in Xenopus melanophores: evidence for cooperation between multiple motors.

    Valeria Levi;Anna S. Serpinskaya;Enrico Gratton;Vladimir Gelfand

  • Small-molecule inhibitors of the AAA1 ATPase motor cytoplasmic dynein

    Ari J. Firestone;Joshua S. Weinger;Maria Maldonado;Kari Barlan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander D. Bershadsky
Alexander D. Bershadsky National University of Singapore
Robert D. Goldman
Robert D. Goldman Northwestern University
James K. Chen
James K. Chen Stanford University
Stephen A. Adam
Stephen A. Adam Northwestern University
Tarun M. Kapoor
Tarun M. Kapoor Rockefeller University
James R. Sellers
James R. Sellers National Institutes of Health
Michael Glotzer
Michael Glotzer University of Chicago
Gary G. Borisy
Gary G. Borisy ADA Forsyth Institute
Isabelle Vernos
Isabelle Vernos Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Ann Marie Craig
Ann Marie Craig University of British Columbia

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