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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
167
Citations
135601
World Ranking
96
National Ranking
71

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award

Overview

Vladimir N. Uversky is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a body of work encompassing 701 publications. Medicine is another significant field of contribution, represented by 424 publications. Their specialized research includes molecular biology, infectious diseases, materials chemistry, neurology, and physiology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, protein structure and dynamics, RNA research and splicing, enzyme structure and function, COVID-19 clinical research studies, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, and bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Vladimir N. Uversky are:

  • Bioactive Peptides: Synthesis, Sources, Applications, and Proposed Mechanisms of Action (2022) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Targeting autophagy in ischemic stroke: From molecular mechanisms to clinical therapeutics (2021) published in Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation by Intrinsically Disordered Protein Regions of Viruses: Roles in Viral Life Cycle and Control of Virus-Host Interactions (2020) published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Intrinsically disordered proteins play diverse roles in cell signaling (2022) published in Cell Communication and Signaling
  • Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: Promising Antiviral Agents to Combat COVID-19 in the Microbial-Resistant Era (2021) published in ACS Nano

Vladimir N. Uversky has frequently published in venues including Preprints.org, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Biomolecules, and Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature.

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably Elrashdy M. Redwan, Kenneth Lundström, Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Murtaza M. Tambuwala, and Sk. Sarif Hassan. These collaborations have produced a significant number of joint publications.

In addition to journal articles, Vladimir N. Uversky has contributed to book publications, including a recent title titled "SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Global Population Vulnerability" published by Apple Academic Press eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Why are "natively unfolded" proteins unstructured under physiologic conditions?

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Vladimir N. Uversky;Joel R. Gillespie;Anthony L. Fink

  • Classification of intrinsically disordered regions and proteins.

    Robin van der Lee;Robin van der Lee;Marija Buljan;Benjamin Lang;Robert J. Weatheritt

  • Natively unfolded proteins: a point where biology waits for physics.

    Vladimir N. Uversky

  • The unfoldomics decade: an update on intrinsically disordered proteins

    A Keith Dunker;Christopher J Oldfield;Jingwei Meng;Pedro Romero

  • Intrinsically Disordered Proteins

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Vladimir N. Uversky;Vladimir N. Uversky

  • Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Human Diseases: Introducing the D2 Concept

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Christopher J. Oldfield;A. Keith Dunker

  • Study of the "molten globule" intermediate state in protein folding by a hydrophobic fluorescent probe.

    G. V. Semisotnov;N. A. Rodionova;O. I. Razgulyaev;V. N. Uversky

  • Effect of Environmental Factors on the Kinetics of Insulin Fibril Formation: Elucidation of the Molecular Mechanism

    Liza Nielsen;Ritu Khurana;Alisa Coats;Sven Frokjaer

  • Evidence for a partially folded intermediate in alpha-synuclein fibril formation.

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Jie Li;Anthony L. Fink

  • Metal-triggered structural transformations, aggregation, and fibrillation of human alpha-synuclein. A possible molecular NK between Parkinson's disease and heavy metal exposure.

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Jie Li;Anthony L. Fink

  • Understanding protein non-folding.

    Vladimir N. Uversky;A. Keith Dunker

  • What does it mean to be natively unfolded

    Vladimir N. Uversky

  • Flexible nets. The roles of intrinsic disorder in protein interaction networks.

    A. Keith Dunker;Marc S. Cortese;Pedro Romero;Pedro Romero;Lilia M. Iakoucheva

  • PONDR-FIT: a meta-predictor of intrinsically disordered amino acids.

    Bin Xue;Roland L. Dunbrack;Robert W. Williams;A. Keith Dunker

  • Conformational constraints for amyloid fibrillation: the importance of being unfolded.

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Anthony L. Fink

  • Function and structure of inherently disordered proteins

    A Keith Dunker;Israel Silman;Vladimir N Uversky;Vladimir N Uversky;Joel L Sussman

  • DisProt: the Database of Disordered Proteins

    Megan Sickmeier;Justin A. Hamilton;Tanguy LeGall;Vladimir Vacic

  • Showing your ID: intrinsic disorder as an ID for recognition, regulation and cell signaling.

    Vladimir N. Uversky;Christopher J. Oldfield;A. Keith Dunker

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Keith Dunker
A. Keith Dunker Indiana University
Christopher J. Oldfield
Christopher J. Oldfield Virginia Commonwealth University
Anthony L. Fink
Anthony L. Fink University of California, Santa Cruz
Lukasz Kurgan
Lukasz Kurgan Virginia Commonwealth University
Peter Tompa
Peter Tompa Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Zoran Obradovic
Zoran Obradovic Temple University
Nima Rezaei
Nima Rezaei Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Sonia Longhi
Sonia Longhi Aix-Marseille University
Sebastian Doniach
Sebastian Doniach Stanford University
Predrag Radivojac
Predrag Radivojac Northeastern University

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