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80
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4110
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2019

Overview

Vladislav V. Verkhusha is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. Within these broad areas, Verkhusha has contributed extensively to several specialized subfields, including molecular biology, biomedical engineering, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biophysics, and plant science.

Their work focuses on a diverse range of topics, notably:

  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques
  • Photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging
  • Light effects on plants
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques

Verkhusha's recent scholarly output includes significant contributions to multiple high-impact journals. Key publications by year are:

  • "A set of monomeric near-infrared fluorescent proteins for multicolor imaging across scales," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A near-infrared genetically encoded calcium indicator for in vivo imaging," 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Single-component near-infrared optogenetic systems for gene transcription regulation," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Single-domain near-infrared protein provides a scaffold for antigen-dependent fluorescent nanobodies," 2022, Nature Methods
  • "Optogenetic regulation of endogenous proteins," 2020, Nature Communications

Verkhusha collaborates frequently with a group of researchers involved in related scientific endeavors. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Daria M. Shcherbakova
  • Mikhail Baloban
  • Olena S. Oliinyk
  • Junjie Yao
  • L.A. Kasatkina

The scientist's work has appeared repeatedly in a set of leading venues, reflecting their involvement in multiple disciplines. Prominent publication venues are:

  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Methods
  • Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Protein Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Engineering of a monomeric green-to-red photoactivatable fluorescent protein induced by blue light

    Nadya G Gurskaya;Vladislav V Verkhusha;Alexander S Shcheglov;Dmitry B Staroverov

  • Molecular mechanism of histone H3K4me3 recognition by plant homeodomain of ING2

    Pedro V. Peña;Foteini Davrazou;Xiaobing Shi;Kay L. Walter

  • Bright and stable near-infrared fluorescent protein for in vivo imaging

    Grigory S. Filonov;Kiryl D. Piatkevich;Li Min Ting;Jinghang Zhang

  • Photoactivatable mCherry for high-resolution two-color fluorescence microscopy

    Fedor V Subach;George H Patterson;Suliana Manley;Jennifer M Gillette

  • Far-red fluorescent tags for protein imaging in living tissues.

    Dmitry Shcherbo;Christopher S. Murphy;Galina V. Ermakova;Elena A. Solovieva

  • Photoactivatable fluorescent proteins

    Konstantin A. Lukyanov;Dmitry M. Chudakov;Sergey Lukyanov;Vladislav V. Verkhusha

  • Near-infrared fluorescent proteins for multicolor in vivo imaging

    Daria M Shcherbakova;Vladislav V Verkhusha

  • Photoswitchable cyan fluorescent protein for protein tracking

    Dmitriy M Chudakov;Vladislav V Verkhusha;Dmitry B Staroverov;Ekaterina A Souslova

  • Intravital imaging of metastatic behavior through a Mammary Imaging Window

    Dmitriy Kedrin;Bojana Gligorijevic;Jeffrey Wyckoff;Vladislav V Verkhusha

  • The molecular properties and applications of Anthozoa fluorescent proteins and chromoproteins.

    Vladislav V Verkhusha;Konstantin A Lukyanov

  • An Enhanced Monomeric Blue Fluorescent Protein with the High Chemical Stability of the Chromophore

    Oksana M. Subach;Paula J. Cranfill;Michael W. Davidson;Vladislav V. Verkhusha

  • Conversion of red fluorescent protein into a bright blue probe.

    Oksana M. Subach;Illia S. Gundorov;Masami Yoshimura;Fedor V. Subach

  • Bright monomeric near-infrared fluorescent proteins as tags and biosensors for multiscale imaging.

    Daria M. Shcherbakova;Mikhail Baloban;Alexander V. Emelyanov;Michael Brenowitz

  • Phenotypic heterogeneity of disseminated tumour cells is preset by primary tumour hypoxic microenvironments.

    Georg Fluegen;Georg Fluegen;Alvaro Avivar-Valderas;Yarong Wang;Michael R. Padgen

  • Multiscale photoacoustic tomography using reversibly switchable bacterial phytochrome as a near-infrared photochromic probe

    Junjie Yao;Andrii A Kaberniuk;Lei Li;Daria M Shcherbakova

  • An Orange Fluorescent Protein with a Large Stokes Shift for Single-Excitation Multicolor FCCS and FRET Imaging

    Daria M. Shcherbakova;Mark A. Hink;Linda Joosen;Theodorus W. J. Gadella

  • An optogenetic system based on bacterial phytochrome controllable with near infra-red light

    Vladislav V. Verkhusha;Andrii A. Kaberniuk;Anton A. Shemetov

  • A palette of fluorescent proteins optimized for diverse cellular environments

    Lindsey M. Costantini;Mikhail Baloban;Michele L. Markwardt;Megan A. Rizzo

  • Photocontrollable fluorescent proteins for superresolution imaging.

    Daria M. Shcherbakova;Prabuddha Sengupta;Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Vladislav V. Verkhusha

  • Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins, Biosensors, and Optogenetic Tools Engineered from Phytochromes.

    Konstantin G. Chernov;Taras A. Redchuk;Evgeniya S. Omelina;Vladislav V. Verkhusha;Vladislav V. Verkhusha

Frequent Co-Authors

Lihong V. Wang
Lihong V. Wang California Institute of Technology
Konstantin A. Lukyanov
Konstantin A. Lukyanov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
John S. Condeelis
John S. Condeelis Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Sergey Lukyanov
Sergey Lukyanov Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Tatiana G. Kutateladze
Tatiana G. Kutateladze University of Colorado Denver
Robert V. Stahelin
Robert V. Stahelin Purdue University West Lafayette
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Vladimir N. Uversky
Vladimir N. Uversky University of South Florida
Dmitriy M. Chudakov
Dmitriy M. Chudakov Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Robert H. Singer
Robert H. Singer Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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