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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

William J. Betz is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with focused work spanning Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Oncology, Hepatology, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The research conducted by William J. Betz largely centers on topics including:

  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Among their recent publications are:

  • "A replication-competent late liver stage-attenuated human malaria parasite" (2020) published in JCI Insight
  • "A Plasmodium falciparum ATP-binding cassette transporter is essential for liver stage entry into schizogony" (2022) published in iScience
  • "A conserved Plasmodium protein that localizes to liver stage nuclei is critical for late liver stage development" (2022) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

These papers address various aspects of malaria parasite biology, including liver stage development and parasite transport mechanisms.

William J. Betz frequently collaborates with other researchers including:

  • Debashree Goswami
  • Sean C. Murphy
  • Ashley M. Vaughan
  • Stefan H. I. Kappe
  • Chaitra Parthiban

Their work has been published in venues such as:

  • JCI Insight
  • iScience
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

In 2000, William J. Betz was recognized as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. This award reflects their standing within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Synaptic vesicle pools

    Silvio O. Rizzoli;William J. Betz

  • Optical analysis of synaptic vesicle recycling at the frog neuromuscular junction

    William J. Betz;Guy S. Bewick

  • Activity-dependent fluorescent staining and destaining of living vertebrate motor nerve terminals.

    W J Betz;F Mao;Guy Smith Bewick

  • Imaging exocytosis and endocytosis.

    William J Betz;Fei Mao;Corey B Smith

  • MONITORING SECRETORY MEMBRANE WITH FM1-43 FLUORESCENCE

    Amanda J. Cochilla;Joseph K. Angleson;William J. Betz

  • Two endocytic recycling routes selectively fill two vesicle pools in frog motor nerve terminals.

    D.A. Richards;C. Guatimosim;W.J. Betz

  • Depression of transmitter release at the neuromuscular junction of the frog.

    W. J. Betz

  • The structural organization of the readily releasable pool of synaptic vesicles.

    Silvio O. Rizzoli;William J. Betz

  • Imaging synaptic vesicle exocytosis and endocytosis with FM dyes

    Michael A Gaffield;William J Betz

  • Simultaneous independent measurement of endocytosis and exocytosis

    C. B. Smith;W. J. Betz

  • Effects of proteolytic enzymes on function and structure of frog neuromuscular junctions

    William Betz;Bert Sakmann

  • Synaptic vesicle pools at the frog neuromuscular junction.

    David A Richards;Cristina Guatimosim;Silvio O Rizzoli;William J Betz

  • Optical monitoring of transmitter release and synaptic vesicle recycling at the frog neuromuscular junction

    W J Betz;Guy Smith Bewick

  • FM1-43 dye ultrastructural localization in and release from frog motor nerve terminals

    Andreas Wolfram Henkel;Joachim H. R. Lübke;William J. Betz

  • Nerve activity but not intracellular calcium determines the time course of endocytosis at the frog neuromuscular junction.

    L.-G Wu;W.J Betz

  • The effects of partial denervation at birth on the development of muscle fibres and motor units in rat lumbrical muscle.

    W J Betz;J H Caldwell;R R Ribchester

  • The size of motor units during post-natal development of rat lumbrical muscle.

    W J Betz;J H Caldwell;R R Ribchester

  • Regulation of dense core release from neuroendocrine cells revealed by imaging single exocytic events

    J. K. Angleson;A. J. Cochilla;G. Kilic;I. Nussinovitch

  • Mobility of synaptic vesicles in different pools in resting and stimulated frog motor nerve terminals.

    Michael A. Gaffield;Silvio O. Rizzoli;William J. Betz

  • The synaptic vesicle cycle.

    W J Betz;J K Angleson

  • Staurosporine blocks evoked release of FM1-43 but not acetylcholine from frog motor nerve terminals

    AW Henkel;WJ Betz

  • Monitoring secretion in real time: capacitance, amperometry and fluorescence compared

    Joseph K Angleson;William J Betz

  • Active Zones and the Readily Releasable Pool of Synaptic Vesicles at the Neuromuscular Junction of the Mouse

    Rocío Ruiz;Raquel Cano;Juan José Casañas;Michael A. Gaffield

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard R. Ribchester
Richard R. Ribchester University of Edinburgh
Sue C. Kinnamon
Sue C. Kinnamon University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Joachim H. R. Lübke
Joachim H. R. Lübke Forschungszentrum Jülich

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