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William M. Bement publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William M. Bement sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 136 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

William M. Bement D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William M. Bement sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William M. Bement is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience.

Within these broad domains, their work focuses on several specialized subfields including Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Stochastic dynamics and bifurcation

William M. Bement has coauthored frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Andrew B. Goryachev
  • Ani Michaud
  • Marcin Leda
  • Zachary T. Swider
  • Jennifer Landino

Their publications appear regularly in specific scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Current Biology
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Biophysical Journal

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Patterning of the cell cortex by Rho GTPases, 2024, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • A versatile cortical pattern-forming circuit based on Rho, F-actin, Ect2, and RGA-3/4, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease, 2021, BMC Biology
  • Cortical excitability and cell division, 2021, Current Biology
  • Rho and F-actin self-organize within an artificial cell cortex, 2021, Current Biology

Best Publications

  • Conserved microtubule-actin interactions in cell movement and morphogenesis.

    Olga C. Rodriguez;Andrew W. Schaefer;Craig A. Mandato;Paul Forscher

  • Versatile fluorescent probes for actin filaments based on the actin-binding domain of utrophin.

    Brian M. Burkel;George von Dassow;William M. Bement;William M. Bement

  • A microtubule-dependent zone of active RhoA during cleavage plane specification

    William M. Bement;William M. Bement;Hélène A. Benink;George von Dassow

  • A novel cytoskeletal structure involved in purse string wound closure and cell polarity maintenance.

    W M Bement;P Forscher;M S Mooseker

  • Concentric zones of active RhoA and Cdc42 around single cell wounds

    Hélène A. Benink;William M. Bement

  • Wound repair: toward understanding and integration of single-cell and multicellular wound responses.

    Kevin J. Sonnemann;William M. Bement

  • Regulation of cytokinesis by Rho GTPase flux.

    Ann L. Miller;William M. Bement

  • A microtubule-binding myosin required for nuclear anchoring and spindle assembly

    Kari L. Weber;Anna M. Sokac;Anna M. Sokac;Jonathan S. Berg;Richard E. Cheney

  • Activator–inhibitor coupling between Rho signalling and actin assembly makes the cell cortex an excitable medium

    William M. Bement;Marcin Leda;Alison M. Moe;Angela M. Kita

  • Wound-induced assembly and closure of an actomyosin purse string in Xenopus oocytes

    William M. Bement;Craig A. Mandato;Mary N. Kirsch

  • Myosin-10 and actin filaments are essential for mitotic spindle function

    Sarah Woolner;Lori L. O'Brien;Christiane Wiese;William M. Bement

  • Identification and overlapping expression of multiple unconventional myosin genes in vertebrate cell types.

    William M. Bement;Tama Hasson;Joel A. Wirth;Richard E. Cheney

  • TEDS rule: a molecular rationale for differential regulation of myosins by phosphorylation of the heavy chain head.

    William M. Bement;Mark S. Mooseker

  • Contraction and polymerization cooperate to assemble and close actomyosin rings around Xenopus oocyte wounds

    Craig A. Mandato;William M. Bement

  • Unconventional myosins acting unconventionally.

    Sarah Woolner;William M. Bement;William M. Bement

  • Cdc42-dependent actin polymerization during compensatory endocytosis in Xenopus eggs.

    Anna Marie Sokac;Anna Marie Sokac;Carl Co;Jack Taunton;William Bement

  • Action at a distance during cytokinesis

    George von Dassow;George von Dassow;Koen J.C. Verbrugghe;Ann L. Miller;Jenny R. Sider

  • Rho GTPase activity zones and transient contractile arrays

    William M. Bement;Ann L. Miller;George von Dassow

  • Activators of protein kinase C trigger cortical granule exocytosis, cortical contraction, and cleavage furrow formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs

    W. M. Bement;David Capco

  • Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease

    Dustin A. Ammendolia;William M. Bement;John H. Brumell

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark S. Mooseker
Mark S. Mooseker Yale University
David P. Corey
David P. Corey Harvard University
Ming Yuan
Ming Yuan Columbia University
Clare M. Waterman-Storer
Clare M. Waterman-Storer National Institutes of Health
Anna Huttenlocher
Anna Huttenlocher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jonathan S. Berg
Jonathan S. Berg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Debra J. Gilbert
Debra J. Gilbert National Institutes of Health
Christine Petit
Christine Petit Université Paris Cité
Neal G. Copeland
Neal G. Copeland The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Nancy A. Jenkins
Nancy A. Jenkins The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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