Beth L. Pruitt

9.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
165 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Beth L. Pruitt is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Beth L. Pruitt has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 53 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 48 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Beth L. Pruitt's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (46 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (45 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (43 papers). Beth L. Pruitt is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (46 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (45 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (43 papers). Beth L. Pruitt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Russia. Beth L. Pruitt's co-authors include A.A. Barlian, Aleksandra K. Denisin, Woo‐Tae Park, Joseph C. Doll, Ali J. Rastegar, Joseph R. Mallon, W. James Nelson, Blair W. Benham-Pyle, W. James Nelson and Alexandre J. S. Ribeiro and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Beth L. Pruitt

154 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Review: Semiconductor Piezoresistance for Microsystems

2009 737 citations Beth L. Pruitt et al. profile →
E-cadherin is under constitutive actomyosin-generated tension that is increased at cell–cell contacts upon externally applied stretch

2012 458 citations Beth L. Pruitt, W. James Nelson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Mechanical strain induces E-cadherin–dependent Yap1 and β-catenin activation to drive cell cycle entry

2015 414 citations Blair W. Benham-Pyle, Beth L. Pruitt et al. Science profile →
Contractility of single cardiomyocytes differentiated from pluripotent stem cells depends on physiological shape and substrate stiffness

2015 352 citations Alexandre J. S. Ribeiro, Beth L. Pruitt et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers

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Margaret L. Gardel United States

Kristian Franze United Kingdom

Jianping Fu United States

Wolfgang H. Goldmann Germany

Lisa A. Flanagan United States

Andrés F. Oberhauser United States

Karsten König Germany

Joe Tien United States

Manfred Radmacher Germany

David Holmes United Kingdom

Margaret L. Gardel United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beth L. Pruitt

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Vliem, Marjolein J., Joo Yong Sim, Kenta Terai, et al.. (2025). E-cadherin mechanotransduction activates EGFR-ERK signaling in epithelial monolayers by inducing ADAM-mediated ligand shedding. Science Signaling. 18(886). eadr7926–eadr7926. 1 indexed citations

Denisin, Aleksandra K., et al.. (2024). Field Guide to Traction Force Microscopy. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 17(2). 87–106. 7 indexed citations

Gionet‐Gonzales, Marissa, et al.. (2023). Engineering viscoelastic alginate hydrogels for hiPSC cardiomyocyte culture. Biophysical Journal. 122(3). 454a–454a.

Kim, Anna, et al.. (2022). Independently paced Ca2+ oscillations in progenitor and differentiated cells in an ex vivo epithelial organ. Journal of Cell Science. 135(14). 7 indexed citations

Gaietta, Guido, Yair Kaufman, Mark F. Swift, et al.. (2022). Morphological control enables nanometer-scale dissection of cell-cell signaling complexes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7831–7831. 2 indexed citations

Han, Dasol, et al.. (2022). Nucleation of the destruction complex on the centrosome accelerates degradation of β-catenin and regulates Wnt signal transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(36). e2204688119–e2204688119. 17 indexed citations

Billiar, Kristen L., Donald P. Gaver, Anita Singh, et al.. (2022). Learning Environments and Evidence-Based Practices in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. PubMed. 2(1). 1–16. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Chao, Makenna M. Morck, Kristina B. Kooiker, et al.. (2021). Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy β-cardiac myosin mutation (P710R) leads to hypercontractility by disrupting super relaxed state. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(24). 52 indexed citations

Zaleta-Rivera, Kathia, Alexandra Dainis, Alexandre J. S. Ribeiro, et al.. (2019). Allele-Specific Silencing Ameliorates Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Attributable to a Human Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Mutation. Circulation. 140(9). 765–778. 34 indexed citations

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Goodman, Miriam B., et al.. (2018). The tactile receptive fields of freely moving Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes. Integrative Biology. 10(8). 450–463. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Ngan F., Vahid Serpooshan, Viola B. Morris, et al.. (2018). Big bottlenecks in cardiovascular tissue engineering. Communications Biology. 1(1). 199–199. 65 indexed citations

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Kim, Anna, et al.. (2018). Microfluidics for mechanobiology of model organisms. Methods in cell biology. 146. 217–259. 15 indexed citations

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Moeller, Jens, Aleksandra K. Denisin, Joo Yong Sim, et al.. (2018). Controlling cell shape on hydrogels using lift-off protein patterning. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0189901–e0189901. 31 indexed citations

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Hart, Kevin C., Jiongyi Tan, Kathleen A. Siemers, et al.. (2017). E-cadherin and LGN align epithelial cell divisions with tissue tension independently of cell shape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(29). E5845–E5853. 68 indexed citations

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Benham-Pyle, Blair W., Beth L. Pruitt, & W. James Nelson. (2015). Mechanical strain induces E-cadherin–dependent Yap1 and β-catenin activation to drive cell cycle entry. Science. 348(6238). 1024–1027. 414 indexed citations breakdown →

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Simmons, Chelsey S., Alexandre J. S. Ribeiro, & Beth L. Pruitt. (2012). Formation of composite polyacrylamide and silicone substrates for independent control of stiffness and strain. Lab on a Chip. 13(4). 646–646. 43 indexed citations

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Geffeney, Shana L., Juan G. Cueva, Dominique A. Glauser, et al.. (2011). DEG/ENaC but Not TRP Channels Are the Major Mechanoelectrical Transduction Channels in a C. elegans Nociceptor. Neuron. 71(5). 845–857. 102 indexed citations

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Kesari, Haneesh, Joseph C. Doll, Beth L. Pruitt, Wei Cai, & Adrián J. Lew. (2010). Role of surface roughness in hysteresis during adhesive elastic contact. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 90(12). 891–902. 63 indexed citations

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Petzold, Bryan C., et al.. (2010). The Contribution of Body Wall Muscles to C. Elegans Body Mechanics Determined Using Piezoresistive Microcantilevers. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 192a–192a. 1 indexed citations

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Pruitt, Beth L., et al.. (2009). Modeling and characterization of electrostatic comb-drive actuators in conducting liquid media. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 19(6). 65008–65008. 19 indexed citations

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