Gary J. Brouhard

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Gary J. Brouhard is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary J. Brouhard has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cell Biology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Gary J. Brouhard's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (31 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers). Gary J. Brouhard is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (31 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (9 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers). Gary J. Brouhard collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Gary J. Brouhard's co-authors include Luke M. Rice, Jonathon Howard, Susanne Bechstedt, Sami Chaaban, Stefan Diez, Jonne Helenius, Jeffrey H. Stear, Jawdat Al‐Bassam, Stephen C. Harrison and Yannis Kalaidzidis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gary J. Brouhard

35 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Microtubule dynamics: an interplay of biochemistry and me... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Microtubule dynamics: an interplay of biochemistry and mechanics
    2018 379 citations Gary J. Brouhard et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary J. Brouhard Canada 22 2.2k 2.1k 305 154 137 36 3.0k
Yuko Mimori‐Kiyosue Japan 25 1.7k 0.8× 2.3k 1.1× 185 0.6× 225 1.5× 223 1.6× 40 3.4k
Gregory M. Alushin United States 20 1.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 312 1.0× 101 0.7× 86 0.6× 31 2.3k
Vladimir Rodionov United States 32 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 219 0.7× 386 2.5× 152 1.1× 83 3.4k
Brad J. Nolen United States 24 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 165 0.5× 109 0.7× 127 0.9× 40 3.0k
Carolyn A. Moores United Kingdom 33 2.6k 1.2× 2.4k 1.1× 294 1.0× 196 1.3× 185 1.4× 75 3.3k
Michael Wagenbach United States 24 2.6k 1.2× 2.6k 1.2× 460 1.5× 241 1.6× 191 1.4× 32 3.9k
E. Timothy O’Brien United States 24 1.8k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 164 0.5× 86 0.6× 74 0.5× 49 2.8k
Andrei V. Karginov United States 24 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 93 0.3× 320 2.1× 126 0.9× 43 2.9k
William O. Hancock United States 35 3.2k 1.4× 2.3k 1.1× 348 1.1× 206 1.3× 210 1.5× 114 4.2k
Eugene A. Katrukha Netherlands 28 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 119 0.4× 286 1.9× 156 1.1× 47 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary J. Brouhard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hendricks, Adam G., et al.. (2025). Doublecortin restricts neuronal branching by regulating tubulin polyglutamylation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1749–1749. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yining, et al.. (2025). Competition for microtubule lattice spacing between a microtubule expander and compactor. Current Biology. 35(18). 4442–4452.e4.
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Hendricks, Adam G., et al.. (2024). Measurements of neurite extension and nucleokinesis in an iPSC-derived model system following microtubule perturbation. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(1). mr1–mr1. 1 indexed citations
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McAlear, Thomas S., Nathalie Croteau, Simon Veyron, et al.. (2021). Crystal structure of human PACRG in complex with MEIG1 reveals roles in axoneme formation and tubulin binding. Structure. 29(6). 572–586.e6. 15 indexed citations
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Chaaban, Sami, Shashank Jariwala, Stefanie Redemann, et al.. (2018). The Structure and Dynamics of C. elegans Tubulin Reveals the Mechanistic Basis of Microtubule Growth. Developmental Cell. 47(2). 191–204.e8. 54 indexed citations
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Chaaban, Sami & Gary J. Brouhard. (2017). A microtubule bestiary: structural diversity in tubulin polymers. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(22). 2924–2931. 119 indexed citations
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Wieczorek, Michał W., Susanne Bechstedt, Sami Chaaban, & Gary J. Brouhard. (2015). Microtubule-associated proteins control the kinetics of microtubule nucleation. Nature Cell Biology. 17(7). 907–916. 165 indexed citations
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Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2014). Measuring Ligand-Receptor Binding Rates with K-Space Image Correlation Spectroscopy: Theory and Experimental Applications. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 604a–605a. 2 indexed citations
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Bechstedt, Susanne & Gary J. Brouhard. (2013). Fluorescence-Based Assays for Microtubule Architecture. Methods in cell biology. 115. 343–354. 2 indexed citations
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Brandão, Hugo B., et al.. (2013). Measuring ligand–receptor binding kinetics and dynamics using k-space image correlation spectroscopy. Methods. 66(2). 273–282. 7 indexed citations
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Bechstedt, Susanne & Gary J. Brouhard. (2012). Doublecortin Recognizes the 13-Protofilament Microtubule Cooperatively and Tracks Microtubule Ends. Developmental Cell. 23(1). 181–192. 100 indexed citations
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Brouhard, Gary J.. (2010). Motor Proteins: Kinesins Influence Each Other through Load. Current Biology. 20(10). R448–R450. 1 indexed citations
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Gell, Chris, Volker Bormuth, Gary J. Brouhard, et al.. (2010). Microtubule Dynamics Reconstituted In Vitro and Imaged by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Microscopy. Methods in cell biology. 95. 221–245. 210 indexed citations
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Al‐Bassam, Jawdat, Hwajin Kim, Gary J. Brouhard, et al.. (2010). CLASP Promotes Microtubule Rescue by Recruiting Tubulin Dimers to the Microtubule. Developmental Cell. 19(2). 245–258. 152 indexed citations
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Brouhard, Gary J.. (2010). Quality Control in Single-Molecule Studies of Kinesins and Microtubule-Associated Proteins. Methods in cell biology. 97. 497–506. 2 indexed citations
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Brouhard, Gary J., Jeffrey H. Stear, Jawdat Al‐Bassam, et al.. (2008). XMAP215 Is a Processive Microtubule Polymerase. Cell. 132(1). 79–88. 417 indexed citations
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Schröter, Christian, Leah Herrgen, Albert Cardona, et al.. (2008). Dynamics of zebrafish somitogenesis. Developmental Dynamics. 237(3). 545–553. 114 indexed citations
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Helenius, Jonne, Gary J. Brouhard, Yannis Kalaidzidis, Stefan Diez, & Jonathon Howard. (2006). The depolymerizing kinesin MCAK uses lattice diffusion to rapidly target microtubule ends. Nature. 441(7089). 115–119. 371 indexed citations
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Brouhard, Gary J. & Alan Hunt. (2005). Microtubule movements on the arms of mitotic chromosomes: Polar ejection forces quantified in vitro. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(39). 13903–13908. 76 indexed citations
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Brouhard, Gary J., Henry T. Schek, & Alan Hunt. (2003). Advanced optical tweezers for the study of cellular and molecular biomechanics. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 50(1). 121–125. 57 indexed citations

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