Robert Fischer

5.1k total citations
55 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Robert Fischer is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Fischer has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cell Biology, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Robert Fischer's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (10 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (8 papers). Robert Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (26 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (10 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (8 papers). Robert Fischer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Robert Fischer's co-authors include Clare M. Waterman, Velia M. Fowler, Hari Shroff, Andrew G. York, Ajay Chitnis, Damian Dalle Nogare, Kenneth A. Myers, Margaret L. Gardel, Peter Wawrzusin and Yicong Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Robert Fischer

54 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers

Robert Fischer

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Dylan T. Burnette United States

Alexander B. Verkhovsky Switzerland

Ruobo Zhou United States

Wesley R. Legant United States

Pakorn Kanchanawong Singapore

Sergey V. Plotnikov United States

Daniel Safer United States

Christophe Le Clainche France

Ana M. Pasapera Mexico

Marco Fritzsche United Kingdom

Dylan T. Burnette United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert Fischer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Fischer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Fischer

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Guo, Min, Yijun Su, Jiji Chen, et al.. (2025). Volumetric imaging of the 3D orientation of cellular structures with a polarized fluorescence light-sheet microscope. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(8). e2406679122–e2406679122. 2 indexed citations

Pasapera, Ana M., Sarah M. Heissler, Masumi Eto, et al.. (2022). MARK2 regulates directed cell migration through modulation of myosin II contractility and focal adhesion organization. Current Biology. 32(12). 2704–2718.e6. 24 indexed citations

Fischer, Robert, et al.. (2022). Common Variable Immune Deficiency: An Outpatient Experience. Southern Medical Journal. 115(8). 593–596.

Fischer, Robert, Xiaoyu Sun, Michelle A. Baird, et al.. (2021). Contractility, focal adhesion orientation, and stress fiber orientation drive cancer cell polarity and migration along wavy ECM substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(22). 58 indexed citations

Tsai, Tony, Sean R. Collins, Caleb K. Chan, et al.. (2019). Efficient Front-Rear Coupling in Neutrophil Chemotaxis by Dynamic Myosin II Localization. Developmental Cell. 49(2). 189–205.e6. 50 indexed citations

Guo, Min, Panagiotis Chandris, John Giannini, et al.. (2018). Single-shot super-resolution total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Nature Methods. 15(6). 425–428. 53 indexed citations

Swaminathan, Vinay, Robert Fischer, & Clare M. Waterman. (2016). The FAK–Arp2/3 interaction promotes leading edge advance and haptosensing by coupling nascent adhesions to lamellipodia actin. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(7). 1085–1100. 62 indexed citations

Baird, Michelle A., Neil Billington, Aibing Wang, et al.. (2016). Local pulsatile contractions are an intrinsic property of the myosin 2A motor in the cortical cytoskeleton of adherent cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(2). 240–251. 43 indexed citations

Fischer, Robert & Velia M. Fowler. (2015). Thematic Minireview Series: The State of the Cytoskeleton in 2015. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(28). 17133–17136. 13 indexed citations

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Pasapera, Ana M., Sergey V. Plotnikov, Robert Fischer, et al.. (2014). Rac1-Dependent Phosphorylation and Focal Adhesion Recruitment of Myosin IIA Regulates Migration and Mechanosensing. Current Biology. 25(2). 175–186. 88 indexed citations

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Wu, Yicong, Peter Wawrzusin, Robert Fischer, et al.. (2013). Spatially isotropic four-dimensional imaging with dual-view plane illumination microscopy. Nature Biotechnology. 31(11). 1032–1038. 217 indexed citations

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York, Andrew G., Panagiotis Chandris, Damian Dalle Nogare, et al.. (2013). Instant super-resolution imaging in live cells and embryos via analog image processing. Nature Methods. 10(11). 1122–1126. 285 indexed citations

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York, Andrew G., Sapun H. Parekh, Damian Dalle Nogare, et al.. (2012). Resolution doubling in live, multicellular organisms via multifocal structured illumination microscopy. Nature Methods. 9(7). 749–754. 336 indexed citations

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Fischer, Robert, Kenneth A. Myers, Margaret L. Gardel, & Clare M. Waterman. (2012). Stiffness-controlled three-dimensional extracellular matrices for high-resolution imaging of cell behavior. Nature Protocols. 7(11). 2056–2066. 175 indexed citations

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Fischer, Robert, Yicong Wu, Pakorn Kanchanawong, Hari Shroff, & Clare M. Waterman. (2011). Microscopy in 3D: a biologist's toolbox. Trends in Cell Biology. 21(12). 682–691. 108 indexed citations

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Fowler, Velia M., Caroline R. McKeown, & Robert Fischer. (2006). Nebulin: Does It Measure up as a Ruler?. Current Biology. 16(1). R18–R20. 30 indexed citations

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Fischer, Robert & Velia M. Fowler. (2003). Tropomodulins: life at the slow end. Trends in Cell Biology. 13(11). 593–601. 81 indexed citations

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Fischer, Robert, et al.. (2000). Stabilization and remodeling of the membrane skeleton during lens fiber cell differentiation and maturation. Developmental Dynamics. 217(3). 257–270. 71 indexed citations

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Fischer, Robert & Margaret P. Quinlan. (1998). The C Terminus of E1A Regulates Tumor Progression and Epithelial Cell Differentiation. Virology. 249(2). 427–439. 20 indexed citations

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Fischer, Robert & Jonathan M. Lees. (1993). Shortest path ray tracing with sparse graphs. Geophysics. 58(7). 987–996. 67 indexed citations

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