Sarah Woolner

2.0k total citations
27 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sarah Woolner is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarah Woolner has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cell Biology, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sarah Woolner's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (20 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (13 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (4 papers). Sarah Woolner is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (20 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (13 papers) and Silk-based biomaterials and applications (4 papers). Sarah Woolner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Portugal. Sarah Woolner's co-authors include Paul Martin, António Jacinto, William M. Bement, Clive Wilson, Will Wood, Richard Grose, Jonathan E. Gale, Lori L. O’Brien, Christiane Wiese and Nancy Papalopulu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Cell Biology, Nature Cell Biology and Development.

In The Last Decade

Sarah Woolner

26 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sarah Woolner United Kingdom 17 998 844 189 145 126 27 1.5k
Wayne L. Rickoll United States 12 684 0.7× 662 0.8× 233 1.2× 153 1.1× 86 0.7× 30 1.2k
Ruth A. Montague United States 11 947 0.9× 794 0.9× 465 2.5× 105 0.7× 139 1.1× 16 1.6k
Terry Lechler United States 31 2.1k 2.1× 2.1k 2.5× 112 0.6× 152 1.0× 152 1.2× 52 3.4k
Yanlan Mao United Kingdom 19 1.1k 1.1× 574 0.7× 159 0.8× 80 0.6× 400 3.2× 37 1.6k
Sébastien Schaub France 20 591 0.6× 534 0.6× 97 0.5× 83 0.6× 268 2.1× 45 1.4k
Allen R. Comer United States 13 382 0.4× 547 0.6× 314 1.7× 63 0.4× 50 0.4× 16 1.0k
Tony Harris Canada 23 1.7k 1.7× 1.5k 1.8× 255 1.3× 148 1.0× 167 1.3× 55 2.5k
Jeffrey M. Verboon United States 16 411 0.4× 573 0.7× 80 0.4× 116 0.8× 101 0.8× 27 990
Kevin J. Sonnemann United States 9 307 0.3× 616 0.7× 114 0.6× 34 0.2× 100 0.8× 10 949
Julian Lewis United Kingdom 10 348 0.3× 645 0.8× 108 0.6× 63 0.4× 88 0.7× 21 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sarah Woolner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarah Woolner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sarah Woolner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sarah Woolner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sarah Woolner. Sarah Woolner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Woolner, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Spectral approaches to stress relaxation in epithelial monolayers. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 480(2297).
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Nestor-Bergmann, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Generation of anisotropic strain dysregulates wild-type cell division at the interface between host and oncogenic tissue. Current Biology. 31(15). 3409–3418.e6. 6 indexed citations
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Nestor-Bergmann, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Decoupling the Roles of Cell Shape and Mechanical Stress in Orienting and Cueing Epithelial Mitosis. Cell Reports. 26(8). 2088–2100.e4. 53 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah, et al.. (2019). Applying Tensile and Compressive Force to Xenopus Animal Cap Tissue. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2020(3). pdb.prot105551–pdb.prot105551. 1 indexed citations
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Nestor-Bergmann, Alexander, et al.. (2018). Mechanical characterization of disordered and anisotropic cellular monolayers. Physical review. E. 97(5). 52409–52409. 23 indexed citations
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Starborg, Tobias, Peter T Ruane, Philip Woodman, et al.. (2014). Dynein light intermediate chains maintain spindle bipolarity by functioning in centriole cohesion. The Journal of Cell Biology. 207(4). 499–516. 26 indexed citations
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Nestor-Bergmann, Alexander, et al.. (2014). Force and the spindle: Mechanical cues in mitotic spindle orientation. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 34. 133–139. 40 indexed citations
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Li, Jingjing, Siwei Zhang, Ximena Soto, Sarah Woolner, & Enrique Amaya. (2013). Erk and PI3K temporally coordinate different modes of actin-based motility during embryonic wound healing. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 21). 5005–17. 29 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah & Nancy Papalopulu. (2012). Spindle Position in Symmetric Cell Divisions during Epiboly Is Controlled by Opposing and Dynamic Apicobasal Forces. Developmental Cell. 22(4). 775–787. 55 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah, Ann L. Miller, & William M. Bement. (2009). Imaging the Cytoskeleton in Live Xenopus laevis Embryos. Methods in molecular biology. 586. 23–39. 19 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah & William M. Bement. (2009). Unconventional myosins acting unconventionally. Trends in Cell Biology. 19(6). 245–252. 121 indexed citations
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Stramer, Brian, Mark Winfield, Tanya J. Shaw, et al.. (2008). Gene induction following wounding of wild‐type versus macrophage‐deficient Drosophila embryos. EMBO Reports. 9(5). 465–471. 46 indexed citations
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Liu, Raymond, et al.. (2008). Sisyphus, the Drosophila myosin XV homolog, traffics within filopodia transporting key sensory and adhesion cargos. Journal of Cell Science. 121(1). 5 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah, Lori L. O’Brien, Christiane Wiese, & William M. Bement. (2008). Myosin-10 and actin filaments are essential for mitotic spindle function. The Journal of Cell Biology. 182(1). 77–88. 169 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah. (2007). Morphogenesis: Joining the Dots to Shape an Embryo. Current Biology. 17(8). R289–R291. 1 indexed citations
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Woolner, Sarah, António Jacinto, & Paul Martin. (2005). The small GTPase Rac plays multiple roles in epithelial sheet fusion—dynamic studies of Drosophila dorsal closure. Developmental Biology. 282(1). 163–173. 70 indexed citations
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Ladomery, Michael, John Sommerville, Sarah Woolner, Joan Slight, & Nick Hastie. (2003). Expression inXenopusoocytes shows that WT1 binds transcripts in vivo, with a central role for zinc finger one. Journal of Cell Science. 116(8). 1539–1549. 42 indexed citations
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Jacinto, António, Will Wood, Sarah Woolner, et al.. (2002). Dynamic Analysis of Actin Cable Function during Drosophila Dorsal Closure. Current Biology. 12(14). 1245–1250. 172 indexed citations
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Wood, Will, António Jacinto, Richard Grose, et al.. (2002). Wound healing recapitulates morphogenesis in Drosophila embryos. Nature Cell Biology. 4(11). 907–912. 350 indexed citations
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Zhao, Debiao, Sarah Woolner, & Mary Bownes. (2000). The Mirror transcription factor links signalling pathways in Drosophila oogenesis. Development Genes and Evolution. 210(8-9). 449–457. 33 indexed citations

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