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Cellular transport and secretion

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Jan Otto Wolff
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
2
Claudio Bussi
Nanyang Technological University
3
Green Ahn
University of Washington
4
Qiaoxia Zheng
Institute of Biophysics
5
Jenny Hällqvist
Queen Mary University of London
6
Ranjay Jayadev
Duke University
7
Emma T. Watson
University of Wisconsin–Madison
8
Yewei Huang
Zhejiang University
9
Henry De Belly
Children's Medical Center
10
Jiyuan Zhang
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [103 citations, W4399773381]
Nature Communications|2024
103 cit.
2
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II β decodes ER Ca2+ transients to trigger autophagosome formation
Molecular Cell|2024
21 cit.
3
One size does not fit all: Lysosomes exist in biochemically and functionally distinct states
PLoS Biology|2024
17 cit.
4
Publication in Nature Communications (2025) [10 citations, W4416667946]
Nature Communications|2025
10 cit.
5
Physiologic medium renders human iPSC-derived macrophages permissive for <i>M. tuberculosis</i> by rewiring organelle function and metabolism
mBio|2024
9 cit.
6
Publication in Brain Communications (2026) [1 citation, W7128741638]
Brain Communications|2026
1 cit.
7
Publication in Biophysical Journal (2026) [W7130549067]
Biophysical Journal|2026
0 cit.
8
Publication in Trends in Cell Biology (2026) [W7140291096]
Trends in Cell Biology|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Benjamin D. Engel
University of Basel
2
Rūta Gerasimaitė
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
3
Ji‐Yul Jung
Seoul National University
4
Justin K. Ichida
University of Southern California
5
Shyam S. Krishnakumar
Yale University
6
Ashley Thelen
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South Africa
7
Dion Dickman
University of Southern California
8
Esther Sammler
University of Dundee
9
Francesca Tonelli
University of Pavia
10
Christopher J. Obara
University of California San Diego

Papers

1
In situ architecture of the ciliary base reveals the stepwise assembly of intraflagellar transport trains
Science|2022
148 cit.
2
MemBrain: A deep learning-aided pipeline for detection of membrane proteins in Cryo-electron tomograms
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine|2022
122 cit.
3
Motion of VAPB molecules reveals ER–mitochondria contact site subdomains
Nature|2024
117 cit.
4
PIKFYVE inhibition mitigates disease in models of diverse forms of ALS
Cell|2023
98 cit.
5
In-cell architecture of the mitochondrial respiratory chain
Science|2025
69 cit.
6
KCNJ2 inhibition mitigates mechanical injury in a human brain organoid model of traumatic brain injury
Cell stem cell|2024
39 cit.
7
Botulinum neurotoxin accurately separates tonic vs. phasic transmission and reveals heterosynaptic plasticity rules in Drosophila
eLife|2022
38 cit.
8
Elevated urine BMP phospholipids in LRRK2 and VPS35 mutation carriers with and without Parkinson’s disease
npj Parkinson s Disease|2023
37 cit.
9
Physiologic and Nanoscale Distinctions Define Glutamatergic Synapses in Tonic vs Phasic Neurons
Journal of Neuroscience|2023
32 cit.
10
SYF2 suppression mitigates neurodegeneration in models of diverse forms of ALS
Cell stem cell|2023
28 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Thomas C. Südhof
Stanford University
2
Scott D. Emr
Cornell University
3
Pietro De Camilli
Yale University
4
Reinhard Jahn
Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine
5
James E. Rothman
Yale University
6
Randy Schekman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
7
Marino Zerial
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
8
Yasuhiro Minami
University of Electro-Communications
9
Paul Greengard
Rockefeller University
10
Kai Simons
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Papers

1
Ror2 signaling regulates Golgi structure and transport through IFT20 for tumor invasiveness
Scientific Reports|2017
16.1k cit.
2
Functional rafts in cell membranes
Nature|1997
9.7k cit.
3
Lipid Rafts As a Membrane-Organizing Principle
Science|2009
4.4k cit.
4
SNAP receptors implicated in vesicle targeting and fusion
Nature|1993
3.2k cit.
5
Visualizing secretion and synaptic transmission with pH-sensitive green fluorescent proteins
Nature|1998
2.6k cit.
6
SNAREpins: Minimal Machinery for Membrane Fusion
Cell|1998
2.5k cit.
7
Molecular Anatomy of a Trafficking Organelle
Cell|2006
2.4k cit.
8
A protein assembly-disassembly pathway in vitro that may correspond to sequential steps of synaptic vesicle docking, activation, and fusion
Cell|1993
1.9k cit.
9
Identification of 23 complementation groups required for post-translational events in the yeast secretory pathway
Cell|1980
1.8k cit.
10
α-Synuclein Promotes SNARE-Complex Assembly in Vivo and in Vitro
Science|2010
1.8k cit.

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