Joseph L. Basalla

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2009Rising activity

Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Protein Structure and Dynamics Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Algal biology and biofuel production

Publications

Citations

292

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2009

In context

Among 1,692 mid career Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index

Citations: 292cohort median 809

Publications / year (recent): 2.4cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 25% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 13 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

ASPL couples the assembly of stress granules with their VCP-mediated disassembly
Science Advances · 2025
An invariant C-terminal tryptophan in McdB mediates its interaction and positioning function with carboxysomes
Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2024
Structural characterization of the liquid-liquid phase separating protein McdB
Biophysical Journal · 2024
Investigating the microenvironmental effects on the structure of the LLPS-inducing protein McdB
Biophysical Journal · 2024
Connecting a Bacterial Organelle to Its Positioning System
Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · 2024
Dissecting the phase separation and oligomerization activities of the carboxysome positioning protein McdB
eLife · 2023
Cell surface-localized CsgF condensate is a gatekeeper in bacterial curli subunit secretion
Nature Communications · 2023
An invariant C-terminal tryptophan in McdB mediates its interaction and positioning function with carboxysomes
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2023
Abstract 2685: A potential role of protein phase separation in localization to a bacterial carbon-fixing organelle
Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2023
Author response: Dissecting the phase separation and oligomerization activities of the carboxysome positioning protein McdB
2023
Dissecting the phase separation and oligomerization activities of the carboxysome positioning protein McdB
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
Cell Surface-localized CsgF Condensate is a Gatekeeper in Bacterial Curli Subunit Secretion
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
Polyphosphate drives bacterial heterochromatin formation
Science Advances · 2021
The McdAB system positions α‐carboxysomes in proteobacteria
Molecular Microbiology · 2021
Expanding Tiny Earth to genomics: a bioinformatics approach for an undergraduate class to characterize antagonistic strains
FEMS Microbiology Letters · 2020

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×5
Science Advances×2
Biophysical Journal×2
Molecular Biology and Evolution×1
Molecular Microbiology×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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