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Matthew K. Summers

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2001Rising activity

Publications

97

Citations

2,120

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
AI-generated

Matthew K. Summers studies how cells divide, focusing on the molecular machinery that controls mitosis (cell division) and ensures chromosomes are correctly distributed to daughter cells. His work examines proteins like NEK2, LIN9, CDH1, and KIF11 that regulate this process, with an eye toward how disrupting them could improve cancer treatments, including for glioblastoma and taxane-resistant tumors. This research sits at the intersection of basic cell biology and translational cancer therapeutics.

Mitosis and spindle assembly checkpointCell cycle regulation proteins (NEK2, LIN9, CDH1)Cancer drug resistance mechanismsGlioblastoma and radiotherapy sensitizationUbiquitin-proteasome pathway in cell division

Publication output was moderate and fluctuating from 2017-2022, then spiked sharply in 2023 (largely due to a single multi-part study with many associated supplementary files) before dropping off in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.6/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 7 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 39 publications39232024: 1 publication242025: 1 publication2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Cancer Research×6
  • Neuro-Oncology×5
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • Molecular Cancer Research×2
  • Veterinary and Comparative Oncology×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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