Morgan E. DeSantis

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity

Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cellular transport and secretion Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding Nuclear Structure and Function

Publications

Citations

2,421

Est. group size

~19

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2008

In context

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

Citations: 2,421cohort median 809

Publications / year (recent): 6.0cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 6% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 9 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/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

Dynein upsizes under load
Nature Cell Biology · 2026
CCSer2 gates dynein activity at the cell periphery
The Journal of Cell Biology · 2025
Rewiring for movements in meiotic prophase: regulators, roles, and evolutionary pathways
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development · 2025
KIF5B drives meiotic chromosome dynamics via interaction with the KASH5-LINC complex
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025
CCSer2 gates dynein activity at the cell periphery
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2024
Structures of human dynein in complex with the lissencephaly 1 protein, LIS1
eLife · 2023
Distinct dynein complexes defined by DYNLRB1 and DYNLRB2 regulate mitotic and male meiotic spindle bipolarity
Nature Communications · 2023
Structures of human cytoplasmic dynein in complex with the lissencephaly 1 protein, LIS1
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2022
Author response: Structures of human dynein in complex with the lissencephaly 1 protein, LIS1
2022
Self-repair protects microtubules from destruction by molecular motors
Nature Materials · 2021
LIS1 promotes the formation of activated cytoplasmic dynein-1 complexes
Nature Cell Biology · 2020
Lis1 Promotes the Formation of Activated Cytoplasmic Dynein-1 Complexes
Biophysical Journal · 2020
Lis1 promotes the formation of maximally activated cytoplasmic dynein-1 complexes
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2019
Nuclear-Import Receptors Reverse Aberrant Phase Transitions of RNA-Binding Proteins with Prion-like Domains
Cell · 2018
The human cytoplasmic dynein interactome reveals novel activators of motility
eLife · 2017

Publishes in

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×13
eLife×6
Biophysical Journal×6
Cell×2
Nature Cell Biology×2

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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