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Sidney L. Shaw

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1985
Microtubule and mitosis dynamicsPlant Reproductive BiologyPlant Molecular Biology ResearchPhotosynthetic Processes and MechanismsPlant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Publications

93

Citations

4,845

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
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Sidney L. Shaw studies how cells build and organize their internal skeleton, focusing especially on microtubules filamentous protein tracks that give cells shape, help them divide, and position their contents. Much of the work uses the model plant Arabidopsis to understand how microtubule arrays guide cell growth and elongation, alongside research on cell division and structural assembly in bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Bacillus subtilis. Live-cell microscopy and imaging methods are central tools in this research.

Microtubule organization and dynamicsPlant cell growth and cytoskeleton (Arabidopsis)Cell division and spindle mechanicsBacterial cell wall synthesis and structural assemblyLive-cell imaging methods

Publication output has been fairly steady over the past decade, averaging a few papers per year with a modest peak around 2020.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through November 2028 — about 2 years of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNSF 2439964through Nov 2028 · $977k awarded

    Microtubule Nucleation in Plant Cortical Array Patterning

1 earlier award
  • NSF 1927504Sep 2019 – Aug 2024 · $900k awarded

    Mechanisms controlling organization of the plant acentriolar microtubule array.

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,704 established Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 4,845cohort median 3,386
h-index: 38cohort median 27
Publications / year (recent): 2.4cohort median 4.6

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 48% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 14 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 6 publications6202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 4 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University 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.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 2 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY×7
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • UNC Libraries×4
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×2
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell×2
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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