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Emeritus Professor Michael Whitaker

Emeritus Professor

  • Email: michael.whitaker@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5264
  • Fax: +44 (0) 191 208 7424
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  • Address: Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences
    Medical School
    University of Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    Framlington Place
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne
    NE2 4HH
Research

Research Interests

Calcium signals
Cell cycle control
Early embryogenesis
Fluorescence imaging

Publications
  • Harrison MD, Drinnan M, Campos JC, Masci P, Freitas L, di Maria C, Whitaker M. . In: Formal Aspects of Component Software (FACS 2017). 2017, Braga, Portugal: Springer.
  • Kisielewska J, Whitaker M. . In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press, Inc, 2013. In Press.
  • Levasseur M, Dumollard R, Chambon J, Hebras C, Sinclair M, Whitaker M, McDougall A. . Development 2013, 140, 4583-4593.
  • Foley L, Whitaker M. . Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2012, 1(5), 438-447.
  • Herriott A, Sweeney M, Whitaker M, Taggart M, Huang JY. . Cell Cycle 2012, 11(24), 4650-4660.
  • Whitaker M, Foley L. . regen Magazine 2011, (2), 14-15.
  • Whitaker M. . In: Whitaker, M, ed. Calcium in Living Cells. Amsterdam; London: Academic Press, 2010, pp.153-182.
  • Herriott A, Whitaker M, Huang JY. . In: Meeting on The Cell Cycle. 2010, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: National Cancer Institute.
  • Li D, Morley G, Whitaker M, Huang JY. . Molecular and Cellular Biology 2010, 30(13), 3384-3395.
  • Kisielewska J, Philipova R, Huang JY, Whitaker M. . Developmental Biology 2009, 334(2), 383-394.
  • Whitaker M. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2008, 363(1495), 1401-1418.
  • Ross K, Parker G, Whitaker M, Reynolds NJ. . British Journal of Dermatology 2008, 158(1), 31-37.
  • Whitaker M, Smith J. . Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2008, 363(1495), 1307-1310.
  • Ross K, Whitaker M, Reynolds NJ. . Journal of Cellular Physiology 2007, 211(3), 569-576.
  • Wood CD, Nishigaki T, Tatsu Y, Yumoto N, Baba SA, Whitaker M, Darszon A. . Developmental Biology 2007, 306(2), 525-537.
  • Li D, Karess R, Whitaker M, Huang J-Y. . In: 48th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. 2007, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Genetics Society of America.
  • Huang J-Y, Morley G, Li D, Whitaker M. . Journal of Cell Science 2007, 120(12), 1990-1997.
  • Whitaker M. . Physiological Reviews 2006, 86(1), 25-88.
  • Whitaker M. . Cell Calcium 2006, 40(5-6), 585-592.
  • Whitaker M. . Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 2006, 17(2), 230-232.
  • Philipova R, Whitaker M. . Journal of Cell Science 2005, 118(24), 5767-5776.
  • Philipova R, Kisielewska J, Lu P, Larman M, Huang J-Y, Whitaker M. . Development 2005, 132(3), 579-589.
  • Kisielewska J, Lu P, Whitaker M. . Biology of the Cell 2005, 97(3), 221-229.
  • Philipova R, Larman MG, Leckie CP, Harrison PK, Groigno L, Whitaker M. . Journal of Biological Chemistry 2005, 280(26), 24957-24967.
  • Parry H, McDougall AD, Whitaker MJ. . The Journal of Cell Biology 2005, 171(1), 47-59.
  • Whitaker M. . In: Charles A. Ettensohn, Gregory A. Wray, and Gary M. Wessel, ed. Development of Sea Urchins, Ascidians, and Other Invertebrate Deuterostomes: Experimental Approaches. London: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004, pp.443-468.
  • Whitaker M. Calcium pathways. JCS 2003, 2, 6-9.
  • Carroll M, Levasseur M, Wood C, Whitaker M, Jones KT, McDougall A. . Journal of Cell Science 2003, 116(24), 4997-5004.
  • Wood CD, Darszon A, Whitaker MJ. . The Journal of Cell Biology 2003, 161(1), 89-101.
  • Leckie C, Empson R, Becchetti A, Thomas J, Galione A, Whitaker M. . Journal of Biological Chemistry 2003, 278(14), 12247-12254.
  • Gorelik J, Gu YC, Spohr HA, Shevchuk AI, Lab MJ, Harding SE, Edwards CRW, Whitaker M, Moss GWJ, Benton DCH, Sanchez D, Darszon A, Vodyanoy I, Klenerman D, Korchev YE. . Biophysical Journal 2002, 83(6), 3296-3303.
  • Harrison PK, Falugi C, Angelini C, Whitaker MJ. . Cell Calcium 2002, 31(6), 289-297.
  • Whitaker MJ, Larman M. . Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 2001, 12(1), 53-58.
  • Whitaker M, Larman MG. . Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 2001, 12(1), 53-58.
  • Suprynowicz FA, Groigno L, Whitaker M, Miller FJ, Sluder G, Sturrock J, Whalley T. . Biochemical Journal 2000, 349(2), 489-499.
  • Whitaker M. Calcium and cell cycle control in oocytes and embryos. In: BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. 2000.
  • Whitaker M. . In: Journal of Physiology. 2000.
  • Whitaker M. . BioEssays 2000, 22(2), 180-187.
  • Kawahara H, Philipova R, Yokosawa H, Patel R, Tanaka K, Whitaker M. . Journal of Cell Science 2000, 113(15), 2659-2670.
  • McDougall A, Shearer J, Whitaker M. . Biology of the Cell 2000, 92(3-4), 205-214.
  • Shmukler YB, Buznikov GA, Whitaker MJ. . International Journal of Developmental Biology 1999, 43(2), 179-182.
  • Patel R, Holt M, Philipova R, Moss S, Schulman H, Hidaka H, Whitaker M. . Journal of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274(12), 7958-7968.
  • Chanturia A, Whitaker MJ, Zimmerberg J. . Molecular Membrane Biology 1999, 16(1), 89-94.
  • Stricker SA, Whitaker M. . Microscopy Research and Technique 1999, 46(6), 356-369.
  • Aanstad P, Whitaker M. . Mechanisms of Development 1999, 88(1), 33-41.
  • Shearer J, De Nadai C, Emily-Fenouil F, Gache C, Whitaker M, Ciapa B. . Development 1999, 126(10), 2273-2284.
  • Whitaker M. . Microscopy Research and Technique 1999, 46(6), 342-347.
  • Whitaker M.J. Ways of looking at calcium. Microsc. Res. Tech 1999, 46, 342-347.
  • Larman MG, Whitaker MJ. . Molecular Biology of the Cell 1998, 9, 1455.
  • L. Groigno and M. Whitaker. An anaphase calcium signal controls chromosome disjunction in early sea urchin embryos. Cell 1998, 92, 193-204.
  • Whitaker M. Fluorescence imaging in living cells. Cell Biology: a laboratory handbook 2nd edition 1998, 3, 121-126.
  • K. Torok, M. Wilding, L. Groigno, R. Patel and M. Whitaker. Imaging the spatial dynamics of calmodulin activation during mitosis. Current Biology 1998, 8, 692-699.
  • Philipova R. and Whitaker M. MAP kinase activity increases during mitosis in early sea urchin embryos. J Cell Sci 1998, 111, 2497-2505.
  • G. A. Buznikov, T. L. Marshak, L. A. Malchenko, L. A. Nikitina, Y. B. Shmukler, A. G. Buznikov, L. Rakic and M. J. Whitaker. Serotonin and acetylcholine modulate the sensitivity of early sea urchin embryos to protein kinase C activators. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology a-Molecular and Integrative Physiology 1998, 120, 457-462.
  • Patel R, Wright EM, Whitaker M. . Zygote 1997, 5(2), 127-138.
  • J. Avery, A. Hodel and M. Whitaker. In vitro exocytosis in sea urchin eggs requires a synaptobrevin-related protein. Journal of Cell Science 1997, 110, 1555-1561.
  • A. Becchetti and M. Whitaker. Lithium blocks cell cycle transitions in the first cell cycles of sea urchin embryos, an effect rescued by myo-inositol. Development 1997, 124, 1099-1107.
  • G. A. Buznikov, L. N. Koikov, Y. B. Shmukler and M. J. Whitaker. Nicotinic antagonists (piperidines and quinuclidines) reduce the susceptibility of early sea urchin embryos to agents evoking calcium shock. General Pharmacology 1997, 29, 49-53.
  • Y. Lawrence, M. Whitaker and K. Swann. Sperm-egg fusion is the prelude to the initial Ca2+ increase at fertilization in the mouse. Development 1997, 124, 233-241.
  • Whitaker M.J. Control of meiotic arrest. Reviews in Reproduction 1996, 1, 127-135.
  • Wilding M., Wright E.M., Patel R., Ellis-Davies G. and Whitaker M.J. Local perinuclear calcium signals associate with mitosis-entry in early sea urchin embryos. Journal of Cell Biology 1996, 135, 191-200.
  • M. Wilding, E. M. Wright, R. Patel, G. EllisDavies and M. Whitaker. Local perinuclear calcium signals associated with mitosis-entry in early sea urchin embryos. Journal of Cell Biology 1996, 135, 191-199.