Amy H.Y. Tong

18.3k citations

73 papers · 8.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 41

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Cell Biology top 0.5%
Plant Science top 5%
Genetics top 5%
Oncology top 10%

Co-authors: Charles Boone Ainslie B. Parsons Marie Evangelista Gary D. Bader Christopher W.V. Hogue Si Lok Brenda Andrews Howard Bussey
Topics: Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers)Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers)Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers)
Cited by: Aging Molecular Biology Cell Biology
Journals: Science Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Canada United States Hong Kong

In The Last Decade

Amy H.Y. Tong

70 papers receiving 8.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Systematic Genetic Analysis with Ordered Arrays of Yeast Deletion Mutants

2001 1.6k citations Amy H.Y. Tong, Marie Evangelista et al. Science profile →
Navigating the Chaperone Network: An Integrative Map of Physical and Genetic Interactions Mediated by the Hsp90 Chaperone

2005 662 citations Amy H.Y. Tong, Ainslie B. Parsons et al. profile →
A Combined Experimental and Computational Strategy to Define Protein Interaction Networks for Peptide Recognition Modules

2002 553 citations Amy H.Y. Tong, Gary D. Bader et al. Science profile →
Methylation of Histone H3 by Set2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Linked to Transcriptional Elongation by RNA Polymerase II

2003 538 citations Nevan J. Krogan, Amy H.Y. Tong et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Chromosomal-level reference genome assembly of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) from Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, a resource for conservation genomics 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Si Lok,(unknown),Brett Trost,Amy H.Y. Tong,Tara Paton,Richard F. Wintle,Mark D. Engstrom,Anne Gunn,Stephen W. Scherer	0
2	Revealing the role of SPP1+ macrophages in glioma prognosis and therapeutic targeting by investigating tumor-associated macrophage landscape in grade 2 and 3 gliomas 2024 ·Cell & Bioscience ·Wenshu Tang,(unknown),Wei Ma,Annie Chu,Amy H.Y. Tong,Brian Hon‐Yin Chung	14
3	Topoisomerase 1 Inhibition in MYC-Driven Cancer Promotes Aberrant R-Loop Accumulation to Induce Synthetic Lethality 2023 ·Cancer Research ·Peter Lin,Corey Lourenco,Jennifer Cruickshank,Luís Palomero,Jenna E. van Leeuwen,Amy H.Y. Tong,Katherine Chan,Samah El Ghamrasni,Miguel Ángel Pujana,David W. Cescon,Jason Moffat,Linda Z. Penn	18
4	Novel Methionine Aminopeptidase 2 Inhibitor M8891 Synergizes with VEGF Receptor Inhibitors to Inhibit Tumor Growth of Renal Cell Carcinoma Models 2023 ·Molecular Cancer Therapeutics ·Manja Friese‐Hamim,(unknown),Olga Bogatyrova,(unknown),Felix Rohdich,Beatrix Blume,Birgitta Leuthner,Frank Czauderna,Diane Hahn,Julia Jabs,(unknown),Timo Heinrich,Roland Kellner,Katherine Chan,Amy H.Y. Tong,Dirk Wienke,Jason Moffat,Andree Blaukat,Frank T. Zenke	1
5	The Hong Kong genome project: building genome sequencing capacity and capability for advancing genomic science in Hong Kong 2023 ·The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) ·Annie Chu,Amy H.Y. Tong,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Wing‐Kin Sung,Mullin H.C. Yu,(unknown),Brian Hon‐Yin Chung	2
6	Paralogous synthetic lethality underlies genetic dependencies of the cancer-mutated gene STAG2 2021 ·Life Science Alliance ·Melanie L. Bailey,David Tieu,Andrea Habsid,Amy H.Y. Tong,Katherine Chan,Jason Moffat,Philip Hieter	12
7	Essential Gene Profiles for Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Identify Uncharacterized Genes and Substrate Dependencies 2019 ·Cell Reports ·Barbara Mair,Jelena Tomić,Sanna N. Masud,Peter J. Tonge,Alexander Weiß,Matej Ušaj,Amy H.Y. Tong,Jamie J. Kwan,Kevin R. Brown,Emily Titus,(unknown),Katherine Chan,Lise N. Munsie,Andrea Habsid,Hong Han,Marion Kennedy,Brenda Cohen,Gordon Keller,Jason Moffat	80
8	MCTP is an ER-resident calcium sensor that stabilizes synaptic transmission and homeostatic plasticity 2017 ·eLife ·Özgür Genç,Dion Dickman,Wenpei Ma,Amy H.Y. Tong,Richard D. Fetter,Graeme W. Davis	30
9	The Innate Immune Receptor PGRP-LC Controls Presynaptic Homeostatic Plasticity 2015 ·Neuron ·Nathan Harris,(unknown),Dion Dickman,Richard D. Fetter,Amy H.Y. Tong,Graeme W. Davis	41
10	A Presynaptic ENaC Channel Drives Homeostatic Plasticity 2013 ·Neuron ·Meg A. Younger,Martin Müller,Amy H.Y. Tong,Edward C.G. Pym,Graeme W. Davis	79
11	Genomic Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Epstein-Barr Virus Genome Isolated from Primary Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Biopsy 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Hin Kwok,Amy H.Y. Tong,(unknown),Si Lok,Paul J. Farrell,Dora L.�W. Kwong,Aks Chiang	75
12	Identification of PTK6, via RNA Sequencing Analysis, as a Suppressor of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 2012 ·Gastroenterology ·Stephanie Ma,Jessie Y.J. Bao,Pak Shing Kwan,Yuen Piu Chan,Man Tong,Li Fu,Na Zhang,Amy H.Y. Tong,Yanru Qin,Sai Wah Tsao,Kwok Wah Chan,Si Lok,Xin‐Yuan Guan	70
13	Ammonia-oxidizing archaea and ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in six full-scale wastewater treatment bioreactors 2011 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Tong Zhang,Lin Ye,Amy H.Y. Tong,Mingfei Shao,Si Lok	120
14	Negative regulation of Caenorhabditis elegans epidermal damage responses by death-associated protein kinase 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Amy H.Y. Tong,(unknown),(unknown),Daniel Wong,Sarah Moseley,Jonathan J. Ewbank,Alexandr Goncharov,Yi‐Chun Wu,Nathalie Pujol,Andrew Chisholm	62
15	An interactional network of genes involved in chitin synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2005 ·BMC Genetics ·Guillaume Lesage,(unknown),Charles A. Specht,Anne‐Marie Sdicu,P Ménard,(unknown),Amy H.Y. Tong,Charles Boone,Howard Bussey	101
16	A Snf2 Family ATPase Complex Required for Recruitment of the Histone H2A Variant Htz1 2003 ·Molecular Cell ·Nevan J. Krogan,Michael‐Christopher Keogh,Nira Datta,Chika Sawa,Owen Ryan,Huiming Ding,Robin Haw,(unknown),Amy H.Y. Tong,Veronica Canadien,Dawn P. Richards,Xiaorong Wu,Andrew Emili,Timothy R. Hughes,Stephen Buratowski,Jack Greenblatt	471
17	Synthetic Lethal Analysis Implicates Ste20p, a p21-activated Protein Kinase, in Polarisome Activation 2003 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·April Goehring,David A. Mitchell,Amy H.Y. Tong,Megan Keniry,Charles Boone,G. F. Sprague	82
18	Interaction between a Ras and a Rho GTPase Couples Selection of a Growth Site to the Development of Cell Polarity in Yeast 2003 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·(unknown),Laure Béven,Elizabeth Angerman,Amy H.Y. Tong,Charles Boone,Hay-Oak Park	65
19	A Conserved RING Finger Protein Required for Histone H2B Monoubiquitination and Cell Size Control 2003 ·Molecular Cell ·William W. Hwang,Shivkumar Venkatasubrahmanyam,Alexandra G. Ianculescu,Amy H.Y. Tong,Charles Boone,Hiten D. Madhani	355
20	Systematic Genetic Analysis with Ordered Arrays of Yeast Deletion Mutantsbreakdown → 2001 ·Science ·Amy H.Y. Tong,Marie Evangelista,Ainslie B. Parsons,Hong Xu,Gary D. Bader,Nicholas F. Page,Mark D. Robinson,(unknown),Christopher W.V. Hogue,Howard Bussey,Brenda Andrews,Mike Tyers,Charles Boone	1620

About Amy H.Y. Tong

Amy H.Y. Tong is a scholar working on Aging, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology, having authored 73 papers that have together received 8.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (16 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (11 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Aging (255 citations), Molecular Biology (7.0k citations) and Cell Biology (1.3k citations). Amy H.Y. Tong has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Hong Kong. Frequent co-authors include Charles Boone, Ainslie B. Parsons, Marie Evangelista, Gary D. Bader, Christopher W.V. Hogue, Si Lok, Brenda Andrews, Howard Bussey, Mike Tyers and Hong Xu. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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