Amy Lam

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Amy Lam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Lam has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biophysics and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Amy Lam's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Amy Lam is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (6 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Amy Lam collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Amy Lam's co-authors include Michael Z. Lin, Barbara M. Doucet, Lisa Griffin, Michael W. Davidson, Xin Zhou, Jun Chu, H. Kay Chung, Paula J. Cranfill, Michelle A. Baird and François St-Pierre and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Amy Lam

12 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Improving FRET dynamic range with bright green and red fluorescent proteins

2012 591 citations Amy Lam, François St-Pierre et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy Lam United States	9	1.1k	527	480	315	224	13	1.9k
Francesca Anselmi Italy	25	1.2k 1.1×	204 0.4×	419 0.9×	178 0.6×	61 0.3×	60	2.5k
Yoshihiro Miwa Japan	29	1.4k 1.3×	158 0.3×	165 0.3×	144 0.5×	406 1.8×	90	3.0k
Hartmann Harz Germany	24	1.4k 1.3×	204 0.4×	465 1.0×	197 0.6×	235 1.0×	43	2.2k
Zhen‐Ge Luo China	30	2.4k 2.3×	362 0.7×	967 2.0×	313 1.0×	831 3.7×	77	4.1k
Ruhma Syeda United States	13	1.6k 1.5×	140 0.3×	319 0.7×	284 0.9×	542 2.4×	22	2.7k
Miklós Nyitrai Hungary	27	1.1k 1.0×	188 0.4×	260 0.5×	238 0.8×	886 4.0×	102	2.2k
Jun Chu China	21	998 0.9×	503 1.0×	286 0.6×	270 0.9×	220 1.0×	58	1.9k
Karen Wu United States	11	1.5k 1.4×	134 0.3×	402 0.8×	117 0.4×	179 0.8×	15	2.0k
Leif Dehmelt Germany	25	1.4k 1.3×	157 0.3×	633 1.3×	271 0.9×	1.1k 4.8×	46	2.8k
Thomas M. Suchyna United States	23	1.7k 1.6×	86 0.2×	455 0.9×	224 0.7×	420 1.9×	32	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy Lam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amy Lam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amy Lam based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Amy Lam. Amy Lam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Horwitz, Naftali, et al.. (2025). Soluble RAGE enhances muscle regeneration after cryoinjury in aged and diseased mice. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318754–e0318754.

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Lam, Amy, et al.. (2022). Single-virus assay reveals membrane determinants and mechanistic features of Sendai virus binding. Biophysical Journal. 121(6). 956–965. 13 indexed citations

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Bajar, Bryce T., Xinmeng Guan, Amy Lam, et al.. (2022). FRET Imaging of Rho GTPase Activity with Red Fluorescent Protein-Based FRET Pairs. Methods in molecular biology. 2438. 31–43. 2 indexed citations

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Lam, Amy, et al.. (2022). Viral Size Modulates Sendai Virus Binding to Cholesterol-Stabilized Receptor Nanoclusters. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(36). 6802–6810. 4 indexed citations

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Lam, Amy, et al.. (2021). Single-Virus Investigation of Non-Sialic-Acid-Mediated Sendai Virus Binding to Supported Lipid Bilayers in the Absence of Ganglioside Receptor. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 320a–320a. 1 indexed citations

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Laviv, Tal, Benjamin Kim, Jun Chu, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous dual-color fluorescence lifetime imaging with novel red-shifted fluorescent proteins. Nature Methods. 13(12). 989–992. 85 indexed citations

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Bajar, Bryce T., Amy Lam, C. Jacobs, et al.. (2016). Improving brightness and photostability of green and red fluorescent proteins for live cell imaging and FRET reporting. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 20889–20889. 287 indexed citations

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Bajar, Bryce T., Amy Lam, Ryan K. Badiee, et al.. (2016). Fluorescent indicators for simultaneous reporting of all four cell cycle phases. Nature Methods. 13(12). 993–996. 134 indexed citations

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Chu, Jun, Russell D. Haynes, Stéphane Y. Corbel, et al.. (2014). Non-invasive intravital imaging of cellular differentiation with a bright red-excitable fluorescent protein. Nature Methods. 11(5). 572–578. 164 indexed citations

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Lam, Amy, François St-Pierre, Yiyang Gong, et al.. (2013). Improving FRET Dynamic Range with Bright Green and Red Fluorescent Proteins. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 683a–683a. 13 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xin, H. Kay Chung, Amy Lam, & Michael Z. Lin. (2012). Optical Control of Protein Activity by Fluorescent Protein Domains. Science. 338(6108). 810–814. 239 indexed citations

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Lam, Amy, François St-Pierre, Yiyang Gong, et al.. (2012). Improving FRET dynamic range with bright green and red fluorescent proteins. Nature Methods. 9(10). 1005–1012. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doucet, Barbara M., Amy Lam, & Lisa Griffin. (2012). Neuromuscular electrical stimulation for skeletal muscle function.. PubMed. 85(2). 201–15. 320 indexed citations

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