Balaji M. Rao

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Balaji M. Rao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Balaji M. Rao has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Balaji M. Rao's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (21 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (6 papers). Balaji M. Rao is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (21 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (9 papers) and Transgenic Plants and Applications (6 papers). Balaji M. Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Canada. Balaji M. Rao's co-authors include Peter W. Zandstra, Raheem Peerani, Nimish Gera, Mahmud M. Hussain, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani, Xaralabos Varelas, Joanna Dembowy, Michael B. Yaffe, Rui Sakuma and Jeffrey L. Wrana and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Balaji M. Rao

54 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

TAZ controls Smad nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and regulates human embryonic stem-cell self-renewal

2008 548 citations Xaralabos Varelas, Rui Sakuma et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Balaji M. Rao United States	24	1.4k	577	421	419	216	56	2.3k
Florian Rechenmacher Germany	23	1.4k 1.0×	366 0.6×	385 0.9×	430 1.0×	432 2.0×	33	2.6k
José Courty France	30	1.3k 0.9×	569 1.0×	123 0.3×	357 0.9×	412 1.9×	79	2.4k
Sylvie Roberge United States	18	1.1k 0.8×	192 0.3×	226 0.5×	654 1.6×	578 2.7×	39	2.5k
Janine N. Post Netherlands	21	1.1k 0.8×	170 0.3×	120 0.3×	489 1.2×	148 0.7×	66	2.4k
Anna Moshnikova United States	22	996 0.7×	102 0.2×	138 0.3×	421 1.0×	184 0.9×	45	1.7k
Wenge Liu United States	23	1.1k 0.8×	104 0.2×	265 0.6×	1000 2.4×	274 1.3×	59	3.1k
Daisy W.J. van der Schaft Netherlands	31	1.6k 1.2×	210 0.4×	228 0.5×	695 1.7×	612 2.8×	42	2.8k
Ann‐Marie Broome United States	24	977 0.7×	203 0.4×	98 0.2×	699 1.7×	138 0.6×	44	2.4k
Élisabeth Garanger France	31	1.1k 0.8×	92 0.2×	301 0.7×	777 1.9×	150 0.7×	76	2.8k
Tracy Vargo-Gogola United States	21	995 0.7×	181 0.3×	221 0.5×	400 1.0×	914 4.2×	28	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Balaji M. Rao

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San‐Miguel, Adriana, et al.. (2025). Derivation of human trophoblast stem cells from placentas at birth. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(6). 108505–108505. 2 indexed citations

San‐Miguel, Adriana, et al.. (2024). A quantitative image analysis platform for assessing trophoblast differentiation. Placenta. 166. 117–125. 1 indexed citations

San‐Miguel, Adriana, et al.. (2023). Laminin switches terminal differentiation fate of human trophoblast stem cells under chemically defined culture conditions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(5). 104650–104650. 5 indexed citations

Menegatti, Stefano, et al.. (2021). Quantitative Yeast–Yeast Two Hybrid for the Discovery and Binding Affinity Estimation of Protein–Protein Interactions. ACS Synthetic Biology. 10(3). 505–514. 17 indexed citations

Menegatti, Stefano, et al.. (2021). Screening of Yeast Display Libraries of Enzymatically Treated Peptides to Discover Macrocyclic Peptide Ligands. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(4). 1634–1634. 16 indexed citations

Rao, Balaji M., et al.. (2021). Mapping the residue specificities of epigenome enzymes by yeast surface display. Cell chemical biology. 28(12). 1772–1779.e4. 4 indexed citations

Rao, Balaji M., et al.. (2020). Use of Target-Displaying Magnetized Yeast in Screening mRNA-Display Peptide Libraries to Identify Ligands. ACS Combinatorial Science. 22(12). 738–744. 9 indexed citations

Singh, Randhir, et al.. (2020). A Fyn biosensor reveals pulsatile, spatially localized kinase activity and signaling crosstalk in live mammalian cells. eLife. 9. 13 indexed citations

Reeves, Gregory T., et al.. (2020). Discovery of Membrane-Permeating Cyclic Peptides via mRNA Display. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 31(10). 2325–2338. 7 indexed citations

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Rao, Balaji M., et al.. (2020). Isolation of Chemically Cyclized Peptide Binders Using Yeast Surface Display. ACS Combinatorial Science. 22(10). 519–532. 18 indexed citations

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Rao, Balaji M., et al.. (2020). Past, Present, and Future of Affinity-based Cell Separation Technologies. Acta Biomaterialia. 112. 29–51. 53 indexed citations

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Chandra, Anchal, A. S. Jijumon, Satish Bodakuntla, et al.. (2020). Genetically encoded live-cell sensor for tyrosinated microtubules. The Journal of Cell Biology. 219(10). 17 indexed citations

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Ko, Yeongun, et al.. (2018). Kinetic Study of Degrafting Poly(methyl methacrylate) Brushes from Flat Substrates by Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride. Macromolecules. 51(24). 10237–10245. 14 indexed citations

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Ko, Yeongun, et al.. (2017). Design and Fabrication of Wettability Gradients with Tunable Profiles through Degrafting Organosilane Layers from Silica Surfaces by Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride. Langmuir. 33(51). 14556–14564. 11 indexed citations

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Gera, Nimish, Mahmud M. Hussain, & Balaji M. Rao. (2012). Protein selection using yeast surface display. Methods. 60(1). 15–26. 105 indexed citations

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Menegatti, Stefano, Mahmud M. Hussain, Amith D. Naik, Ruben G. Carbonell, & Balaji M. Rao. (2012). mRNA display selection and solid‐phase synthesis of Fc‐binding cyclic peptide affinity ligands. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(3). 857–870. 69 indexed citations

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Gera, Nimish, et al.. (2012). Design of pH Sensitive Binding Proteins from the Hyperthermophilic Sso7d Scaffold. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e48928–e48928. 46 indexed citations

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Collier, Timothy S., Prasenjit Sarkar, William L. Franck, et al.. (2010). Direct Comparison of Stable Isotope Labeling by Amino Acids in Cell Culture and Spectral Counting for Quantitative Proteomics. Analytical Chemistry. 82(20). 8696–8702. 63 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Prasenjit & Balaji M. Rao. (2009). Molecular Aspects of Cardiac Differentiation in Embryonic Stem Cells. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 37(4-5). 283–320. 5 indexed citations

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Varelas, Xaralabos, Rui Sakuma, Payman Samavarchi‐Tehrani, et al.. (2008). TAZ controls Smad nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and regulates human embryonic stem-cell self-renewal. Nature Cell Biology. 10(7). 837–848. 548 indexed citations breakdown →

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