Basem Al-Shayeb

3.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Basem Al-Shayeb is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Basem Al-Shayeb has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Basem Al-Shayeb's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Basem Al-Shayeb is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (6 papers). Basem Al-Shayeb collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Basem Al-Shayeb's co-authors include Jennifer A. Doudna, Jillian F. Banfield, Gavin J. Knott, Patrick Pausch, Brady F. Cress, Steven E. Jacobsen, Connor A. Tsuchida, Zheng Li, Junjie Liu and Eva Nogales and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Basem Al-Shayeb

19 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

CRISPR-CasΦ from huge phages is a hypercompact genome editor

2020 394 citations Patrick Pausch, Basem Al-Shayeb et al. Science profile →
CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors

2019 316 citations Junjie Liu, N. S. Orlova et al. Nature profile →
Petabase-scale sequence alignment catalyses viral discovery

2022 264 citations R. C. Edgar, Victor S.-Y. Lin et al. Nature profile →
Genome Sequencing of Sewage Detects Regionally Prevalent SARS-CoV-2 Variants

2021 217 citations Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Rose S. Kantor et al. mBio profile →

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Marie C. Schoelmerich, (unknown), Jacob West-Roberts, Ling-Dong Shi, (unknown), Nikhil S. Malvankar, Najwa Taïb, Simonetta Gribaldo, Ben J. Woodcroft, Christopher W. Schadt, Basem Al-Shayeb, Xiaoguang Dai, Christopher Mozsary, Scott Hickey, Christine He, John Beaulaurier, Sissel Juul, Rohan Sachdeva, Jillian F. Banfield	6
2	Genome expansion by a CRISPR trimmer-integrase 2023 ·Nature ·Joy Y. Wang, (unknown), Petr Skopintsev, Katarzyna M. Soczek, Gang Li, Basem Al-Shayeb, Julia Zhou, Jennifer A. Doudna	20
3	Genome editing in plants using the compact editor CasΦ 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zheng Li, Zhenhui Zhong, (unknown), Patrick Pausch, Basem Al-Shayeb, (unknown), Jennifer A. Doudna, Steven E. Jacobsen	31
4	Diverse virus-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems include streamlined genome editors 2022 ·Cell ·Basem Al-Shayeb, Petr Skopintsev, Katarzyna M. Soczek, Elizabeth C. Stahl, Zheng Li, (unknown), Dylan C. J. Smock, (unknown), Patrick Pausch, Brady F. Cress, (unknown), Brian J. Staskawicz, David F. Savage, Steven E. Jacobsen, Jillian F. Banfield, Jennifer A. Doudna	93
5	Widespread stop-codon recoding in bacteriophages may regulate translation of lytic genes 2022 ·Nature Microbiology ·Adair L. Borges, Yue Clare Lou, Rohan Sachdeva, Basem Al-Shayeb, Petar I. Penev, Alexander L. Jaffe, Shufei Lei, Joanne M. Santini, Jillian F. Banfield	37
6	Petabase-scale sequence alignment catalyses viral discovery breakdown → 2022 ·Nature ·R. C. Edgar, (unknown), Victor S.-Y. Lin, Tomer Altman, Pierre Barbera, Dmitry Meleshko, (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin Buchfink, Basem Al-Shayeb, Jillian F. Banfield, Marcos de la Peña, Anton Korobeynikov, Rayan Chikhi, Artem Babaian	264
7	Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity 2022 ·Nature ·Basem Al-Shayeb, Marie C. Schoelmerich, Jacob West-Roberts, Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado, Rohan Sachdeva, Susan Mullen, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Michael J. Wilkins, Kenneth H. Williams, Jennifer A. Doudna, Jillian F. Banfield	36
8	A widely distributed genus of soil Acidobacteria genomically enriched in biosynthetic gene clusters 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Spencer Diamond, Basem Al-Shayeb, Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado, Jillian F. Banfield	18
9	DNA interference states of the hypercompact CRISPR–CasΦ effector 2021 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Patrick Pausch, Katarzyna M. Soczek, Dominik A. Herbst, Connor A. Tsuchida, Basem Al-Shayeb, Jillian F. Banfield, Eva Nogales, Jennifer A. Doudna	66
10	Structural coordination between active sites of a CRISPR reverse transcriptase-integrase complex 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Joy Y. Wang, Christopher Hoel, Basem Al-Shayeb, Jillian F. Banfield, Stephen G. Brohawn, Jennifer A. Doudna	16
11	Sewage, Salt, Silica, and SARS-CoV-2 (4S): An Economical Kit-Free Method for Direct Capture of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from Wastewater 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Oscar N. Whitney, Lauren C. Kennedy, (unknown), Adrian Hinkle, Rose S. Kantor, Hannah Greenwald, Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Basem Al-Shayeb, Mira Chaplin, Anna C. Maurer, Robert Tjian, Kara L. Nelson	50
12	Genome Sequencing of Sewage Detects Regionally Prevalent SARS-CoV-2 Variants breakdown → 2021 ·mBio ·Alexander Crits‐Christoph, Rose S. Kantor, Matthew R. Olm, Oscar N. Whitney, Basem Al-Shayeb, Yue Clare Lou, Avi I. Flamholz, Lauren C. Kennedy, Hannah Greenwald, Adrian Hinkle, Jonathan Hetzel, (unknown), (unknown), Asako Tan, F W Hyde, Gary P. Schroth, Scott Kuersten, Jillian F. Banfield, Kara L. Nelson	217
13	CRISPR-CasΦ from huge phages is a hypercompact genome editor breakdown → 2020 ·Science ·Patrick Pausch, Basem Al-Shayeb, (unknown), Connor A. Tsuchida, Zheng Li, Brady F. Cress, Gavin J. Knott, Steven E. Jacobsen, Jillian F. Banfield, Jennifer A. Doudna	394
14	A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems 2020 ·Molecular Cell ·Lucas B. Harrington, Enbo Ma, Janice S. Chen, Isaac P. Witte, (unknown), David Páez-Espino, Basem Al-Shayeb, Nikos C. Kyrpides, David Burstein, Jillian F. Banfield, Jennifer A. Doudna	58
15	Broad-spectrum enzymatic inhibition of CRISPR-Cas12a 2019 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Gavin J. Knott, Brittney W. Thornton, Marco Lobba, Junjie Liu, Basem Al-Shayeb, Kyle E. Watters, Jennifer A. Doudna	97
16	Structural basis for AcrVA4 inhibition of specific CRISPR-Cas12a 2019 ·eLife ·Gavin J. Knott, Brady F. Cress, Junjie Liu, Brittney W. Thornton, Rachel J. Lew, Basem Al-Shayeb, Daniel J. Rosenberg, Michal Hammel, Benjamin A. Adler, Marco Lobba, Michael Xu, Adam P. Arkin, Christof Fellmann, Jennifer A. Doudna	47
17	Candidate Phyla Radiation Roizmanbacteria From Hot Springs Have Novel and Unexpectedly Abundant CRISPR-Cas Systems 2019 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Lin-Xing Chen, Basem Al-Shayeb, Raphaël Méheust, Wen‐Jun Li, Jennifer A. Doudna, Jillian F. Banfield	27
18	CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors breakdown → 2019 ·Nature ·Junjie Liu, N. S. Orlova, Benjamin L. Oakes, Enbo Ma, (unknown), (unknown), Jonathan Chuck, Dan Tan, Gavin J. Knott, Lucas B. Harrington, Basem Al-Shayeb, Alexander Wagner, (unknown), Brett T. Staahl, (unknown), John J. Desmarais, Eva Nogales, Jennifer A. Doudna	316
19	Toward Bioremediation of Methylmercury Using Silica Encapsulated Escherichia coli Harboring the mer Operon 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Basem Al-Shayeb, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kelly G. Aukema, Casim A. Sarkar, Edward A. Nater, Jeffrey A. Gralnick	13

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