Brett T. Staahl

5.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
16 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Brett T. Staahl is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brett T. Staahl has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Genetics and 1 paper in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brett T. Staahl's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers), Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Brett T. Staahl is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (8 papers), Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Brett T. Staahl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Australia. Brett T. Staahl's co-authors include Jennifer A. Doudna, Robert H. Crabtree, Steven Lin, Ravi Alla, Andrew S. Yoo, Lei Chen, Jeffrey A. Ranish, Julie Lessard, Jiang Wu and Isabella A. Graef and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Brett T. Staahl

16 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Enhanced homology-directed human genome engineering by... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2014 2007 2019 2017 2015 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Enhanced homology-directed human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery
    2014 894 citations Steven Lin, Brett T. Staahl et al. eLife profile →
  2. An Essential Switch in Subunit Composition of a Chromatin Remodeling Complex during Neural Development
    2007 559 citations Julie Lessard, Jiang Wu et al. Neuron profile →
  3. CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors
    2019 316 citations Junjie Liu, N. S. Orlova et al. Nature profile →
  4. Efficient genome editing in the mouse brain by local delivery of engineered Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes
    2017 253 citations Brett T. Staahl, Madhurima Benekareddy et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  5. Rational design of a split-Cas9 enzyme complex
    2015 221 citations Addison V. Wright, Samuel H. Sternberg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brett T. Staahl United States 16 3.8k 766 401 257 240 16 4.0k
Carine Giovannangeli France 34 3.3k 0.9× 526 0.7× 188 0.5× 54 0.2× 75 0.3× 68 3.7k
Jacqueline E. Villalta United States 13 4.2k 1.1× 635 0.8× 707 1.8× 39 0.2× 157 0.7× 16 4.6k
Christopher M. Vockley United States 15 3.0k 0.8× 645 0.8× 188 0.5× 31 0.1× 196 0.8× 18 3.3k
Benjamin E. Housden United States 22 2.8k 0.7× 439 0.6× 179 0.4× 31 0.1× 119 0.5× 43 3.2k
Chikdu Shivalila United States 9 4.5k 1.2× 1.5k 1.9× 173 0.4× 28 0.1× 348 1.4× 14 5.0k
Jonathan D. Chesnut United States 22 2.1k 0.6× 492 0.6× 242 0.6× 17 0.1× 77 0.3× 38 2.4k
Laurent Schaeffer France 37 4.5k 1.2× 552 0.7× 446 1.1× 113 0.4× 18 0.1× 105 5.5k
Jan Parker‐Thornburg United States 20 1.4k 0.4× 420 0.5× 278 0.7× 68 0.3× 20 0.1× 35 2.2k
Martin Teichmann France 29 2.6k 0.7× 345 0.5× 350 0.9× 45 0.2× 35 0.1× 47 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brett T. Staahl

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brett T. Staahl

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Higgins, Sean, Christof Fellmann, Thomas G. Laughlin, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive deletion landscape of CRISPR-Cas9 identifies minimal RNA-guided DNA-binding modules. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5664–5664. 40 indexed citations
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Lobba, Marco, Christof Fellmann, Alan M. Marmelstein, et al.. (2020). Site-Specific Bioconjugation through Enzyme-Catalyzed Tyrosine–Cysteine Bond Formation. ACS Central Science. 6(9). 1564–1571. 71 indexed citations
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Liu, Junjie, N. S. Orlova, Benjamin L. Oakes, et al.. (2019). CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors. Nature. 566(7743). 218–223. 316 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harrington, Lucas B., David Páez-Espino, Brett T. Staahl, et al.. (2017). A thermostable Cas9 with increased lifetime in human plasma. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1424–1424. 141 indexed citations
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Staahl, Brett T., Madhurima Benekareddy, Stephen N. Floor, et al.. (2017). Efficient genome editing in the mouse brain by local delivery of engineered Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes. Nature Biotechnology. 35(5). 431–434. 253 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gaj, Thomas, Brett T. Staahl, Gonçalo Rodrigues, et al.. (2017). Targeted gene knock-in by homology-directed genome editing using Cas9 ribonucleoprotein and AAV donor delivery. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(11). e98–e98. 72 indexed citations
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Oakes, Benjamin L., Dana C. Nadler, Avi I. Flamholz, et al.. (2016). Profiling of engineering hotspots identifies an allosteric CRISPR-Cas9 switch. Nature Biotechnology. 34(6). 646–651. 160 indexed citations
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Wright, Addison V., et al.. (2015). Rational design of a split-Cas9 enzyme complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(10). 2984–2989. 221 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Steven, Brett T. Staahl, Ravi Alla, & Jennifer A. Doudna. (2014). Enhanced homology-directed human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery. eLife. 3. e04766–e04766. 894 indexed citations breakdown →
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Staahl, Brett T. & Robert H. Crabtree. (2013). Creating a neural specific chromatin landscape by npBAF and nBAF complexes. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 23(6). 903–913. 38 indexed citations
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Chesi, Alessandra, Brett T. Staahl, Ana Jovičić, et al.. (2013). Exome sequencing to identify de novo mutations in sporadic ALS trios. Nature Neuroscience. 16(7). 851–855. 102 indexed citations
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Staahl, Brett T., Jiong Tang, Wei Wu, et al.. (2013). Kinetic Analysis of npBAF to nBAF Switching Reveals Exchange of SS18 with CREST and Integration with Neural Developmental Pathways. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(25). 10348–10361. 78 indexed citations
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Yoo, Andrew S., Brett T. Staahl, Lei Chen, & Robert H. Crabtree. (2009). MicroRNA-mediated switching of chromatin-remodelling complexes in neural development. Nature. 460(7255). 642–646. 485 indexed citations
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Ho, Lena, Jehnna L. Ronan, Jiang Wu, et al.. (2009). An embryonic stem cell chromatin remodeling complex, esBAF, is essential for embryonic stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(13). 5181–5186. 425 indexed citations
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Lessard, Julie, Jiang Wu, Jeffrey A. Ranish, et al.. (2007). An Essential Switch in Subunit Composition of a Chromatin Remodeling Complex during Neural Development. Neuron. 55(2). 201–215. 559 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kwast, Kurt E., Patricia V. Burke, Brett T. Staahl, & Robert Ο. Poyton. (1999). Oxygen sensing in yeast: Evidence for the involvement of the respiratory chain in regulating the transcription of a subset of hypoxic genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(10). 5446–5451. 145 indexed citations

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