Brian Y. Chow

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Brian Y. Chow is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Plant Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Y. Chow has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Brian Y. Chow's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers), Light effects on plants (12 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Brian Y. Chow is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (19 papers), Light effects on plants (12 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (7 papers). Brian Y. Chow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Brian Y. Chow's co-authors include Edward S. Boyden, Xue Han, Amy S. Chuong, Gabriel M. Belfort, Yingxi Lin, Patrick E. Monahan, Mingjie Li, Allison S. Dobry, Xiaofeng Qian and Michael Henninger and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Brian Y. Chow

32 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps

2010 875 citations Brian Y. Chow, Xue Han et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Y. Chow United States	17	1.9k	837	718	404	287	32	2.6k
Toru Ishizuka Japan	26	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	452 0.6×	392 1.0×	396 1.4×	75	2.8k
J. Simon Wiegert Germany	26	1.7k 0.9×	770 0.9×	847 1.2×	238 0.6×	92 0.3×	48	2.3k
Raag D. Airan United States	24	1.9k 1.0×	799 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	581 1.4×	116 0.4×	43	3.7k
Eunji Cheong South Korea	29	1.1k 0.6×	950 1.1×	396 0.6×	567 1.4×	78 0.3×	82	2.6k
Doris Ollig Germany	7	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	682 0.9×	465 1.2×	308 1.1×	8	2.9k
Rohit Prakash United States	21	3.0k 1.5×	2.2k 2.6×	1.8k 2.5×	394 1.0×	294 1.0×	30	5.1k
Naomi Kamasawa United States	38	1.6k 0.9×	2.6k 3.1×	442 0.6×	284 0.7×	234 0.8×	94	3.6k
Suneel Kateriya India	21	3.4k 1.8×	1.8k 2.2×	784 1.1×	696 1.7×	683 2.4×	66	4.4k
Jasper Akerboom Netherlands	18	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	495 0.7×	227 0.6×	117 0.4×	26	3.1k
Jens Duebel France	23	2.1k 1.1×	2.4k 2.9×	441 0.6×	226 0.6×	94 0.3×	31	3.4k

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Qian, Grace, et al.. (2023). High-throughput feedback-enabled optogenetic stimulation and spectroscopy in microwell plates. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1192–1192. 4 indexed citations

Berlew, Erin E., Ivan A. Kuznetsov, Bomyi Lim, et al.. (2021). Temperature-responsive optogenetic probes of cell signaling. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(2). 152–160. 23 indexed citations

Berlew, Erin E., Ivan A. Kuznetsov, Keisuke Yamada, et al.. (2021). Single‐Component Optogenetic Tools for Inducible RhoA GTPase Signaling. Advanced Biology. 5(9). e2100810–e2100810. 21 indexed citations

Berlew, Erin E., Ivan A. Kuznetsov, Keisuke Yamada, Lukasz J. Bugaj, & Brian Y. Chow. (2020). Optogenetic Rac1 engineered from membrane lipid-binding RGS-LOV for inducible lamellipodia formation. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 19(3). 353–361. 14 indexed citations

Glantz, Spencer T., Erin E. Berlew, & Brian Y. Chow. (2019). Synthetic cell-like membrane interfaces for probing dynamic protein-lipid interactions. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 622. 249–270. 6 indexed citations

Hannanta‐anan, Pimkhuan, Spencer T. Glantz, & Brian Y. Chow. (2019). Optically inducible membrane recruitment and signaling systems. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 57. 84–92. 11 indexed citations

Patterson, Michael, et al.. (2018). An Open-Source Plate Reader. Biochemistry. 58(6). 468–473. 21 indexed citations

Kuznetsov, Ivan A., Joshua A. Mancini, Goutham Kodali, et al.. (2018). Rational Construction of Compact de Novo- Designed Biliverdin-Binding Proteins. Biochemistry. 57(49). 6752–6756. 11 indexed citations

Mancini, Joshua A., Goutham Kodali, Brian Y. Chow, et al.. (2018). De novo synthetic biliprotein design, assembly and excitation energy transfer. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 15(141). 20180021–20180021. 15 indexed citations

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Hannanta‐anan, Pimkhuan & Brian Y. Chow. (2016). Optogenetic Control of Calcium Oscillation Waveform Defines NFAT as an Integrator of Calcium Load. Cell Systems. 2(4). 283–288. 56 indexed citations

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Busskamp, Volker, Andrew J. Young, Masaaki Ogawa, et al.. (2014). Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 375 indexed citations

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Paul, Steven M., James Doherty, Albert J. Robichaud, et al.. (2013). The Major Brain Cholesterol Metabolite 24(S)-Hydroxycholesterol Is a Potent Allosteric Modulator ofN-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptors. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(44). 17290–17300. 215 indexed citations

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Chow, Brian Y., Xue Han, & Edward S. Boyden. (2012). Genetically encoded molecular tools for light-driven silencing of targeted neurons [Chapter 3]. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Kodandaramaiah, Suhasa B., Giovanni Talei Franzesi, Brian Y. Chow, Edward S. Boyden, & Craig R. Forest. (2012). Automated whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology of neurons in vivo. Nature Methods. 9(6). 585–587. 3 indexed citations

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Chow, Brian Y., Xue Han, & Edward S. Boyden. (2012). Genetically encoded molecular tools for light-driven silencing of targeted neurons. Progress in brain research. 196. 49–61. 44 indexed citations

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Han, Xue, Brian Y. Chow, Huihui Zhou, et al.. (2011). A high-light sensitivity optical neural silencer: development, and application to optogenetic control of nonhuman primate cortex. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 363 indexed citations

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Joo, Jaebum, Brian Y. Chow, Manu Prakash, Edward S. Boyden, & Joseph M. Jacobson. (2011). Face-selective electrostatic control of hydrothermal zinc oxide nanowire synthesis. Nature Materials. 10(8). 596–601. 4 indexed citations

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Han, Xue, Brian Y. Chow, Huihui Zhou, et al.. (2011). A High-Light Sensitivity Optical Neural Silencer: Development and Application to Optogenetic Control of Non-Human Primate Cortex. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 5. 18–18. 35 indexed citations

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Chow, Brian Y., Xue Han, Allison S. Dobry, et al.. (2010). High-performance genetically targetable optical neural silencing by light-driven proton pumps. Nature. 463(7277). 98–102. 875 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chow, Brian Y., et al.. (2004). Biologically Inspired Molecular Assembly Lines. BT Technology Journal. 22(4). 270–277. 3 indexed citations

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