Chunbo Lou

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Chunbo Lou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunbo Lou has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Chunbo Lou's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (20 papers). Chunbo Lou is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (24 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (20 papers). Chunbo Lou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Chunbo Lou's co-authors include Brynne C. Stanton, Xuejin Zhao, Christopher A. Voigt, Alvin Tamsir, Tae Seok Moon, Yuval Ebenstein, Wenjun Jiang, Ting Zhu, Tslil Gabrieli and Haoqian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Chunbo Lou

49 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic programs constructed from layered logic gates in ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300 400
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. Genetic programs constructed from layered logic gates in single cells
    2012 433 citations Tae Seok Moon, Chunbo Lou et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chunbo Lou China 19 1.5k 342 280 257 133 51 1.8k
Gabriel C. Wu United States 7 1.7k 1.1× 424 1.2× 145 0.5× 299 1.2× 118 0.9× 9 1.9k
Ashty S. Karim United States 22 2.3k 1.5× 195 0.6× 206 0.7× 566 2.2× 279 2.1× 44 2.6k
Maureen B. Quin United States 18 1.1k 0.7× 170 0.5× 452 1.6× 151 0.6× 182 1.4× 24 1.4k
Tong Si China 27 2.0k 1.3× 148 0.4× 185 0.7× 684 2.7× 180 1.4× 58 2.4k
Hartwig Schröder Germany 23 3.2k 2.1× 239 0.7× 105 0.4× 625 2.4× 146 1.1× 33 3.5k
William C. DeLoache United States 5 1.3k 0.8× 115 0.3× 165 0.6× 196 0.8× 139 1.0× 5 1.5k
Sunil S. Chandran United States 15 1.2k 0.8× 188 0.5× 268 1.0× 207 0.8× 141 1.1× 22 1.4k
Ethan A. Mirsky United States 5 1.7k 1.1× 505 1.5× 92 0.3× 266 1.0× 114 0.9× 5 1.9k
Kedar G. Patel United States 14 961 0.6× 186 0.5× 338 1.2× 102 0.4× 118 0.9× 19 1.2k
Zachary Z. Sun United States 9 2.3k 1.5× 601 1.8× 102 0.4× 335 1.3× 112 0.8× 16 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Chunbo Lou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chunbo Lou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Chunbo Lou. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Chunbo Lou. The network helps show where Chunbo Lou may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunbo Lou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chunbo Lou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chunbo Lou 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 Chunbo Lou. Chunbo Lou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ouyang, Qi, et al.. (2025). Discovery of diverse and high-quality mRNA capping enzymes through a language model–enabled platform. Science Advances. 11(15). eadt0402–eadt0402. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Min, Xue Zhang, Yanhui Xiang, et al.. (2024). High-resolution and programmable RNA-IN and RNA-OUT genetic circuit in living mammalian cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8768–8768. 2 indexed citations
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Yin, Jianli, Deqiang Kong, Ying Guan, et al.. (2024). A digital CRISPR-dCas9-based gene remodeling biocomputer programmed by dietary compounds in mammals. Cell Systems. 15(10). 941–955.e5. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanhong, Sijia Li, Shu Zhang, et al.. (2024). Quantitative Characterization of Gene Regulatory Circuits Associated With Fungal Secondary Metabolism to Discover Novel Natural Products. Advanced Science. 11(47). e2407195–e2407195. 2 indexed citations
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Xiang, Yanhui, Jie Liu, Ruilin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Precise programming of multigene expression stoichiometry in mammalian cells by a modular and programmable transcriptional system. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1500–1500. 22 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xuejin, et al.. (2023). A flexible, modular and versatile functional part assembly toolkit for gene cluster engineering in Streptomyces. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 9(1). 69–77. 5 indexed citations
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Fan, Jie, Jingwen Yu, Xian Guo, et al.. (2022). Quantitative characterization of filamentous fungal promoters on a single-cell resolution to discover cryptic natural products. Science China Life Sciences. 66(4). 848–860. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Ziming, et al.. (2022). Improving cooperativity of transcription activators by oligomerization domains in mammalian cells. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 8(1). 114–120. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xuejin, et al.. (2022). Novel switchable ECF sigma factor transcription system for improving thaxtomin A production in Streptomyces. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 7(3). 972–981. 6 indexed citations
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Du, Pei, Haoqian Zhang, Jianyi H. Huang, et al.. (2020). De novo design of an intercellular signaling toolbox for multi-channel cell–cell communication and biological computation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4226–4226. 73 indexed citations
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Zhu, Hua, et al.. (2020). CRISPRi/dCpf1-mediated dynamic metabolic switch to enhance butenoic acid production in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(12). 5385–5393. 12 indexed citations
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Hao, Tingting, Zhoujie Xie, Min Wang, et al.. (2019). An anaerobic bacterium host system for heterologous expression of natural product biosynthetic gene clusters. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3665–3665. 41 indexed citations
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Tang, Wei, Zhengyan Guo, Min Wang, et al.. (2018). d -Sedoheptulose-7-phosphate is a common precursor for the heptoses of septacidin and hygromycin B. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(11). 2818–2823. 41 indexed citations
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Lou, Chunbo, et al.. (2018). Development and Challenges of Synthetic Genetic Circuits. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version). 33(11). 1158–1165. 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Long, et al.. (2018). Systematically investigating the key features of the DNase deactivated Cpf1 for tunable transcription regulation in prokaryotic cells. Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 4(1). 1–9. 32 indexed citations
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Lou, Chunbo, et al.. (2017). [Advances in synthetic physiology of artificial genetic parts].. PubMed. 33(3). 393–403. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shasha, Xuejin Zhao, Yong Tao, & Chunbo Lou. (2015). A novel approach for metabolic pathway optimization: Oligo-linker mediated assembly (OLMA) method. Journal of Biological Engineering. 9(1). 23–23. 28 indexed citations
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Moon, Tae Seok, Chunbo Lou, Alvin Tamsir, Brynne C. Stanton, & Christopher A. Voigt. (2012). Genetic programs constructed from layered logic gates in single cells. Nature. 491(7423). 249–253. 433 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lou, Chunbo, Xili Liu, Ming Ni, et al.. (2010). Synthesizing a novel genetic sequential logic circuit: a push‐on push‐off switch. Molecular Systems Biology. 6(1). 350–350. 95 indexed citations
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Lou, Chunbo, Zhengyan Li, & Qi Ouyang. (2008). A molecular model for persister in E. coli. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 255(2). 205–209. 39 indexed citations

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