Colby G. Starker

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Colby G. Starker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Colby G. Starker has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 35 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Colby G. Starker's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (29 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (19 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers). Colby G. Starker is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (29 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (19 papers) and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations (13 papers). Colby G. Starker collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Colby G. Starker's co-authors include Daniel F. Voytas, Feng Zhang, Tomáš Čermák, Yong Zhang, Javier Gil‐Humanes, Shaun J. Curtin, Ryan A. Nasti, Daniel F. Carlson, Sharon R. Long and Yiping Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colby G. Starker

47 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

In vivo genome editing using a high-efficiency TALEN system

2012 719 citations Victoria M. Bedell, Ying Wang et al. Nature profile →
A Multipurpose Toolkit to Enable Advanced Genome Engineering in Plants

2017 454 citations Tomáš Čermák, Shaun J. Curtin et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Plant gene editing through de novo induction of meristems

2019 356 citations Ryan A. Nasti, Macy Vollbrecht et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colby G. Starker United States	34	4.0k	3.1k	620	557	359	47	5.7k
Adam J. Bogdanove United States	42	7.0k 1.7×	6.6k 2.1×	1.7k 2.7×	874 1.6×	319 0.9×	87	11.9k
Tomáš Čermák United States	17	5.1k 1.3×	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	202 0.4×	375 1.0×	21	6.0k
Eivind Valen Norway	30	6.1k 1.5×	604 0.2×	1.0k 1.6×	560 1.0×	68 0.2×	50	7.5k
Jung‐Eun Kim South Korea	23	2.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	509 0.8×	367 0.7×	192 0.5×	67	3.8k
Cyd Khayter United States	11	6.1k 1.5×	771 0.2×	1.4k 2.3×	164 0.3×	108 0.3×	11	6.5k
Michelle Christian United States	9	3.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 1.7×	184 0.3×	158 0.4×	10	4.1k
Chengzu Long United States	24	3.5k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	826 1.3×	146 0.3×	90 0.3×	32	5.1k
Scott C. Fahrenkrug United States	35	3.2k 0.8×	513 0.2×	2.3k 3.7×	267 0.5×	61 0.2×	88	4.5k
Andrew Bassett United Kingdom	35	3.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	733 1.2×	279 0.5×	38 0.1×	64	5.0k

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Butler, Nathaniel, et al.. (2025). Viral‐mediated delivery of morphogenic regulators enables leaf transformation in Sorghum bicolor (L.). Plant Biotechnology Journal. 23(10). 4491–4499. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Degao, et al.. (2024). Heritable gene editing in tomato through viral delivery of isopentenyl transferase and single-guide RNAs to latent axillary meristematic cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(39). e2406486121–e2406486121. 25 indexed citations

Kumar, Jitesh, Redeat Tibebu, Maria Elena Gamo, et al.. (2023). An extensible vector toolkit and parts library for advanced engineering of plant genomes. The Plant Genome. 16(2). e20312–e20312. 14 indexed citations

Nasti, Ryan A., et al.. (2022). Direct delivery and fast-treated Agrobacterium co-culture (Fast-TrACC) plant transformation methods for Nicotiana benthamiana. Nature Protocols. 18(1). 81–107. 43 indexed citations

Liu, Degao, Changtian Pan, Ugrappa Nagalakshmi, et al.. (2022). Heritable base-editing in Arabidopsis using RNA viral vectors. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 189(4). 1920–1924. 30 indexed citations

Weiss, Trevor, Xiaojun Kang, Hui Zhao, et al.. (2020). Optimization of multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 system for highly efficient genome editing in Setaria viridis. The Plant Journal. 104(3). 828–838. 45 indexed citations

Nasti, Ryan A., et al.. (2019). Plant gene editing through de novo induction of meristems. Nature Biotechnology. 38(1). 84–89. 356 indexed citations breakdown →

He, Jia, Mingli Xu, Matthew R. Willmann, et al.. (2018). Threshold-dependent repression of SPL gene expression by miR156/miR157 controls vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genetics. 14(4). e1007337–e1007337. 153 indexed citations

Čermák, Tomáš, Shaun J. Curtin, Javier Gil‐Humanes, et al.. (2017). A Multipurpose Toolkit to Enable Advanced Genome Engineering in Plants. The Plant Cell. 29(6). 1196–1217. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gil‐Humanes, Javier, Yanpeng Wang, Zhen Liang, et al.. (2016). High‐efficiency gene targeting in hexaploid wheat using DNA replicons and CRISPR /Cas9. The Plant Journal. 89(6). 1251–1262. 252 indexed citations

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Park, Ji‐Man, Chang Hwa Jung, Minchul Seo, et al.. (2016). The ULK1 complex mediates MTORC1 signaling to the autophagy initiation machinery via binding and phosphorylating ATG14. Autophagy. 12(3). 547–564. 264 indexed citations

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Nishizawa‐Yokoi, Ayako, Tomáš Čermák, Tomoki Hoshino, et al.. (2015). A Defect in DNA Ligase4 Enhances the Frequency of TALEN-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in Rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(2). 653–666. 42 indexed citations

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Osborn, Mark J., Richard Gabriel, Beau R. Webber, et al.. (2014). Fanconi Anemia Gene Editing by the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Human Gene Therapy. 26(2). 114–126. 91 indexed citations

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Curtin, Shaun J., Justin Anderson, Colby G. Starker, et al.. (2013). Targeted Mutagenesis for Functional Analysis of Gene Duplication in Legumes. Methods in molecular biology. 1069. 25–42. 17 indexed citations

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Qi, Yiping, Yong Zhang, Feng Zhang, et al.. (2013). Increasing frequencies of site-specific mutagenesis and gene targeting in Arabidopsis by manipulating DNA repair pathways. Genome Research. 23(3). 547–554. 130 indexed citations

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Christian, Michelle, Zachary L. Demorest, Colby G. Starker, et al.. (2012). Targeting G with TAL Effectors: A Comparison of Activities of TALENs Constructed with NN and NK Repeat Variable Di-Residues. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45383–e45383. 88 indexed citations

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Bedell, Victoria M., Ying Wang, Jarryd M. Campbell, et al.. (2012). In vivo genome editing using a high-efficiency TALEN system. Nature. 491(7422). 114–118. 719 indexed citations breakdown →

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Curtin, Shaun J., Feng Zhang, Jeffry D. Sander, et al.. (2011). Targeted Mutagenesis of Duplicated Genes in Soybean with Zinc-Finger Nucleases . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 156(2). 466–473. 199 indexed citations

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Wang, Dong, Joel S. Griffitts, Colby G. Starker, et al.. (2010). A Nodule-Specific Protein Secretory Pathway Required for Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis. Science. 327(5969). 1126–1129. 204 indexed citations

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Jakab, Júlia, R. Varma Penmetsa, Colby G. Starker, et al.. (2007). An ERF Transcription Factor in Medicago truncatula That Is Essential for Nod Factor Signal Transduction. The Plant Cell. 19(4). 1221–1234. 235 indexed citations

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