Colin Lam

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Colin Lam is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Lam has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Colin Lam's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). Colin Lam is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (3 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). Colin Lam collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Colin Lam's co-authors include Drew Endy, Adam P. Arkin, Joao C. Guimaraes, Guillaume Cambray, Vivek K. Mutalik, Jay D. Keasling, Becky Kwan, James M. Carothers, Gaymon Bennett and Lance Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Methods and Molecular Pharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Colin Lam

14 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Precise and reliable gene expression via standard transcription and translation initiation elements

2013 554 citations Vivek K. Mutalik, Joao C. Guimaraes et al. Nature Methods profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Lam Hong Kong	11	900	305	93	90	62	14	1.1k
Kevin Clancy United States	18	1.5k 1.6×	507 1.7×	121 1.3×	89 1.0×	35 0.6×	31	1.9k
Ying Hefner United States	17	900 1.0×	281 0.9×	123 1.3×	54 0.6×	52 0.8×	30	1.1k
Gertrud Mannhaupt Germany	21	1.3k 1.5×	85 0.3×	68 0.7×	22 0.2×	73 1.2×	28	1.7k
Amin Espah Borujeni United States	10	1.0k 1.1×	342 1.1×	147 1.6×	101 1.1×	24 0.4×	10	1.1k
Daniel J. Mandell United States	11	997 1.1×	162 0.5×	85 0.9×	69 0.8×	16 0.3×	14	1.2k
Yoichiro Ito Japan	18	728 0.8×	198 0.6×	156 1.7×	48 0.5×	22 0.4×	32	826
John Eldredge United States	11	588 0.7×	35 0.1×	40 0.4×	31 0.3×	48 0.8×	14	1.0k
Γεώργιος Σκρέτας Greece	19	782 0.9×	216 0.7×	154 1.7×	124 1.4×	28 0.5×	41	947
Quinn Lu United States	19	1.3k 1.4×	232 0.8×	57 0.6×	40 0.4×	21 0.3×	35	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Lam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Lam

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Zhang, Bo, Colin Lam, Paul Pensulo, et al.. (2022). Delayed presentation to hospital care is associated with sequelae but not mortality in children with cerebral malaria in Malawi. Malaria Journal. 21(1). 60–60. 3 indexed citations

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Lam, Colin, Julien Epps, & Siyuan Chen. (2021). Wearable Fatigue Detection Based on Blink-Saccade Synchronisation. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC). 1186–1191. 2 indexed citations

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Cambray, Guillaume, Joao C. Guimaraes, Vivek K. Mutalik, et al.. (2013). Measurement and modeling of intrinsic transcription terminators. Nucleic Acids Research. 41(9). 5139–5148. 135 indexed citations

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Mutalik, Vivek K., Joao C. Guimaraes, Guillaume Cambray, et al.. (2013). Quantitative estimation of activity and quality for collections of functional genetic elements. Nature Methods. 10(4). 347–353. 156 indexed citations

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Mutalik, Vivek K., Joao C. Guimaraes, Guillaume Cambray, et al.. (2013). Precise and reliable gene expression via standard transcription and translation initiation elements. Nature Methods. 10(4). 354–360. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chow, Ariel Ka-Man, Lui Ng, Hung Sing Li, et al.. (2012). Anti-tumor Efficacy of a Recombinant Human Arginase in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 12(9). 1233–1243. 28 indexed citations

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Kwan, Becky, et al.. (2012). Evaluating prior scholarship in literature reviews of research articles: A comparative study of practices in two research paradigms. English for Specific Purposes. 31(3). 188–201. 54 indexed citations

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Chow, Ariel Ka-Man, Lui Ng, Hung Sing Li, et al.. (2012). Anti-tumor Efficacy of a Recombinant Human Arginase in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 12(9). 1233–1243. 8 indexed citations

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Zou, Bing, Chor Sang Chim, Roberta Pang, et al.. (2011). XIAP‐associated factor 1 (XAF1), a novel target of p53, enhances p53‐mediated apoptosis via post‐translational modification. Molecular Carcinogenesis. 51(5). 422–432. 32 indexed citations

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Ma, Juan, Jide Wang, Bing Zou, et al.. (2010). Promoter hypermethylation and histone hypoacetylation contribute to pancreatic-duodenal homeobox 1 silencing in gastric cancer. Carcinogenesis. 31(9). 1552–1560. 29 indexed citations

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Fu, Hongjun, Juan Dou, Wenming Li, et al.. (2009). Promising multifunctional anti-Alzheimer's dimer bis(7)-Cognitin acting as an activator of protein kinase C regulates activities of α-secretase and BACE-1 concurrently. European Journal of Pharmacology. 623(1-3). 14–21. 21 indexed citations

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Dai, Yun, Liang Qiao, Kwok Wah Chan, et al.. (2009). Adenovirus-mediated down-regulation of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein inhibits colon cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(9). 2762–2770. 20 indexed citations

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Fu, Hongjun, Juan Dou, Wenming Li, et al.. (2007). Mecamylamine prevents neuronal apoptosis induced by glutamate and low potassium via differential anticholinergic-independent mechanisms. Neuropharmacology. 54(4). 755–765. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Wenming, Chunying Niu, Hongjun Fu, et al.. (2007). Synergistic Neuroprotection by Bis(7)-tacrine via Concurrent Blockade of N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptors and Neuronal Nitric-Oxide Synthase. Molecular Pharmacology. 71(5). 1258–1267. 40 indexed citations

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