Conor McMahon

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Conor McMahon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Insect Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Conor McMahon has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Insect Science. Recurrent topics in Conor McMahon's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (8 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (6 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Conor McMahon is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (8 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (6 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (5 papers). Conor McMahon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Conor McMahon's co-authors include Andrew C. Kruse, Sarah C. Erlandson, Laura M. Wingler, Patrick M. Guérin, Aashish Manglik, Dean P. Staus, Robert J. Lefkowitz, Alexander S. Baier, Roberta Pascolutti and Sanduo Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Conor McMahon

23 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Yeast surface display platform for rapid discovery of conformationally selective nanobodies

2018 348 citations Conor McMahon, Alexander S. Baier et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology profile →
Protein design and variant prediction using autoregressive generative models

2021 195 citations Jung-Eun Shin, Adam J. Riesselman et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Conor McMahon United States	16	1.0k	448	237	130	125	24	1.4k
Braeden L. Butler United States	8	1.9k 1.9×	156 0.3×	416 1.8×	204 1.6×	31 0.2×	15	2.5k
Bryce Nelson Japan	19	1.8k 1.7×	118 0.3×	109 0.5×	321 2.5×	181 1.4×	28	2.3k
Paul A. Colussi United States	20	1.5k 1.4×	128 0.3×	156 0.7×	218 1.7×	69 0.6×	28	1.8k
Jean Garnier France	20	1.9k 1.8×	143 0.3×	195 0.8×	140 1.1×	51 0.4×	41	2.7k
Claude V. Maina United States	11	549 0.5×	70 0.2×	145 0.6×	55 0.4×	94 0.8×	15	1.0k
Christopher T. Eggers United States	10	2.1k 2.0×	177 0.4×	398 1.7×	333 2.6×	26 0.2×	11	2.7k
Brock F. Binkowski United States	14	2.2k 2.1×	190 0.4×	423 1.8×	210 1.6×	25 0.2×	21	2.7k
Mary P. Hall United States	12	2.3k 2.2×	172 0.4×	507 2.1×	201 1.5×	22 0.2×	20	2.8k
Daniel Auerbach Switzerland	22	1.6k 1.5×	141 0.3×	182 0.8×	426 3.3×	24 0.2×	31	2.1k
Ruy Pérez‐Montfort Mexico	30	1.1k 1.1×	166 0.4×	49 0.2×	98 0.8×	36 0.3×	101	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Conor McMahon

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Kollasch, Aaron W., et al.. (2026). Machine learning enables efficient and effective affinity maturation of nanobodies. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Skiba, Meredith A., Sarah M. Sterling, Shaun Rawson, et al.. (2024). Antibodies expand the scope of angiotensin receptor pharmacology. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(12). 1577–1585. 13 indexed citations

Ferrara, Fortunato, André A. Teixeira, Sara D’Angelo, et al.. (2024). A next-generation Fab library platform directly yielding drug-like antibodies with high affinity, diversity, and developability. mAbs. 16(1). 2394230–2394230. 1 indexed citations

Wellner, Alon, Conor McMahon, Morgan S. A. Gilman, et al.. (2021). Rapid generation of potent antibodies by autonomous hypermutation in yeast. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(10). 1057–1064. 77 indexed citations

Amcheslavsky, Alla, Aaron Wallace, Monir Ejemel, et al.. (2021). Anti-CfaE nanobodies provide broad cross-protection against major pathogenic enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains, with implications for vaccine design. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2751–2751. 28 indexed citations

Shin, Jung-Eun, Adam J. Riesselman, Aaron W. Kollasch, et al.. (2021). Protein design and variant prediction using autoregressive generative models. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2403–2403. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

McMahon, Conor, Dean P. Staus, Laura M. Wingler, et al.. (2020). Synthetic nanobodies as angiotensin receptor blockers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(33). 20284–20291. 38 indexed citations

Yu, I-Mei, et al.. (2020). Structural basis for the binding of SNAREs to the multisubunit tethering complex Dsl1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(30). 10125–10135. 13 indexed citations

Wingler, Laura M., Meredith A. Skiba, Conor McMahon, et al.. (2020). Angiotensin and biased analogs induce structurally distinct active conformations within a GPCR. Science. 367(6480). 888–892. 163 indexed citations

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Wingler, Laura M., Conor McMahon, Dean P. Staus, Robert J. Lefkowitz, & Andrew C. Kruse. (2019). Distinctive Activation Mechanism for Angiotensin Receptor Revealed by a Synthetic Nanobody. Cell. 176(3). 479–490.e12. 135 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor, Alexander S. Baier, Roberta Pascolutti, et al.. (2018). Yeast surface display platform for rapid discovery of conformationally selective nanobodies. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25(3). 289–296. 348 indexed citations breakdown →

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Erlandson, Sarah C., Conor McMahon, & Andrew C. Kruse. (2018). Structural Basis for G Protein–Coupled Receptor Signaling. Annual Review of Biophysics. 47(1). 1–18. 87 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Effrosyni Papanikou, Conor McMahon, et al.. (2013). Sec16 influences transitional ER sites by regulating rather than organizing COPII. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(21). 3406–3419. 54 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor, et al.. (2012). The Structure of Sec12 Implicates Potassium Ion Coordination in Sar1 Activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(52). 43599–43606. 26 indexed citations

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Donzé, Gérard, Conor McMahon, & Patrick M. Guérin. (2004). Rumen metabolites serve ticks to exploit large mammals. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207(24). 4283–4289. 33 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor, Thomas Kröber, & Patrick M. Guérin. (2003). In vitro assays for repellents and deterrents for ticks: differing effects of products when tested with attractant or arrestment stimuli. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 17(4). 370–378. 29 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor & Patrick M. Guérin. (2002). Attraction of the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum , to human breath and to the breath components acetone, NO and CO 2. Die Naturwissenschaften. 89(7). 311–315. 32 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor, G. Sureau, & Jean‐François Ferveur. (2002). Mapping of genetic loci that change pheromone discrimination in Drosophila males. Genetics Research. 79(2). 149–159. 7 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor, Patrick M. Guérin, & Zainulabeuddin Syed. (2001). 1-Octen-3-Ol Isolated from Bont Ticks Attracts Amblyomma variegatum. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 27(3). 471–486. 22 indexed citations

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McMahon, Conor & Patrick M. Guérin. (2000). Responses of the tropical bont tick, Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius), to its aggregation-attachment pheromone presented in an air stream on a servosphere. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 186(1). 95–103. 10 indexed citations

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