Cynthia H. Collins

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Cynthia H. Collins is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia H. Collins has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cynthia H. Collins's work include Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). Cynthia H. Collins is often cited by papers focused on Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers). Cynthia H. Collins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Cynthia H. Collins's co-authors include Frances H. Arnold, Ron Weiss, Yoram Gerchman, Subhayu Basu, Jasmine Shong, Jared R. Leadbetter, Mattheos Koffas, Nicholas Marchand, Lingchong You and Lynn Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia H. Collins

29 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A synthetic multicellular system for programmed pattern formation

2005 818 citations Subhayu Basu, Yoram Gerchman et al. Nature profile →
A synthetic Escherichia coli predator–prey ecosystem

2008 370 citations Frederick Balagadde, Hao Song et al. Molecular Systems Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cynthia H. Collins United States	20	2.2k	780	637	256	160	29	2.8k
Arthur Prindle United States	18	1.6k 0.7×	894 1.1×	498 0.8×	363 1.4×	58 0.4×	24	2.8k
Zhongge Zhang United States	22	3.3k 1.5×	367 0.5×	1.9k 3.0×	529 2.1×	49 0.3×	50	4.1k
D. Ewen Cameron United States	12	1.8k 0.8×	448 0.6×	487 0.8×	367 1.4×	29 0.2×	13	2.5k
Ariel B. Lindner France	26	2.4k 1.1×	259 0.3×	869 1.4×	493 1.9×	204 1.3×	56	3.1k
Itaru Urabe Japan	33	2.4k 1.1×	519 0.7×	503 0.8×	200 0.8×	34 0.2×	115	3.3k
David Karig United States	24	1.8k 0.8×	551 0.7×	405 0.6×	243 0.9×	13 0.1×	39	2.6k
Jeffrey J. Tabor United States	26	2.7k 1.2×	664 0.9×	594 0.9×	240 0.9×	45 0.3×	48	3.3k
Tom Ellis United Kingdom	37	3.7k 1.7×	910 1.2×	860 1.4×	288 1.1×	24 0.1×	91	4.8k
Orkun S. Soyer United Kingdom	26	1.4k 0.6×	238 0.3×	462 0.7×	339 1.3×	32 0.2×	73	2.1k
Anat Bren Israel	23	2.0k 0.9×	235 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	268 1.0×	24 0.1×	31	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cynthia H. Collins

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kelly, Erin E., et al.. (2021). Drawing up a collaborative contract: Amino acid cross‐feeding between interspecies bacterial pairs. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 118(8). 3138–3149. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fuming, et al.. (2021). Influence of bacterial culture medium on peptidoglycan binding of cell wall lytic enzymes. Journal of Biotechnology. 330. 27–34. 11 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., et al.. (2020). Opportunities for broadening the application of cell wall lytic enzymes. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(21). 9019–9040. 19 indexed citations

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Mazeau, Emily, et al.. (2018). Engineering Bacillus megaterium Strains To Secrete Cellulases for Synergistic Cellulose Degradation in a Microbial Community. ACS Synthetic Biology. 7(10). 2413–2422. 18 indexed citations

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Julius, A. Agung, et al.. (2017). Transcriptional control of motility enables directional movement of Escherichia coli in a signal gradient. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8959–8959. 20 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., et al.. (2015). Towards cell‐free isobutanol production: Development of a novel immobilized enzyme system. Biotechnology Progress. 32(1). 66–73. 7 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., et al.. (2014). Impact of external flow on the dynamics of swimming microorganisms near surfaces. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(11). 115101–115101. 31 indexed citations

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Kim, Wooseong, Jasmine Shong, Nicholas Marchand, et al.. (2013). Effect of spaceflight on Pseudomonas aeruginosa final cell density is modulated by nutrient and oxygen availability. BMC Microbiology. 13(1). 241–241. 54 indexed citations

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Xu, Peng, Qin Gu, Wenya Wang, et al.. (2013). Modular optimization of multi-gene pathways for fatty acids production in E. coli. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1409–1409. 392 indexed citations

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Kim, Wooseong, Jasmine Shong, Nicholas Marchand, et al.. (2013). Spaceflight Promotes Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62437–e62437. 136 indexed citations

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Shong, Jasmine, et al.. (2012). Towards synthetic microbial consortia for bioprocessing. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 23(5). 798–802. 204 indexed citations

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Pai, Anand, Yu Tanouchi, Cynthia H. Collins, & Lingchong You. (2009). Engineering multicellular systems by cell–cell communication. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 20(4). 461–470. 37 indexed citations

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Balagadde, Frederick, Hao Song, Cynthia H. Collins, et al.. (2008). A synthetic Escherichia coli predator–prey ecosystem. Molecular Systems Biology. 4(1). 187–187. 370 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, Cynthia H., Jared R. Leadbetter, & Frances H. Arnold. (2006). Dual selection enhances the signaling specificity of a variant of the quorum-sensing transcriptional activator LuxR. Nature Biotechnology. 24(6). 708–712. 161 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., Jared R. Leadbetter, & Frances H. Arnold. (2006). Correction: Corrigendum: Dual selection enhances the signaling specificity of a variant of the quorum-sensing transcriptional activator LuxR. Nature Biotechnology. 24(8). 1033–1033. 5 indexed citations

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Basu, Subhayu, Yoram Gerchman, Cynthia H. Collins, Frances H. Arnold, & Ron Weiss. (2005). A synthetic multicellular system for programmed pattern formation. Nature. 434(7037). 1130–1134. 818 indexed citations breakdown →

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Collins, Cynthia H., Frances H. Arnold, & Jared R. Leadbetter. (2004). Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR for increased sensitivity to a broad spectrum of acyl‐homoserine lactones. Molecular Microbiology. 55(3). 712–723. 127 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., Yohei Yokobayashi, Daisuke Umeno, & Frances H. Arnold. (2003). Engineering proteins that bind, move, make and break DNA. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 14(6). 665–665. 9 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., Yohei Yokobayashi, Daisuke Umeno, & Frances H. Arnold. (2003). Engineering proteins that bind, move, make and break DNA. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 14(4). 371–378. 25 indexed citations

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Collins, Cynthia H., et al.. (2002). Adenosine to Inosine Editing by ADAR2 Requires Formation of a Ternary Complex on the GluR-B R/G Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(40). 37624–37629. 38 indexed citations

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