David A. Tirrell

31.9k citations

325 papers · 25.7k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 83

Impact in

Biomaterials top 0.05%
- Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
Molecular Medicine top 0.05%
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Papers in

Organic Chemistry 111
- Click Chemistry and Applications 45
- Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization 27
Biomaterials 48

Co-authors: Róbert Langer Howard G. Schild A. James Link Kristi L. Kiick Jan C. M. van Hest Daniela C. Dieterich Erin M. Schuman Maurille J. Fournier
Journals: Macromolecules (53 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (39 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (14 papers)ChemBioChem (13 papers)Biomacromolecules (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Germany

In The Last Decade

David A. Tirrell

325 papers receiving 25.3k citations

Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

A photoreversible protein-patterning approach for guiding stem cell fate in three-dimensional gels 2015 · 381 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Nature Materials
2014 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2004 Nature
2001 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1998 Science
1990 The Journal of Physical Chemistry

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1	Rare, Tightly-Bound, Multi-Cellular Clusters in the Pancreatic Ducts of Adult Mice Function Like Progenitor Cells and Survive and Proliferate After Acinar Cell Injury Stem Cells ·Jacob R. Tremblay, 万興崔, J.-P. Rey, گیتا یعقوبی, V. Kajaste, Dongxu Lin, Wendong Li, 谢岩黎范亭亭, Walter Tsark, Jeffrey R. Mann, Mark T. Kozlowski, David A. Tirrell, Farzad Esni, Dannielle D. Engle, Arthur D. Riggs, Hsun Teresa Ku	2024	1
2	The dormancy‐specific regulator, SutA, is intrinsically disordered and modulates transcription initiation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Molecular Microbiology ·Megan Bergkessel, Brett M. Babin, David G. VanderVelde, Michael J. Sweredoski, Annie Moradian, A. Sègaard, Sonja Hess, David A. Tirrell, Irina Artsimovitch, Dianne K. Newman	2019	11
3	Glucocorticoid Signaling Enhances Expression of Glucose-Sensing Molecules in Immature Pancreatic Beta-Like Cells Derived from Murine Embryonic Stem Cells In Vitro Stem Cells and Development ·Shen Zhanhao, Xiaoxing Wu, Stephanie Walker, T Rihm, Xiaoran Zhao, Ю. С. Кадыкова, Chia‐Lin Chen, Darmawan Darmawan, Jeanne M. LeBon, Mark T. Kozlowski, Jeffrey Rawson, David A. Tirrell, M.L. Richard Yip, Hsun Teresa Ku	2018	6
4	Selective Proteomic Analysis of Antibiotic-Tolerant Cellular Subpopulations inPseudomonas aeruginosaBiofilms mBio ·Brett M. Babin, Sai Zhang, Mark B. van Eldijk, Michael J. Sweredoski, Annie Moradian, Sonja Hess, Tim Tolker‐Nielsen, Dianne K. Newman, David A. Tirrell	2017	45
5	Bioorthogonal Noncanonical Amino Acid Tagging (BONCAT) Enables Time-Resolved Analysis of Protein Synthesis in Native Plant Tissue PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Sun Mi Jang, 治和田中, 辻かおり, Michael J. Sweredoski, Annie Moradian, Sonja Hess, Julia Bailey‐Serres, David A. Tirrell	2017	41
6	Postnatal Pancreas of Mice Contains Tripotent Progenitors Capable of Giving Rise to Duct, Acinar, and Endocrine Cells In Vitro Stem Cells and Development ·Shen Zhanhao, Alborz Mahdavi, Feng Tao, Liang Jin, Mark T. Kozlowski, Darmawan Darmawan, Arthur D. Riggs, David A. Tirrell, Hsun Teresa Ku	2015	15
7	Direct visualization of newly synthesized target proteins in situ Nature Methods ·Susanne tom Dieck, Lisa Kochen, Cyril Hanus, Li Yuhan, Ina Bartnik, Belquis Nassim-Assir, С.Н. Никитин, Thorsten Mosler, Sakshi Garg, Stefanie Bunse, David A. Tirrell, Erin M. Schuman	2015	210
8	Microbuckling in fibrin networks enables long-range cell mechanosensing arXiv (Cornell University) ·Jacob Notbohm, Ayelet Lesman, Phoebus Rosakis, David A. Tirrell, G. Ravichandran	2014	3
9	Identification of secreted bacterial proteins by noncanonical amino acid tagging Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Alborz Mahdavi, Janek Szychowski, John T. Ngo, Michael J. Sweredoski, R. L. Graham, Sonja Hess, Olaf Schneewind, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, David A. Tirrell	2013	63
10	Controlling Macromolecular Topology with Genetically Encoded SpyTag–SpyCatcher Chemistry Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Wenbin Zhang, Fei Sun, David A. Tirrell, Frances H. Arnold	2013	175
11	Polymers in biology and medicine Elsevier eBooks ·David A. Tirrell, Róbert Langer	2012	6
12	Selective identification of newly synthesized proteins in mammalian cells using bioorthogonal noncanonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daniela C. Dieterich, A. James Link, Johannes Graumann, David A. Tirrell, Erin M. Schuman Hit paper breakdown →	2006	644
13	Fluorescence Visualization of Newly Synthesized Proteins in Mammalian Cells Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Kimberly E. Beatty, Julie C. Liu, Fang Xie, Daniela C. Dieterich, Erin M. Schuman, Qian Wang, David A. Tirrell	2006	247
14	Tuning the erosion rate of artificial protein hydrogels through control of network topology Nature Materials ·Wei Shen, Kechun Zhang, Julia A. Kornfield, David A. Tirrell	2006	248
15	Alkylated derivatives of poly(ethylacrylic acid) can be inserted into preformed liposomes and trigger pH-dependent intracellular delivery of liposomal contents Molecular Membrane Biology ·Tao Chen, Deirdre P. McIntosh, G. DeMercato, Jung Soo Kim, David A. Tirrell, Peter Scherrer, David B. Fenske, Ohyama Yuji, Pieter R. Cullis	2004	24
16	Artificial Niches for Human Adult Neural Stem Cells: Possibility for Autologous Transplantation Therapy Journal of Hematotherapy & Stem Cell Research ·Charles Y. Liu, Ulf Westerlund, Mikael Svensson, Morten C. Moe, Mercy Varghese, Jon Berg–Johnsen, Michael L.J. Apuzzo, David A. Tirrell, Iver A. Langmoen	2003	31
17	Incorporation of azides into recombinant proteins for chemoselective modification by the Staudinger ligation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kristi L. Kiick, Eliana Saxon, David A. Tirrell, Carolyn R. Bertozzi Hit paper breakdown →	2001	746
18	Editorial announcement Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry ·Virgil Percec, Mitsuo Sawamoto, David A. Tirrell	1999	1
19	Genetic Engineering of Crystals, Films, and Surfaces CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) ·David A. Tirrell	1994	1
20	POLYELECTROLYTE-PHOSPHOLIPID MICELLE STRUCTURE New Journal of Chemistry ·James L. Thomas, Shaw Ling Hsu, David A. Tirrell	1994	3

About David A. Tirrell

David A. Tirrell is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomaterials, Molecular Medicine, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Cell Biology, having authored 325 papers that have together received 25.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (49 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (49 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (45 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (34 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (27 papers), Biotin and Related Studies (25 papers), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (22 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biomaterials (6.6k citations), Molecular Medicine (2.4k citations), Organic Chemistry (8.3k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (2.0k citations) and Molecular Biology (12.5k citations). David A. Tirrell has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Róbert Langer, Howard G. Schild, A. James Link, Kristi L. Kiick, Jan C. M. van Hest, Daniela C. Dieterich, Erin M. Schuman, Maurille J. Fournier, Stacey A. Maskarinec and Carolyn R. Bertozzi. Their work appears in journals such as Macromolecules, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ChemBioChem and Biomacromolecules.

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