Dawn Thompson

27.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Dawn Thompson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawn Thompson has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Dawn Thompson's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (5 papers). Dawn Thompson is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (5 papers). Dawn Thompson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Chile. Dawn Thompson's co-authors include Aviv Regev, Xian Adiconis, Joshua Z. Levin, Andreas Gnirke, Moran Yassour, Nir Friedman, Chad Nusbaum, Franklin W. Stahl, Amanda Socha and Sushmita Roy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dawn Thompson

37 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Comprehensive comparative analysis of strand-specific RNA... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2016 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Comprehensive comparative analysis of strand-specific RNA sequencing methods
    2010 533 citations Joshua Z. Levin, Moran Yassour et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. Mitochondrial dysfunction remodels one-carbon metabolism in human cells
    2016 333 citations Xiaoyan Bao, Shao‐En Ong et al. eLife profile →
  3. The evolution, evolvability and engineering of gene regulatory DNA
    2022 130 citations Eeshit Dhaval Vaishnav, Carl G. de Boer et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Dawn Thompson
Stuart R. Miyasato United States
Manoj Kumar India
Céline Henry France
Yoonsoo Hahn South Korea
Bérénice Batut Germany
Silke Wissing Germany
Helena Rasche Germany
Charles S. Hoffman United States
Alvaro G. Hernandez United States
Stuart R. Miyasato United States
Dawn Thompson
Citations per year, relative to Dawn Thompson Dawn Thompson (= 1×) peers Stuart R. Miyasato

Countries citing papers authored by Dawn Thompson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dawn Thompson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawn Thompson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dawn Thompson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dawn Thompson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Dawn Thompson. Dawn Thompson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Jing, Simon Stenberg, Jia‐Xing Yue, et al.. (2023). Genome instability footprint under rapamycin and hydroxyurea treatments. PLoS Genetics. 19(11). e1011012–e1011012. 2 indexed citations
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Vaishnav, Eeshit Dhaval, Carl G. de Boer, Jennifer Molinet, et al.. (2022). The evolution, evolvability and engineering of gene regulatory DNA. Nature. 603(7901). 455–463. 130 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nespolo, Roberto F., Carlos A. Villarroel, Sebastián M. Tapia, et al.. (2020). An Out-of-Patagonia migration explains the worldwide diversity and distribution of Saccharomyces eubayanus lineages. PLoS Genetics. 16(5). e1008777–e1008777. 36 indexed citations
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Barré, Benjamin, Johan Hallin, Jia‐Xing Yue, et al.. (2020). Intragenic repeat expansion in the cell wall protein gene HPF1 controls yeast chronological aging. Genome Research. 30(5). 697–710. 22 indexed citations
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Muñoz, José F., Toni Delorey, Christopher B. Ford, et al.. (2019). Coordinated host-pathogen transcriptional dynamics revealed using sorted subpopulations and single macrophages infected with Candida albicans. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1607–1607. 56 indexed citations
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Thompson, Dawn & Francisco A. Cubillos. (2016). Natural gene expression variation studies in yeast. Yeast. 34(1). 3–17. 11 indexed citations
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Bao, Xiaoyan, Shao‐En Ong, Olga Goldberger, et al.. (2016). Mitochondrial dysfunction remodels one-carbon metabolism in human cells. eLife. 5. 333 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solomon, Kevin, Charles H. Haitjema, John K. Henske, et al.. (2016). Early-branching gut fungi possess a large, comprehensive array of biomass-degrading enzymes. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 4 indexed citations
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Ford, Christopher B., Jason Funt, Darren Abbey, et al.. (2015). The evolution of drug resistance in clinical isolates of Candida albicans. eLife. 4. e00662–e00662. 245 indexed citations
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Roy, Sushmita & Dawn Thompson. (2015). Evolution of regulatory networks inCandida glabrata: learning to live with the human host. FEMS Yeast Research. 15(8). fov087–fov087. 3 indexed citations
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Adiconis, Xian, Diego Borges-Rivera, Rahul Satija, et al.. (2013). Comprehensive comparative analysis of RNA sequencing methods for degraded or low input samples. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 332 indexed citations
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Adiconis, Xian, Diego Borges-Rivera, Rahul Satija, et al.. (2013). Comparative analysis of RNA sequencing methods for degraded or low-input samples. Nature Methods. 10(7). 623–629. 18 indexed citations
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Roy, Sushmita, Ilan Wapinski, Jenna Pfiffner, et al.. (2013). Arboretum: Reconstruction and analysis of the evolutionary history of condition-specific transcriptional modules. Genome Research. 23(6). 1039–1050. 43 indexed citations
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Wapinski, Ilan, Jenna Pfiffner, Courtney E. French, et al.. (2010). Gene duplication and the evolution of ribosomal protein gene regulation in yeast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(12). 5505–5510. 58 indexed citations
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Levin, Joshua Z., Moran Yassour, Xian Adiconis, et al.. (2010). Comprehensive comparative analysis of strand-specific RNA sequencing methods. PMC. 1 indexed citations
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Levin, Joshua Z., Moran Yassour, Xian Adiconis, et al.. (2010). Comprehensive comparative analysis of strand-specific RNA sequencing methods. Nature Methods. 7(9). 709–715. 533 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thompson, Dawn & Aviv Regev. (2009). Fungal regulatory evolution: cis and trans in the balance. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Thompson, Dawn & Aviv Regev. (2009). Fungal regulatory evolution: cis and trans in the balance. FEBS Letters. 583(24). 3959–3965. 22 indexed citations
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Wohlbach, Dana J., et al.. (2009). From elements to modules: regulatory evolution in Ascomycota fungi. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 19(6). 571–578. 14 indexed citations
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Thompson, Dawn, Michael M. Desai, & Andrew W. Murray. (2006). Ploidy Controls the Success of Mutators and Nature of Mutations during Budding Yeast Evolution. Current Biology. 16(16). 1581–1590. 71 indexed citations

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