Edward R. Ballister

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Edward R. Ballister is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward R. Ballister has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Edward R. Ballister's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (10 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers). Edward R. Ballister is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (10 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (6 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (5 papers). Edward R. Ballister collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Edward R. Ballister's co-authors include Michael A. Lampson, Andrew B. Herr, Pamela J. Björkman, Joseph D. Mougous, Yifan Cheng, Ronald N. Zuckermann, Chanat Aonbangkhen, David M. Chenoweth, Enxiu Wang and Ben E. Black and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Edward R. Ballister

22 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

Probiotic-guided CAR-T cells for solid tumor targeting

2023 146 citations Rosa L. Vincent, Candice R. Gurbatri et al. Science profile →
Probiotic neoantigen delivery vectors for precision cancer immunotherapy

2024 70 citations Jongwon Im, Fangda Li et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edward R. Ballister United States	17	876	426	218	178	149	22	1.5k
Matthew J. Bick United States	17	1.2k 1.3×	238 0.6×	350 1.6×	111 0.6×	229 1.5×	22	1.7k
Stella M. Hurtley United Kingdom	13	1.3k 1.5×	660 1.5×	303 1.4×	105 0.6×	77 0.5×	147	2.0k
Kourosh Zolghadr Germany	16	1.5k 1.7×	285 0.7×	155 0.7×	521 2.9×	207 1.4×	18	1.8k
Paul Bessette United States	14	959 1.1×	283 0.7×	229 1.1×	287 1.6×	120 0.8×	17	1.8k
Kiichiro Totani Japan	26	1.5k 1.7×	428 1.0×	535 2.5×	132 0.7×	51 0.3×	88	2.0k
Matthias J. Feige Germany	21	1.3k 1.4×	587 1.4×	456 2.1×	465 2.6×	128 0.9×	50	1.9k
Oana I. Lungu United States	8	802 0.9×	239 0.6×	226 1.0×	214 1.2×	58 0.4×	10	1.4k
Tetsuro Yoshimura Japan	22	1.4k 1.6×	261 0.6×	355 1.6×	90 0.5×	351 2.4×	72	1.9k
Christopher P. Toseland United Kingdom	19	1.2k 1.4×	416 1.0×	103 0.5×	127 0.7×	55 0.4×	48	1.7k
Amber Ablack United States	13	605 0.7×	229 0.5×	102 0.5×	54 0.3×	244 1.6×	18	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Edward R. Ballister

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Edward R. Ballister

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ballister, Edward R., Rosa L. Vincent, Sreyan Chowdhury, et al.. (2025). The emerging landscape of engineered bacteria cancer therapies. Nature Biotechnology. 43(5). 672–676. 1 indexed citations

Im, Jongwon, Fangda Li, Mathieu Rouanne, et al.. (2024). Probiotic neoantigen delivery vectors for precision cancer immunotherapy. Nature. 635(8038). 453–461. 70 indexed citations breakdown →

Vincent, Rosa L., Candice R. Gurbatri, Fangda Li, et al.. (2023). Probiotic-guided CAR-T cells for solid tumor targeting. Science. 382(6667). 211–218. 146 indexed citations breakdown →

Rodgers, Jessica, Edward R. Ballister, Riccardo Storchi, et al.. (2023). Modulating signalling lifetime to optimise a prototypical animal opsin for optogenetic applications. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 475(12). 1387–1407. 3 indexed citations

Rodgers, Jessica, Beatriz Baño‐Otálora, Mino D. C. Belle, et al.. (2021). Using a bistable animal opsin for switchable and scalable optogenetic inhibition of neurons. EMBO Reports. 22(5). e51866–e51866. 16 indexed citations

Rawlinson, Kate A., François Lapraz, Edward R. Ballister, et al.. (2019). Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment. eLife. 8. 29 indexed citations

Ballister, Edward R., Marie I. Samanovic, & K. Heran Darwin. (2019). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2700 Contributes to Cell Envelope Integrity and Virulence. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(19). 7 indexed citations

Ballister, Edward R., Jessica Rodgers, Franck P. Martial, & Robert J. Lucas. (2018). A live cell assay of GPCR coupling allows identification of optogenetic tools for controlling Go and Gi signaling. BMC Biology. 16(1). 10–10. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Huaiying, et al.. (2017). Optogenetic control of kinetochore function. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(10). 1096–1101. 68 indexed citations

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Norris, Stephen R., et al.. (2017). Two mechanisms coordinate the recruitment of the chromosomal passenger complex to the plane of cell division. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(25). 3634–3646. 20 indexed citations

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Maciejowski, John, Hauke Drechsler, Edward R. Ballister, et al.. (2017). Mps1 Regulates Kinetochore-Microtubule Attachment Stability via the Ska Complex to Ensure Error-Free Chromosome Segregation. Developmental Cell. 41(2). 143–156.e6. 63 indexed citations

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Ballister, Edward R. & Michael A. Lampson. (2016). Probing Mitosis by Manipulating the Interactions of Mitotic Regulator Proteins Using Rapamycin-Inducible Dimerization. Methods in molecular biology. 1413. 325–331. 1 indexed citations

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Banigan, Edward J., et al.. (2015). Minimal model for collective kinetochore–microtubule dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(41). 12699–12704. 22 indexed citations

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Ballister, Edward R., et al.. (2014). Localized light-induced protein dimerization in living cells using a photocaged dimerizer. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5475–5475. 159 indexed citations

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Ballister, Edward R.. (2014). Inducible protein dimerization: New tools and applications to understanding the mitotic checkpoint. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Enxiu, Edward R. Ballister, & Michael A. Lampson. (2011). Aurora B dynamics at centromeres create a diffusion-based phosphorylation gradient. The Journal of Cell Biology. 194(4). 539–549. 103 indexed citations

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Salimian, Kevan J., Edward R. Ballister, Stacey Wood, et al.. (2011). Feedback Control in Sensing Chromosome Biorientation by the Aurora B Kinase. Current Biology. 21(13). 1158–1165. 97 indexed citations

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Carlson, Brian L., Edward R. Ballister, Emmanuel Skordalakes, et al.. (2008). Function and Structure of a Prokaryotic Formylglycine-generating Enzyme. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(29). 20117–20125. 86 indexed citations

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Ballister, Edward R., et al.. (2008). In vitro self-assembly of tailorable nanotubes from a simple protein building block. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(10). 3733–3738. 245 indexed citations

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Herr, Andrew B., Edward R. Ballister, & Pamela J. Björkman. (2003). Insights into IgA-mediated immune responses from the crystal structures of human FcαRI and its complex with IgA1-Fc. Nature. 423(6940). 614–620. 227 indexed citations

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