Ellen D. Zhong

14.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Ellen D. Zhong is a scholar working on Structural Biology, Molecular Biology and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen D. Zhong has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Structural Biology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Ellen D. Zhong's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (7 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (5 papers). Ellen D. Zhong is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (14 papers), Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (7 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (5 papers). Ellen D. Zhong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Ellen D. Zhong's co-authors include Bonnie Berger, Joseph H. Davis, Tristan Bepler, Bryan D. Bryson, Brian Hie, Michael R. Shirts, Jason Swails, Jian Yin, David L. Mobley and David A. Case and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Ellen D. Zhong

22 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

CryoDRGN: reconstruction of heterogeneous cryo-EM structu... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
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  1. CryoDRGN: reconstruction of heterogeneous cryo-EM structures using neural networks
    2021 317 citations Ellen D. Zhong, Tristan Bepler et al. Nature Methods profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen D. Zhong United States 12 617 251 185 125 108 25 1.0k
Tristan Bepler United States 13 1.1k 1.7× 313 1.2× 151 0.8× 159 1.3× 52 0.5× 22 1.5k
Arjen J. Jakobi Netherlands 18 849 1.4× 321 1.3× 140 0.8× 147 1.2× 114 1.1× 37 1.3k
Lesley A. Earl United States 15 950 1.5× 387 1.5× 213 1.2× 169 1.4× 93 0.9× 18 1.5k
Lindsay A. Baker United Kingdom 20 791 1.3× 279 1.1× 170 0.9× 121 1.0× 225 2.1× 27 1.4k
Javier A. Velázquez-Muriel United States 15 975 1.6× 345 1.4× 343 1.9× 169 1.4× 51 0.5× 18 1.4k
V. Falconieri United States 8 793 1.3× 393 1.6× 229 1.2× 172 1.4× 44 0.4× 9 1.1k
Beata Turoňová Germany 13 824 1.3× 350 1.4× 90 0.5× 166 1.3× 428 4.0× 22 1.4k
Vahid Abrishami Spain 12 398 0.6× 321 1.3× 116 0.6× 203 1.6× 64 0.6× 20 778
Yong Zi Tan United States 18 1.2k 2.0× 623 2.5× 199 1.1× 320 2.6× 143 1.3× 49 1.9k
Markus Stabrin Germany 8 764 1.2× 320 1.3× 105 0.6× 146 1.2× 74 0.7× 10 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellen D. Zhong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen D. Zhong

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All Works

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Feathers, J. Ryan, Michal R. Grzadkowski, Frédéric Poitevin, et al.. (2025). CryoDRGN-AI: neural ab initio reconstruction of challenging cryo-EM and cryo-ET datasets. Nature Methods. 22(7). 1486–1494.
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Coudray, Nicolas, Margot Riggi, Daija Bobe, et al.. (2025). Cryo-ET reveals the in situ architecture of the polar tube invasion apparatus from microsporidian parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(11). e2415233122–e2415233122.
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Rangan, Ramya, Ryan W. Feathers, Sagar Khavnekar, et al.. (2024). CryoDRGN-ET: deep reconstructing generative networks for visualizing dynamic biomolecules inside cells. Nature Methods. 21(8). 1537–1545. 12 indexed citations
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Tang, Wai Shing, Ellen D. Zhong, Sonya M. Hanson, Erik H. Thiede, & Pilar Cossio. (2023). Conformational heterogeneity and probability distributions from single-particle cryo-electron microscopy. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 81. 102626–102626. 27 indexed citations
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Wetzstein, Gordon, et al.. (2022). Amortized Inference for Heterogeneous Reconstruction in Cryo-EM. PubMed. 35. 13038–13049. 10 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D., et al.. (2022). Uncovering structural ensembles from single-particle cryo-EM data using cryoDRGN. Nature Protocols. 18(2). 319–339. 34 indexed citations
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Donnat, Claire, et al.. (2022). Deep generative modeling for volume reconstruction in cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Structural Biology. 214(4). 107920–107920. 14 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D., et al.. (2022). Conformational landscape of the yeast SAGA complex as revealed by cryo-EM. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12306–12306. 3 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D., Adam Lerer, Joseph H. Davis, & Bonnie Berger. (2022). CryoDRGN2: Ab Initio Neural Reconstruction of Dynamic Protein Complexes. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 28(S1). 1216–1217. 2 indexed citations
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Hie, Brian, Ellen D. Zhong, Bonnie Berger, & Bryan D. Bryson. (2021). Learning the language of viral evolution and escape. Science. 371(6526). 284–288. 183 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D., Tristan Bepler, Bonnie Berger, & Joseph H. Davis. (2021). CryoDRGN: reconstruction of heterogeneous cryo-EM structures using neural networks. Nature Methods. 18(2). 176–185. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhong, Ellen D., Adam Lerer, Joseph H. Davis, & Bonnie Berger. (2021). CryoDRGN2: Ab initio neural reconstruction of 3D protein structures from real cryo-EM images. 2021 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). 4046–4055. 28 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D.. (2021). zhonge/cryodrgn_empiar: Initial Release. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Hie, Brian, Ellen D. Zhong, Bryan D. Bryson, & Bonnie Berger. (2020). Learning Mutational Semantics. Neural Information Processing Systems. 33. 9109–9121. 2 indexed citations
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Gui, Miao, Meisheng Ma, Xiangli Wang, et al.. (2020). Structures of radial spokes and associated complexes important for ciliary motility. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 28(1). 29–37. 85 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D., Tristan Bepler, Joseph H. Davis, & Bonnie Berger. (2019). Reconstructing continuous distributions of 3D protein structure from cryo-EM images. arXiv (Cornell University). 12 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ellen D., Tristan Bepler, Joseph H. Davis, & Bonnie Berger. (2019). Reconstructing continuously heterogeneous structures from single particle cryo-EM with deep generative models.. 3 indexed citations
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Shirts, Michael R., Christoph Klein, Jason Swails, et al.. (2016). Lessons learned from comparing molecular dynamics engines on the SAMPL5 dataset. Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design. 31(1). 147–161. 242 indexed citations
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Chabot, N. L., C. M. Ernst, B. W. Denevi, et al.. (2012). Areas of permanent shadow in Mercury's south polar region ascertained by MESSENGER orbital imaging. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(9). 37 indexed citations

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