Ethan Bier

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Ethan Bier is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ethan Bier has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Genetics and 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ethan Bier's work include Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (43 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers). Ethan Bier is often cited by papers focused on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (43 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (30 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (18 papers). Ethan Bier collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. Ethan Bier's co-authors include Valentino M. Gantz, Mark A. Sturtevant, Yuh Nung Jan, Lily Yeh Jan, Brian Biehs, Harald Vaessin, Rolf Bodmer, Lawrence T. Reiter, Lorraine Potocki and Michael Gribskov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ethan Bier

105 papers receiving 9.5k 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 Systematic Analysis of Human Disease-Associated Gene Sequences In Drosophila melanogaster

2001 679 citations Lawrence T. Reiter, Lorraine Potocki et al. Genome Research profile →
Highly efficient Cas9-mediated gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi

2015 667 citations Valentino M. Gantz, Nijole Jasinskiene et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Searching for pattern and mutation in the Drosophila genome with a P-lacZ vector.

1989 612 citations Ethan Bier et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ethan Bier	7.6k	2.0k	1.7k	1.4k	1.3k	105	9.6k
Bruce A. Hay	7.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	87	9.5k
Richard W. Carthew	13.1k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	851 0.6×	105	17.0k
Kevin P. White	7.9k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	657 0.5×	674 0.5×	159	12.1k
Michael B. O’Connor	11.2k 1.5×	5.4k 2.7×	3.0k 1.8×	2.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	205	16.6k
Herbert Jäckle	11.8k 1.5×	2.7k 1.3×	2.9k 1.7×	1.8k 1.2×	633 0.5×	200	14.5k
Y. Tony Ip	4.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	738 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	81	8.3k
Eric C. Lai	17.2k 2.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	985 0.7×	678 0.5×	198	21.3k
Lynn Cooley	5.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.8×	329 0.2×	84	7.5k
Anthony P. Mahowald	6.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	3.0k 1.8×	1.5k 1.0×	721 0.5×	130	9.3k
Robert P. J. Barretto	10.4k 1.4×	786 0.4×	2.4k 1.4×	507 0.4×	609 0.5×	12	12.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ethan Bier

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Zhiqian, Yuemei Dong, Lang You, et al.. (2025). Driving a protective allele of the mosquito FREP1 gene to combat malaria. Nature. 645(8081). 746–754. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhiqian, et al.. (2024). Developmental progression of DNA double-strand break repair deciphered by a single-allele resolution mutation classifier. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2629–2629. 5 indexed citations

Berni, Mateus, Vanessa M. Macias, Zhiqian Li, et al.. (2024). Gene Editing in the Chagas Disease Vector Rhodnius prolixus by Cas9-Mediated ReMOT Control. The CRISPR Journal. 7(2). 88–99. 8 indexed citations

Terradas, Gerard, Jared B. Bennett, Zhiqian Li, John M. Marshall, & Ethan Bier. (2023). Genetic conversion of a split-drive into a full-drive element. Nature Communications. 14(1). 191–191. 4 indexed citations

Terradas, Gerard, Anna Buchman, Jared B. Bennett, et al.. (2021). Inherently confinable split-drive systems in Drosophila. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1480–1480. 60 indexed citations

Grunwald, Hannah A., Ceri Weber, Valentino M. Gantz, et al.. (2021). Meiotic Cas9 expression mediates gene conversion in the male and female mouse germline. PLoS Biology. 19(12). e3001478–e3001478. 24 indexed citations

Amo, Víctor López Del, Héctor M. Sánchez C., Jared B. Bennett, et al.. (2020). A transcomplementing gene drive provides a flexible platform for laboratory investigation and potential field deployment. Nature Communications. 11(1). 352–352. 56 indexed citations

Xu, Xiangru, Emily A. Bulger, Valentino M. Gantz, et al.. (2020). Active Genetic Neutralizing Elements for Halting or Deleting Gene Drives. Molecular Cell. 80(2). 246–262.e4. 44 indexed citations

Kandul, Nikolay P., Junru Liu, Anna Buchman, et al.. (2019). Assessment of a Split Homing Based Gene Drive for Efficient Knockout of Multiple Genes. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(2). 827–837. 53 indexed citations

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Guichard, Annabel, Mahtab Moayeri, Ruth Schwartz, et al.. (2017). Anthrax edema toxin disrupts distinct steps in Rab11-dependent junctional transport. PLoS Pathogens. 13(9). e1006603–e1006603. 11 indexed citations

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Gantz, Valentino M., et al.. (2015). Highly efficient Cas9-mediated gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(49). E6736–43. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gantz, Valentino M. & Ethan Bier. (2015). The dawn of active genetics. BioEssays. 38(1). 50–63. 78 indexed citations

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Guichard, Annabel, A. Berenice Aguilar‐Guadarrama, Nina M. van Sorge, et al.. (2013). Cholera Toxin Disrupts Barrier Function by Inhibiting Exocyst-Mediated Trafficking of Host Proteins to Intestinal Cell Junctions. Cell Host & Microbe. 14(3). 294–305. 77 indexed citations

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Mizutani, Claudia Mieko, et al.. (2011). Gene length may contribute to graded transcriptional responses in the Drosophila embryo. Developmental Biology. 360(1). 230–240. 17 indexed citations

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Lee, Jun Hee, Andrei V. Budanov, Eek Joong Park, et al.. (2010). Sestrin as a Feedback Inhibitor of TOR That Prevents Age-Related Pathologies. Science. 327(5970). 1223–1228. 476 indexed citations

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Iyadurai, Stanley, John T. Robinson, LingZhi Ma, et al.. (2008). Dynein and Star interact in EGFR signaling and ligand trafficking. Journal of Cell Science. 121(16). 2643–2651. 12 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Shaila, Kay E. Rashka, & Ethan Bier. (2002). Creation of a Sog Morphogen Gradient in the Drosophila Embryo. Developmental Cell. 2(1). 91–101. 82 indexed citations

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Reiter, Lawrence T., et al.. (2001). A Systematic Analysis of Human Disease-Associated Gene Sequences In Drosophila melanogaster. Genome Research. 11(6). 1114–1125. 679 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bier, Ethan. (1997). Anti-Neural-Inhibition: A Conserved Mechanism for Neural Induction. Cell. 89(5). 681–684. 54 indexed citations

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O’Neill, Jason & Ethan Bier. (1994). Double-label in situ hybridization using biotin and digoxigenin-tagged RNA probes.. PubMed. 17(5). 870, 874–5. 148 indexed citations

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