Gaya K. Amarasinghe

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Gaya K. Amarasinghe is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaya K. Amarasinghe has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Infectious Diseases, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gaya K. Amarasinghe's work include Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (50 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (48 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (23 papers). Gaya K. Amarasinghe is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (50 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (48 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (23 papers). Gaya K. Amarasinghe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and China. Gaya K. Amarasinghe's co-authors include Christopher F. Basler, Daisy W. Leung, Michael F. Summers, Reed S. Shabman, Ryan B. Turner, Roberto N. De Guzman, Ilhem Messaoudi, Dominika Borek, Parameshwaran Ramanan and Kathleen C. Prins and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gaya K. Amarasinghe

105 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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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.

Oxeiptosis, a ROS-induced caspase-independent apoptosis-like cell-death pathway

2017 338 citations Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe et al. profile →
Real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the Omicron BA.2 variant in a SARS-CoV-2 infection-naive population

2023 116 citations Samuel M. S. Cheng, Kathy Leung et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaya K. Amarasinghe

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Biophysical Basis for Karyopherin-Dependent Ebola Virus VP24 Nuclear Transport 2025 ·Viruses ·Junjie Zhao, Bojie Zhang, O. A. Vogel, (unknown), Warren J. Leonard, Nicole D. Wagner, Christopher F. Basler, Daisy W. Leung, Michael L. Gross, Gaya K. Amarasinghe	1
2	Single-cell image-based screens identify host regulators of Ebola virus infection dynamics 2025 ·Nature Microbiology ·Rebecca J. Carlson, J. J. Patten, (unknown), Brian Y. Soong, Adityanarayanan Radhakrishnan, Avtar Singh, (unknown), Kathleen C. F. Sheehan, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Nir Hacohen, Christopher F. Basler, Daisy W. Leung, Caroline Uhler, Robert A. Davey, Paul C. Blainey	3
3	Ebola virus VP35 NNLNS motif modulates viral RNA synthesis and MIB2-mediated signaling 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Priya Luthra, O. A. Vogel, Jyoti Batra, (unknown), Kathleen C. F. Sheehan, (unknown), Jacqueline E. Payton, Robert A. Davey, Nevan J. Krogan, Christopher F. Basler, Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe	0
4	Disruption of Ebola NP0VP35 Inclusion Body-like Structures reduce Viral Infection 2023 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Chao Wu, Nicole D. Wagner, Austin B. Moyle, (unknown), Nitin Sharma, Sarah H. Stubbs, (unknown), Robert A. Davey, Michael L. Gross, Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe	4
5	Viral Targeting of Importin Alpha-Mediated Nuclear Import to Block Innate Immunity 2023 ·Cells ·O. A. Vogel, Jade K. Forwood, Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Christopher F. Basler	4
6	Real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the Omicron BA.2 variant in a SARS-CoV-2 infection-naive population breakdown → 2023 ·Nature Medicine ·(unknown), Samuel M. S. Cheng, Kathy Leung, Cheuk Kwong Lee, Asmaa Hachim, Leo C. H. Tsang, (unknown), Sara Chaothai, Kelvin K. H. Kwan, (unknown), (unknown), Masashi Mori, Chao Wu, Sophie A. Valkenburg, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Eric H. Y. Lau, David S.C. Hui, GM Leung, Malik Peiris, Joseph T. Wu	116
7	Ebolavirus Species-Specific Interferon Antagonism Mediated by VP24 2023 ·Viruses ·Palaniappan Ramanathan, Bersabeh Tigabu, Rodrigo I. Santos, Philipp A. Ilinykh, Natalia A. Kuzmina, O. A. Vogel, (unknown), (unknown), Chao Wu, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Christopher F. Basler, Alexander Bukreyev	2
8	Development of Monoclonal Antibodies to Detect for SARS-CoV-2 Proteins 2022 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·(unknown), Joan Teyra, (unknown), Shane Miersch, (unknown), Lia Cardarelli, (unknown), (unknown), Per Jemth, Robert A. Davey, Sachdev S. Sidhu, Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe	4
9	Multiple genetic paths including massive gene amplification allow Mycobacterium tuberculosis to overcome loss of ESX-3 secretion system substrates 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lin Wang, (unknown), Amol C. Shetty, (unknown), Megan R. Edwards, Rajagopalan Saranathan, Brian Weinrick, Jiayong Xu, Bing Chen, Angèle Bénard, Gordon Dougan, Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, John Chan, Christopher F. Basler, William R. Jacobs, JoAnn M. Tufariello	17
10	Oropouche orthobunyavirus infection is mediated by the cellular host factor Lrp1 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Madeline M. Schwarz, David A. Price, Safder S. Ganaie, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sarah H. Stubbs, Sean P. J. Whelan, Xiaoxia Cui, Takeshi Egawa, Daisy W. Leung, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Amy L. Hartman	31
11	Comparison of the immunogenicity of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac COVID ‐19 vaccines in Hong Kong 2021 ·Respirology ·Chris Ka Pun Mok, Carolyn A. Cohen, Samuel M. S. Cheng, Chunke Chen, Kin On Kwok, Karen Yiu, Tat‐On Chan, Maireid Bull, (unknown), (unknown), Susanna S. Ng, Grace Lui, Chao Wu, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Daisy W. Leung, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Sophie A. Valkenburg, Malik Peiris, David S.C. Hui	91
12	Structural basis for IFN antagonism by human respiratory syncytial virus nonstructural protein 2 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jingjing Pei, Nicole D. Wagner, (unknown), (unknown), Dominika Borek, Aidan R. Cole, (unknown), Christopher F. Basler, Zbyszek Otwinowski, Michael L. Gross, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Daisy W. Leung	21
13	Cryo-EM analysis of Ebola virus nucleocapsid-like assembly 2021 ·STAR Protocols ·(unknown), Jennifer M. Binning, Grigore Pintilie, Wah Chiu, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Daisy W. Leung, Zhaoming Su	2
14	Non‐canonical proline‐tyrosine interactions with multiple host proteins regulate Ebola virus infection 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·Jyoti Batra, Hiroyuki Mori, (unknown), Manu Anantpadma, Olena Shtanko, (unknown), Mengru Zhang, Dandan Liu, Caroline G. Williams, Nadine Biedenkopf, Stephan Becker, Michael L. Gross, Daisy W. Leung, Robert A. Davey, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Nevan J. Krogan, Christopher F. Basler	12
15	Small Molecule Compounds That Inhibit Antioxidant Response Gene Expression in an Inducer-Dependent Manner 2020 ·ACS Infectious Diseases ·Megan R. Edwards, Gai Liu, (unknown), Julien Sourimant, Colette Pietzsch, Britney Johnson, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Daisy W. Leung, Alexander Bukreyev, Richard K. Plemper, Zachary D. Aron, Terry L. Bowlin, Donald T. Moir, Christopher F. Basler	1
16	Conservation of Structure and Immune Antagonist Functions of Filoviral VP35 Homologs Present in Microbat Genomes 2018 ·Cell Reports ·Megan R. Edwards, Hejun Liu, Reed S. Shabman, Garrett M. Ginell, Priya Luthra, (unknown), Lisa J. Keefe, Bernd Köllner, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Derek J. Taylor, Daisy W. Leung, Christopher F. Basler	15
17	Structural basis for human respiratory syncytial virus NS1-mediated modulation of host responses 2017 ·Nature Microbiology ·(unknown), Priya Luthra, Ekaterina Esaulova, Eugene Agapov, Benjamin Yen, Dominika Borek, Megan R. Edwards, Anuradha Mittal, David S. Jordan, (unknown), Martin L. Moore, Rohit V. Pappu, Michael J. Holtzman, Maxim N. Artyomov, Christopher F. Basler, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Daisy W. Leung	40
18	A Viral RNA Structural Element Alters Host Recognition of Nonself RNA 2014 ·Science ·Jennifer Hyde, Christina L. Gardner, Taishi Kimura, James P. White, Gai Liu, Derek W. Trobaugh, Cheng Huang, Marco Tonelli, Slobodan Paessler, Kiyoshi Takeda, William B. Klimstra, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Michael Diamond	130
19	Structure of the Ebola VP35 interferon inhibitory domain 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daisy W. Leung, Nathaniel D. Ginder, D. Bruce Fulton, Jay C. Nix, Christopher F. Basler, Richard B. Honzatko, Gaya K. Amarasinghe	127
20	Evasion of Interferon Responses by Ebola and Marburg Viruses 2009 ·Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research ·Christopher F. Basler, Gaya K. Amarasinghe	126

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