Ian K. Blaby

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ian K. Blaby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian K. Blaby has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ian K. Blaby's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Ian K. Blaby is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (10 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). Ian K. Blaby collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Ian K. Blaby's co-authors include Sabeeha Merchant, James Umen, David Casero, Matteo Pellegrini, Valérie de Crécy‐Lagard, Janette Kropat, Nanette Boyle, Li‐Chia Tai, Bahram Jalali and Kayvan Niazi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ian K. Blaby

43 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Deep Learning in Label-free Cell Classification

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Martin C. Jonikas United States

David F. Savage United States

Georg H. Schmid Germany

Lutz A. Eichacker Germany

Jotham R. Austin United States

Dan Davidi Israel

Michael Schroda Germany

Janet Vonck Germany

Erik Hom United States

Robert MacColl United States

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Chen, Yan, Jennifer Gin, Emine Akyüz Turumtay, et al.. (2025). Biosensor-driven strain engineering reveals key cellular processes for maximizing isoprenol production in Pseudomonas putida. Science Advances. 11(43). eady2677–eady2677. 1 indexed citations

Greenblum, Sharon, Abraham Morales‐Cruz, Peng Wang, et al.. (2025). Recruitment, rewiring and deep conservation in flowering plant gene regulation. Nature Plants. 11(8). 1514–1527. 3 indexed citations

Blaby, Ian K., et al.. (2024). An efficient cre‐based workflow for genomic integration and expression of large biosynthetic pathways in Eubacterium limosum. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 121(10). 3360–3366. 5 indexed citations

Peng, Mao, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Structural, Biochemical, and Functional Diversity of Glycoside Hydrolase Family 12 from Penicillium subrubescens. ACS Sustainable Resource Management. 1(11). 2372–2383. 3 indexed citations

Kumaran, D., James Byrnes, Dale F. Kreitler, et al.. (2024). A hemoprotein with a zinc-mirror heme site ties heme availability to carbon metabolism in cyanobacteria. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3167–3167. 6 indexed citations

Wu, Ruonan, Clyde A. Smith, Garry W. Buchko, et al.. (2022). Structural characterization of a soil viral auxiliary metabolic gene product – a functional chitosanase. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5485–5485. 35 indexed citations

Hixson, Kim, Carrie Nicora, Mary Lipton, et al.. (2022). Zng1 is a GTP-dependent zinc transferase needed for activation of methionine aminopeptidase. Cell Reports. 39(7). 110834–110834. 32 indexed citations

Cole, Benjamin, Dominique C. Bergmann, Crysten E. Blaby‐Haas, et al.. (2021). Plant single-cell solutions for energy and the environment. Communications Biology. 4(1). 962–962. 30 indexed citations

Yoon, Byung-Jun, et al.. (2021). TRIMER: Transcription Regulation Integrated with Metabolic Regulation. iScience. 24(11). 103218–103218. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Hualan, David S. Robinson, Zong‐Yen Wu, et al.. (2020). Bacterial genome editing by coupling Cre-lox and CRISPR-Cas9 systems. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241867–e0241867. 10 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Nam D., Ian K. Blaby, & Daifeng Wang. (2019). ManiNetCluster: a novel manifold learning approach to reveal the functional links between gene networks. BMC Genomics. 20(S12). 1003–1003. 20 indexed citations

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Blaby, Ian K. & Crysten E. Blaby‐Haas. (2018). Gene Expression Analysis by Arylsulfatase Assays in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Methods in molecular biology. 1755. 149–161. 4 indexed citations

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Blaby, Ian K., Crysten E. Blaby‐Haas, María Esther Pérez‐Pérez, et al.. (2015). Genome‐wide analysis on Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveals the impact of hydrogen peroxide on protein stress responses and overlap with other stress transcriptomes. The Plant Journal. 84(5). 974–988. 42 indexed citations

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Schmollinger, Stefan, Timo Mühlhaus, Nanette Boyle, et al.. (2014). Nitrogen-Sparing Mechanisms in Chlamydomonas Affect the Transcriptome, the Proteome, and Photosynthetic Metabolism. The Plant Cell. 26(4). 1410–1435. 272 indexed citations

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Blaby, Ian K., Anne Glaesener, Sorel Fitz‐Gibbon, et al.. (2013). Systems-Level Analysis of Nitrogen Starvation-Induced Modifications of Carbon Metabolism in a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Starchless Mutant. The Plant Cell. 25(11). 4305–4323. 151 indexed citations

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Boyle, Nanette, M. Dudley Page, Bensheng Liu, et al.. (2012). Three Acyltransferases and Nitrogen-responsive Regulator Are Implicated in Nitrogen Starvation-induced Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Chlamydomonas. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(19). 15811–15825. 329 indexed citations

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Sorci, Leonardo, Ian K. Blaby, Irina A. Rodionova, et al.. (2012). Quinolinate Salvage and Insights for Targeting NAD Biosynthesis in Group A Streptococci. Journal of Bacteriology. 195(4). 726–732. 30 indexed citations

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Blaby, Ian K., et al.. (2011). Pseudouridine formation in archaeal RNAs: The case ofHaloferax volcanii. RNA. 17(7). 1367–1380. 44 indexed citations

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Gerdes, Svetlana, Basma Yacoubi, Marc Bailly, et al.. (2011). Synergistic use of plant-prokaryote comparative genomics for functional annotations. BMC Genomics. 12(S1). 67 indexed citations

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Pribat, Anne, Ian K. Blaby, Aurora Lara‐Núñez, et al.. (2011). A 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cycloligase paralog from all domains of life: comparative genomic and experimental evidence for a cryptic role in thiamin metabolism. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 11(3). 467–478. 18 indexed citations

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