Julius Fredens

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 730 citations indexed

About

Julius Fredens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Julius Fredens has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 730 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Aging and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Julius Fredens's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Julius Fredens is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Julius Fredens collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Julius Fredens's co-authors include Jason W. Chin, Kaihang Wang, Tiongsun Chia, Louise F. H. Funke, Daniel de la Torre, Wesley E. Robertson, Yonka Christova, Thomas Elliott, Daniel L. Dunkelmann and Wolfgang H. Schmied and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Julius Fredens

12 papers receiving 721 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.

Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome

2019 332 citations Julius Fredens, Kaihang Wang et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julius Fredens Denmark	8	643	213	70	57	42	13	730
Aashiq H. Kachroo United States	12	524 0.8×	86 0.4×	35 0.5×	21 0.4×	69 1.6×	24	639
Jon M. Laurent United States	9	543 0.8×	102 0.5×	18 0.3×	29 0.5×	69 1.6×	15	658
Sebastiaan Werten Germany	16	725 1.1×	113 0.5×	70 1.0×	11 0.2×	53 1.3×	33	840
Dale M. Cameron United States	8	618 1.0×	119 0.6×	15 0.2×	23 0.4×	59 1.4×	11	683
Nathalie Bonnefoy France	30	2.0k 3.0×	140 0.7×	26 0.4×	24 0.4×	74 1.8×	51	2.1k
Eyal Metzl-Raz Israel	6	427 0.7×	101 0.5×	31 0.4×	17 0.3×	29 0.7×	6	506
Moshe Kafri Israel	7	431 0.7×	114 0.5×	36 0.5×	18 0.3×	48 1.1×	8	518
Tiongsun Chia Australia	7	578 0.9×	173 0.8×	54 0.8×	5 0.1×	43 1.0×	7	669
Riddhiman Dhar India	11	468 0.7×	102 0.5×	27 0.4×	14 0.2×	76 1.8×	21	597
Elke Pratje Germany	23	1.6k 2.5×	174 0.8×	85 1.2×	17 0.3×	104 2.5×	30	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julius Fredens

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Julius Fredens. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Julius Fredens based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Julius Fredens. Julius Fredens is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Abil, Zhanar, Min Fu, Katarzyna P. Adamala, et al.. (2025). Building a Synthetic Cell Together. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7488–7488.

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Kleefeldt, Askar A., Louise F. H. Funke, Jakob Birnbaum, et al.. (2023). Continuous synthesis of E. coli genome sections and Mb-scale human DNA assembly. Nature. 619(7970). 555–562. 30 indexed citations

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Robertson, Wesley E., Louise F. H. Funke, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2021). Creating custom synthetic genomes in Escherichia coli with REXER and GENESIS. Nature Protocols. 16(5). 2345–2380. 18 indexed citations

4.

Robertson, Wesley E., Louise F. H. Funke, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2021). Sense codon reassignment enables viral resistance and encoded polymer synthesis. Science. 372(6546). 1057–1062. 127 indexed citations

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Fredens, Julius, Kaihang Wang, Daniel de la Torre, et al.. (2019). Total synthesis of Escherichia coli with a recoded genome. Nature. 569(7757). 514–518. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ramírez-Suárez, Nelson J., Ken C. Q. Nguyen, Julius Fredens, et al.. (2019). Axon-Dependent Patterning and Maintenance of Somatosensory Dendritic Arbors. Developmental Cell. 48(2). 229–244.e4. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Kaihang, et al.. (2016). Defining synonymous codon compression schemes by genome recoding. Nature. 539(7627). 59–64. 126 indexed citations

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Fredens, Julius, Kasper Engholm‐Keller, Jakob Møller‐Jensen, Martin R. Larsen, & Nils J. Færgeman. (2014). Identification of Novel Protein Functions and Signaling Mechanisms by Genetics and Quantitative Phosphoproteomics in Caenorhabditis elegans. Methods in molecular biology. 1188. 107–124. 5 indexed citations

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Fredens, Julius & Nils J. Færgeman. (2012). Quantitative proteomics by amino acid labeling identifies novel NHR-49 regulated proteins inC. elegans. PubMed. 1(1). 66–71. 4 indexed citations

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Elle, Ida C., et al.. (2012). A method for measuring fatty acid oxidation inC. elegans. PubMed. 1(1). 26–30. 12 indexed citations

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Fredens, Julius, Kasper Engholm‐Keller, Dennis Pultz, et al.. (2011). Quantitative proteomics by amino acid labeling in C. elegans. Nature Methods. 8(10). 845–847. 47 indexed citations

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Elle, Ida C., et al.. (2008). Functional analysis of acyl-CoA binding proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 154. S39–S39. 1 indexed citations

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Elle, Ida C., et al.. (2008). C. elegans: A Model for Understanding Lipid Accumulation. 1. 3 indexed citations

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