Kaitlin Schaefer

2.5k total citations
18 papers, 793 citations indexed

About

Kaitlin Schaefer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaitlin Schaefer has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 793 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 4 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Kaitlin Schaefer's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (4 papers). Kaitlin Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Biochemical and Structural Characterization (5 papers) and Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (4 papers). Kaitlin Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Kaitlin Schaefer's co-authors include Suzanne Walker, Daniel Kahne, Yuan Qiao, Veerasak Srisuknimit, James A. Wells, Kathrin Schirner, Hirokazu Tsukamoto, Wonsik Lee, Tristan W. Owens and Matthew D. Lebar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kaitlin Schaefer

17 papers receiving 785 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kaitlin Schaefer United States 14 499 270 166 151 115 18 793
Christopher M. Barbieri United States 21 1.2k 2.3× 325 1.2× 141 0.8× 133 0.9× 84 0.7× 33 1.4k
Catherine Paradis‐Bleau Canada 15 718 1.4× 402 1.5× 330 2.0× 68 0.5× 249 2.2× 18 1.1k
Ivan A.D. Lessard United Kingdom 14 391 0.8× 148 0.5× 92 0.6× 156 1.0× 114 1.0× 14 791
Divya Awasthi United States 15 455 0.9× 157 0.6× 114 0.7× 308 2.0× 131 1.1× 21 785
Pauline Machebœuf France 12 539 1.1× 162 0.6× 73 0.4× 209 1.4× 236 2.1× 16 1.1k
Ellene H. Mashalidis United States 10 380 0.8× 85 0.3× 71 0.4× 85 0.6× 70 0.6× 13 531
Ko‐Hsin Chin Taiwan 19 732 1.5× 247 0.9× 99 0.6× 93 0.6× 66 0.6× 54 984
Sveta Sedelnikova United Kingdom 4 339 0.7× 148 0.5× 127 0.8× 58 0.4× 105 0.9× 7 543
Sha Ha United States 20 726 1.5× 171 0.6× 100 0.6× 141 0.9× 50 0.4× 42 1.2k
Sonia Huecas Spain 20 625 1.3× 460 1.7× 330 2.0× 64 0.4× 174 1.5× 28 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaitlin Schaefer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaitlin Schaefer

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Lui, Irene, Kaitlin Schaefer, Lisa L. Kirkemo, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia Induces Extensive Protein and Proteolytic Remodeling of the Cell Surface in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Cell Lines. Journal of Proteome Research. 24(6). 2791–2800. 1 indexed citations
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Leung, Kevin, Kaitlin Schaefer, Zhi Lin, Zi Yao, & James A. Wells. (2025). Engineered Proteins and Chemical Tools to Probe the Cell Surface Proteome. Chemical Reviews. 125(8). 4069–4110. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fangzhu, Kaitlin Schaefer, Yun Zhang, et al.. (2025). Hijacking Extracellular Targeted Protein Degrader–Drug Conjugates for Enhanced Drug Delivery. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(43). 39912–39925.
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Lin, Zhi, Kaitlin Schaefer, Irene Lui, et al.. (2024). Multiscale photocatalytic proximity labeling reveals cell surface neighbors on and between cells. Science. 385(6706). eadl5763–eadl5763. 43 indexed citations
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Li, Zhipeng, Lucas Ferguson, Kirandeep K. Deol, et al.. (2022). Ribosome stalling during selenoprotein translation exposes a ferroptosis vulnerability. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(7). 751–761. 80 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Kaitlin, Irene Lui, James R. Byrnes, et al.. (2022). Direct Identification of Proteolytic Cleavages on Living Cells Using a Glycan-Tethered Peptide Ligase. ACS Central Science. 8(10). 1447–1456. 11 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Kaitlin, et al.. (2020). Lipoteichoic acid polymer length is determined by competition between free starter units. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(47). 29669–29676. 21 indexed citations
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Do, Truc, Kaitlin Schaefer, Ace George Santiago, et al.. (2020). Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan. Nature Microbiology. 5(2). 291–303. 47 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Kaitlin, Tristan W. Owens, Julia E. Page, et al.. (2020). Structure and reconstitution of a hydrolase complex that may release peptidoglycan from the membrane after polymerization. Nature Microbiology. 6(1). 34–43. 26 indexed citations
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Welsh, Michael A., Kaitlin Schaefer, Atsushi Taguchi, Daniel Kahne, & Suzanne Walker. (2019). Direction of Chain Growth and Substrate Preferences of Shape, Elongation, Division, and Sporulation-Family Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(33). 12994–12997. 23 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Kaitlin, Tristan W. Owens, Daniel Kahne, & Suzanne Walker. (2018). Substrate Preferences Establish the Order of Cell Wall Assembly in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(7). 2442–2445. 29 indexed citations
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Wivagg, Carl N., Piotr Szwedziak, Felix Wong, et al.. (2018). MreB filaments align along greatest principal membrane curvature to orient cell wall synthesis. eLife. 7. 127 indexed citations
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Srisuknimit, Veerasak, Yuan Qiao, Kaitlin Schaefer, Daniel Kahne, & Suzanne Walker. (2017). Peptidoglycan Cross-Linking Preferences of Staphylococcus aureus Penicillin-Binding Proteins Have Implications for Treating MRSA Infections. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(29). 9791–9794. 52 indexed citations
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Welsh, Michael A., Atsushi Taguchi, Kaitlin Schaefer, et al.. (2017). Identification of a Functionally Unique Family of Penicillin-Binding Proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(49). 17727–17730. 53 indexed citations
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Schaefer, Kaitlin, Leigh M. Matano, Yuan Qiao, Daniel Kahne, & Suzanne Walker. (2017). In vitro reconstitution demonstrates the cell wall ligase activity of LCP proteins. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(4). 396–401. 57 indexed citations
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Qiao, Yuan, Veerasak Srisuknimit, Kaitlin Schaefer, et al.. (2017). Lipid II overproduction allows direct assay of transpeptidase inhibition by β-lactams. Nature Chemical Biology. 13(7). 793–798. 79 indexed citations
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Lee, Wonsik, Kaitlin Schaefer, Yuan Qiao, et al.. (2015). The Mechanism of Action of Lysobactin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(1). 100–103. 56 indexed citations
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Qiao, Yuan, Matthew D. Lebar, Kathrin Schirner, et al.. (2014). Detection of Lipid-Linked Peptidoglycan Precursors by Exploiting an Unexpected Transpeptidase Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(42). 14678–14681. 83 indexed citations

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