Laura L. Kiessling

21.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
195 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Laura L. Kiessling is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura L. Kiessling has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 149 papers in Molecular Biology, 96 papers in Organic Chemistry and 24 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Laura L. Kiessling's work include Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (72 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (62 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (37 papers). Laura L. Kiessling is often cited by papers focused on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (72 papers), Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (62 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (37 papers). Laura L. Kiessling collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Laura L. Kiessling's co-authors include Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Jason E. Gestwicki, Laura E. Strong, Christopher W. Cairo, Kathleen H. Mortell, Ronald T. Raines, Motomu Kanai, Bradley L. Nilsson, Nicola L. B. Pohl and Regina M. Murphy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Laura L. Kiessling

192 papers receiving 15.3k 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.

Chemical Glycobiology

2001 1.6k citations Laura L. Kiessling et al. profile →
Synthetic Multivalent Ligands as Probes of Signal Transduction

2006 724 citations Laura L. Kiessling et al. profile →
Influencing Receptor−Ligand Binding Mechanisms with Multivalent Ligand Architecture

2002 606 citations Laura L. Kiessling et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura L. Kiessling United States	65	10.9k	7.2k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	195	15.5k
Rob M. J. Liskamp Netherlands	58	10.2k 0.9×	6.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	983 0.6×	806 0.5×	338	15.1k
Philip E. Dawson United States	74	15.7k 1.4×	7.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	775 0.5×	224	20.8k
Geert‐Jan Boons United States	71	14.1k 1.3×	11.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	411 0.3×	2.7k 1.8×	446	20.0k
James P. Tam United States	74	14.8k 1.4×	3.8k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	569 0.3×	2.5k 1.7×	353	20.5k
Francis C. Szoka United States	73	15.5k 1.4×	2.7k 0.4×	866 0.5×	5.0k 3.0×	1.6k 1.1×	208	21.7k
R. B. Merrifield United States	61	15.5k 1.4×	5.3k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	801 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	179	20.0k
Shao Q. Yao Singapore	67	8.3k 0.8×	4.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	429 0.3×	301	13.8k
Morten Meldal Denmark	50	13.0k 1.2×	14.4k 2.0×	2.5k 1.3×	756 0.5×	698 0.5×	292	20.3k
Matthew Bogyo United States	80	12.0k 1.1×	3.4k 0.5×	942 0.5×	578 0.4×	2.9k 1.9×	300	21.5k
Meir Wilchek Israel	66	9.3k 0.8×	2.9k 0.4×	3.5k 1.8×	721 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	349	16.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura L. Kiessling

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Hart, Elizabeth M., et al.. (2025). Intercepting a Mycobacterial Biosynthetic Pathway with Covalent Labeling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(13). 11189–11198.

Alty, Jill W., Carol A. Barnes, Bradley S. Turner, et al.. (2025). Synthetic Mucins as Glycan-Defined Prebiotics. ACS Central Science. 11(6). 918–926. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Chi, et al.. (2025). Exploiting thioether reactivity to label mycobacterial glycans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(19). e2422185122–e2422185122.

Kastner, David W., et al.. (2025). CH−π interactions confer orientational flexibility in protein–carbohydrate binding sites. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(8). 110379–110379. 1 indexed citations

Masuko, Sayaka, Yefim Zaltsman, Paul J. Wrighton, et al.. (2024). Heparan sulfate regulates the fate decisions of human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 20(1). 102384–102384. 2 indexed citations

Johnson, Jeremiah A., et al.. (2024). Glycoconjugate vaccines: platforms and adjuvants for directed immunity. Glycobiology. 34(11). 1 indexed citations

Diehl, Roger C., Mohammad Murshid Alam, Amanda Dugan, et al.. (2024). CH−π Interactions Are Required for Human Galectin-3 Function. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). 3028–3037. 5 indexed citations

Masuko, Sayaka, Shiwei Wang, Jeong Seuk Kang, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Changes in Heparan Sulfate Nanostructure in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation. ACS Nano. 17(8). 7207–7218. 4 indexed citations

Dulberger, Charles L., Carlos A. Guerrero-Bustamante, Siân V. Owen, et al.. (2023). Mycobacterial nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2 is required for productive mycobacteriophage infection. Nature Microbiology. 8(4). 695–710. 12 indexed citations

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Bryson, Bryan D., et al.. (2023). Selective Glycan Labeling of Mannose-Containing Glycolipids in Mycobacteria. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(1). 377–385. 8 indexed citations

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Ghosh, Soumi, Christine R. Isabella, Robert Lyle McPherson, et al.. (2023). Human oral lectin ZG16B acts as a cell wall polysaccharide probe to decode host–microbe interactions with oral commensals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(22). e2216304120–e2216304120. 11 indexed citations

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Saebi, Azin, Joseph S. Brown, Nina Hartrampf, et al.. (2023). Rapid Single-Shot Synthesis of the 214 Amino Acid-Long N-Terminal Domain of Pyocin S2. ACS Chemical Biology. 18(3). 518–527. 18 indexed citations

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Boehnke, Natalie, et al.. (2022). Surface Presentation of Hyaluronic Acid Modulates Nanoparticle–Cell Association. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 33(11). 2065–2075. 8 indexed citations

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Chattopadhyay, Sayani, Leandro B. C. Teixeira, Laura L. Kiessling, Jonathan F. McAnulty, & Ronald T. Raines. (2022). Bifunctional Peptide that Anneals to Damaged Collagen and Clusters TGF-β Receptors Enhances Wound Healing. ACS Chemical Biology. 17(2). 314–321. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Tao, Gerardo Cárcamo‐Oyarce, Wei Yuan, et al.. (2021). Stereochemical Control Yields Mucin Mimetic Polymers. ACS Central Science. 7(4). 624–630. 34 indexed citations

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Gharbi, A., Baptiste Schindler, R. Brédy, et al.. (2021). Distinguishing Galactoside Isomers with Mass Spectrometry and Gas-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(28). 10509–10513. 18 indexed citations

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Abbasov, Mikail E., Madeline E. Kavanagh, Taka-Aki Ichu, et al.. (2021). A proteome-wide atlas of lysine-reactive chemistry. Nature Chemistry. 13(11). 1081–1092. 156 indexed citations

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Wangkanont, Kittikhun, Katrina T. Forest, & Laura L. Kiessling. (2015). The non-detergent sulfobetaine-201 acts as a pharmacological chaperone to promote folding and crystallization of the type II TGF-β receptor extracellular domain. Protein Expression and Purification. 115. 19–25. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Lingyin, Brendan P. Orner, Tao Huang, Andrew P. Hinck, & Laura L. Kiessling. (2010). Peptide ligands that use a novel binding site to target both TGF-β receptors. Molecular BioSystems. 6(12). 2392–2402. 22 indexed citations

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Kiessling, Laura L., et al.. (1996). ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED FOR THE 24TH MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR GLYCOBIOLOGY. Glycobiology. 6(7). 717–783. 1 indexed citations

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