Lauren R. Polstein

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Lauren R. Polstein is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Lauren R. Polstein has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Lauren R. Polstein's work include Light effects on plants (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Lauren R. Polstein is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (5 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers). Lauren R. Polstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Saudi Arabia. Lauren R. Polstein's co-authors include Charles A. Gersbach, Christopher M. Vockley, Gregory E. Crawford, D. Dewran Koçak, Pablo Pérez‐Piñera, Timothy E. Reddy, Ami M. Kabadi, Katherine A. Glass, David G. Ousterout and Pratiksha I. Thakore and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Lauren R. Polstein

7 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9–based transcrip... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9–based transcription factors
    2013 1.0k citations Pablo Pérez‐Piñera, D. Dewran Koçak et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. A light-inducible CRISPR-Cas9 system for control of endogenous gene activation
    2015 505 citations Lauren R. Polstein, Charles A. Gersbach Nature Chemical Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lauren R. Polstein United States 7 1.7k 302 278 268 141 7 1.9k
Yuta Nihongaki United States 12 1.2k 0.7× 239 0.8× 129 0.5× 305 1.1× 92 0.7× 18 1.4k
Dominik Niopek Germany 15 944 0.6× 249 0.8× 192 0.7× 304 1.1× 38 0.3× 29 1.1k
Fuun Kawano Japan 11 1.1k 0.7× 446 1.5× 116 0.4× 582 2.2× 73 0.5× 12 1.4k
Dmitry Ter‐Ovanesyan United States 12 3.2k 1.9× 159 0.5× 301 1.1× 68 0.3× 184 1.3× 18 3.4k
Johnny H. Hu United States 9 2.9k 1.7× 226 0.7× 660 2.4× 73 0.3× 164 1.2× 9 3.1k
H. Steve Zhang United States 4 1.7k 1.0× 229 0.8× 542 1.9× 141 0.5× 76 0.5× 6 1.9k
Eswar Prasad R. Iyer United States 12 1.4k 0.8× 135 0.4× 219 0.8× 230 0.9× 137 1.0× 19 1.7k
Natalia Gomez‐Ospina United States 18 1.9k 1.1× 219 0.7× 587 2.1× 192 0.7× 92 0.7× 27 2.3k
Marcelle Tuttle United States 6 2.1k 1.2× 161 0.5× 358 1.3× 64 0.2× 209 1.5× 13 2.2k
Antonia A. Dominguez United States 12 1.3k 0.8× 118 0.4× 259 0.9× 60 0.2× 83 0.6× 16 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lauren R. Polstein

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lauren R. Polstein

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All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Pathak, Gopal P., et al.. (2017). Bidirectional approaches for optogenetic regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells using Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(20). e167–e167. 55 indexed citations
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Polstein, Lauren R., Mark Juhas, Gabi Hanna, Nenad Bursac, & Charles A. Gersbach. (2017). An Engineered Optogenetic Switch for Spatiotemporal Control of Gene Expression, Cell Differentiation, and Tissue Morphogenesis. ACS Synthetic Biology. 6(11). 2003–2013. 31 indexed citations
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Polstein, Lauren R., Pablo Pérez‐Piñera, D. Dewran Koçak, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide specificity of DNA binding, gene regulation, and chromatin remodeling by TALE- and CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activators. Genome Research. 25(8). 1158–1169. 105 indexed citations
4.
Polstein, Lauren R. & Charles A. Gersbach. (2015). A light-inducible CRISPR-Cas9 system for control of endogenous gene activation. Nature Chemical Biology. 11(3). 198–200. 505 indexed citations breakdown →
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Polstein, Lauren R. & Charles A. Gersbach. (2014). Light-Inducible Gene Regulation with Engineered Zinc Finger Proteins. Methods in molecular biology. 1148. 89–107. 17 indexed citations
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Pérez‐Piñera, Pablo, D. Dewran Koçak, Christopher M. Vockley, et al.. (2013). RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9–based transcription factors. Nature Methods. 10(10). 973–976. 1005 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Polstein, Lauren R. & Charles A. Gersbach. (2012). Light-Inducible Spatiotemporal Control of Gene Activation by Customizable Zinc Finger Transcription Factors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(40). 16480–16483. 161 indexed citations

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