Leqian Liu

7.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Leqian Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Leqian Liu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Leqian Liu's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (14 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (5 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers). Leqian Liu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (14 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (5 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (5 papers). Leqian Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Russia. Leqian Liu's co-authors include Hal S. Alper, Adam R. Abate, Agnieszka Looney, Austin Hsu, Paul J. Wolters, Atul J. Butte, Suzanna Chak, Valerie Fong, Mallar Bhattacharya and Dvir Aran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Immunology and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Leqian Liu

25 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage

2019 2.5k citations Dvir Aran, Agnieszka Looney et al. Nature Immunology profile →
Harnessing Yarrowia lipolytica lipogenesis to create a platform for lipid and biofuel production

2014 489 citations John Blazeck, A.D. Hill et al. Nature Communications profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Leqian Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Leqian Liu 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 Leqian Liu. Leqian Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	G1/S restriction point coordinates phasic gene expression and cell differentiation 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Brian DeVeale, Leqian Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Bryan Marsh, Jacob W. Freimer, Adam R. Abate, Robert Blelloch	9
2	Droplet-microfluidics-assisted sequencing of HIV proviruses and their integration sites in cells from people on antiretroviral therapy 2022 ·Nature Biomedical Engineering ·(unknown), Leqian Liu, Liliana Pérez, Xiangpeng Li, Yifan Liu, Peng Xu, Eli Boritz, James I. Mullins, Adam R. Abate	32
3	Mapping enzyme catalysis with metabolic biosensing 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Linfeng Xu, Kai‐Chun Chang, Emory M. Payne, Cyrus Modavi, Leqian Liu, Claire M. Palmer, Nannan Tao, Hal S. Alper, Robert T. Kennedy, Dale S. Cornett, Adam R. Abate	26
4	Digital droplet PCR accurately quantifies SARS-CoV-2 viral load from crude lysate without nucleic acid purification 2021 ·Scientific Reports ·Harish N. Vasudevan, Peng Xu, Venice Servellita, Steve Miller, Leqian Liu, Allan Gopez, Charles Y. Chiu, Adam R. Abate	81
5	High Throughput Yeast Strain Phenotyping with Droplet-Based RNA Sequencing 2020 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Jesse Q. Zhang, K. C. Chang, Leqian Liu, Zev J. Gartner, Adam R. Abate	1
6	Flow-Cytometric Analysis and Purification of Airway Epithelial-Cell Subsets 2020 ·American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology ·Luke R. Bonser, Kyung Duk Koh, Kristina Johansson, Semil P. Choksi, Dan Cheng, Leqian Liu, (unknown), Lorna Zlock, Walter L. Eckalbar, Walter E. Finkbeiner, David J. Erle	36
7	High Throughput Yeast Strain Phenotyping with Droplet-Based RNA Sequencing 2020 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Jesse Q. Zhang, Kai‐Chun Chang, Leqian Liu, Zev J. Gartner, Adam R. Abate	1
8	Linked optical and gene expression profiling of single cells at high-throughput 2020 ·Genome biology ·Jesse Q. Zhang, Christian Siltanen, Leqian Liu, Kai‐Chun Chang, Zev J. Gartner, Adam R. Abate	20
9	Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage breakdown → 2019 ·Nature Immunology ·Dvir Aran, Agnieszka Looney, Leqian Liu, (unknown), Valerie Fong, Austin Hsu, Suzanna Chak, Ram P. Naikawadi, Paul J. Wolters, Adam R. Abate, Atul J. Butte, Mallar Bhattacharya	2451
10	Combined aptamer and transcriptome sequencing of single cells 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Cyrille L. Delley, Leqian Liu, Maen F. Sarhan, Adam R. Abate	29
11	A comparative analysis of single cell and droplet-based FACS for improving production phenotypes: Riboflavin overproduction in Yarrowia lipolytica 2018 ·Metabolic Engineering ·James M. Wagner, Leqian Liu, Shuo‐Fu Yuan, (unknown), Adam R. Abate, Hal S. Alper	73
12	RNA-aptamers-in-droplets (RAPID) high-throughput screening for secretory phenotypes 2017 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Maen F. Sarhan, James M. Wagner, Jyun‐Liang Lin, Leqian Liu, Wafa Hassouneh, Shuo‐Fu Yuan, Hal S. Alper, Adam R. Abate	108
13	Surveying the lipogenesis landscape in Yarrowia lipolytica through understanding the function of a Mga2p regulatory protein mutant 2015 ·Metabolic Engineering ·Leqian Liu, Kelly A. Markham, John Blazeck, (unknown), Dacia Leon, Peter B. Otoupal, Hal S. Alper	62
14	An evolutionary metabolic engineering approach for enhancing lipogenesis in Yarrowia lipolytica 2015 ·Metabolic Engineering ·Leqian Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Hal S. Alper	123
15	Harnessing Yarrowia lipolytica lipogenesis to create a platform for lipid and biofuel production breakdown → 2014 ·Nature Communications ·John Blazeck, A.D. Hill, Leqian Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter B. Otoupal, Hal S. Alper	489
16	Increasing expression level and copy number of aYarrowia lipolyticaplasmid through regulated centromere function 2014 ·FEMS Yeast Research ·Leqian Liu, Peter B. Otoupal, (unknown), Hal S. Alper	41
17	Draft Genome Sequence of the Oleaginous Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica PO1f, a Commonly Used Metabolic Engineering Host 2014 ·Genome Announcements ·Leqian Liu, Hal S. Alper	59
18	Frontiers of yeast metabolic engineering: diversifying beyond ethanol and Saccharomyces 2013 ·Current Opinion in Biotechnology ·Leqian Liu, (unknown), Hal S. Alper	89
19	Heterologous production of pentane in the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica 2013 ·Journal of Biotechnology ·John Blazeck, Leqian Liu, (unknown), Hal S. Alper	85
20	Effect of polypeptide from Chlamys farreri on UVB-induced ROS/NF-κB/COX-2 activation and apoptosis in HaCaT cells 2009 ·Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Junli Ye, Leqian Liu, Mi Sun, Chunbo Wang	20

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