Liam O’Connor

6.1k citations

25 papers · 3.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 16

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 2%
- Cell death mechanisms and regulation
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Cancer Research top 5%
- NF-κB Signaling Pathways

Papers in ⓘ

Cancer Research 8
- Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism 3
- NF-κB Signaling Pathways 3
Parasitology 2

Co-authors: Andreas Strasser (10 shared papers)Vishva M. Dixit (1 shared paper)David C.S. Huang (4 shared papers)Lorraine A. O’Reilly (3 shared papers)Jerry M. Adams (4 shared papers)Philippe Bouillet (3 shared papers)Stephen Wilcox (3 shared papers)Liz Milla (3 shared papers)
Journals: The Medical Journal of Australia (2 papers)Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2 papers)Organic Chemistry Frontiers (1 paper)Nature Medicine (1 paper)Food and Environmental Virology (1 paper)
Partner nations: Australia United Kingdom United States

In The Last Decade

Liam O’Connor

25 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Apoptosis Signaling 2000 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2000 Annual Review of Biochemistry
1998 The EMBO Journal

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1	Apoptosis Signaling Annual Review of Biochemistry ·Andreas Strasser, Liam O’Connor, Vishva M. Dixit Hit paper breakdown →	2000	1192
2	Bim: a novel member of the Bcl-2 family that promotes apoptosis The EMBO Journal ·Liam O’Connor Hit paper breakdown →	1998	962
3	Apoptosis initiated by Bcl-2-regulated caspase activation independently of the cytochrome c/Apaf-1/caspase-9 apoptosome Nature ·Vanessa S. Marsden, Liam O’Connor, Lorraine A. O’Reilly, John Silke, Donald Metcalf, Paul G. Ekert, David C.S. Huang, Francesco Cecconi, Keisuke Kuida, Kevin J. Tomaselli, Sophie Roy, D. W. Nicholson, David L. Vaux, Philippe Bouillet, Jerry M. Adams, Andreas Strasser	2002	477
4	Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines Are Representative Models of the Main Molecular Subtypes of Primary Cancer Cancer Research ·Dmitri Mouradov, Clare Sloggett, Robert N. Jorissen, Christopher G. Love, Shan Li, Antony W. Burgess, Diego Arango, Robert L. Strausberg, Daniel D. Buchanan, Samuel Wormald, Liam O’Connor, Jennifer L. Wilding, David Bicknell, Ian Tomlinson, Walter F. Bodmer, John M. Mariadason, Oliver M. Sieber	2014	287
5	An Inducible Lentiviral Guide RNA Platform Enables the Identification of Tumor-Essential Genes and Tumor-Promoting Mutations In Vivo Cell Reports ·Brandon J. Aubrey, Gemma L. Kelly, Andrew J. Kueh, Margs S. Brennan, Liam O’Connor, Liz Milla, Stephen Wilcox, Lin Tai, Andreas Strasser, Marco J. Herold	2015	272
6	DNA repair processes are critical mediators of p53-dependent tumor suppression Nature Medicine ·Ana Janic, Liz J. Valente, Matthew J. Wakefield, Leon Di Stefano, Liz Milla, Stephen Wilcox, Haoyu Yang, Lin Tai, Cassandra J. Vandenberg, Andrew J. Kueh, Shinsuke Mizutani, Margs S. Brennan, Robyn L. Schenk, Lisa Lindqvist, Anthony T. Papenfuss, Liam O’Connor, Andreas Strasser, Marco J. Herold	2018	119
7	The Role of Bim, a Proapoptotic BH3‐Only Member of the Bcl‐2 Family, in Cell‐Death Control Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Andreas Strasser, Hamsa Puthalakath, Philippe Bouillet, David C.S. Huang, Liam O’Connor, Lorraine A. O’Reilly, L Cullen, Suzanne Cory, Jerry M. Adams	2000	117
8	Development of amplicon deep sequencing markers and data analysis pipeline for genotyping multi-clonal malaria infections BMC Genomics ·Anita Lerch, Cristian Koepfli, Natalie Hofmann, Camilla Messerli, Stephen Wilcox, Johanna Helena Kattenberg, Inoni Betuela, Liam O’Connor, Ivo Müeller, Ingrid Felger	2017	71
9	Apoptosis and cell division Current Opinion in Cell Biology ·Liam O’Connor, David C.S. Huang, Lorraine A. O’Reilly, Andreas Strasser	2000	67
10	Design, synthesis and evaluation of molecularly targeted hypoxia-activated prodrugs Nature Protocols ·Liam O’Connor, Cindy Cázares-Körner, Jaideep Saha, Charles N. G. Evans, Michael R.L. Stratford, Ester M. Hammond, Stuart J. Conway	2016	66
11	CYP450 Enzymes Effect Oxygen-Dependent Reduction of Azide-Based Fluorogenic Dyes ACS Central Science ·Liam O’Connor, Ishna N. Mistry, Sarah Collins, Lisa K. Folkes, Graham Brown, Stuart J. Conway, Ester M. Hammond	2016	66
12	CH-01 is a Hypoxia-Activated Prodrug That Sensitizes Cells to Hypoxia/Reoxygenation Through Inhibition of Chk1 and Aurora A ACS Chemical Biology ·Cindy Cázares-Körner, Isabel M. Pires, I. Diane Swallow, Samuel C. Grayer, Liam O’Connor, Monica M. Olcina, Martin Christlieb, Stuart J. Conway, Ester M. Hammond	2013	57
13	CD95 (Fas/APO-1) and p53 signal apoptosis independently in diverse cell types. PubMed ·Liam O’Connor, Alan W. Harris, Andreas Strasser	2000	51
14	A New Focus of Scrub Typhus in Tropical Australia American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ·Bart J. Currie, Liam O’Connor, Brian Dwyer	1993	31
15	The Role of the Pro‐Apoptotic Bcl‐2 Family Member Bim in Physiological Cell Death Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Philippe Bouillet, David C.S. Huang, LORRAINE A. O'REILLY, Hamsa Puthalakath, Liam O’Connor, Suzanne Cory, Jerry M. Adams, Andreas Strasser	2000	29
16	Efficient synthesis of 2-nitroimidazole derivatives and the bioreductive clinical candidate Evofosfamide (TH-302) Organic Chemistry Frontiers ·Liam O’Connor, Cindy Cázares-Körner, Jaideep Saha, Charles N. G. Evans, Michael R.L. Stratford, Ester M. Hammond, Stuart J. Conway	2015	23
17	Fas, p53, and Apoptosis Science ·Liam O’Connor, Andreas Strasser	1999	15
18	The Bcl-2 Protein Family Results and problems in cell differentiation ·Liam O’Connor, Andreas Strasser	1999	8
19	Association of candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms with somatic mutation of the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway BMC Medical Genomics ·Samuel Wormald, Liz Milla, Liam O’Connor	2013	7
20	Gamma -Radiation-Induced Growth Arrest and Apoptosis in p53-Null Lymphoma Cells Is Accompanied by Modest Transcriptional Changes in Many Genes DNA and Cell Biology ·Rivka Ofir, Lichen Zhang, Anthony P. Kyne, Vicky M. Houtzager, Liam O’Connor, Jerry M. Adams	2000	5

About Liam O’Connor

Liam O’Connor is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Parasitology, Oncology, Molecular Biology and Virology, having authored 25 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (9 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (4 papers), Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation (3 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (3 papers), NF-κB Signaling Pathways (3 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (3 papers), Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies (2 papers) and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (2.8k citations), Cancer Research (567 citations), Immunology (794 citations), Oncology (842 citations) and Cell Biology (297 citations). Liam O’Connor has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Andreas Strasser, Vishva M. Dixit, David C.S. Huang, Lorraine A. O’Reilly, Jerry M. Adams, Philippe Bouillet, Stephen Wilcox, Liz Milla, Margs S. Brennan and Marco J. Herold. Their work appears in journals such as The Medical Journal of Australia, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Nature Medicine and Food and Environmental Virology.

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