Melina Fan

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Melina Fan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melina Fan has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Melina Fan's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Melina Fan is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (5 papers), Virus-based gene therapy research (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Melina Fan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Melina Fan's co-authors include Bruce M. Spiegelman, Pere Puigserver, Guillaume Adelmant, Zhidan Wu, James Rhee, Jianming Xu, Bert W. O’Malley, John C. Yoon, Frank J. Gonzalez and Yusuke Inoue and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Melina Fan

10 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika Virus Using Programmabl... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika Virus Using Programmable Biomolecular Components
    2016 1.1k citations Keith Pardee, Alexander A. Green et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Melina Fan
Yanxia Liu United States
Douglas J. Mahoney Canada
Frederick W. Holtsberg United States
Morven Graham United States
Antoine W. Caron Canada
Ida Biunno Italy
Jonathan Scheiman United States
Martina Gentzsch United States
Mo R. Ebrahimkhani United States
M. Inmaculada Barrasa United States
Yanxia Liu United States
Melina Fan
Citations per year, relative to Melina Fan Melina Fan (= 1×) peers Yanxia Liu

Countries citing papers authored by Melina Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melina Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Melina Fan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Melina Fan. The network helps show where Melina Fan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melina Fan

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Ersing, Ina, Meghan A. Rego, Chen Wang, et al.. (2023). Quality Control for Adeno-Associated Viral Vector Production. PubMed. 195. 77–101.
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Pouchelon, Gabrielle, Josselyn Vergara, Bram L. Gorissen, et al.. (2022). A versatile viral toolkit for functional discovery in the nervous system. Cell Reports Methods. 2(6). 100225–100225. 8 indexed citations
3.
Guerin, Karen I., Meghan A. Rego, Ina Ersing, et al.. (2020). A Novel Next-Generation Sequencing and Analysis Platform to Assess the Identity of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viral Preparations from Viral DNA Extracts. Human Gene Therapy. 31(11-12). 664–678. 28 indexed citations
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Haery, Leila, Benjamin E. Deverman, Katherine S. Matho, et al.. (2019). Adeno-Associated Virus Technologies and Methods for Targeted Neuronal Manipulation. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 13. 93–93. 140 indexed citations
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Pardee, Keith, Alexander A. Green, Melissa K. Takahashi, et al.. (2016). Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika Virus Using Programmable Biomolecular Components. Cell. 165(5). 1255–1266. 1066 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fan, Melina, et al.. (2016). Practical Considerations for Using Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology. 115(1). 31.5.1–31.5.13. 17 indexed citations
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Rhee, James, Hongfei Ge, Wenli Yang, et al.. (2006). Partnership of PGC-1α and HNF4α in the Regulation of Lipoprotein Metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(21). 14683–14690. 71 indexed citations
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Fan, Melina, James A. Van Rhee, Julie St‐Pierre, et al.. (2004). Suppression of mitochondrial respiration through recruitment of p160 myb binding protein to PGC-1α: modulation by p38 MAPK. Genes & Development. 18(3). 278–289. 250 indexed citations
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Rhee, James, Yusuke Inoue, John C. Yoon, et al.. (2003). Regulation of hepatic fasting response by PPARγ coactivator-1α (PGC-1): Requirement for hepatocyte nuclear factor 4α in gluconeogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(7). 4012–4017. 478 indexed citations
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Monsalve, Marı́a, Zhidan Wu, Guillaume Adelmant, et al.. (2000). Direct Coupling of Transcription and mRNA Processing through the Thermogenic Coactivator PGC-1. Molecular Cell. 6(2). 307–316. 332 indexed citations
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Puigserver, Pere, Guillaume Adelmant, Zhidan Wu, et al.. (1999). Activation of PPARγ Coactivator-1 Through Transcription Factor Docking. Science. 286(5443). 1368–1371. 496 indexed citations

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