Melissa C. Skala

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Melissa C. Skala is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa C. Skala has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 66 papers in Molecular Biology and 58 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Melissa C. Skala's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (46 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (29 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (28 papers). Melissa C. Skala is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (46 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (29 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (28 papers). Melissa C. Skala collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and United Kingdom. Melissa C. Skala's co-authors include Alex J. Walsh, Nirmala Ramanujam, Annette Gendron‐Fitzpatrick, Tiffany M. Heaster, Kevin W. Eliceiri, Joe T. Sharick, Jens C. Eickhoff, Amani A. Gillette, Kristin M. Riching and Rebecca S. Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Melissa C. Skala

164 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

In vivo multiphoton microscopy of NADH and FAD redox states, fluorescence lifetimes, and cellular morphology in precancerous epithelia

2007 768 citations Melissa C. Skala, Kevin W. Eliceiri et al. profile →
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy: fundamentals and advances in instrumentation, analysis, and applications

2020 535 citations Rupsa Datta, Tiffany M. Heaster et al. Journal of Biomedical Optics profile →
Pharmacological blockade of ASCT2-dependent glutamine transport leads to antitumor efficacy in preclinical models

2018 379 citations Joe T. Sharick, Melissa C. Skala et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa C. Skala United States	39	2.6k	2.5k	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	169	6.7k
Ramasamy Paulmurugan United States	53	2.9k 1.1×	4.5k 1.8×	502 0.3×	659 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	227	8.0k
Daniel L. Farkas United States	39	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	895 0.5×	771 0.6×	314 0.3×	197	6.1k
Alexander Yu. Nikitin United States	34	897 0.3×	3.1k 1.3×	977 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	91	6.0k
Daniel Côté Canada	33	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	637 0.5×	366 0.3×	79	5.7k
Juri G. Gelovani United States	59	2.2k 0.9×	5.1k 2.1×	483 0.2×	2.3k 1.9×	1.2k 1.1×	247	11.3k
Abhijit De India	37	1.4k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	359 0.2×	910 0.7×	494 0.5×	119	5.6k
Bénédicte F. Jordan Belgium	42	850 0.3×	2.5k 1.0×	658 0.3×	689 0.6×	2.5k 2.4×	127	6.1k
Christoph Bremer Germany	37	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	475 0.2×	783 0.6×	722 0.7×	115	6.0k
Ruimin Huang China	40	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	468 0.2×	519 0.4×	814 0.8×	139	5.0k
Linas Mažutis United States	31	3.2k 1.2×	5.4k 2.2×	635 0.3×	1.7k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	55	10.1k

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Wagner, Andrew S., Frances M. Smith, David A. Bennin, et al.. (2025). GATA1-deficient human pluripotent stem cells generate neutrophils with improved antifungal immunity that is mediated by the integrin CD18. PLoS Pathogens. 21(2). e1012654–e1012654. 1 indexed citations

Gillette, Amani A., Mário Costa Cruz, Alexa Schmitz, et al.. (2025). Cellpose as a reliable method for single-cell segmentation of autofluorescence microscopy images. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 5548–5548. 1 indexed citations

Horan, M.A., Adib Keikhosravi, Kevin W. Eliceiri, et al.. (2024). Multiphoton excited polymerized biomimetic models of collagen fiber morphology to study single cell and collective migration dynamics in pancreatic cancer. Acta Biomaterialia. 187. 212–226. 3 indexed citations

Samimi, Kayvan, Melissa C. Skala, Renato Natal Jorge, et al.. (2024). Contributing factors to preterm pre-labor rupture of the fetal membrane: Biomechanical analysis of the membrane under different physiological conditions. Mechanics of Materials. 197. 105104–105104. 1 indexed citations

Datta, Rupsa, José M. Ayuso, Anna Huttenlocher, et al.. (2024). Naive primary neutrophils play a dual role in the tumor microenvironment. iScience. 27(9). 110632–110632. 4 indexed citations

Gillette, Amani A., et al.. (2024). Perspectives on label-free microscopy of heterogeneous and dynamic biological systems. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 29(S2). S22702–S22702. 1 indexed citations

Samimi, Kayvan, et al.. (2024). Autofluorescence lifetime flow cytometry with time‐correlated single photon counting. Cytometry Part A. 105(8). 607–620. 4 indexed citations

Hess, Nicholas J, Sean J. McIlwain, Kalyan Nadiminti, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory CD4/CD8 double-positive human T cells arise from reactive CD8 T cells and are sufficient to mediate GVHD pathology. Science Advances. 9(12). eadf0567–eadf0567. 17 indexed citations

Ayuso, José M., Marı́a Virumbrales-Muñoz, Cristina Sánchez‐de‐Diego, et al.. (2023). Microphysiological model reveals the promise of memory-like natural killer cell immunotherapy for HIV± cancer. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6681–6681. 9 indexed citations

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Humayun, Mouhita, José M. Ayuso, Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, et al.. (2022). Innate immune cell response to host-parasite interaction in a human intestinal tissue microphysiological system. Science Advances. 8(18). eabm8012–eabm8012. 25 indexed citations

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Samimi, Kayvan, Bikash R. Pattnaik, Elizabeth E. Capowski, et al.. (2022). In situ autofluorescence lifetime assay of a photoreceptor stimulus response in mouse retina and human retinal organoids. Biomedical Optics Express. 13(6). 3476–3476. 6 indexed citations

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Heaster, Tiffany M., et al.. (2022). Label-Free Imaging to Track Reprogramming of Human Somatic Cells. PubMed. 1(2). 176–191. 5 indexed citations

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Datta, Rupsa, Tiffany M. Heaster, Joe T. Sharick, Amani A. Gillette, & Melissa C. Skala. (2020). Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy: fundamentals and advances in instrumentation, analysis, and applications. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 25(7). 1–1. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heaster, Tiffany M., et al.. (2020). Autofluorescence Imaging of 3D Tumor–Macrophage Microscale Cultures Resolves Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Macrophage Metabolism. Cancer Research. 80(23). 5408–5423. 33 indexed citations

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Shah, Amy T., Tiffany M. Heaster, & Melissa C. Skala. (2017). Metabolic Imaging of Head and Neck Cancer Organoids. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0170415–e0170415. 44 indexed citations

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Walsh, Alex J., Rebecca S. Cook, Melinda E. Sanders, Carlos L. Arteaga, & Melissa C. Skala. (2016). Drug response in organoids generated from frozen primary tumor tissues. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 18889–18889. 84 indexed citations

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Walsh, Alex J., Rebecca S. Cook, Melinda E. Sanders, et al.. (2014). Quantitative Optical Imaging of Primary Tumor Organoid Metabolism Predicts Drug Response in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 74(18). 5184–5194. 229 indexed citations

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Walsh, Alex J., et al.. (2014). In vivo hyperspectral imaging of microvessel response to trastuzumab treatment in breast cancer xenografts. Biomedical Optics Express. 5(7). 2247–2247. 36 indexed citations

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Venkateswaran, Amudhan, Konjeti R. Sekhar, Daniel S. Levic, et al.. (2013). The NADH Oxidase ENOX1, a Critical Mediator of Endothelial Cell Radiosensitization, Is Crucial for Vascular Development. Cancer Research. 74(1). 38–43. 16 indexed citations

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Walsh, Alex J., Rebecca S. Cook, H. Charles Manning, et al.. (2013). Optical Metabolic Imaging Identifies Glycolytic Levels, Subtypes, and Early-Treatment Response in Breast Cancer. Cancer Research. 73(20). 6164–6174. 247 indexed citations

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