Menglu Hu

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Menglu Hu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Menglu Hu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Menglu Hu's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (8 papers). Menglu Hu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers) and Biosensors and Analytical Detection (8 papers). Menglu Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Czechia. Menglu Hu's co-authors include Xiaoming Zhou, Tian Tian, Yongzhong Jiang, Erhu Xiong, Zhiqiang Qiu, Debin Zhu, Mengqi Huang, Huahua Yue, Jian Sun and Xusheng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Menglu Hu

18 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Photocontrolled crRNA activation enables robust CRISPR-Cas12a diagnostics

2022 186 citations Menglu Hu, Zhiqiang Qiu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Light‐Start CRISPR‐Cas12a Reaction with Caged crRNA Enables Rapid and Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection

2023 107 citations Menglu Hu, Ruhan Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Menglu Hu China	12	996	549	190	97	72	19	1.1k
Huahua Yue China	11	1.2k 1.2×	661 1.2×	210 1.1×	86 0.9×	93 1.3×	11	1.4k
Sanchita Bhadra United States	20	1.3k 1.3×	883 1.6×	291 1.5×	84 0.9×	62 0.9×	37	1.6k
Cheng Qian China	20	914 0.9×	692 1.3×	138 0.7×	58 0.6×	48 0.7×	44	1.2k
Xuewen Lu China	11	665 0.7×	527 1.0×	121 0.6×	75 0.8×	22 0.3×	14	799
Eugene J. H. Wee Australia	22	961 1.0×	735 1.3×	117 0.6×	104 1.1×	35 0.5×	29	1.4k
Rong‐Hwa Shyu Taiwan	12	346 0.3×	316 0.6×	148 0.8×	54 0.6×	115 1.6×	16	680
Taylor Phillips United States	15	564 0.6×	357 0.7×	84 0.4×	80 0.8×	33 0.5×	24	671
Keith Fraser United States	13	420 0.4×	136 0.2×	118 0.6×	60 0.6×	85 1.2×	34	744
Teresa Mairal Spain	12	772 0.8×	496 0.9×	73 0.4×	48 0.5×	10 0.1×	14	919

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Menglu Hu

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All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Hu, Menglu, Bo Zhang, Yuanyue Shan, et al.. (2025). Scalable modulation of CRISPR‒Cas enzyme activity using photocleavable phosphorothioate DNA. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5939–5939. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, et al.. (2025). Deep learning for ultrafast X-ray scattering and imaging with intense X-ray FEL pulses. Advanced Optical Technologies. 14.

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Hu, Menglu, Yihui Wang, Weiwei Qi, et al.. (2025). Photocontrolled Programmable Enzymatic Cascade for Robust CRISPR Diagnostics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(34). 31004–31015. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, Yihui Wang, & Xiaoming Zhou. (2024). Photochemical regulatory strategies for nucleic acid function and their biomedical applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Lin, Menglu Hu, & Xiaoming Zhou. (2024). Trends in developing one-pot CRISPR diagnostics strategies. Trends in biotechnology. 43(1). 98–110. 34 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, Ruhan Liu, Zhiqiang Qiu, et al.. (2023). Light‐Start CRISPR‐Cas12a Reaction with Caged crRNA Enables Rapid and Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202300663–e202300663. 107 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hu, Menglu, Ruhan Liu, Zhiqiang Qiu, et al.. (2023). Light‐Start CRISPR‐Cas12a Reaction with Caged crRNA Enables Rapid and Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection. Angewandte Chemie. 135(23). 22 indexed citations

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Huang, Mengqi, Erhu Xiong, Yan Wang, et al.. (2022). Fast microwave heating-based one-step synthesis of DNA and RNA modified gold nanoparticles. Nature Communications. 13(1). 968–968. 99 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, Yongzhong Jiang, Erhu Xiong, et al.. (2022). Development of a Handheld Nano-centrifugal Device for Visual Virus Detection. Journal of Analysis and Testing. 6(4). 353–364. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, et al.. (2022). Photocontrolled crRNA activation enables robust CRISPR-Cas12a diagnostics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(26). e2202034119–e2202034119. 186 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Luxin, et al.. (2022). Production of Ethyl Levulinate from Biomass‐Derived Carbohydrates and Food/Kitchen Waste Catalyzed by Cucurbit[6]uril‐Sulfate. ChemistrySelect. 7(16). 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, Debin Zhu, & Xiaoming Zhou. (2021). M−CDC: Magnetic pull-down-assisted colorimetric method based on the CRISPR/Cas12a system. Methods. 203. 259–267. 6 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yongzhong, Menglu Hu, Yi Lin, et al.. (2021). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 by CRISPR/Cas12a-Enhanced Colorimetry. ACS Sensors. 6(3). 1086–1093. 149 indexed citations

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Liu, Chengwei, Feng Hong, Haihong Feng, & Menglu Hu. (2021). Underwater Acoustic Target Recognition Based on Dual Attention Networks and Multiresolution Convolutional Neural Networks. OCEANS 2021: San Diego – Porto. 1–5. 14 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, Tian Tian, Xusheng Wang, et al.. (2020). Single-Step, Salt-Aging-Free, and Thiol-Free Freezing Construction of AuNP-Based Bioprobes for Advancing CRISPR-Based Diagnostics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(16). 7506–7513. 216 indexed citations

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Xiong, Erhu, Ling Jiang, Tian Tian, et al.. (2020). Simultaneous Dual‐Gene Diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 Based on CRISPR/Cas9‐Mediated Lateral Flow Assay. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(10). 5307–5315. 264 indexed citations

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Hu, Menglu, Zengqiang Gao, Qiang Zhou, Zhi Geng, & Yuhui Dong. (2019). A noise and artifact suppression using resampling (NASR) method to facilitate de novo protein structure determination. Radiation Detection Technology and Methods. 3(3). 2 indexed citations

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Geng, Zhi, et al.. (2018). An iterative refinement method combining detector geometry optimization and diffraction model refinement in serial femtosecond crystallography. Radiation Detection Technology and Methods. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Zengqiang, Vladimır Majerčiak, Lei Bai, et al.. (2018). The crystal structure of KSHV ORF57 reveals dimeric active sites important for protein stability and function. PLoS Pathogens. 14(8). e1007232–e1007232. 13 indexed citations

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