Michael B. Elowitz

32.3k citations

94 papers · 21.9k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Biophysics top 0.02%
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction

Papers in

Biophysics 15
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques 11
Molecular Biology 86
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis 48
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 16
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation 12
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks 11
- Pluripotent Stem Cells Research 10
- RNA Research and Splicing 10

Co-authors: Stanislas Leibler Peter S. Swain Eric D. Siggia Arnold J. Levine Avigdor Eldar Nitzan Rosenfeld Jordi García‐Ojalvo Uri Alon
Journals: Science (15 papers)Nature (12 papers)Cell (8 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)eLife (7 papers)
Partner nations: United States Israel Spain

In The Last Decade

Michael B. Elowitz

93 papers receiving 21.5k citations

Hit Papers

10 papers align trajectories log scale

Embryo model completes gastrulation to neurulation and organogenesis 2022 · 158 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.

2022 Nature
2010 Nature
2006 Nature
2005 Science
2004 Nature Genetics
2002 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2002 Science
2002 Journal of Molecular Biology
2000 Nature
1999 Journal of Bacteriology

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All Works

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1	miRNA modules for precise, tunable control of gene expression Molecular Cell ·ALEX MATOS, Michael Flynn, Humberto Arturo Rodas Ochoa, Hitoshi Imaiizumi, Bo Gu, Dongyang Li, Sean E. McGeary, Viviana Gradinaru, Ralf Jungmann, Michael B. Elowitz	2025	0
2	A synthetic protein-level neural network in mammalian cells Science ·Zibo Chen, James M. Linton, Shiyu Xia, A. V. Sutula, 伸明栩木, 簡易保険事業本部企画部内国調査係, Ronghui Zhu, Michael B. Elowitz	2024	9
3	Temporal BMP4 effects on mouse embryonic and extraembryonic development Nature ·Ron Hadas, Valentina Cantini, Mel'nikova Av, Yoav Mayshar, Raz Ben-Yair, Saifeng Cheng, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, W.J. Jeong, Gerardo Bonilla Alguera, Aviezer Lifshitz, Dong-Yuan Chen, Michael B. Elowitz, Magdalena Zernicka‐Goetz, Jacob H. Hanna, Amos Tanay, Yonatan Stelzer	2024	10
4	Alternative splicing of GSDMB modulates killer lymphocyte–triggered pyroptosis Science Immunology ·Qing Kong, Shiyu Xia, Xingxin Pan, Kaixiong Ye, همام باسم محمد, Haoyan Li, Titouan Tcheng, Nidhi Sahni, S. Stephen Yi, Xing Liu, Hao Wu, Michael B. Elowitz, Judy Lieberman, Zhibin Zhang	2023	57
5	Reconstitution of morphogen shuttling circuits Science Advances ·Ronghui Zhu, Leah A. Santat, Joseph S. Markson, Nagarajan Nandagopal, 甚五郎臼田, Michael B. Elowitz	2023	7
6	Protease-controlled secretion and display of intercellular signals Nature Communications ·Alexander E. Vlahos, Givary Julika, Fernando Elizalde, Ronghui Zhu, Lucy S. Chong, Michael B. Elowitz, Xiaojing Gao	2022	30
7	Embryo model completes gastrulation to neurulation and organogenesis Nature ·Gianluca Amadei, Charlotte E. Handford, Chengxiang Qiu, Joachim De Jonghe, Hannah Greenfeld, Martin Tran, Beth Martin, Dong-Yuan Chen, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, Jacob H. Hanna, Michael B. Elowitz, Florian Hollfelder, Jay Shendure, David M. Glover, Magdalena Zernicka‐Goetz Hit paper breakdown →	2022	158
8	Synthetic multistability in mammalian cells Science ·Ronghui Zhu, Annita Triwahyuni Yusup, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, Michael B. Elowitz	2022	75
9	Imaging cell lineage with a synthetic digital recording system Science ·Ke-Huan K. Chow, Mark W. Budde, Alejandro A. Granados, María Eugenia Cabrera, S. P. Suma, 杜绍前, Ting-Hao Huang, Noushin Koulena, Kirsten L. Frieda, Long Cai, Carlos Lois, Michael B. Elowitz	2021	83
10	Morphogen gradient reconstitution reveals Hedgehog pathway design principles Science ·Pulin Li, Joseph S. Markson, Dienda Sabrina, N R Ganavi, Vipul T. Vachharajani, Michael B. Elowitz	2018	95
11	A stochastic epigenetic switch controls the dynamics of T-cell lineage commitment eLife ·Sanya Makkar, Mary A. Yui, Arnav Mehta, Jinseob Kim, 健治藤堂, Shirley Pease, Satoshi Hirose, Michael B. Elowitz, Ellen V. Rothenberg, Hao Yuan Kueh	2018	63
12	Dynamic Ligand Discrimination in the Notch Signaling Pathway Cell ·Nagarajan Nandagopal, Leah A. Santat, Lauren LeBon, David Sprinzak, Marianne Bronner‐Fraser, Michael B. Elowitz	2018	219
13	Dynamics of epigenetic regulation at the single-cell level Science ·Lacramioara Bintu, John Yong, Yaron E. Antebi, Kayla McCue, Yasuhiro Kazuki, Narumi Uno, Mitsuo Oshimura, Michael B. Elowitz	2016	305
14	Asynchronous combinatorial action of four regulatory factors activates Bcl11b for T cell commitment Nature Immunology ·Hao Yuan Kueh, Mary A. Yui, C‐K. Chan, Shirley Pease, Jingli A. Zhang, Sagar Damle, Chad Shawber, Jinseob Kim, Irwin D. Bernstein, Michael B. Elowitz, Ellen V. Rothenberg	2016	102
15	Positive Feedback Between PU.1 and the Cell Cycle Controls Myeloid Differentiation Science ·Hao Yuan Kueh, Ameya S. Champhekar, Stephen L. Nutt, Michael B. Elowitz, Ellen V. Rothenberg	2013	197
16	Rate of environmental change determines stress response specificity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jonathan W. Young, James Locke, Michael B. Elowitz	2013	105
17	A synthetic three-color scaffold for monitoring genetic regulation and noise Journal of Biological Engineering ·Robert Sidney Cox, Mary J. Dunlop, Michael B. Elowitz	2010	58
18	Tunability and Noise Dependence in Differentiation Dynamics Science ·Gürol M. Süel, Rajan P. Kulkarni, Jonathan Dworkin, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, Michael B. Elowitz	2007	356
19	Gene Regulation at the Single-Cell Level Science ·Nitzan Rosenfeld, Jonathan W. Young, Uri Alon, Peter S. Swain, Michael B. Elowitz Hit paper breakdown →	2005	818
20	Combinatorial Synthesis of Genetic Networks Science ·Călin C. Guet, Michael B. Elowitz, Weihong Hsing, Stanislas Leibler	2002	402

About Michael B. Elowitz

Michael B. Elowitz is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Aging and Cell Biology, having authored 94 papers that have together received 21.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (48 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (17 papers), Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (16 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (12 papers), Cell Image Analysis Techniques (11 papers), Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (11 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (10 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biophysics (2.4k citations), Molecular Biology (18.8k citations), Genetics (5.3k citations), Aging (270 citations) and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (1.3k citations). Michael B. Elowitz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Stanislas Leibler, Peter S. Swain, Eric D. Siggia, Arnold J. Levine, Avigdor Eldar, Nitzan Rosenfeld, Jordi García‐Ojalvo, Uri Alon, Jonathan W. Young and David Sprinzak. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Nature, Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and eLife.

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