Michael J. Rust

14.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
83 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Rust is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Rust has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Rust's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (18 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (11 papers). Michael J. Rust is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (18 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (13 papers) and Micro and Nano Robotics (11 papers). Michael J. Rust collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Michael J. Rust's co-authors include Xiaowei Zhuang, Mark Bates, Melike Lakadamyali, Hazen P. Babcock, Erin K. O’Shea, Feng Zhang, Hilde M. van der Schaar, Jan Wilschut, Heidi van der Ende-Metselaar and Jolanda M. Smit and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Rust

74 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Sub-diffraction-limit imaging by stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM)

2006 5.9k citations Michael J. Rust, Xiaowei Zhuang et al. profile →
Visualizing infection of individual influenza viruses

2003 604 citations Melike Lakadamyali, Michael J. Rust et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Rust United States	25	4.5k	3.9k	2.8k	1.4k	1.1k	83	10.2k
O. Wolf Lindwasser United States	10	4.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	12	7.4k
Hari Shroff United States	40	4.4k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	109	8.0k
Mike Heilemann Germany	59	7.0k 1.6×	5.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 2.0×	951 0.9×	212	12.4k
Melike Lakadamyali United States	38	1.5k 0.3×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	613 0.4×	439 0.4×	85	7.1k
Hazen P. Babcock United States	33	2.7k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	935 0.7×	841 0.8×	38	7.7k
Antoine M. van Oijen Australia	51	1.5k 0.3×	7.9k 2.0×	1.4k 0.5×	457 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	186	11.6k
Samuel T. Hess United States	29	4.7k 1.0×	4.6k 1.2×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.2×	77	8.9k
Ralf Jungmann Germany	48	3.8k 0.8×	6.7k 1.7×	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	580 0.5×	133	10.4k
Joerg Bewersdorf United States	48	4.0k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	848 0.8×	114	7.8k
Suliana Manley Switzerland	45	4.1k 0.9×	3.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	913 0.8×	106	9.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rust, Michael J., et al.. (2026). The free-running property of circadian clocks is needed to tolerate changing photoperiods. Current Biology. 36(6). 1548–1555.e5.

Frank, Eric, M. Arellano, Moumita Das, et al.. (2025). Active and passive crosslinking of cytoskeleton scaffolds tune the effects of cell inclusions on composite structure. Soft Matter. 21(24). 4792–4806.

Murray, Lisa, et al.. (2024). A Framework for Implementing Design for Additive Manufacturing Methods in First-Year Engineering Curriculum: Investigating the effects of specialized training on engineering design and student self-efficacy. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).

Schmelling, Nicolas, Anika Wiegard, Alice Pawlowski, et al.. (2024). Two KaiABC systems control circadian oscillations in one cyanobacterium. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7674–7674. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Han, Daqi Yu, Zhaolong Wu, et al.. (2023). Determining subunit-subunit interaction from statistics of cryo-EM images: observation of nearest-neighbor coupling in a circadian clock protein complex. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5907–5907. 7 indexed citations

McGorty, Ryan, Michael J. Rust, Parag Katira, et al.. (2023). Kinesin and myosin motors compete to drive rich multiphase dynamics in programmable cytoskeletal composites. PNAS Nexus. 2(8). pgad245–pgad245. 7 indexed citations

Pattanayak, Gopal K., et al.. (2022). KidA, a multi-PAS domain protein, tunes the period of the cyanobacterial circadian oscillator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(37). e2202426119–e2202426119. 5 indexed citations

Rust, Michael J., et al.. (2021). Myosin-driven actin-microtubule networks exhibit self-organized contractile dynamics. Science Advances. 7(6). 54 indexed citations

Liao, Yi & Michael J. Rust. (2021). The circadian clock ensures successful DNA replication in cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(20). 20 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael J., et al.. (2021). Active cytoskeletal composites display emergent tunable contractility and restructuring. Soft Matter. 17(47). 10765–10776. 18 indexed citations

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Lin, Jenny, et al.. (2018). High protein copy number is required to suppress stochasticity in the cyanobacterial circadian clock. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3004–3004. 29 indexed citations

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Lu, Zhiyue, et al.. (2018). Biophysical clocks face a trade-off between internal and external noise resistance. eLife. 7. 31 indexed citations

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Phong, Connie, et al.. (2012). Robust and tunable circadian rhythms from differentially sensitive catalytic domains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(3). 1124–1129. 79 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael J., Susan S. Golden, & Erin K. O’Shea. (2011). Light-Driven Changes in Energy Metabolism Directly Entrain the Cyanobacterial Circadian Oscillator. Science. 331(6014). 220–223. 168 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael J., Melike Lakadamyali, Boerries Brandenburg, & Xiaowei Zhuang. (2011). Single-Particle Virus Tracking. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2011(9). pdb.prot065631–pdb.prot065631. 6 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael J.. (2009). Mass-Producible Nanotechnologies Using Polymer Nanoinjection Molding: Nanoparticle Assemblies, Nanoelectrodes, and Nanobiosensors. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 1 indexed citations

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Browne, Andrew, Michael J. Rust, Wooseok Jung, Se Hwan Lee, & Chong H. Ahn. (2009). A rapid prototyping method for polymer microfluidics with fixed aspect ratio and 3D tapered channels. Lab on a Chip. 9(20). 2941–2941. 29 indexed citations

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Schaar, Hilde M. van der, Michael J. Rust, Barry-Lee Waarts, et al.. (2007). Characterization of the Early Events in Dengue Virus Cell Entry by Biochemical Assays and Single-Virus Tracking. Journal of Virology. 81(21). 12019–12028. 218 indexed citations

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Rust, Michael J., Joseph S. Markson, William S. Lane, Daniel S. Fisher, & Erin K. O’Shea. (2007). Ordered Phosphorylation Governs Oscillation of a Three-Protein Circadian Clock. Science. 318(5851). 809–812. 277 indexed citations

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Rueda, David, et al.. (2004). Single-molecule enzymology of RNA: Essential functional groups impact catalysis from a distance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(27). 10066–10071. 117 indexed citations

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