Michael J. Smanski

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Smanski is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Smanski has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Pharmacology and 6 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Smanski's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (15 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Michael J. Smanski is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (15 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers). Michael J. Smanski collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Czechia. Michael J. Smanski's co-authors include Ben Shen, Christopher A. Voigt, Ryan M. Peterson, Jan Claesen, Michael A. Fischbach, Hui Zhou, Scott R. Rajski, Yihua Chen, Swapnil Bhatia and Douglas Densmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Smanski

35 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Synthetic biology to access and expand nature's chemical diversity

2016 355 citations Michael J. Smanski, Hui Zhou et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael J. Smanski United States	17	1.1k	631	208	138	134	37	1.4k
Ryan E. Cobb United States	11	1.3k 1.2×	630 1.0×	284 1.4×	187 1.4×	123 0.9×	14	1.5k
Maureen B. Quin United States	18	1.1k 1.0×	452 0.7×	182 0.9×	170 1.2×	165 1.2×	24	1.4k
William C. DeLoache United States	5	1.3k 1.2×	165 0.3×	139 0.7×	115 0.8×	119 0.9×	5	1.5k
Ralph H. Lambalot United States	11	1.1k 1.0×	748 1.2×	180 0.9×	140 1.0×	133 1.0×	11	1.4k
Chunbo Lou China	19	1.5k 1.4×	280 0.4×	133 0.6×	342 2.5×	102 0.8×	51	1.8k
Xiaoming Ding China	17	566 0.5×	388 0.6×	123 0.6×	103 0.7×	125 0.9×	50	795
Niran Roongsawang Thailand	16	644 0.6×	260 0.4×	174 0.8×	87 0.6×	216 1.6×	40	1.1k
Ricardo V. Ullán Spain	20	667 0.6×	680 1.1×	232 1.1×	75 0.5×	344 2.6×	36	1.1k
Claudia König Germany	9	467 0.4×	280 0.4×	201 1.0×	124 0.9×	155 1.2×	9	799
Ashty S. Karim United States	22	2.3k 2.1×	206 0.3×	279 1.3×	195 1.4×	80 0.6×	44	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael J. Smanski

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smanski, Michael J., et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of tauro-ursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbial Cell Factories. 24(1). 212–212.

Smanski, Michael J., et al.. (2024). Using design of experiments to guide genetic optimization of engineered metabolic pathways. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 51. 2 indexed citations

Casas-Mollano, J. Armando, et al.. (2023). Efficient gene activation in plants by the MoonTag programmable transcriptional activator. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(13). 7083–7093. 18 indexed citations

Smanski, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Rational search of genetic design space for a heterologous terpene metabolic pathway in Streptomyces. Metabolic Engineering. 77. 1–11. 8 indexed citations

Marshall, Andrew, et al.. (2022). Development of a single culture E. coli expression system for the enzymatic synthesis of fluorinated tyrosine and its incorporation into proteins. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 261-262. 110014–110014. 4 indexed citations

Hutchison, W. D., et al.. (2022). Modeling-informed Engineered Genetic Incompatibility strategies to overcome resistance in the invasive Drosophila suzukii. Frontiers in Insect Science. 2. 1063789–1063789. 1 indexed citations

Casas-Mollano, J. Armando, et al.. (2022). Characterization of Programmable Transcription Activators in the Model Monocot Setaria viridis Via Protoplast Transfection. Methods in molecular biology. 2464. 223–244. 2 indexed citations

Burkness, E. C., et al.. (2022). HUGE pipeline to measure temporal genetic variation in Drosophila suzukii populations for genetic biocontrol applications. Frontiers in Insect Science. 2. 981974–981974. 2 indexed citations

Das, Siba R., et al.. (2020). Genetic engineering of sex chromosomes for batch cultivation of non-transgenic, sex-sorted males. PLoS Genetics. 16(11). e1009180–e1009180. 3 indexed citations

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Casas-Mollano, J. Armando, et al.. (2020). CRISPR-Cas Activators for Engineering Gene Expression in Higher Eukaryotes. The CRISPR Journal. 3(5). 350–364. 45 indexed citations

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Otto‐Hanson, Lindsey, et al.. (2019). Complete genome sequences of Streptomyces spp. isolated from disease-suppressive soils. BMC Genomics. 20(1). 994–994. 17 indexed citations

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Das, Siba R., et al.. (2018). Simulation Modeling to Compare High-Throughput, Low-Iteration Optimization Strategies for Metabolic Engineering. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 313–313. 3 indexed citations

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Maselko, Maciej, et al.. (2017). Engineering species-like barriers to sexual reproduction. Nature Communications. 8(1). 883–883. 26 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., et al.. (2017). Designing and Implementing Algorithmic DNA Assembly Pipelines for Multi-Gene Systems. Methods in molecular biology. 1671. 131–147. 5 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., Hui Zhou, Jan Claesen, et al.. (2016). Synthetic biology to access and expand nature's chemical diversity. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 14(3). 135–149. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Peterson, Ryan M., Tingting Huang, Jeffrey D. Rudolf, Michael J. Smanski, & Ben Shen. (2014). Mechanisms of Self-Resistance in the Platensimycin- and Platencin-Producing Streptomyces platensis MA7327 and MA7339 Strains. Chemistry & Biology. 21(3). 389–397. 39 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., Swapnil Bhatia, Dehua Zhao, et al.. (2014). Functional optimization of gene clusters by combinatorial design and assembly. Nature Biotechnology. 32(12). 1241–1249. 266 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., Ryan M. Peterson, & Ben Shen. (2012). Platensimycin and Platencin Biosynthesis in Streptomyces platensis, Showcasing Discovery and Characterization of Novel Bacterial Diterpene Synthases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 515. 163–186. 11 indexed citations

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Smanski, Michael J., Ryan M. Peterson, Sheng‐Xiong Huang, & Ben Shen. (2012). Bacterial diterpene synthases: new opportunities for mechanistic enzymology and engineered biosynthesis. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 16(1-2). 132–141. 79 indexed citations

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Chen, Yihua, Michael J. Smanski, & Ben Shen. (2010). Improvement of secondary metabolite production in Streptomyces by manipulating pathway regulation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 86(1). 19–25. 86 indexed citations

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