Morghan C. Lucas

3.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Morghan C. Lucas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Morghan C. Lucas has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cancer Research and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Morghan C. Lucas's work include RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers). Morghan C. Lucas is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (10 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (7 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (7 papers). Morghan C. Lucas collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Spain and Germany. Morghan C. Lucas's co-authors include Eva Maria Novoa, Oguzhan Begik, Huanle Liu, John S. Mattick, José Miguel Ramírez, Schraga Schwartz, Martin A. Smith, David Wiener, Christopher E. Mason and Ivan Milenkovic and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Morghan C. Lucas

20 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Accurate detection of m6A RNA modifications in native RNA sequences

2019 345 citations Huanle Liu, Oguzhan Begik et al. Nature Communications profile →
Quantitative profiling of pseudouridylation dynamics in native RNAs with nanopore sequencing

2021 201 citations Oguzhan Begik, Morghan C. Lucas et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Quantitative analysis of tRNA abundance and modifications by nanopore RNA sequencing

2023 115 citations Morghan C. Lucas, Leszek P. Pryszcz et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Morghan C. Lucas	1.1k	442	167	63	63	21	1.2k
Yiran Zhu	764 0.7×	385 0.9×	64 0.4×	44 0.7×	30 0.5×	26	910
Katherine E. Bohnsack	1.8k 1.7×	609 1.4×	118 0.7×	49 0.8×	10 0.2×	43	1.9k
Valentina Migliori	1.8k 1.7×	723 1.6×	104 0.6×	39 0.6×	19 0.3×	9	1.9k
Isaia Barbieri	2.3k 2.2×	1.2k 2.8×	274 1.6×	90 1.4×	34 0.5×	12	2.5k
Xiaoyue Zhang	391 0.4×	146 0.3×	111 0.7×	100 1.6×	42 0.7×	42	616
Marc Hirschfeld	656 0.6×	435 1.0×	112 0.7×	61 1.0×	24 0.4×	45	905
Rebecca A. Dagg	707 0.7×	126 0.3×	259 1.6×	65 1.0×	35 0.6×	17	1.0k
Heng Lu	552 0.5×	237 0.5×	130 0.8×	57 0.9×	99 1.6×	20	748
Yamei Niu	1.3k 1.2×	564 1.3×	121 0.7×	79 1.3×	6 0.1×	34	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morghan C. Lucas

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lucas, Morghan C., T. Keßler, Verena Steinke‐Lange, et al.. (2025). A series of reviews in familial cancer: genetic cancer risk in context variants of uncertain significance in MMR genes: which procedures should be followed?. Familial Cancer. 24(2). 42–42. 1 indexed citations

Lucas, Morghan C., T. Keßler, Thomas S. Risch, et al.. (2025). Improving genetic diagnosis of hereditary tumor syndromes: From expanded gene panels to functional genomics. International Journal of Cancer.

Pryszcz, Leszek P., Laia Llovera, Morghan C. Lucas, et al.. (2024). Enhanced detection of RNA modifications and read mapping with high-accuracy nanopore RNA basecalling models. Genome Research. 34(11). 1865–1877. 12 indexed citations

Milenkovic, Ivan, Sonia Cruciani, Laia Llovera, et al.. (2024). Epitranscriptomic rRNA fingerprinting reveals tissue-of-origin and tumor-specific signatures. Molecular Cell. 85(1). 177–190.e7. 8 indexed citations

Milenkovic, Ivan, Helaine Graziele Santos Vieira, Morghan C. Lucas, et al.. (2023). Dynamic interplay between RPL3- and RPL3L-containing ribosomes modulates mitochondrial activity in the mammalian heart. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(11). 5301–5324. 27 indexed citations

Lucas, Morghan C., Leszek P. Pryszcz, Rebeca Medina, et al.. (2023). Quantitative analysis of tRNA abundance and modifications by nanopore RNA sequencing. Nature Biotechnology. 42(1). 72–86. 115 indexed citations breakdown →

Lucas, Morghan C. & Eva Maria Novoa. (2023). Long-read sequencing in the era of epigenomics and epitranscriptomics. Nature Methods. 20(1). 25–29. 61 indexed citations

Espadas, Guadalupe, Julia Morales‐Sanfrutos, Rebeca Medina, et al.. (2022). High-performance nano-flow liquid chromatography column combined with high- and low-collision energy data-independent acquisition enables targeted and discovery identification of modified ribonucleotides by mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1665. 462803–462803. 10 indexed citations

Begik, Oguzhan, Morghan C. Lucas, Leszek P. Pryszcz, et al.. (2021). Quantitative profiling of pseudouridylation dynamics in native RNAs with nanopore sequencing. Nature Biotechnology. 39(10). 1278–1291. 201 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Martin A., James M. Ferguson, Huanle Liu, et al.. (2020). Molecular barcoding of native RNAs using nanopore sequencing and deep learning. Genome Research. 30(9). 1345–1353. 53 indexed citations

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Begik, Oguzhan, Morghan C. Lucas, Huanle Liu, et al.. (2020). Integrative analyses of the RNA modification machinery reveal tissue- and cancer-specific signatures. Genome biology. 21(1). 97–97. 65 indexed citations

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Liu, Huanle, Oguzhan Begik, Morghan C. Lucas, et al.. (2019). Accurate detection of m6A RNA modifications in native RNA sequences. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4079–4079. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Castillo, Lesley, Adelaide I.J. Young, Amanda Mawson, et al.. (2019). MCL-1 antagonism enhances the anti-invasive effects of dasatinib in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Oncogene. 39(8). 1821–1829. 16 indexed citations

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Benthani, Fahad, David Herrmann, Phuong Tran, et al.. (2017). ‘MCC’ protein interacts with E-cadherin and β-catenin strengthening cell–cell adhesion of HCT116 colon cancer cells. Oncogene. 37(5). 663–672. 22 indexed citations

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Vennin, Claire, James R. W. Conway, Kara L. Vine, et al.. (2017). SerpinB2 regulates stromal remodelling and local invasion in pancreatic cancer. Oncogene. 36(30). 4288–4298. 77 indexed citations

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Chang, Joan, Morghan C. Lucas, Lukram Babloo Singh, et al.. (2017). Pre-clinical evaluation of small molecule LOXL2 inhibitors in breast cancer. Oncotarget. 8(16). 26066–26078. 81 indexed citations

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Young, Adelaide I.J., Andrew M. K. Law, Lesley Castillo, et al.. (2016). MCL-1 inhibition provides a new way to suppress breast cancer metastasis and increase sensitivity to dasatinib. Breast Cancer Research. 18(1). 125–125. 64 indexed citations

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Lucas, Morghan C., et al.. (1986). Immunofluorescence and cell culture techniques in the diagnosis of viral infection of aborted bovine fetuses. Veterinary Record. 118(9). 242–243. 13 indexed citations

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Lucas, Morghan C., James W. Jacobson, & Norman H. Giles. (1977). Characterization and in vitro translation of polyadenylated messenger ribonucleic acid from Neurospora crassa. Journal of Bacteriology. 130(3). 1192–1198. 51 indexed citations

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Lucas, Morghan C. & Larry N. Vanderhoef. (1975). Characterization of 5.8S ribosomal ribonucleic acid in Neurospora crassa. Journal of Bacteriology. 124(2). 736–739. 4 indexed citations

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