Olin Silander

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Olin Silander is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Olin Silander has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Olin Silander's work include Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers). Olin Silander is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (9 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (8 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (8 papers). Olin Silander collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Switzerland and United States. Olin Silander's co-authors include Erik van Nimwegen, Martin Ackermann, Nikki E. Freed, Lin Chao, Frederic Bertels, Paul B. Rainey, Mikhail Pachkov, Olivier Tenaillon, Roger D. Kouyos and Sebastian Bonhoeffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Olin Silander

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Automated Reconstruction of Whole-Genome Phylogenies from Short-Sequence Reads

2014 343 citations Frederic Bertels, Olin Silander et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olin Silander New Zealand	20	962	740	249	240	219	37	1.9k
Sergey Kryazhimskiy United States	21	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	363 1.5×	310 1.3×	317 1.4×	34	2.6k
Jaime Iranzo Spain	23	831 0.9×	376 0.5×	753 3.0×	567 2.4×	218 1.0×	38	1.8k
Nels C. Elde United States	22	2.0k 2.1×	651 0.9×	242 1.0×	1.3k 5.2×	337 1.5×	47	3.3k
Bruce A. Braaten United States	27	1.6k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	478 1.9×	187 0.8×	180 0.8×	37	2.9k
Sam Haldenby United Kingdom	14	634 0.7×	257 0.3×	239 1.0×	110 0.5×	73 0.3×	32	1.2k
Nikhil Kumar United States	18	745 0.8×	218 0.3×	181 0.7×	320 1.3×	243 1.1×	31	1.7k
Thomas Weighill United States	5	708 0.7×	542 0.7×	250 1.0×	349 1.5×	554 2.5×	14	2.2k
Marcelo D. Vinces United States	9	1.1k 1.1×	390 0.5×	60 0.2×	347 1.4×	595 2.7×	9	1.8k
Encarnación Martı́nez-Salas Spain	44	3.2k 3.3×	621 0.8×	184 0.7×	659 2.7×	699 3.2×	119	5.0k
Marcella L. Erb United States	12	836 0.9×	321 0.4×	1.0k 4.0×	246 1.0×	246 1.1×	18	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olin Silander

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Whibley, Annabel, et al.. (2025). A high-quality Oxford Nanopore assembly of the hourglass dolphin ( Lagenorhynchus cruciger ) genome. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 15(5).

Silander, Olin, et al.. (2025). Beyond single references: pangenome graphs and the future of genomic medicine. Frontiers in Genetics. 16. 1679660–1679660.

Daigneault, Michelle C., Emma Allen‐Vercoe, Olin Silander, et al.. (2023). Bacterial lipopolysaccharide modulates immune response in the colorectal tumor microenvironment. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 9(1). 26 indexed citations

Freed, Nikki E., et al.. (2023). Nanopore sequencing of metagenomic DNA from rat stomach contents to infer diet. New Zealand Journal of Ecology.

Kolisnik, Tyler, Sebastian Schmeier, Frank Frizelle, et al.. (2023). Identifying important microbial and genomic biomarkers for differentiating right- versus left-sided colorectal cancer using random forest models. BMC Cancer. 23(1). 647–647. 14 indexed citations

Silander, Olin, et al.. (2022). Growth condition-dependent differences in methylation imply transiently differentiated DNA methylation states in Escherichia coli. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 13(2). 3 indexed citations

Dale, James, et al.. (2022). Long-read sequencing reveals atypical mitochondrial genome structure in a New Zealand marine isopod. Royal Society Open Science. 9(1). 211550–211550. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Jia, et al.. (2022). Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of Lactobacillus and yeast isolates from a traditional New Zealand Māori potato starter culture. Current Research in Food Science. 5. 1287–1294. 1 indexed citations

Silander, Olin, et al.. (2022). Gene regulation in Escherichia coli is commonly selected for both high plasticity and low noise. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(8). 1165–1179. 7 indexed citations

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Freed, Nikki E., et al.. (2020). Rapid and inexpensive whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 using 1200 bp tiled amplicons and Oxford Nanopore Rapid Barcoding. Biology Methods and Protocols. 5(1). bpaa014–bpaa014. 139 indexed citations

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Freed, Nikki E., et al.. (2020). Testing the advantages and disadvantages of short- and long- read eukaryotic metagenomics using simulated reads. BMC Bioinformatics. 21(1). 220–220. 76 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Matthias, Florian Jug, Thomas Julou, et al.. (2018). Monitoring single-cell gene regulation under dynamically controllable conditions with integrated microfluidics and software. Nature Communications. 9(1). 212–212. 78 indexed citations

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Blank, Diana, Luise Wolf, Martin Ackermann, & Olin Silander. (2014). The predictability of molecular evolution during functional innovation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(8). 3044–3049. 55 indexed citations

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Bertels, Frederic, Olin Silander, Mikhail Pachkov, Paul B. Rainey, & Erik van Nimwegen. (2014). Automated Reconstruction of Whole-Genome Phylogenies from Short-Sequence Reads. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(5). 1077–1088. 343 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nimwegen, Erik van, et al.. (2013). Quantitative analysis of persister fractions suggests different mechanisms of formation among environmental isolates of E. coli. BMC Microbiology. 13(1). 25–25. 60 indexed citations

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Seddik, Riad, Olin Silander, Mathieu Rajalu, et al.. (2012). Opposite Effects of KCTD Subunit Domains on GABAB Receptor-mediated Desensitization. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(47). 39869–39877. 43 indexed citations

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Freed, Nikki E., Olin Silander, Bärbel Stecher, et al.. (2008). A Simple Screen to Identify Promoters Conferring High Levels of Phenotypic Noise. PLoS Genetics. 4(12). e1000307–e1000307. 67 indexed citations

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Hendricks, Michael, Ajay S. Mathuru, Hui Wang, et al.. (2007). Disruption of Esrom and Ryk identifies the roof plate boundary as an intermediate target for commissure formation. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 37(2). 271–283. 19 indexed citations

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Silander, Olin, Daniel Weinreich, Kevin M. Wright, et al.. (2005). Widespread genetic exchange among terrestrial bacteriophages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(52). 19009–19014. 51 indexed citations

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Morra, Massimo, Marı́a Simarro, Margarita Martı́n, et al.. (2001). Characterization of SH2D1A Missense Mutations Identified in X-linked Lymphoproliferative Disease Patients. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(39). 36809–36816. 76 indexed citations

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