Onn Brandman

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Onn Brandman is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Onn Brandman has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Oncology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Onn Brandman's work include RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers). Onn Brandman is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (12 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (12 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (6 papers). Onn Brandman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Onn Brandman's co-authors include Tobias Meyer, Jonathan S. Weissman, Matthew H. Larson, Lei S. Qi, Luke A. Gilbert, Noam Stern‐Ginossar, Evan H. Whitehead, Zairan Liu, Jennifer A. Doudna and Wendell A. Lim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Onn Brandman

29 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

CRISPR-Mediated Modular RNA-Guided Regulation of Transcription in Eukaryotes

2013 2.7k citations Matthew H. Larson, Onn Brandman et al. Cell profile →
STIM2 Is a Feedback Regulator that Stabilizes Basal Cytosolic and Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Levels

2007 565 citations Onn Brandman, Tobias Meyer et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Onn Brandman United States	19	5.1k	668	578	461	396	31	5.9k
Meng‐Qiu Dong China	52	7.3k 1.4×	545 0.8×	1.3k 2.2×	176 0.4×	733 1.9×	186	9.8k
Hong Xu United States	30	3.7k 0.7×	707 1.1×	470 0.8×	95 0.2×	369 0.9×	88	4.7k
Yitzhak Pilpel Israel	49	6.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.9×	275 0.5×	395 0.9×	670 1.7×	100	8.3k
Anthony P. Orth United States	27	3.8k 0.7×	537 0.8×	391 0.7×	270 0.6×	211 0.5×	49	5.1k
Blanche Schwappach Germany	41	5.1k 1.0×	462 0.7×	1.9k 3.2×	185 0.4×	386 1.0×	83	6.5k
Sean R. Collins United States	33	7.3k 1.4×	710 1.1×	1.8k 3.1×	74 0.2×	430 1.1×	53	8.6k
Keli Xu United States	21	1.9k 0.4×	123 0.2×	383 0.7×	274 0.6×	162 0.4×	52	3.0k
Francis S. Willard United States	42	4.1k 0.8×	239 0.4×	881 1.5×	74 0.2×	668 1.7×	91	5.5k
Guangwei Du United States	36	3.1k 0.6×	265 0.4×	1.3k 2.2×	81 0.2×	253 0.6×	90	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Onn Brandman

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Sitron, Cole S., et al.. (2025). Mechanical forces regulate the composition and fate of stalled nascent chains. Molecular Cell. 86(1). 97–113.e4.

Geng, Ji, Xiying Wang, Jie Pan, et al.. (2025). CRISPR activation of the ribosome-associated quality control factor ASCC3 ameliorates fragile X syndrome phenotypes in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 17(819). eadq3551–eadq3551.

Geng, Ji, Shuangxi Li, Yu Li, et al.. (2024). Stalled translation by mitochondrial stress upregulates a CNOT4-ZNF598 ribosomal quality control pathway important for tissue homeostasis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1637–1637. 9 indexed citations

Weld, David, et al.. (2023). Diffusive lensing as a mechanism of intracellular transport and compartmentalization. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Schmidt, Hermann Broder, Zane A. Jaafar, Peter K. Jackson, et al.. (2022). Oxaliplatin disrupts nucleolar function through biophysical disintegration. Cell Reports. 41(6). 111629–111629. 33 indexed citations

Davis, Zoe H., Laura Mediani, Jonathan Vinet, et al.. (2021). Protein products of nonstop mRNA disrupt nucleolar homeostasis. Cell Stress and Chaperones. 26(3). 549–561. 5 indexed citations

Tassoni-Tsuchida, Eduardo, et al.. (2021). ReporterSeq reveals genome-wide dynamic modulators of the heat shock response across diverse stressors. eLife. 10. 12 indexed citations

Brandman, Onn, et al.. (2020). Cellular Control of Viscosity Counters Changes in Temperature and Energy Availability. Cell. 183(6). 1572–1585.e16. 113 indexed citations

Sitron, Cole S., et al.. (2020). Aggregation of CAT tails blocks their degradation and causes proteotoxicity in S. cerevisiae. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0227841–e0227841. 23 indexed citations

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Brandman, Onn, et al.. (2020). Adaptability of the ubiquitin-proteasome system to proteolytic and folding stressors. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(3). 14 indexed citations

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Brandman, Onn. (2020). CAT Tails Drive Degradation of Stalled Polypeptides on and off the Ribosome. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 181a–181a. 1 indexed citations

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Igbaria, Aeid, Ala Trusina, Jeffrey R. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Chaperone-mediated reflux of secretory proteins to the cytosol during endoplasmic reticulum stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(23). 11291–11298. 42 indexed citations

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Sitron, Cole S. & Onn Brandman. (2019). CAT tails drive degradation of stalled polypeptides on and off the ribosome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 26(6). 450–459. 78 indexed citations

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Wu, Zhihao, Junghyun Lim, Songjie Chen, et al.. (2019). MISTERMINATE Mechanistically Links Mitochondrial Dysfunction with Proteostasis Failure. Molecular Cell. 75(4). 835–848.e8. 65 indexed citations

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Brandman, Onn, et al.. (2018). Quantification of Hsp90 availability reveals differential coupling to the heat shock response. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(11). 3809–3816. 17 indexed citations

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Sitron, Cole S., et al.. (2017). Asc1, Hel2, and Slh1 couple translation arrest to nascent chain degradation. RNA. 23(5). 798–810. 107 indexed citations

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Shen, Peter, Joseph Park, Yidan Qin, et al.. (2015). Rqc2p and 60 S ribosomal subunits mediate mRNA-independent elongation of nascent chains. Science. 347(6217). 75–78. 229 indexed citations

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Brandman, Onn, Jacob Stewart-Ornstein, Daisy Y.L. Wong, et al.. (2012). A Ribosome-Bound Quality Control Complex Triggers Degradation of Nascent Peptides and Signals Translation Stress. Cell. 151(5). 1042–1054. 485 indexed citations

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Brandman, Onn, James E. Ferrell, Rong Li, & Tobias Meyer. (2005). Interlinked Fast and Slow Positive Feedback Loops Drive Reliable Cell Decisions. Science. 310(5747). 496–498. 356 indexed citations

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Davis, Jerel C., Onn Brandman, & Dmitri A. Petrov. (2005). Protein Evolution in the Context of Drosophila Development. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 60(6). 774–785. 46 indexed citations

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