Peter Q. Nguyen

5.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
38 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Q. Nguyen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Q. Nguyen has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter Q. Nguyen's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). Peter Q. Nguyen is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (7 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (5 papers). Peter Q. Nguyen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Peter Q. Nguyen's co-authors include James J. Collins, Neel Joshi, Pei Kun R. Tay, Can Dincer, Firat Güder, Eden Morales‐Narváez, Laura Gonzalez‐Macia, H. Ceren Ates, Helena de Puig and Noémie‐Manuelle Dorval Courchesne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Q. Nguyen

37 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

End-to-end design of wearable sensors

2022 791 citations H. Ceren Ates, Peter Q. Nguyen et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
Engineered Living Materials: Prospects and Challenges for Using Biological Systems to Direct the Assembly of Smart Materials

2018 412 citations Peter Q. Nguyen, Neel Joshi et al. profile →
Wearable materials with embedded synthetic biology sensors for biomolecule detection

2021 394 citations Peter Q. Nguyen, Luis R. Soenksen et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants

2020 261 citations Jaeyoung K. Jung, Khalid K. Alam et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Minimally instrumented SHERLOCK (miSHERLOCK) for CRISPR-based point-of-care diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants

2021 236 citations Helena de Puig, Rose Lee et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Q. Nguyen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Q. Nguyen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Q. Nguyen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Peter Q. Nguyen. Peter Q. Nguyen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A genome assembly of the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica 2025 ·Journal of Heredity ·Peter Q. Nguyen, Merly Escalona, Elizabeth M. Ryan, (unknown), Mohan P A Marimuthu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Erin Toffelmier, H. Bradley Shaffer, Jason P. Sexton, Elsa E. Cleland	0
2	Harnessing synthetic biology to enhance ocean health 2023 ·Trends in biotechnology ·Peter Q. Nguyen, Xiaoning Huang, Daniel S. Collins, James J. Collins, Ting Lu	18
3	End-to-end design of wearable sensors breakdown → 2022 ·Nature Reviews Materials ·H. Ceren Ates, Peter Q. Nguyen, Laura Gonzalez‐Macia, Eden Morales‐Narváez, Firat Güder, James J. Collins, Can Dincer	791
4	Minimally instrumented SHERLOCK (miSHERLOCK) for CRISPR-based point-of-care diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants breakdown → 2021 ·Science Advances ·Helena de Puig, Rose Lee, Devora Najjar, Xiao Tan, Luis R. Soenksen, Nicolaas M. Angenent-Mari, Nina M. Donghia, Nicole E. Weckman, (unknown), Carlos F. Ng, Peter Q. Nguyen, Angelo S. Mao, Thomas C. Ferrante, (unknown), Hani Sallum, James B. Niemi, James J. Collins	236
5	RNA-responsive elements for eukaryotic translational control 2021 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Evan M. Zhao, Angelo S. Mao, Helena de Puig, Kehan Zhang, Nathaniel D. Tippens, Xiao Tan, (unknown), Isaac Han, Peter Q. Nguyen, Emma J. Chory, (unknown), Pradeep Ramesh, David B. Thompson, Crystal Yuri Oh, (unknown), Max A. English, James J. Collins	58
6	Wearable materials with embedded synthetic biology sensors for biomolecule detection breakdown → 2021 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Peter Q. Nguyen, Luis R. Soenksen, Nina M. Donghia, Nicolaas M. Angenent-Mari, Helena de Puig, Ally Huang, Rose Lee, Shimyn Slomovic, (unknown), (unknown), Hani Sallum, Evan M. Zhao, James B. Niemi, James J. Collins	394
7	Cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants breakdown → 2020 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Jaeyoung K. Jung, Khalid K. Alam, Matthew S. Verosloff, Daiana A. Capdevila, Morgane Desmau, (unknown), Jeong Wook Lee, Peter Q. Nguyen, Pablo Pastén, S. J. Matiasek, Jean‐François Gaillard, David Giedroc, James J. Collins, Julius B. Lucks	261
8	Ultrasensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic for field-applicable detection of Plasmodium species in symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rose Lee, Helena de Puig, Peter Q. Nguyen, Nicolaas M. Angenent-Mari, Nina M. Donghia, (unknown), Jeffrey D. Dvorin, Catherine M. Klapperich, Nira R. Pollock, James J. Collins	172
9	Creating CRISPR-responsive smart materials for diagnostics and programmable cargo release 2020 ·Nature Protocols ·(unknown), Helena de Puig, Max A. English, Luis R. Soenksen, Peter Q. Nguyen, Angelo S. Mao, Nicolaas M. Angenent-Mari, James J. Collins	61
10	BioBits™ Explorer: A modular synthetic biology education kit 2018 ·Science Advances ·Ally Huang, Peter Q. Nguyen, Jessica C. Stark, Melissa K. Takahashi, Nina M. Donghia, Tom Ferrante, Aaron J. Dy, Karen J. Hsu, Rachel S. Dubner, Keith Pardee, Michael C. Jewett, James J. Collins	96
11	Concurrent action of purifying selection and gene conversion results in extreme conservation of the major stress-inducible Hsp70 genes in mammals 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), (unknown), Peter Q. Nguyen, (unknown), Jacqueline Ellis, (unknown), (unknown), Dimitra Chalkia, Nikolas Nikolaidis	23
12	Functional characterization of natural variants found on the major stress inducible 70-kDa heat shock gene, HSPA1A, in humans 2018 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Peter Q. Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nikolas Nikolaidis	10
13	Portable, On-Demand Biomolecular Manufacturing 2016 ·Cell ·Keith Pardee, Shimyn Slomovic, Peter Q. Nguyen, Jeong Wook Lee, Nina M. Donghia, Devin R. Burrill, Tom Ferrante, Fern R. McSorley, Yoshikazu Furuta, Andyna Vernet, Michael Lewandowski, Christopher N. Boddy, Neel Joshi, James J. Collins	270
14	Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus does not fix nitrogen 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Drew C. MacKellar, (unknown), (unknown), Anthony Bolger, (unknown), James W. Murray, (unknown), Roger L. Chang, (unknown), Peter Q. Nguyen, Jimmy E. Woodward, Hugo R. Permingeat, Neel Joshi, Pamela A. Silver, Björn Usadel, A. William Rutherford, Maren Friesen, Jürgen Prell	28
15	Programmable biofilm-based materials from engineered curli nanofibres 2014 ·Nature Communications ·Peter Q. Nguyen, (unknown), Pei Kun R. Tay, Neel Joshi	294
16	Random Insertion of mCherry Into VP3 Domain of Adeno-associated Virus Yields Fluorescent Capsids With no Loss of Infectivity 2012 ·Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·(unknown), Fang Wei, Peter Q. Nguyen, Lawrence J. Tartaglia, Mavis Agbandje‐McKenna, Jonathan J. Silberg, Junghae Suh	45
17	Mesophilic and Hyperthermophilic Adenylate Kinases Differ in Their Tolerance to Random Fragmentation 2010 ·Journal of Molecular Biology ·Thomas H. Segall-Shapiro, Peter Q. Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Junghae Suh, Jonathan J. Silberg	25
18	A selection that reports on protein–protein interactions within a thermophilic bacterium 2010 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Peter Q. Nguyen, Jonathan J. Silberg	10
19	Thermostability promotes the cooperative function of split adenylate kinases 2008 ·Protein Engineering Design and Selection ·Peter Q. Nguyen, Stephen V. Liu, J.C. Thompson, Jonathan J. Silberg	14
20	Human genomic DNA analysis using a semi‐automated sample preparation, amplification, and electrophoresis separation platform 2004 ·Journal of Separation Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jesus Ching, Gregory J. Kintz, James G. Mitchell, (unknown), (unknown), Fred Weir, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter Q. Nguyen, K. Petersen	4

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