Rohit Prakash

7.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
30 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Rohit Prakash is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rohit Prakash has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rohit Prakash's work include DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (11 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers). Rohit Prakash is often cited by papers focused on DNA Repair Mechanisms (15 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (11 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers). Rohit Prakash collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Rohit Prakash's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Charu Ramakrishnan, Viviana Gradinaru, Kimberly R. Thompson, Maria Jasin, Inbal Goshen, Yu Zhang, Weiran Feng, Lief E. Fenno and Kay M. Tye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Rohit Prakash

29 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety

2011 932 citations Kay M. Tye, Rohit Prakash et al. Nature profile →
Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics

2010 745 citations Viviana Gradinaru, Feng Zhang et al. Cell profile →
Homologous Recombination and Human Health: The Roles of BRCA1, BRCA2, and Associated Proteins

2015 589 citations Rohit Prakash, Maria Jasin et al. profile →
Principles for applying optogenetic tools derived from direct comparative analysis of microbial opsins

2011 571 citations Joanna Mattis, Kay M. Tye et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rohit Prakash United States	21	3.0k	2.2k	1.8k	419	394	30	5.1k
Flora M. Vaccarino United States	50	2.7k 0.9×	4.6k 2.1×	1.2k 0.7×	214 0.5×	462 1.2×	122	8.8k
Benjamin R. Arenkiel United States	35	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	942 0.5×	188 0.4×	206 0.5×	97	4.4k
Hsing-Chen Tsai Taiwan	18	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	719 0.4×	422 1.0×	148 0.4×	27	3.4k
Maurizio Giustetto Italy	37	2.5k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	137 0.3×	60 0.2×	64	7.4k
Benedikt Berninger Germany	48	4.3k 1.5×	4.3k 2.0×	470 0.3×	146 0.3×	288 0.7×	94	8.6k
Laura Cancedda Italy	34	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	912 0.5×	81 0.2×	144 0.4×	73	4.4k
Zhiping P. Pang United States	42	3.3k 1.1×	6.6k 3.0×	603 0.3×	142 0.3×	765 1.9×	135	9.2k
Franck Polleux United States	52	4.2k 1.4×	5.5k 2.5×	812 0.5×	228 0.5×	122 0.3×	93	9.5k
Masahiro Yamaguchi Japan	34	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	617 0.3×	103 0.2×	224 0.6×	72	6.3k
Shengli Zhao United States	31	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	932 0.5×	106 0.3×	118 0.3×	53	3.9k

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Prakash, Rohit, Yashpal Rawal, Kristie Darrah, et al.. (2022). Homologous recombination–deficient mutation cluster in tumor suppressor RAD51C identified by comprehensive analysis of cancer variants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(38). e2202727119–e2202727119. 17 indexed citations

Sullivan, Meghan R., Rohit Prakash, Yashpal Rawal, et al.. (2021). Long-term survival of an ovarian cancer patient harboring a RAD51C missense mutation. Molecular Case Studies. 7(2). a006083–a006083. 5 indexed citations

Prakash, Rohit, Pei Xin Lim, Travis White, et al.. (2021). Distinct pathways of homologous recombination controlled by the SWS1–SWSAP1–SPIDR complex. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4255–4255. 30 indexed citations

Prakash, Rohit, Laina Freyer, Néstor Saiz, et al.. (2021). XRCC3 loss leads to midgestational embryonic lethality in mice. DNA repair. 108. 103227–103227. 6 indexed citations

Vanoli, Fabio, Rohit Prakash, Travis White, & Maria Jasin. (2020). Interhomolog Homologous Recombination in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 2153. 127–143. 4 indexed citations

Garcin, Edwige B., Stéphanie Gon, Gregory J. Brunette, et al.. (2019). Differential Requirements for the RAD51 Paralogs in Genome Repair and Maintenance in Human Cells. PLoS Genetics. 15(10). e1008355–e1008355. 40 indexed citations

Qin, Qin, Deborah F. Kelly, Rohit Prakash, et al.. (2016). Prolonged Particulate Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Suppresses Homologous Recombination Repair in Human Lung Cells. Toxicological Sciences. 153(1). 70–78. 38 indexed citations

Li, Fuyang, Cory Holland, Eugen C. Minca, et al.. (2013). Role of Saw1 in Rad1/Rad10 complex assembly at recombination intermediates in budding yeast. The EMBO Journal. 32(3). 461–472. 33 indexed citations

Prakash, Rohit, Ofer Yizhar, Benjamin F. Grewe, et al.. (2012). Two-photon optogenetic toolbox for fast inhibition, excitation and bistable modulation. Nature Methods. 9(12). 1171–1179. 225 indexed citations

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Packer, Adam M., Darcy S. Peterka, Jan J. Hirtz, et al.. (2012). Two-photon optogenetics of dendritic spines and neural circuits. Nature Methods. 9(12). 1202–1205. 193 indexed citations

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Tye, Kay M., Rohit Prakash, Sung‐Yon Kim, et al.. (2011). Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety. Nature. 471(7338). 358–362. 932 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abilez, Oscar J., Jonathan Wong, Rohit Prakash, et al.. (2011). Multiscale Computational Models for Optogenetic Control of Cardiac Function. Biophysical Journal. 101(6). 1326–1334. 69 indexed citations

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Zheng, Xiao-Feng, Rohit Prakash, Dorina Saro, et al.. (2011). Processing of DNA structures via DNA unwinding and branch migration by the S. cerevisiae Mph1 protein. DNA repair. 10(10). 1034–1043. 50 indexed citations

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Goshen, Inbal, Matthew Brodsky, Rohit Prakash, et al.. (2011). Dynamics of Retrieval Strategies for Remote Memories. Cell. 147(3). 678–689. 415 indexed citations

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Abilez, Oscar J., Rohit Prakash, Jonathan Wong, et al.. (2011). In vitro and In silico Optogenetic Control of Differentiated Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 368a–368a. 1 indexed citations

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Witten, Ilana B., Matthew Brodsky, Rohit Prakash, et al.. (2010). Cholinergic Interneurons Control Local Circuit Activity and Cocaine Conditioning. Science. 330(6011). 1677–1681. 370 indexed citations

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Gradinaru, Viviana, Feng Zhang, Charu Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2010). Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics. Cell. 141(1). 154–165. 745 indexed citations breakdown →

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Colavito, Sierra A., Rohit Prakash, & Patrick Sung. (2010). Promotion and regulation of homologous recombination by DNA helicases. Methods. 51(3). 329–335. 13 indexed citations

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Niu, Hengyao, Zhu Zhu, Youngho Kwon, et al.. (2010). Mechanism of the ATP-dependent DNA end-resection machinery from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nature. 467(7311). 108–111. 312 indexed citations

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Prakash, Rohit, Dominik Satory, Eloïse Dray, et al.. (2009). Yeast Mph1 helicase dissociates Rad51-made D-loops: implications for crossover control in mitotic recombination. Genes & Development. 23(1). 67–79. 208 indexed citations

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