Seth P. Zimmerman

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 855 citations indexed

About

Seth P. Zimmerman is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Seth P. Zimmerman has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 855 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Seth P. Zimmerman's work include Light effects on plants (7 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Seth P. Zimmerman is often cited by papers focused on Light effects on plants (7 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (3 papers). Seth P. Zimmerman collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Seth P. Zimmerman's co-authors include Brian Kuhlman, James E. Bear, Hayretin Yumerefendi, Ryan A. Hallett, Tishan Williams, Gurkan Guntas, Klaus M. Hahn, Brian D. Strahl, Bob Goldstein and Daniel J. Dickinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Seth P. Zimmerman

10 papers receiving 852 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.

Engineering an improved light-induced dimer (iLID) for controlling the localization and activity of signaling proteins

2014 452 citations Gurkan Guntas, Ryan A. Hallett et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seth P. Zimmerman United States	9	562	450	349	153	101	12	855
Elizabeth Wagner United States	8	379 0.7×	275 0.6×	239 0.7×	228 1.5×	104 1.0×	15	744
Ryan A. Hallett United States	7	530 0.9×	428 1.0×	341 1.0×	119 0.8×	75 0.7×	9	815
Konstantin G. Chernov Finland	12	655 1.2×	279 0.6×	212 0.6×	129 0.8×	97 1.0×	17	893
Nury Kim South Korea	13	461 0.8×	403 0.9×	220 0.6×	78 0.5×	113 1.1×	20	800
Tzu‐Yang Lin Taiwan	22	719 1.3×	551 1.2×	65 0.2×	155 1.0×	139 1.4×	43	1.4k
Maximilian Hörner Germany	16	472 0.8×	182 0.4×	189 0.5×	41 0.3×	143 1.4×	35	750
Thomas J. Widmann Germany	9	505 0.9×	88 0.2×	210 0.6×	396 2.6×	134 1.3×	16	816
Heng Xu United States	18	790 1.4×	148 0.3×	202 0.6×	95 0.6×	73 0.7×	39	1.1k
Heikki Takala Finland	17	811 1.4×	482 1.1×	620 1.8×	100 0.7×	40 0.4×	30	1.0k
Petra van Bergeijk Netherlands	9	509 0.9×	200 0.4×	162 0.5×	193 1.3×	37 0.4×	10	732

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12 of 12 papers shown

Zimmerman, Seth P., et al.. (2025). The essential clathrin adapter protein complex-2 is tumor suppressive specifically in vivo. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2254–2254.

Zimmerman, Seth P., et al.. (2024). Abstract 134: ZEB2 as a therapeutic target in fusion-positive rhabdomyosarcoma. Cancer Research. 84(6_Supplement). 134–134.

Hepperla, Austin J., Gregory R. Keele, Hayretin Yumerefendi, et al.. (2020). An optogenetic switch for the Set2 methyltransferase provides evidence for transcription-dependent and -independent dynamics of H3K36 methylation. Genome Research. 30(11). 1605–1617. 13 indexed citations

Kuhlman, Brian, Hayretin Yumerefendi, James E. Bear, Seth P. Zimmerman, & Ryan A. Hallett. (2019). Correlating in Vitro and in Vivo Activities of Light-Inducible Dimers: A Cellular Optogenetics Guide. Figshare. 2 indexed citations

Zimmerman, Seth P., Sreeja B. Asokan, Brian Kuhlman, & James E. Bear. (2017). Cells lay their own tracks – optogenetic Cdc42 activation stimulates fibronectin deposition supporting directed migration. Journal of Cell Science. 130(18). 2971–2983. 23 indexed citations

King, Samantha J., Sreeja B. Asokan, Elizabeth M. Haynes, et al.. (2016). Lamellipodia are crucial for haptotactic sensing and response. Journal of Cell Science. 129(12). 2329–2342. 58 indexed citations

Zimmerman, Seth P., Brian Kuhlman, & Hayretin Yumerefendi. (2016). Engineering and Application of LOV2-Based Photoswitches. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 580. 169–190. 23 indexed citations

Yumerefendi, Hayretin, Seth P. Zimmerman, Klaus M. Hahn, et al.. (2016). Light-induced nuclear export reveals rapid dynamics of epigenetic modifications. Nature Chemical Biology. 12(6). 399–401. 83 indexed citations

Zimmerman, Seth P., Ryan A. Hallett, Ashley M. Bourke, et al.. (2016). Tuning the Binding Affinities and Reversion Kinetics of a Light Inducible Dimer Allows Control of Transmembrane Protein Localization. Biochemistry. 55(37). 5264–5271. 56 indexed citations

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Yumerefendi, Hayretin, Daniel J. Dickinson, Seth P. Zimmerman, et al.. (2015). Control of Protein Activity and Cell Fate Specification via Light-Mediated Nuclear Translocation. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0128443–e0128443. 82 indexed citations

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Hallett, Ryan A., Seth P. Zimmerman, Hayretin Yumerefendi, James E. Bear, & Brian Kuhlman. (2015). Correlating in Vitro and in Vivo Activities of Light-Inducible Dimers: A Cellular Optogenetics Guide. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(1). 53–64. 63 indexed citations

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Guntas, Gurkan, Ryan A. Hallett, Seth P. Zimmerman, et al.. (2014). Engineering an improved light-induced dimer (iLID) for controlling the localization and activity of signaling proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(1). 112–117. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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