Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle

4.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biomaterials and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle's work include RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (6 papers). Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (7 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (6 papers). Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Ukraine. Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle's co-authors include Clifford P. Brangwynne, Elizabeth Rhoades, Krzysztof Szczepaniak, Younghoon Kim, Sua Myong, Christian R. Eckmann, Rachel S. Fisher, Nicole Taylor, Huaiying Zhang and Patricia Occhipinti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle

27 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

The disordered P granule protein LAF-1 drives phase separation into droplets with tunable viscosity and dynamics

2015 925 citations Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Younghoon Kim et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
RNA Controls PolyQ Protein Phase Transitions

2015 547 citations Huaiying Zhang, Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle et al. Molecular Cell profile →
Phase behaviour of disordered proteins underlying low density and high permeability of liquid organelles

2017 426 citations Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Alex S. Holehouse et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle United States	15	2.6k	317	261	260	239	27	3.0k
Shambaditya Saha Germany	7	3.0k 1.1×	194 0.6×	247 0.9×	429 1.6×	202 0.8×	7	3.4k
Avinash Patel Germany	9	2.9k 1.1×	204 0.6×	238 0.9×	465 1.8×	184 0.8×	10	3.3k
Gül H. Zerze United States	21	2.7k 1.1×	220 0.7×	231 0.9×	179 0.7×	606 2.5×	42	3.4k
Sudeep Banjade United States	10	3.1k 1.2×	107 0.3×	331 1.3×	596 2.3×	177 0.7×	14	3.6k
Erik Martin United States	17	3.3k 1.3×	89 0.3×	300 1.1×	306 1.2×	362 1.5×	38	3.7k
Gregory L. Dignon United States	17	3.4k 1.3×	110 0.3×	342 1.3×	194 0.7×	434 1.8×	26	3.7k
Liliana Malinovska Germany	12	1.9k 0.7×	160 0.5×	124 0.5×	412 1.6×	173 0.7×	16	2.3k
Joshua A. Riback United States	13	2.8k 1.1×	89 0.3×	202 0.8×	334 1.3×	289 1.2×	23	3.1k
Georg Krainer Germany	25	1.6k 0.6×	156 0.5×	77 0.3×	187 0.7×	133 0.6×	62	2.1k
Kiersten M. Ruff United States	21	2.0k 0.8×	218 0.7×	89 0.3×	176 0.7×	446 1.9×	36	2.4k

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Ceballos, Alfredo Vidal, et al.. (2025). RNA guanine content and G-quadruplex structure tune the phase behavior and material properties of biomolecular condensates. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 9295–9295. 1 indexed citations

Green, Christopher M., Deborah Sementa, Divita Mathur, et al.. (2024). Sequestration within peptide coacervates improves the fluorescence intensity, kinetics, and limits of detection of dye-based DNA biosensors. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 49–49. 14 indexed citations

Ceballos, Alfredo Vidal, et al.. (2024). Epigenetic marks uniquely tune the material properties of HP1α condensates. Biophysical Journal. 123(11). 1508–1518. 1 indexed citations

Kassem, Salma, Deborah Sementa, Alfredo Vidal Ceballos, et al.. (2023). Localized and regulated peptide pigment formation inside liquid droplets through confined enzymatic oxidation. Chemical Communications. 59(95). 14138–14141. 9 indexed citations

Sementa, Deborah, et al.. (2023). Sequence‐Tunable Phase Behavior and Intrinsic Fluorescence in Dynamically Interacting Peptides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(50). e202311479–e202311479. 23 indexed citations

Fisher, Rachel S., et al.. (2021). An apparent core/shell architecture of polyQ aggregates in the aging Caenorhabditis elegans neuron. Protein Science. 30(7). 1482–1486. 8 indexed citations

Fisher, Rachel S. & Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle. (2020). Tunable multiphase dynamics of arginine and lysine liquid condensates. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4628–4628. 204 indexed citations

Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana. (2019). Matter over mind: Liquid phase separation and neurodegeneration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(18). 7160–7168. 171 indexed citations

Ceballos, Alfredo Vidal, et al.. (2018). Methods and Strategies to Quantify Phase Separation of Disordered Proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 611. 31–50. 32 indexed citations

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, Alex S. Holehouse, Marina Feric, et al.. (2017). Phase behaviour of disordered proteins underlying low density and high permeability of liquid organelles. Nature Chemistry. 9(11). 1118–1125. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, et al.. (2017). Insights into tau function and dysfunction through single-molecule fluorescence. Methods in cell biology. 27–44. 11 indexed citations

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, et al.. (2016). A functional role for intrinsic disorder in the tau-tubulin complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(50). 14336–14341. 64 indexed citations

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, Nicole Taylor, & Clifford P. Brangwynne. (2016). From Physiological Fluids to Pathological Gels: Disordered Proteins at the Nexus of Liquid Phase Separation and Neurodegenerative Disease. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 38a–38a. 1 indexed citations

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Taylor, Nicole, Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Nilesh Vaidya, et al.. (2016). Biophysical characterization of organelle-based RNA/protein liquid phases using microfluidics. Soft Matter. 12(45). 9142–9150. 60 indexed citations

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, Younghoon Kim, Krzysztof Szczepaniak, et al.. (2015). The disordered P granule protein LAF-1 drives phase separation into droplets with tunable viscosity and dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(23). 7189–7194. 925 indexed citations breakdown →

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, et al.. (2015). Single-Molecule FRET Reveals an Extended Structure of Tau Bound to Tubulin Heterodimers. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 448a–448a. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huaiying, Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Erin M. Langdon, et al.. (2015). RNA Controls PolyQ Protein Phase Transitions. Molecular Cell. 60(2). 220–230. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, et al.. (2014). Tau mutants bind tubulin heterodimers with enhanced affinity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(17). 6311–6316. 62 indexed citations

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana & Elizabeth Rhoades. (2012). Identification of an Aggregation-Prone Structure of Tau. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(40). 16607–16613. 113 indexed citations

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Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Shana, Trudy F. Ramlall, & Elizabeth Rhoades. (2010). The Role of the Lipid Bilayer in Tau Aggregation. Biophysical Journal. 98(11). 2722–2730. 106 indexed citations

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