Shasha Chong

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Shasha Chong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Shasha Chong has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Biophysics and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Shasha Chong's work include RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers). Shasha Chong is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (6 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers). Shasha Chong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Shasha Chong's co-authors include Xavier Darzacq, Robert Tjian, Hao Ge, Wei Min, Xiao Xie, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq, Gina M. Dailey, X. Sunney Xie, Chongyi Chen and Sambashiva Banala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Shasha Chong

22 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Imaging dynamic and selective low-complexity domain interactions that control gene transcription

2018 673 citations Shasha Chong, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shasha Chong United States	14	1.6k	448	349	274	199	24	2.3k
Daniel S. Terry United States	27	2.2k 1.4×	222 0.5×	577 1.7×	241 0.9×	218 1.1×	41	3.1k
Olivier Seksek France	17	1.4k 0.9×	513 1.1×	213 0.6×	79 0.3×	282 1.4×	45	2.2k
Timothy J. Wilson United Kingdom	31	2.3k 1.5×	209 0.5×	225 0.6×	45 0.2×	227 1.1×	76	2.8k
Andreas D. Schenk United States	25	1.1k 0.7×	126 0.3×	303 0.9×	122 0.4×	110 0.6×	48	1.9k
Ryan Marshall United States	20	1.7k 1.1×	250 0.6×	262 0.8×	37 0.1×	304 1.5×	28	2.1k
Valeria Levi Argentina	25	1.4k 0.9×	303 0.7×	425 1.2×	32 0.1×	236 1.2×	78	2.3k
Xiao Xie China	17	1.9k 1.2×	183 0.4×	340 1.0×	37 0.1×	560 2.8×	27	2.4k
Yongfang Zhao China	18	1.2k 0.8×	136 0.3×	235 0.7×	43 0.2×	192 1.0×	51	2.0k
John P. Marino United States	30	2.0k 1.3×	117 0.3×	102 0.3×	134 0.5×	100 0.5×	98	2.6k
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie China	15	1.5k 1.0×	290 0.6×	223 0.6×	51 0.2×	467 2.3×	37	2.1k

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Guo, Jiao, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the Roles of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation with Single-Molecule Imaging. Journal of Molecular Biology. 438(1). 169343–169343.

Chong, Shasha, et al.. (2025). BPS2025 - Spatiotemporal characterization of endogenous transcription factor hubs by super-resolution microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 245a–245a.

Chou, Tsui‐Fen, Shasha Chong, Fabrizio Chiti, et al.. (2025). Evolving concepts of the protein universe. iScience. 28(3). 112012–112012. 2 indexed citations

Chong, Shasha, et al.. (2024). How transcription factor binding controls transcriptional bursting dynamics: A single-molecule view. Molecular Cell. 84(6). 997–999. 1 indexed citations

Chong, Shasha, et al.. (2024). Single-Molecule Measurement of Protein Interaction Dynamics within Biomolecular Condensates. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

Chong, Shasha, et al.. (2024). Roles of intrinsically disordered protein regions in transcriptional regulation and genome organization. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 90. 102285–102285. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Lizhen, Zhao Zhang, Letícia Rodrigues, et al.. (2023). Hormone-induced enhancer assembly requires an optimal level of hormone receptor multivalent interactions. Molecular Cell. 83(19). 3438–3456.e12. 26 indexed citations

Chong, Shasha, et al.. (2023). Visualizing Protein Localizations in Fixed Cells: Caveats and the Underlying Mechanisms. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(19). 4165–4173. 18 indexed citations

Irgen-Gioro, Shawn, et al.. (2022). Fixation can change the appearance of phase separation in living cells. eLife. 11. 77 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha, Thomas G.W. Graham, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq, et al.. (2022). Tuning levels of low-complexity domain interactions to modulate endogenous oncogenic transcription. Molecular Cell. 82(11). 2084–2097.e5. 126 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha & Mustafa Mir. (2020). Towards Decoding the Sequence-Based Grammar Governing the Functions of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Regions. Journal of Molecular Biology. 433(12). 166724–166724. 42 indexed citations

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Esbin, Meagan N., Oscar N. Whitney, Shasha Chong, et al.. (2020). Overcoming the bottleneck to widespread testing: a rapid review of nucleic acid testing approaches for COVID-19 detection. RNA. 26(7). 771–783. 351 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2018). Imaging dynamic and selective low-complexity domain interactions that control gene transcription. Science. 361(6400). 673 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chong, Shasha, Claire Dugast‐Darzacq, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2018). Imaging dynamic and selective low-complexity domain interactions that control gene transcription. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 6 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha, Chongyi Chen, Hao Ge, & Xiao Xie. (2014). Mechanism of Transcriptional Bursting in Bacteria. Cell. 158(2). 314–326. 282 indexed citations

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Kim, Sang‐Jin, Erik Broströmer, Dong Xing, et al.. (2013). Probing Allostery Through DNA. Science. 339(6121). 816–819. 234 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha, Wei Min, & X. Sunney Xie. (2010). Ground-State Depletion Microscopy: Detection Sensitivity of Single-Molecule Optical Absorption at Room Temperature. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 1(23). 3316–3322. 122 indexed citations

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Min, Wei, Sijia Lü, Shasha Chong, et al.. (2009). Imaging chromophores with undetectable fluorescence by stimulated emission microscopy. Nature. 461(7267). 1105–1109. 207 indexed citations

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Fu, Yao, Huajing Wang, Shasha Chong, Qing‐Xiang Guo, & Lei Liu. (2008). An Extensive Ylide Thermodynamic Stability Scale Predicted by First-Principle Calculations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(2). 810–819. 52 indexed citations

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Chong, Shasha, Yao Fu, Lei Liu, & Qing‐Xiang Guo. (2007). O−H Bond Dissociation Enthalpies of Oximes: A Theoretical Assessment and Experimental Implications. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 111(50). 13112–13125. 30 indexed citations

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