Thomas Gaj

8.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Gaj is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Gaj has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Genetics and 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thomas Gaj's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (40 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers). Thomas Gaj is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (40 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (10 papers). Thomas Gaj collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Portugal. Thomas Gaj's co-authors include Carlos F. Barbas, Charles A. Gersbach, David V. Schaffer, Shannon J. Sirk, Jia Liu, Jing Guo, David S. Ojala, Andrew C. Mercer, M. Alejandra Zeballos C. and Prajit Limsirichai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Gaj

48 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering

2013 2.7k citations Thomas Gaj, Charles A. Gersbach et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →
A Designer AAV Variant Permits Efficient Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons

2016 830 citations D. Gowanlock R. Tervo, Sarada Viswanathan et al. Neuron profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Gaj	5.1k	1.6k	756	708	471	48	6.3k
Albert W. Cheng	11.4k 2.2×	3.0k 1.8×	489 0.6×	684 1.0×	261 0.6×	51	13.0k
Maximilian Haeussler	5.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	321 0.4×	736 1.0×	281 0.6×	45	6.3k
Alexandro E. Trevino	5.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	327 0.4×	609 0.9×	86 0.2×	30	6.0k
Yinqing Li	6.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	325 0.4×	629 0.9×	91 0.2×	53	7.0k
Meelad M. Dawlaty	5.3k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	307 0.4×	272 0.4×	112 0.2×	39	5.9k
Randall J. Platt	3.5k 0.7×	798 0.5×	430 0.6×	258 0.4×	137 0.3×	40	4.5k
Jing-Ruey Joanna Yeh	4.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	351 0.5×	457 0.6×	89 0.2×	48	5.9k
Morgan L. Maeder	10.3k 2.0×	2.5k 1.6×	387 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	122 0.3×	41	11.4k
Chikdu Shivalila	4.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	245 0.3×	352 0.5×	92 0.2×	14	5.0k
Deepak Reyon	10.3k 2.0×	2.4k 1.5×	466 0.6×	1.6k 2.2×	104 0.2×	40	11.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Gaj

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Winter, Jackson, Wendy S. Woods, Michael Gapinske, et al.. (2024). SPLICER: a highly efficient base editing toolbox that enables in vivo therapeutic exon skipping. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10354–10354. 3 indexed citations

Gapinske, Michael, Alexandra K. Brooks, Wendy S. Woods, et al.. (2020). Treatment of a Mouse Model of ALS by In Vivo Base Editing. Molecular Therapy. 28(4). 1177–1189. 162 indexed citations

Ekman, Freja K., David S. Ojala, Maroof M. Adil, et al.. (2019). CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing Increases Lifespan and Improves Motor Deficits in a Huntington’s Disease Mouse Model. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 17. 829–839. 106 indexed citations

Xu, Min, et al.. (2018). A Hypothalamic Switch for REM and Non-REM Sleep. Neuron. 97(5). 1168–1176.e4. 103 indexed citations

Adil, Maroof M., Thomas Gaj, Antara Rao, et al.. (2018). hPSC-Derived Striatal Cells Generated Using a Scalable 3D Hydrogel Promote Recovery in a Huntington Disease Mouse Model. Stem Cell Reports. 10(5). 1481–1491. 39 indexed citations

Gaj, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Reactivation of Latent HIV-1 Expression by Engineered TALE Transcription Factors. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150037–e0150037. 11 indexed citations

Tervo, D. Gowanlock R., Sarada Viswanathan, Thomas Gaj, et al.. (2016). A Designer AAV Variant Permits Efficient Retrograde Access to Projection Neurons. Neuron. 92(2). 372–382. 830 indexed citations breakdown →

Gaj, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Genome-Editing Technologies: Principles and Applications. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 8(12). a023754–a023754. 241 indexed citations

Gaj, Thomas, et al.. (2015). Redesigning Recombinase Specificity for Safe Harbor Sites in the Human Genome. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0139123–e0139123. 9 indexed citations

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Gaj, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Protein Delivery Using Cys ₂ –His ₂ Zinc-Finger Domains. ACS Chemical Biology. 9(8). 1662–1667. 48 indexed citations

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Gersbach, Charles A., Thomas Gaj, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2014). Comparing Genome Editing Technologies. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. 34(5). 1, 32–34. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Jia, Thomas Gaj, James T Patterson, Shannon J. Sirk, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2014). Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Mediated Delivery of TALEN Proteins via Bioconjugation for Genome Engineering. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85755–e85755. 119 indexed citations

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Gaj, Thomas & Carlos F. Barbas. (2014). Genome Engineering with Custom Recombinases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 546. 79–91. 4 indexed citations

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Gaj, Thomas, Charles A. Gersbach, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2013). ZFN, TALEN, and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering. Trends in biotechnology. 31(7). 397–405. 2659 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gaj, Thomas, Jing Guo, Yoshio Kato, Shannon J. Sirk, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2012). Targeted gene knockout by direct delivery of zinc-finger nuclease proteins. Nature Methods. 9(8). 805–807. 232 indexed citations

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Mercer, Andrew C., Thomas Gaj, Roberta Fuller, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2012). Chimeric TALE recombinases with programmable DNA sequence specificity. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(21). 11163–11172. 99 indexed citations

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Gersbach, Charles A., Thomas Gaj, Russell M. Gordley, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2010). Directed evolution of recombinase specificity by split gene reassembly. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(12). 4198–4206. 39 indexed citations

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Guo, Jing, Thomas Gaj, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2010). Directed Evolution of an Enhanced and Highly Efficient FokI Cleavage Domain for Zinc Finger Nucleases. Journal of Molecular Biology. 400(1). 96–107. 158 indexed citations

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Gaj, Thomas, et al.. (2007). The AviD-tag, a NeutrAvidin/avidin specific peptide affinity tag for the immobilization and purification of recombinant proteins. Protein Expression and Purification. 56(1). 54–61. 17 indexed citations

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Gaj, Thomas, et al.. (2006). Highly Selective Cyclic Peptide Ligands for NeutrAvidin and Avidin Identified by Phage Display. Chemical Biology & Drug Design. 68(1). 3–10. 42 indexed citations

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