Tom M Conrad

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Tom M Conrad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom M Conrad has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Genetics and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tom M Conrad's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Tom M Conrad is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (5 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (4 papers). Tom M Conrad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Singapore. Tom M Conrad's co-authors include Bernhard Ø. Palsson, Joshua A. Lerman, Nathan E. Lewis, Hojung Nam, Adam M. Feist, Jeffrey D. Orth, Jan Schellenberger, Junyoung O. Park, Andrew R. Joyce and Pep Charusanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Genome biology.

In The Last Decade

Tom M Conrad

11 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

A comprehensive genome‐scale reconstruction of Escherichia coli metabolism—2011

2011 767 citations Jeffrey D. Orth, Tom M Conrad et al. Molecular Systems Biology profile →
Omic data from evolved E. coli are consistent with computed optimal growth from genome‐scale models

2010 527 citations Nathan E. Lewis, Kim Hixson et al. Molecular Systems Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom M Conrad United States	9	2.2k	692	613	89	84	11	2.5k
Eric M. Knight United States	13	2.1k 0.9×	441 0.6×	768 1.3×	227 2.6×	52 0.6×	15	2.4k
Colton J. Lloyd United States	17	1.4k 0.6×	578 0.8×	200 0.3×	55 0.6×	43 0.5×	22	1.5k
Hiroyuki Okano Japan	17	1.5k 0.7×	258 0.4×	775 1.3×	274 3.1×	18 0.2×	53	2.0k
Mary J. Dunlop United States	24	1.8k 0.8×	484 0.7×	567 0.9×	117 1.3×	14 0.2×	60	2.3k
Dhinakar S. Kompala United States	21	1.6k 0.7×	441 0.6×	457 0.7×	135 1.5×	96 1.1×	44	1.9k
Matthew Oberhardt United States	17	1.5k 0.7×	479 0.7×	200 0.3×	111 1.2×	37 0.4×	33	1.8k
Alexander Grünberger Germany	33	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	350 0.6×	202 2.3×	31 0.4×	106	3.0k
Katja Bettenbrock Germany	23	1.8k 0.8×	428 0.6×	505 0.8×	103 1.2×	65 0.8×	51	2.2k
Hannes Link Germany	22	1.0k 0.5×	196 0.3×	271 0.4×	204 2.3×	22 0.3×	57	1.4k
Anand V. Sastry United States	25	1.6k 0.7×	318 0.5×	521 0.8×	136 1.5×	21 0.3×	46	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom M Conrad

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Blewett, Earl L., et al.. (2015). Complete Genome Sequences of Mandrillus leucophaeus and Papio ursinus Cytomegaloviruses. Genome Announcements. 3(4). 5 indexed citations

Yamamoto, Natsuko, Rikiya Takeuchi, Yi-Ju Hsieh, et al.. (2013). Development of a system for discovery of genetic interactions for essential genes in <i>Escherichia coli</i> K-12. Genes & Genetic Systems. 88(4). 233–240. 7 indexed citations

Orth, Jeffrey D., Tom M Conrad, Joshua A. Lerman, et al.. (2011). A comprehensive genome‐scale reconstruction of Escherichia coli metabolism—2011. Molecular Systems Biology. 7(1). 535–535. 767 indexed citations breakdown →

Nam, Hojung, Tom M Conrad, & Nathan E. Lewis. (2011). The role of cellular objectives and selective pressures in metabolic pathway evolution. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 22(4). 595–600. 26 indexed citations

Conrad, Tom M, Nathan E. Lewis, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2011). Microbial laboratory evolution in the era of genome‐scale science. Molecular Systems Biology. 7(1). 509–509. 219 indexed citations

Joyce, Andrew R., et al.. (2011). Functional and Metabolic Effects of Adaptive Glycerol Kinase (GLPK) Mutants in Escherichia coli. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(26). 23150–23159. 54 indexed citations

Charusanti, Pep, Tom M Conrad, Eric M. Knight, et al.. (2010). Genetic Basis of Growth Adaptation of Escherichia coli after Deletion of pgi, a Major Metabolic Gene. PLoS Genetics. 6(11). e1001186–e1001186. 106 indexed citations

Lewis, Nathan E., Kim Hixson, Tom M Conrad, et al.. (2010). Omic data from evolved E. coli are consistent with computed optimal growth from genome‐scale models. Molecular Systems Biology. 6(1). 390–390. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

Schellenberger, Jan, Junyoung O. Park, Tom M Conrad, & Bernhard Ø. Palsson. (2010). BiGG: a Biochemical Genetic and Genomic knowledgebase of large scale metabolic reconstructions. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(1). 213–213. 410 indexed citations

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Conrad, Tom M, Michael Frazier, Andrew R. Joyce, et al.. (2010). RNA polymerase mutants found through adaptive evolution reprogram Escherichia coli for optimal growth in minimal media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(47). 20500–20505. 184 indexed citations

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Conrad, Tom M, Andrew R. Joyce, Christian Barrett, et al.. (2009). Whole-genome resequencing of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 undergoing short-term laboratory evolution in lactate minimal media reveals flexible selection of adaptive mutations. Genome biology. 10(10). R118–R118. 157 indexed citations

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