Vanessa M. Macias

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Vanessa M. Macias is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Insect Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa M. Macias has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Insect Science and 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Vanessa M. Macias's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (12 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). Vanessa M. Macias is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (12 papers), Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (9 papers) and Insect Resistance and Genetics (6 papers). Vanessa M. Macias collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Brazil. Vanessa M. Macias's co-authors include Anthony A. James, Nijole Jasinskiene, Ethan Bier, Valentino M. Gantz, Jason L. Rasgon, Sujit Pujhari, Grant L. Hughes, Duverney Chaverra‐Rodriguez, Johanna R. Ohm and Yasutsugu Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa M. Macias

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Highly efficient Cas9-mediated gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi

2015 667 citations Valentino M. Gantz, Nijole Jasinskiene et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vanessa M. Macias United States	8	791	577	354	199	122	14	1.1k
Anna Buchman United States	16	788 1.0×	626 1.1×	330 0.9×	213 1.1×	165 1.4×	27	1.2k
Rebeca Carballar‐Lejarazú United States	17	598 0.8×	532 0.9×	330 0.9×	135 0.7×	224 1.8×	48	990
Nace Kranjc United Kingdom	9	729 0.9×	544 0.9×	281 0.8×	189 0.9×	122 1.0×	15	906
Andrea Beaghton United Kingdom	9	773 1.0×	580 1.0×	308 0.9×	250 1.3×	127 1.0×	10	973
Andrea L. Smidler United States	14	1.2k 1.5×	596 1.0×	372 1.1×	305 1.5×	547 4.5×	19	1.7k
Valentino M. Gantz United States	16	1.5k 2.0×	970 1.7×	471 1.3×	412 2.1×	292 2.4×	22	1.8k
Philippos Aris Papathanos United Kingdom	18	917 1.2×	866 1.5×	386 1.1×	274 1.4×	110 0.9×	28	1.3k
Kyros Kyrou United Kingdom	12	1.6k 2.0×	1.2k 2.0×	629 1.8×	442 2.2×	265 2.2×	15	2.1k
Christophe Boëte France	16	282 0.4×	352 0.6×	419 1.2×	152 0.8×	123 1.0×	39	828

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Heu, Chan C., et al.. (2025). Adapting and Testing ReMOT Control for Expanded CRISPR-Era Genome Functions in Non-model Insects. Methods in molecular biology. 2935. 385–413.

Berni, Mateus, Vanessa M. Macias, Zhiqian Li, et al.. (2024). Gene Editing in the Chagas Disease Vector Rhodnius prolixus by Cas9-Mediated ReMOT Control. The CRISPR Journal. 7(2). 88–99. 8 indexed citations

Lau, Nelson C. & Vanessa M. Macias. (2024). Transposon and Transgene Tribulations in Mosquitoes: A Perspective of piRNA Proportions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 104–128.

Urakova, Nadya, Vanessa M. Macias, Matthew J. Jones, et al.. (2024). Alpha‐mannosidase‐2 modulates arbovirus infection in a pathogen‐ and Wolbachia ‐specific manner in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Insect Molecular Biology. 33(4). 362–371. 1 indexed citations

Terradas, Gerard, et al.. (2023). The Development and Expansion of in vivo Germline Editing Technologies in Arthropods: Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo (ReMOT Control) and Beyond. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(6). 1550–1563. 5 indexed citations

Terradas, Gerard, et al.. (2022). Receptor-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo – ReMOT Control: a Comprehensive Review and Detailed Protocol for Implementation. CABI eBooks. 125–148. 7 indexed citations

Macias, Vanessa M., Umberto Palatini, Mariangela Bonizzoni, & Jason L. Rasgon. (2021). Leaning Into the Bite: The piRNA Pathway as an Exemplar for the Genetic Engineering Need in Mosquitoes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 10. 614342–614342. 2 indexed citations

Macias, Vanessa M., Duverney Chaverra‐Rodriguez, Grant L. Hughes, et al.. (2020). Cas9-Mediated Gene-Editing in the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi by ReMOT Control. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 10(4). 1353–1360. 63 indexed citations

Pujhari, Sujit, Marco Brustolin, Vanessa M. Macias, et al.. (2019). Heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) mediates Zika virus entry, replication, and egress from host cells. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 8(1). 8–16. 80 indexed citations

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Chaverra‐Rodriguez, Duverney, Vanessa M. Macias, Grant L. Hughes, et al.. (2018). Targeted delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein into arthropod ovaries for heritable germline gene editing. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3008–3008. 164 indexed citations

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Macias, Vanessa M., Johanna R. Ohm, & Jason L. Rasgon. (2017). Gene Drive for Mosquito Control: Where Did It Come from and Where Are We Headed?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(9). 1006–1006. 67 indexed citations

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Macias, Vanessa M., Bianca Burini Kojin, Nijole Jasinskiene, et al.. (2017). nanos-Driven expression of piggyBac transposase induces mobilization of a synthetic autonomous transposon in the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 87. 81–89. 12 indexed citations

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Gantz, Valentino M., et al.. (2015). Highly efficient Cas9-mediated gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(49). E6736–43. 667 indexed citations breakdown →

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Biedler, James K., et al.. (2014). Maternal Germline-Specific Genes in the Asian Malaria Mosquito Anopheles stephensi: Characterization and Application for Disease Control. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 5(2). 157–166. 13 indexed citations

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