W. Lloyd Ung

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

W. Lloyd Ung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Lloyd Ung has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in W. Lloyd Ung's work include Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (4 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (4 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (3 papers). W. Lloyd Ung is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (4 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (4 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (3 papers). W. Lloyd Ung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Serbia and Germany. W. Lloyd Ung's co-authors include David A. Weitz, John A. Heyman, John Gilbert, Linas Mažutis, Andrew D. Griffiths, Monika Zwerger, Diana E. Jaalouk, Jan Lammerding, Ada L. Olins and Amy C. Rowat and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

W. Lloyd Ung

12 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Single-cell analysis and sorting using droplet-based microfluidics

2013 1.1k citations Linas Mažutis, John Gilbert et al. Nature Protocols profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Lloyd Ung United States	11	1.2k	751	395	148	95	12	1.8k
Christoph A. Merten Germany	26	2.4k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	981 2.5×	108 0.7×	82 0.9×	53	3.4k
Valerică Raicu United States	29	465 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	273 0.7×	156 1.1×	54 0.6×	85	1.9k
Jarrod B. French United States	24	574 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	143 0.4×	87 0.6×	60 0.6×	59	2.0k
Olga N. Pakhomova United States	33	1.5k 1.3×	735 1.0×	417 1.1×	54 0.4×	320 3.4×	69	3.1k
Sungmin Son United States	12	418 0.4×	408 0.5×	79 0.2×	321 2.2×	92 1.0×	20	1.1k
Michael D. Vahey United States	14	634 0.5×	533 0.7×	237 0.6×	182 1.2×	36 0.4×	28	1.3k
Rafal M. Pielak United States	19	331 0.3×	807 1.1×	128 0.3×	76 0.5×	205 2.2×	25	1.6k
Jean Qiu United States	16	406 0.4×	441 0.6×	203 0.5×	57 0.4×	61 0.6×	24	1.1k
Haifeng Ye China	24	641 0.6×	1.4k 1.9×	88 0.2×	62 0.4×	73 0.8×	55	2.2k
Arthur E. Sowers United States	19	970 0.8×	672 0.9×	243 0.6×	66 0.4×	107 1.1×	39	1.9k

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Prodanović, Radivoje, et al.. (2020). A High-Throughput Screening System Based on Droplet Microfluidics for Glucose Oxidase Gene Libraries. Molecules. 25(10). 2418–2418. 23 indexed citations

Leung, Amy, et al.. (2018). Duplex Proximity Sequencing (Pro-Seq): A method to improve DNA sequencing accuracy without the cost of molecular barcoding redundancy. PLoS ONE. 13(10). e0204265–e0204265. 14 indexed citations

Leung, Amy, et al.. (2018). Rapid and highly-specific generation of targeted DNA sequencing libraries enabled by linking capture probes with universal primers. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208283–e0208283. 10 indexed citations

Ding, Ruihua, W. Lloyd Ung, John A. Heyman, & David A. Weitz. (2017). Sensitive and predictable separation of microfluidic droplets by size using in-line passive filter. Biomicrofluidics. 11(1). 14114–14114. 16 indexed citations

Yissachar, Nissan, Yan Zhou, W. Lloyd Ung, et al.. (2017). An Intestinal Organ Culture System Uncovers a Role for the Nervous System in Microbe-Immune Crosstalk. Cell. 168(6). 1135–1148.e12. 185 indexed citations

Ung, W. Lloyd, et al.. (2017). Enhanced surface acoustic wave cell sorting by 3D microfluidic-chip design. Lab on a Chip. 17(23). 4059–4069. 51 indexed citations

Jarosz, Daniel F., W. Lloyd Ung, Alex K. Lancaster, et al.. (2014). Cross-Kingdom Chemical Communication Drives a Heritable, Mutually Beneficial Prion-Based Transformation of Metabolism. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

Jarosz, Daniel F., Jessica C. S. Brown, Manoshi Sen Datta, et al.. (2014). Cross-Kingdom Chemical Communication Drives a Heritable, Mutually Beneficial Prion-Based Transformation of Metabolism. Cell. 158(5). 1083–1093. 124 indexed citations

Duncanson, Wynter J., Laura R. Arriaga, W. Lloyd Ung, et al.. (2014). Microfluidic Fabrication of Perfluorohexane-Shelled Double Emulsions for Controlled Loading and Acoustic-Triggered Release of Hydrophilic Agents. Langmuir. 30(46). 13765–13770. 42 indexed citations

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Ostafe, Raluca, Radivoje Prodanović, W. Lloyd Ung, David A. Weitz, & Rainer Fischer. (2014). A high-throughput cellulase screening system based on droplet microfluidics. Biomicrofluidics. 8(4). 41102–41102. 55 indexed citations

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Rowat, Amy C., Diana E. Jaalouk, Monika Zwerger, et al.. (2013). Nuclear Envelope Composition Determines the Ability of Neutrophil-type Cells to Passage through Micron-scale Constrictions. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(12). 8610–8618. 247 indexed citations

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Mažutis, Linas, John Gilbert, W. Lloyd Ung, et al.. (2013). Single-cell analysis and sorting using droplet-based microfluidics. Nature Protocols. 8(5). 870–891. 1058 indexed citations breakdown →

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