Wendell A. Lim

43.3k total citations · 17 hit papers
162 papers, 30.8k citations indexed

About

Wendell A. Lim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wendell A. Lim has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 30.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Oncology and 28 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Wendell A. Lim's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (30 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (29 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers). Wendell A. Lim is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (30 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (29 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (22 papers). Wendell A. Lim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Wendell A. Lim's co-authors include Lei S. Qi, Jonathan S. Weissman, Luke A. Gilbert, Matthew H. Larson, Jennifer A. Doudna, Adam P. Arkin, Leonardo Morsut, Kole T. Roybal, Orion D. Weiner and Robert T. Sauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wendell A. Lim

160 papers receiving 30.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression

2013 3.7k citations Wendell A. Lim et al. Cell profile →
CRISPR-Mediated Modular RNA-Guided Regulation of Transcription in Eukaryotes

2013 2.7k citations Leonardo Morsut, Wendell A. Lim et al. Cell profile →
CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) for sequence-specific control of gene expression

2013 870 citations Wendell A. Lim et al. profile →
Spatiotemporal control of cell signalling using a light-switchable protein interaction

2009 829 citations Anselm Levskaya, Orion D. Weiner et al. Nature profile →
The Principles of Engineering Immune Cells to Treat Cancer

2017 783 citations Wendell A. Lim et al. Cell profile →
Engineering Complex Synthetic Transcriptional Programs with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds

2014 734 citations Wendell A. Lim et al. Cell profile →
Precision Tumor Recognition by T Cells With Combinatorial Antigen-Sensing Circuits

2016 727 citations Kole T. Roybal, Leonardo Morsut et al. Cell profile →
Mechanism and role of PDZ domains in signaling complex assembly

2001 686 citations Wendell A. Lim et al. profile →
Scaffold Proteins: Hubs for Controlling the Flow of Cellular Information

2011 686 citations Matthew C. Good, Wendell A. Lim et al. Science profile →
Engineering Customized Cell Sensing and Response Behaviors Using Synthetic Notch Receptors

2016 675 citations Leonardo Morsut, Kole T. Roybal et al. Cell profile →
Defining Network Topologies that Can Achieve Biochemical Adaptation

2009 664 citations Wenzhe Ma, Ala Trusina et al. Cell profile →
Beyond editing: repurposing CRISPR–Cas9 for precision genome regulation and interrogation

2015 622 citations Wendell A. Lim et al. profile →
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated PD-1 disruption enhances anti-tumor efficacy of human chimeric antigen receptor T cells

2017 579 citations Kole T. Roybal, Wendell A. Lim et al. profile →
Remote control of therapeutic T cells through a small molecule–gated chimeric receptor

2015 552 citations Kole T. Roybal, Elias M. Puchner et al. Science profile →
Engineering T Cells with Customized Therapeutic Response Programs Using Synthetic Notch Receptors

2016 524 citations Kole T. Roybal, Jasper Z. Williams et al. Cell profile →
Programming self-organizing multicellular structures with synthetic cell-cell signaling

2018 333 citations Satoshi Toda, Lucas R. Blauch et al. Science profile →
Nucleosome breathing and remodeling constrain CRISPR-Cas9 function

2016 166 citations Wendell A. Lim et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Engineered SH3-Derived Sherpabodies Function as a Modular Platform for Targeted T-cell Immunotherapy 2025 ·Cancer Research ·Rogelio A. Hernández‐López, Tapio Kesti, Anna R. Mäkelä, Zhe Zhao, Wei Yu, Yurie Tonai, Héctor J. Monzó, (unknown), Sirpa Leppä, Päivi M. Ojala, Wendell A. Lim, Kalle Saksela	0
2	Cell Signaling, 2nd edition 2024 ·Wendell A. Lim, Bruce J. Mayer	2
3	DIPG-15. NOVEL CNS SENSING SYNNOTCH-CAR T CELLS FOR TARGETING DIFFUSE MIDLINE GLIOMA 2024 ·Neuro-Oncology ·(unknown), Milos Simic, (unknown), Payal Watchmaker, Haoyu Long, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Yu, (unknown), (unknown), Olga G. Troyanskaya, Lia Cardarelli, Sachdev S. Sidhu, Wendell A. Lim, Hideho Okada	1
4	Engineering synthetic suppressor T cells that execute locally targeted immunoprotective programs 2024 ·Science ·Nishith R. Reddy, (unknown), (unknown), Milos Simic, Wei Yu, Yurie Tonai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Whitney Tamaki, Greg M. Allen, Audrey V. Parent, Matthias Hebrok, Wendell A. Lim	18
5	Synthetic organizer cells guide development via spatial and biochemical instructions 2024 ·Cell ·Toshimichi Yamada, Coralie Trentesaux, Jonathan M. Brunger, (unknown), Adam J. Stevens, Iain Martyn, Petr Kašpárek, (unknown), Andres Aguilar, Benoit G. Bruneau, Dario Boffelli, Ophir D. Klein, Wendell A. Lim	7
6	Harnessing synthetic biology to engineer organoids and tissues 2023 ·Cell stem cell ·Coralie Trentesaux, Toshimichi Yamada, Ophir D. Klein, Wendell A. Lim	36
7	Golden age of immunoengineering 2023 ·Immunological Reviews ·Wilson W. Wong, Wendell A. Lim	0
8	Programming multicellular assembly with synthetic cell adhesion molecules 2022 ·Nature ·Adam J. Stevens, Andrew R. Harris, (unknown), Ki H. Kim, Coralie Trentesaux, (unknown), Wesley L. McKeithan, Faranak Fattahi, Ophir D. Klein, Daniel A. Fletcher, Wendell A. Lim	96
9	T cell circuits that sense antigen density with an ultrasensitive threshold 2021 ·Science ·Rogelio A. Hernández‐López, Wei Yu, (unknown), (unknown), Maria del Pilar Lopez Pazmino, Yurie Tonai, (unknown), Anna R. Mäkelä, Kalle Saksela, Zev J. Gartner, Wendell A. Lim	130
10	Engineering synthetic morphogen systems that can program multicellular patterning 2020 ·Science ·Satoshi Toda, Wesley L. McKeithan, Teemu J. Häkkinen, Maria del Pilar Lopez Pazmino, Ophir D. Klein, Wendell A. Lim	89
11	DNA scaffolds enable efficient and tunable functionalization of biomaterials for immune cell modulation 2020 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Xiao Huang, Jasper Z. Williams, Ryan Chang, Zhongbo Li, Cassandra E. Burnett, Rogelio A. Hernández‐López, (unknown), (unknown), David M. Patterson, Wei Yu, Kole T. Roybal, Wendell A. Lim, Tejal A. Desai	81
12	Programming self-organizing multicellular structures with synthetic cell-cell signaling breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·Satoshi Toda, Lucas R. Blauch, Sindy K. Y. Tang, Leonardo Morsut, Wendell A. Lim	333
13	Cancer mutations and targeted drugs can disrupt dynamic signal encoding by the Ras-Erk pathway 2018 ·Science ·Lukasz J. Bugaj, Amit J. Sabnis, Amir Mitchell, Joan E. Garbarino, Jared E. Toettcher, Trever G. Bivona, Wendell A. Lim	107
14	Secreting and Sensing the Same Molecule Allows Cells to Achieve Versatile Social Behaviors 2014 ·Science ·Hyun Youk, Wendell A. Lim	135
15	Counting molecules in single organelles with superresolution microscopy allows tracking of the endosome maturation trajectory 2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elias M. Puchner, Jessica M. Walter, Robert Kasper, Bo Huang, Wendell A. Lim	138
16	Rapid Diversification of Cell Signaling Phenotypes by Modular Domain Recombination 2010 ·Science ·Sergio G. Peisajovich, Joan E. Garbarino, Ping Wei, Wendell A. Lim	114
17	Positive Selection of Tyrosine Loss in Metazoan Evolution 2009 ·Science ·Chris Soon Heng Tan, Adrian Pasculescu, Wendell A. Lim, Tony Pawson, Gary D. Bader, Rune Linding	78
18	Spatiotemporal control of cell signalling using a light-switchable protein interaction breakdown → 2009 ·Nature ·Anselm Levskaya, Orion D. Weiner, Wendell A. Lim, Christopher A. Voigt	829
19	Defining Network Topologies that Can Achieve Biochemical Adaptation breakdown → 2009 ·Cell ·Wenzhe Ma, Ala Trusina, Hana El‐Samad, Wendell A. Lim, Chao Tang	664
20	The Ste5 Scaffold Allosterically Modulates Signaling Output of the Yeast Mating Pathway 2006 ·Science ·Roby P. Bhattacharyya, Attila Reményi, Matthew C. Good, Caleb J. Bashor, Arnold M. Falick, Wendell A. Lim	221

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