Wesley R. Legant

10.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
47 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Wesley R. Legant is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley R. Legant has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cell Biology, 22 papers in Biophysics and 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wesley R. Legant's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (22 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (18 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (13 papers). Wesley R. Legant is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (22 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (18 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (13 papers). Wesley R. Legant collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Wesley R. Legant's co-authors include Christopher S. Chen, Eric Betzig, Daniel M. Cohen, Sudhir Khetan, Murat Güvendiren, Jason A. Burdick, Jordan S. Miller, Jennifer Lippincott‐Schwartz, Brandon L. Blakely and Bi‐Chang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Wesley R. Legant

45 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Degradation-mediated cellular traction directs stem cell fate in covalently crosslinked three-dimensional hydrogels

2013 951 citations Wesley R. Legant, Christopher S. Chen et al. profile →
Applying systems-level spectral imaging and analysis to reveal the organelle interactome

2017 802 citations Wesley R. Legant, Eric Betzig et al. profile →
Measurement of mechanical tractions exerted by cells in three-dimensional matrices

2010 501 citations Wesley R. Legant, Jordan S. Miller et al. Nature Methods profile →
Single-Molecule Dynamics of Enhanceosome Assembly in Embryonic Stem Cells

2014 460 citations Bi‐Chang Chen, Wesley R. Legant et al. profile →
Phase separation drives aberrant chromatin looping and cancer development

2021 294 citations Timothy A. Daugird, Wesley R. Legant et al. profile →
Multidimensional traction force microscopy reveals out-of-plane rotational moments about focal adhesions

2012 224 citations Wesley R. Legant, Colin K. Choi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wesley R. Legant United States	27	2.6k	2.2k	2.2k	1.1k	645	47	6.2k
Francesco Pampaloni Germany	26	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	943 0.4×	887 0.8×	352 0.5×	54	4.7k
Catherine G. Galbraith United States	16	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	2.2k 1.9×	264 0.4×	23	5.7k
David J. Odde United States	44	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	4.3k 2.0×	359 0.3×	296 0.5×	127	6.6k
James E. Bear United States	45	3.9k 1.5×	1.3k 0.6×	4.1k 1.9×	653 0.6×	813 1.3×	97	8.9k
Pierre Nassoy France	37	2.9k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	400 0.3×	328 0.5×	70	6.4k
Alan Rick Horwitz United States	38	5.5k 2.1×	2.2k 1.0×	6.8k 3.2×	975 0.9×	479 0.7×	56	12.3k
Adrian F. Pegoraro Canada	22	1.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	549 0.5×	238 0.4×	49	3.8k
Pakorn Kanchanawong Singapore	22	1.1k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	179 0.3×	57	3.6k
Dylan T. Burnette United States	25	3.4k 1.3×	855 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	645 0.6×	86 0.1×	47	5.3k
Yingxiao Wang United States	43	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	588 0.5×	215 0.3×	159	6.2k

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Leibfarth, Frank A., et al.. (2025). Measurement of cellular traction forces during confined migration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2509535122–e2509535122.

Daugird, Timothy A., et al.. (2025). Mapping the nuclear landscape with multiplexed super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6042–6042.

Zhang, Shu, et al.. (2024). Shared and redundant proteins coordinate signal cross-talk between MAPK pathways in yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 35(10). ar126–ar126. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Yu, Daniel E. Milkie, Timothy A. Daugird, et al.. (2024). Smart lattice light-sheet microscopy for imaging rare and complex cellular events. Nature Methods. 21(2). 301–310. 25 indexed citations

Daugird, Timothy A., Yu Shi, Zhe Liu, et al.. (2024). Correlative single molecule lattice light sheet imaging reveals the dynamic relationship between nucleosomes and the local chromatin environment. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4178–4178. 15 indexed citations

Daugird, Timothy A., et al.. (2024). Cell dynamics revealed by microscopy advances. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 90. 102418–102418. 1 indexed citations

Aw, Wen Yih, Brian O. Diekman, Wesley R. Legant, et al.. (2023). Patient-derived extracellular matrix demonstrates role of COL3A1 in blood vessel mechanics. Acta Biomaterialia. 166. 346–359. 5 indexed citations

Butler, Mitchell T., et al.. (2022). A Photopolymerized Hydrogel System with Dual Stiffness Gradients Reveals Distinct Actomyosin-Based Mechano-Responses in Fibroblast Durotaxis. ACS Nano. 17(1). 197–211. 8 indexed citations

Butler, Mitchell T., et al.. (2022). Coro1B and Coro1C regulate lamellipodia dynamics and cell motility by tuning branched actin turnover. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(8). 16 indexed citations

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Shi, Yu, Timothy A. Daugird, & Wesley R. Legant. (2022). A quantitative analysis of various patterns applied in lattice light sheet microscopy. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4607–4607. 20 indexed citations

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Pamula, Melissa C., Lina Carlini, Scott Forth, et al.. (2019). High-resolution imaging reveals how the spindle midzone impacts chromosome movement. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(8). 2529–2544. 42 indexed citations

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Azoitei, Mihai L., Denis Tsygankov, John M. Heddleston, et al.. (2019). Software for lattice light-sheet imaging of FRET biosensors, illustrated with a new Rap1 biosensor. The Journal of Cell Biology. 218(9). 3153–3160. 28 indexed citations

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Nixon‐Abell, Jonathon, Christopher J. Obara, Aubrey V. Weigel, et al.. (2016). Increased spatiotemporal resolution reveals highly dynamic dense tubular matrices in the peripheral ER. Science. 354(6311). 319 indexed citations

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Aguet, François, Srigokul Upadhyayula, Raphaël Gaudin, et al.. (2016). Membrane dynamics of dividing cells imaged by lattice light-sheet microscopy. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(22). 3418–3435. 89 indexed citations

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Kural, Cömert, Raphaël Gaudin, Bi‐Chang Chen, et al.. (2015). Asymmetric formation of coated pits on dorsal and ventral surfaces at the leading edges of motile cells and on protrusions of immobile cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(11). 2044–2053. 28 indexed citations

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Legant, Wesley R., Colin K. Choi, Jordan S. Miller, et al.. (2012). Multidimensional traction force microscopy reveals out-of-plane rotational moments about focal adhesions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(3). 881–886. 224 indexed citations breakdown →

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Legant, Wesley R., Christopher S. Chen, & Viola Vogel. (2012). Force-induced fibronectin assembly and matrix remodeling in a 3D microtissue model of tissue morphogenesis. Integrative Biology. 4(10). 1164–1164. 69 indexed citations

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Boudou, Thomas, Wesley R. Legant, Anbin Mu, et al.. (2012). A Microfabricated Platform to Measure and Manipulate the Mechanics of Engineered Cardiac Microtissues. 243–244. 6 indexed citations

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Boudou, Thomas, Wesley R. Legant, Anbin Mu, et al.. (2011). A Microfabricated Platform to Measure and Manipulate the Mechanics of Engineered Cardiac Microtissues. Tissue Engineering Part A. 18(9-10). 910–919. 325 indexed citations

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Marquez, J. Pablo, et al.. (2009). High-Throughput Measurements of Hydrogel Tissue Construct Mechanics. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 15(2). 181–190. 22 indexed citations

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