William M. Shih

20.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
83 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

William M. Shih is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Shih has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William M. Shih's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (65 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (38 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers). William M. Shih is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (65 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (38 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (28 papers). William M. Shih collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. William M. Shih's co-authors include Shawn M. Douglas, Hendrik Dietz, Tim Liedl, Peng Yin, Björn Högberg, Yonggang Ke, Franziska Graf, Steven D. Perrault, Hao Yan and Luvena L. Ong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

William M. Shih

83 papers receiving 15.3k 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.

Self-assembly of DNA into nanoscale three-dimensional shapes

2009 2.1k citations Shawn M. Douglas, Hendrik Dietz et al. Nature profile →
Challenges and opportunities for structural DNA nanotechnology

2011 1.1k citations William M. Shih et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Folding DNA into Twisted and Curved Nanoscale Shapes

2009 1.1k citations Hendrik Dietz, Shawn M. Douglas et al. Science profile →
Three-Dimensional Structures Self-Assembled from DNA Bricks

2012 978 citations Yonggang Ke, Luvena L. Ong et al. Science profile →
Rapid prototyping of 3D DNA-origami shapes with caDNAno

2009 955 citations Shawn M. Douglas, Adam Marblestone et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
Multiplexed 3D cellular super-resolution imaging with DNA-PAINT and Exchange-PAINT

2014 822 citations William M. Shih, Peng Yin et al. profile →
A 1.7-kilobase single-stranded DNA that folds into a nanoscale octahedron

2004 762 citations William M. Shih et al. Nature profile →
Virus-Inspired Membrane Encapsulation of DNA Nanostructures To Achieve In Vivo Stability

2014 423 citations Steven D. Perrault, William M. Shih profile →
Oligolysine-based coating protects DNA nanostructures from low-salt denaturation and nuclease degradation

2017 399 citations Bhavik Nathwani, Leo Y. T. Chou et al. Nature Communications profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reusing excess staple oligonucleotides for economical production of DNA origami 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), Christopher M. Wintersinger, (unknown), Pascal Lill, (unknown), Jie Deng, William M. Shih, Yang Zeng	1
2	DNA Origami Colloidal Crystals: Opportunities and Challenges 2024 ·Nano Letters ·Jaewon Lee, Jangwon Kim, Gregor Posnjak, (unknown), (unknown), William M. Shih, W. Benjamin Rogers, Yonggang Ke, Tim Liedl, Seungwoo Lee	8
3	Branching Crisscross Polymerization of Single-Stranded DNA Slats 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jie Deng, (unknown), (unknown), William M. Shih	2
4	Enzyme-Free Exponential Amplification via Growth and Scission of Crisscross Ribbons from Single-Stranded DNA Components 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jie Deng, Walter Fontana, William M. Shih	7
5	Mapping Single-Molecule Protein Complexes in 3D with DNA Nanoswitch Calipers 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Prakash Shrestha, Darren Yang, Andrew Ward, William M. Shih, Wesley P. Wong	2
6	Multi-micron crisscross structures grown from DNA-origami slats 2022 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Christopher M. Wintersinger, (unknown), (unknown), Hiroshi Sasaki, (unknown), Jonathan F. Berengut, (unknown), Peng Yin, William M. Shih	67
7	Robust nucleation control via crisscross polymerization of highly coordinated DNA slats 2021 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Christopher M. Wintersinger, (unknown), William M. Shih	30
8	Single-molecule mechanical fingerprinting with DNA nanoswitch calipers 2021 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Prakash Shrestha, Darren Yang, Toma E. Tomov, James I. MacDonald, Andrew Ward, (unknown), Elisha Krieg, Serkan Cabi, Yi Luo, Bhavik Nathwani, Alexander Johnson‐Buck, William M. Shih, Wesley P. Wong	27
9	Precise pitch-scaling of carbon nanotube arrays within three-dimensional DNA nanotrenches 2020 ·Science ·Wei Sun, Jie Shen, Zhao Zhao, Noel Arellano, Charles Rettner, Jianshi Tang, Tianyang Cao, (unknown), (unknown), Jason K. Streit, Jeffrey Fagan, Thomas E. Schaus, Ming Zheng, Shu‐Jen Han, William M. Shih, Hareem Maune, Peng Yin	118
10	Rapid in vitro production of single-stranded DNA 2019 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Jocelyn Y. Kishi, Cory Smith, Elisha Krieg, Khaled Saïd, (unknown), Hiroshi Sasaki, Gabriel Filsinger, Brian J. Beliveau, Peng Yin, George M. Church, William M. Shih	29
11	In Vitro Transcriptional Regulation via Nucleic-Acid-Based Transcription Factors 2019 ·ACS Synthetic Biology ·Leo Y. T. Chou, William M. Shih	11
12	Prescribed nanoparticle cluster architectures and low-dimensional arrays built using octahedral DNA origami frames 2015 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Ye Tian, Tong Wang, Wenyan Liu, Huolin L. Xin, Huilin Li, Yonggang Ke, William M. Shih, Oleg Gang	240
13	Purification of DNA-origami nanostructures by rate-zonal centrifugation 2012 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Chenxiang Lin, Steven D. Perrault, Minseok Kwak, Franziska Graf, William M. Shih	136
14	Three-Dimensional Structures Self-Assembled from DNA Bricks breakdown → 2012 ·Science ·Yonggang Ke, Luvena L. Ong, William M. Shih, Peng Yin	978
15	Coordination of Individual and Ensemble Dynein Motors Studied using Tools from DNA Nanotechnology 2012 ·Biophysical Journal ·Nathan D. Derr, Brian S. Goodman, Weihong Qiu, Andrés E. Leschziner, William M. Shih, Samara L. Reck‐Peterson	1
16	DNA computing and molecular programming : 17th International Conference, DNA 17, Pasadena, CA, USA, September 19-23, 2011 : proceedings 2011 ·Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) ·Luca Cardelli, William M. Shih, (unknown)	2
17	Folding DNA into Twisted and Curved Nanoscale Shapes breakdown → 2009 ·Science ·Hendrik Dietz, Shawn M. Douglas, William M. Shih	1065
18	Rapid prototyping of 3D DNA-origami shapes with caDNAno breakdown → 2009 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Shawn M. Douglas, Adam Marblestone, Surat Teerapittayanon, Alejandro Vázquez, George M. Church, William M. Shih	955
19	Self-assembly of DNA into nanoscale three-dimensional shapes breakdown → 2009 ·Nature ·Shawn M. Douglas, Hendrik Dietz, Tim Liedl, Björn Högberg, Franziska Graf, William M. Shih	2054
20	DNA-nanotube-induced alignment of membrane proteins for NMR structure determination 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Shawn M. Douglas, James J. Chou, William M. Shih	370

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