Xiaokun Shu

6.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
52 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaokun Shu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaokun Shu has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Biophysics and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Xiaokun Shu's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (22 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (14 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers). Xiaokun Shu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (22 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (14 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers). Xiaokun Shu collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Spain. Xiaokun Shu's co-authors include Roger Y. Tsien, Varda Lev‐Ram, S. James Remington, Michael Z. Lin, Antoine Royant, Yingchuan Qi, Yishi Jin, Mark H. Ellisman, Thomas J. Deerinck and Paul Steinbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Xiaokun Shu

51 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Genetically Encoded Tag for Correlated Light and Electron Microscopy of Intact Cells, Tissues, and Organisms

2011 641 citations Xiaokun Shu, Varda Lev‐Ram et al. PLoS Biology profile →
Mammalian Expression of Infrared Fluorescent Proteins Engineered from a Bacterial Phytochrome

2009 556 citations Xiaokun Shu, Antoine Royant et al. Science profile →
The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins

2016 465 citations Erik A. Rodriguez, Robert E. Campbell et al. Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →
Novel Chromophores and Buried Charges Control Color in mFruits ^,

2006 400 citations Xiaokun Shu, Nathan C. Shaner et al. Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaokun Shu United States	32	2.9k	1.5k	1.1k	577	510	52	4.4k
Dmitriy B. Staroverov Russia	29	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	649 0.6×	488 0.8×	419 0.8×	64	5.5k
Nathan C. Shaner United States	24	4.4k 1.6×	2.6k 1.7×	1.0k 0.9×	639 1.1×	896 1.8×	41	6.6k
Andrey G. Zaraisky Russia	28	3.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	854 0.8×	452 0.8×	535 1.0×	109	5.0k
Larry A. Gross United States	18	3.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	948 0.9×	679 1.2×	565 1.1×	26	5.7k
Antoine Royant France	35	3.8k 1.3×	961 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	555 1.0×	448 0.9×	72	5.4k
Mark A. Hink Netherlands	30	2.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	571 0.5×	393 0.7×	537 1.1×	66	4.5k
Kiryl D. Piatkevich United States	28	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	560 1.0×	237 0.5×	73	3.4k
Paul Steinbach United States	15	4.4k 1.6×	2.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	948 1.6×	936 1.8×	25	7.3k
Hideaki Mizuno Japan	42	3.7k 1.3×	3.3k 2.2×	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.8×	710 1.4×	131	7.0k
Fedor V. Subach Russia	26	1.8k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	648 0.6×	370 0.6×	222 0.4×	64	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaokun Shu

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Yu, Liyang, Shushu Song, Yong Wang, et al.. (2025). Mina53 catalyzes arginine demethylation of p53 to promote tumor growth. Cell Reports. 44(2). 115242–115242. 1 indexed citations

Meyer, Kirstin, Klaus Yserentant, Kiersten M. Ruff, et al.. (2025). YAP charge patterning mediates signal integration through transcriptional co-condensates. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7454–7454. 1 indexed citations

Meyer, Kirstin, Klaus Yserentant, Kiersten M. Ruff, et al.. (2025). BPS2025 - YAP charge patterning mediates signal integration through transcriptional co-condensates. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 29a–29a.

Chung, Chan-I, Junjiao Yang, Xiaoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Phase separation of YAP-MAML2 differentially regulates the transcriptome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(7). e2310430121–e2310430121. 13 indexed citations

Yang, Junjiao, Chan-I Chung, Jessica Koach, et al.. (2024). MYC phase separation selectively modulates the transcriptome. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(10). 1567–1579. 26 indexed citations

Yang, Junjiao, Yinghong Xiao, Peter V. Lidsky, et al.. (2023). Fluorogenic reporter enables identification of compounds that inhibit SARS-CoV-2. Nature Microbiology. 8(1). 121–134. 12 indexed citations

Chung, Chan-I, et al.. (2023). ATM-SPARK: A GFP phase separation–based activity reporter of ATM. Science Advances. 9(9). eade3760–eade3760. 11 indexed citations

Torra, Joaquim, Céline Lafaye, Luca Signor, et al.. (2019). Tailing miniSOG: structural bases of the complex photophysics of a flavin-binding singlet oxygen photosensitizing protein. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2428–2428. 49 indexed citations

Zhang, Shaoqing, Hai Huang, Junjiao Yang, et al.. (2018). Designed peptides that assemble into cross-α amyloid-like structures. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(9). 870–875. 66 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qiang, Hai Huang, Luqing Zhang, et al.. (2018). Visualizing Dynamics of Cell Signaling In Vivo with a Phase Separation-Based Kinase Reporter. Molecular Cell. 69(2). 334–346.e4. 105 indexed citations

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Makhijani, Kalpana, Tsz‐Leung To, Rubén Ruiz‐González, et al.. (2017). Precision Optogenetic Tool for Selective Single- and Multiple-Cell Ablation in a Live Animal Model System. Cell chemical biology. 24(1). 110–119. 57 indexed citations

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To, Tsz‐Leung, Antonino Schepis, Rubén Ruiz‐González, et al.. (2016). Rational Design of a GFP-Based Fluorogenic Caspase Reporter for Imaging Apoptosis In Vivo. Cell chemical biology. 23(7). 875–882. 34 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Erik A., Robert E. Campbell, John Y. Lin, et al.. (2016). The Growing and Glowing Toolbox of Fluorescent and Photoactive Proteins. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 42(2). 111–129. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yu, Dan, Michelle A. Baird, John R. Allen, et al.. (2015). A naturally monomeric infrared fluorescent protein for protein labeling in vivo. Nature Methods. 12(8). 763–765. 138 indexed citations

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Yu, Dan, W. Clay Gustafson, Chun Han, et al.. (2014). An improved monomeric infrared fluorescent protein for neuronal and tumour brain imaging. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3626–3626. 140 indexed citations

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Butko, Margaret T., Jin Yang, Geng Yang, et al.. (2012). Fluorescent and photo-oxidizing TimeSTAMP tags track protein fates in light and electron microscopy. Nature Neuroscience. 15(12). 1742–1751. 55 indexed citations

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Ellisman, Mark H., Thomas J. Deerinck, Xiaokun Shu, & Gina E. Sosinsky. (2012). Picking Faces out of a Crowd. Methods in cell biology. 111. 139–155. 49 indexed citations

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Shu, Xiaokun, Varda Lev‐Ram, Thomas J. Deerinck, et al.. (2011). A Genetically Encoded Tag for Correlated Light and Electron Microscopy of Intact Cells, Tissues, and Organisms. PLoS Biology. 9(4). e1001041–e1001041. 641 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shu, Xiaokun, Antoine Royant, Michael Z. Lin, et al.. (2009). Mammalian Expression of Infrared Fluorescent Proteins Engineered from a Bacterial Phytochrome. Science. 324(5928). 804–807. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shu, Xiaokun, et al.. (2006). Novel Chromophores and Buried Charges Control Color in mFruits ^,. Biochemistry. 45(32). 9639–9647. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

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