Zibo Chen

3.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
65 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Zibo Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zibo Chen has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 12 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Zibo Chen's work include Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers). Zibo Chen is often cited by papers focused on Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (7 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers). Zibo Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Zibo Chen's co-authors include David Baker, Scott E. Boyken, Michael B. Elowitz, Frank DiMaio, Erik Winfree, Lulu Qian, Shayan Doroudi, Damien Woods, Gregory Izatt and Robert F. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Zibo Chen

55 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

A cargo-sorting DNA robot

2017 432 citations Wei Li, Robert F. Johnson et al. Science profile →
De novo design of protein homo-oligomers with modular hydrogen-bond network–mediated specificity

2016 232 citations Scott E. Boyken, Zibo Chen et al. Science profile →
De novo design of bioactive protein switches

2019 185 citations Robert A. Langan, Scott E. Boyken et al. Nature profile →
De novo design of protein logic gates

2020 158 citations Zibo Chen, Ryan D. Kibler et al. Science profile →
Rapid online buffer exchange for screening of proteins, protein complexes and cell lysates by native mass spectrometry

2020 125 citations Zachary L. VanAernum, Florian Büsch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zibo Chen China	20	1.6k	348	210	206	202	65	2.3k
Farid J. Ghadessy Singapore	23	1.8k 1.1×	311 0.9×	169 0.8×	302 1.5×	74 0.4×	70	2.4k
Satoru Nagatoishi Japan	26	1.7k 1.0×	223 0.6×	166 0.8×	163 0.8×	88 0.4×	123	2.2k
Steven J. Metallo United States	20	1.4k 0.8×	391 1.1×	261 1.2×	191 0.9×	147 0.7×	23	2.0k
Mingjun Cai China	29	1.4k 0.8×	433 1.2×	437 2.1×	209 1.0×	134 0.7×	109	2.6k
Laura E. Strong United States	18	1.7k 1.0×	320 0.9×	219 1.0×	133 0.6×	104 0.5×	37	2.6k
Kerstin G. Blank Germany	30	1.2k 0.7×	595 1.7×	231 1.1×	135 0.7×	403 2.0×	74	2.4k
Tae Hyeon Yoo South Korea	24	1.2k 0.7×	304 0.9×	133 0.6×	120 0.6×	54 0.3×	65	1.8k
Dae‐Ro Ahn South Korea	27	1.6k 1.0×	700 2.0×	306 1.5×	92 0.4×	126 0.6×	75	2.4k
Anton Iliuk United States	23	2.2k 1.3×	560 1.6×	165 0.8×	153 0.7×	130 0.6×	72	2.6k
Kathlynn C. Brown United States	29	1.4k 0.8×	530 1.5×	231 1.1×	371 1.8×	125 0.6×	58	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zibo Chen

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tyutyunyk‐Massey, Liliya, Zibo Chen, Masanori Kawakami, et al.. (2025). CDK2 inhibition produces a persistent population of polyploid cancer cells. JCI Insight. 10(10). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yan, Huihui Jin, Zibo Chen, et al.. (2025). Reduced graphene oxide-induced in-situ uniform growth of hydrated WO ₃ film for enhanced electrochromic performance. Nano Research. 18(4). 94907269–94907269.

Wen, Hai, Zibo Chen, Shaowen Cao, et al.. (2025). GO-Enhanced MXene Sediment-Based Inks Achieve Remarkable Oxidation Resistance and High Conductivity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(8). 12731–12738. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Zibo, et al.. (2024). A synthetic protein-level neural network in mammalian cells. Science. 386(6727). 1243–1250. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Bohan, Qian Zhang, Xueguang Lu, et al.. (2024). Flexible terahertz spoof plasmonics based on graphene-assembled films. Applied Physics Letters. 124(23). 1 indexed citations

Hu, Tao, Qiang Wu, Cheng Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing the electrochemical performance of Na metal anodes via local eutectic melting in porous Al-Cu alloy hosts. Nano Research. 17(7). 6111–6118. 4 indexed citations

Ji, Xiaodong, Xin Zhao, Zixin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Scalable fabrication of graphene-assembled multifunctional electrode with efficient electrochemical detection of dopamine and glucose. Nano Research. 16(5). 6361–6368. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Zibo. (2023). Protein circuit design using de novo proteins. Trends in biotechnology. 41(5). 593–594. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jingkuang, et al.. (2022). Optimization of Site Selection for Emergency Medical Facilities considering the SEIR Model. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. 2022. 1–17. 7 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Taylor H., Galen Dods, Mariana Gómez-Schiavon, et al.. (2022). Competitive Displacement of De Novo Designed HeteroDimers Can Reversibly Control Protein–Protein Interactions and Implement Feedback in Synthetic Circuits. 1(1). 91–100. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Zibo, Tao Yuan, Fangjie Yan, et al.. (2022). CT-707 overcomes hypoxia-mediated sorafenib resistance in Hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting YAP signaling. BMC Cancer. 22(1). 425–425. 11 indexed citations

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Kawakami, Masanori, Lisa Maria Mustachio, Yulong Chen, et al.. (2020). A Novel CDK2/9 Inhibitor CYC065 Causes Anaphase Catastrophe and Represses Proliferation, Tumorigenesis, and Metastasis in Aneuploid Cancers. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(3). 477–489. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Xi, Yun Lu, Zibo Chen, et al.. (2020). The Ubiquitin-Specific Peptidase USP18 Promotes Lipolysis, Fatty Acid Oxidation, and Lung Cancer Growth. Molecular Cancer Research. 19(4). 667–677. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Zibo, Ryan D. Kibler, Andrew C. Hunt, et al.. (2020). De novo design of protein logic gates. Science. 368(6486). 78–84. 158 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Lin, Zibo Chen, Masanori Kawakami, et al.. (2019). Tyrosine Threonine Kinase Inhibition Eliminates Lung Cancers by Augmenting Apoptosis and Polyploidy. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 18(10). 1775–1786. 27 indexed citations

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Langan, Robert A., Scott E. Boyken, Andrew H. Ng, et al.. (2019). De novo design of bioactive protein switches. Nature. 572(7768). 205–210. 185 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Hong, Dandan Wang, Tao Yuan, et al.. (2018). Multikinase Inhibitor CT-707 Targets Liver Cancer by Interrupting the Hypoxia-Activated IGF-1R–YAP Axis. Cancer Research. 78(14). 3995–4006. 34 indexed citations

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Lu, Peilong, Duyoung Min, Frank DiMaio, et al.. (2018). Accurate computational design of multipass transmembrane proteins. Science. 359(6379). 1042–1046. 137 indexed citations

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Li, Wei, Robert F. Johnson, Zibo Chen, et al.. (2017). A cargo-sorting DNA robot. Science. 357(6356). 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Dandan, Ying Chen, Zibo Chen, et al.. (2016). CT-707, a Novel FAK Inhibitor, Synergizes with Cabozantinib to Suppress Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Blocking Cabozantinib-Induced FAK Activation. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(12). 2916–2925. 38 indexed citations

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