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RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Tao Ni
HKU-Pasteur Research Pole
99
2
Job Boekhoven
Technical University of Munich
74
3
Steven Zuryn
Unknown
66
4
Julia Mahamid
European Bioinformatics Institute
66
5
Ning Jia
Southern University of Science and Technology
63
6
Bo Zhang
Sanya University
63
7
Xin Tian
First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University
60
8
Partho Ghosh
University of California San Diego
59
9
Shirui Pan
Griffith University
52
10
Stephanie Seneff
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
50

Rising Stars Papers

1
METTL1/WDR4-mediated m7G Hypermethylation of <i>SCLT1</i> mRNA Promotes Gefitinib Resistance in NSCLC
Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Stephen Tang
Columbia University
99
2
Kathleen Watt
Queen's University
80
3
Wenjun Fan
Johns Hopkins University
80
4
Yan Bai
Yunnan University
80
5
Alexander Floroni
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
80
6
Shuhao Wang
Yanbian University
77
7
Lina Worpenberg
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
73
8
Jie Wu
University of Bern
68
9
Xuan Wang
Hebei Medical University
63
10
Yingfeng Zhang
Harbin Medical University
61

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
De novo gene synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase
Science|2024
47 cit.
2
Comprehensive Multi‐Omics Integration Reveals B Cell‐Derived ELL2 as a Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Sepsis
Med Research|2025
10 cit.
3
ILF3 promotes colorectal cancer cell resistance to ferroptosis by enhancing cysteine uptake and GSH synthesis via stabilizing SLC3A2 mRNA
Cell Death and Disease|2025
5 cit.
4
The inhibitory effect of KIAA1456 on the proliferation and metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer through SSX1 and AKT signaling pathway
Journal of Cancer|2023
1 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Roland Beckmann
Gene Therapy Laboratory
99
2
Robert B. Darnell
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
92
3
Michael E. Greenberg
Harvard University Press
91
4
David M. Sabatini
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
90
5
Karl‐Peter Hopfner
Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich
86
6
Paul Anderson
Brigham and Women's Hospital
83
7
Peter St George‐Hyslop
University of Toronto
79
8
Jonathan S. Weissman
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
74
9
Nathanael S. Gray
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
71
10
Xuejun Jiang
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
69

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Cellular survival: a play in three Akts
Genes & Development|1999
4.2k cit.
2
Ribosome Profiling of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Reveals the Complexity and Dynamics of Mammalian Proteomes
Cell|2011
2.3k cit.
3
mTOR signaling at a glance
Journal of Cell Science|2009
2.1k cit.
4
Ferroptosis is an autophagic cell death process
Cell Research|2016
1.8k cit.
5
An ATP-competitive Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitor Reveals Rapamycin-resistant Functions of mTORC1
Journal of Biological Chemistry|2009
1.8k cit.
6
Functional genomics reveal that the serine synthesis pathway is essential in breast cancer
Nature|2011
1.7k cit.
7
Calcium regulation of neuronal gene expression
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2001
1k cit.
8
Angiogenin cleaves tRNA and promotes stress-induced translational repression
The Journal of Cell Biology|2009
943 cit.
9
Structural mechanism of cytosolic DNA sensing by cGAS
Nature|2013
859 cit.
10
Calcium Influx via the NMDA Receptor Induces Immediate Early Gene Transcription by a MAP Kinase/ERK-Dependent Mechanism
Journal of Neuroscience|1996
789 cit.

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