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Virus-based gene therapy research

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jim Melberg
Sheba Medical Center
99
2
Haifeng Ye
East China Normal University
88
3
M. Dreyling
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
86
4
Lei Yin
Wuhan University
75
5
Ellen Heimann-Nichols
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
68
6
Michael W. Wolff
Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
63
7
Xiaojun Peng
Shenzhen University
63
8
Yuntao Zhang
China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation (China)
58
9
Gustavo Canul-Medina
Unknown
57
10
Kranthi K. Mandadi
Center for Advancing Health
54

Rising Stars Papers

1
A programmable targeted protein-degradation platform for versatile applications in mammalian cells and mice
Molecular Cell|2024
21 cit.
2
Optogenetic‐Controlled iPSC‐Based Vaccines for Prophylactic and Therapeutic Tumor Suppression in Mice
Advanced Science|2025
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Rongrong Du
California Institute of Technology
99
2
Mingbin He
Wuhan University
86
3
Hang Wan
East China Normal University
86
4
Glenn F. Pierce
Canadian Hemophilia Society
80
5
Lingping Fu
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
56
6
Yuan Dang
Fujian Medical University
53
7
Tamer A. Addissouky
American Society for Clinical Pathology
53
8
Rabih Ajib
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
53
9
Hanna Kucharczyk
Pomeranian Medical University
53
10
Vahid Mansouri
Shariati Hospital
53

Emerging Leaders Papers

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Viviana Gradinaru
California Institute of Technology
99
2
Haiyuan Yu
Cornell University
97
3
Marco Ladetto
Azienda Ospedaliera Nazionale SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo
95
4
Pei-Fang Wei
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
95
5
Ulrich Keilholz
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
89
6
Yuling Luo
Advanced Cell Diagnostics (United States)
85
7
Simon C. Ling
Baylor College of Medicine
74
8
Kevin Eggan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
71
9
Toshiki Watanabe
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
71
10
Nissim Benvenisty
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
69

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
Annals of Oncology|2015
920 cit.
2
ALS-implicated protein TDP-43 sustains levels of STMN2, a mediator of motor neuron growth and repair
Nature Neuroscience|2019
673 cit.
3
Annotation Transfer Between Genomes: Protein–Protein Interologs and Protein–DNA Regulogs
Genome Research|2004
596 cit.
4
AAV capsid variants with brain-wide transgene expression and decreased liver targeting after intravenous delivery in mouse and marmoset
Nature Neuroscience|2021
414 cit.
5
Gut-seeded α-synuclein fibrils promote gut dysfunction and brain pathology specifically in aged mice
Nature Neuroscience|2020
396 cit.
6
Progress toward the clinical application of patient-specific pluripotent stem cells
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2010
332 cit.
7
The C9orf72-interacting protein Smcr8 is a negative regulator of autoimmunity and lysosomal exocytosis
Genes & Development|2018
74 cit.
8
Primate-conserved carbonic anhydrase IV and murine-restricted LY6C1 enable blood-brain barrier crossing by engineered viral vectors
Science Advances|2023
67 cit.
9
A Massively Parallel Pipeline to Clone DNA Variants and Examine Molecular Phenotypes of Human Disease Mutations
PLoS Genetics|2014
57 cit.
10
Teratogen screening using transcriptome profiling of differentiating human embryonic stem cells
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine|2010
44 cit.

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