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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18118
World Ranking
6643
National Ranking
3088

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
17901
World Ranking
5555
National Ranking
1715

Alexander Deiters publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Deiters sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 239 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Alexander Deiters D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Deiters sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander Deiters is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research contributions span the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 142 publications. Within this broad area, their work focuses extensively on Molecular Biology, with 122 publications, as well as on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.

Their research topics cover several specialized areas including:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • CAR-T cell therapy research

Alexander Deiters has contributed multiple papers published in notable scientific journals. Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Optical Control of Small Molecule-Induced Protein Degradation" (2020) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Designer membraneless organelles sequester native factors for control of cell behavior" (2021) in Nature Chemical Biology
  • "Spatiotemporal Control of CRISPR/Cas9 Function in Cells and Zebrafish using Light-Activated Guide RNA" (2020) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Post-translational covalent assembly of CAR and synNotch receptors for programmable antigen targeting" (2023) in Nature Communications
  • "Protein Labeling and Crosslinking by Covalent Aptamers" (2021) in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their frequent co-authors include Wes Brown, Michael Tsang, Anirban Bardhan, Wenyuan Zhou, and Jason Lohmueller. These collaborations reflect a network of researchers with overlapping interests in related fields.

Alexander Deiters' publications are commonly found in journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), ChemBioChem, ACS Chemical Biology, and ACS Synthetic Biology, indicating active contributions across several high-profile and specialized outlets.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of oxygen- and nitrogen-containing heterocycles by ring-closing metathesis.

    and Alexander Deiters;Stephen F. Martin

  • Adding Amino Acids with Novel Reactivity to the Genetic Code of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

    Alexander Deiters;T Ashton Cropp;Mridul Mukherji;Jason W Chin

  • Genetically encoded norbornene directs site-specific cellular protein labelling via a rapid bioorthogonal reaction

    Kathrin Lang;Lloyd Davis;Jessica Torres-Kolbus;Chungjung Chou

  • Small-Molecule Inhibitors of MicroRNA miR-21 Function

    Kiranmai Gumireddy;Douglas D. Young;Xin Xiong;John B. Hogenesch

  • Optochemical Control of Biological Processes in Cells and Animals.

    Nicholas Ankenbruck;Taylor Courtney;Yuta Naro;Alexander Deiters

  • Site-specific PEGylation of proteins containing unnatural amino acids.

    Alexander Deiters;T. Ashton Cropp;Daniel Summerer;Mridul Mukherji

  • Genetic Encoding and Labeling of Aliphatic Azides and Alkynes in Recombinant Proteins via a Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase/tRNACUA Pair and Click Chemistry

    Duy P Nguyen;Hrvoje Lusic;Heinz Neumann;Prashant B Kapadnis

  • A genetically encoded photocaged amino acid

    Ning Wu;Alexander Deiters;T. Ashton Cropp;David King

  • A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Amino Acid

    Daniel Summerer;Shuo Chen;Ning Wu;Alexander Deiters

  • Genetically Encoded Photocontrol of Protein Localization in Mammalian Cells

    Arnaud Gautier;Duy P. Nguyen;Hrvoje Lusic;Wenlin An

  • Small molecule modifiers of microRNA miR-122 function for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma.

    Douglas D Young;Colleen M Connelly;Christoph Grohmann;Alexander Deiters

  • Optical Control of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing.

    James Hemphill;Erin K. Borchardt;Kalyn Brown;Aravind Asokan

  • A Genetically Encoded Photocaged Tyrosine

    Alexander Deiters;Dan Groff;Youngha Ryu;Jianming Xie

  • Expanding the Genetic Code of Yeast for Incorporation of Diverse Unnatural Amino Acids via a Pyrrolysyl-tRNA Synthetase/tRNA Pair

    Susan M. Hancock;Rajendra Uprety;Alexander Deiters;Jason W. Chin

  • Photochemical control of biological processes

    Douglas D. Young;Alexander Deiters

  • In vivo incorporation of an alkyne into proteins in Escherichia coli.

    Alexander Deiters;Peter G. Schultz

  • DNA computation in mammalian cells: microRNA logic operations.

    James Hemphill;Alexander Deiters

  • Principles and Applications of the Photochemical Control of Cellular Processes

    Alexander Deiters

  • Activation and deactivation of DNAzyme and antisense function with light for the photochemical regulation of gene expression in mammalian cells.

    Douglas D. Young;Mark O. Lively;Alexander Deiters

  • Optical Control of Small Molecule-Induced Protein Degradation.

    Yuta Naro;Kristie Darrah;Alexander Deiters

  • Light-activated kinases enable temporal dissection of signaling networks in living cells.

    Arnaud Gautier;Alexander Deiters;Jason W. Chin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter G. Schultz
Peter G. Schultz Scripps Research Institute
Jason W. Chin
Jason W. Chin MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Stephen F. Martin
Stephen F. Martin The University of Texas at Austin
Nikolay V. Dokholyan
Nikolay V. Dokholyan Pennsylvania State University
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Klaus M. Hahn
Klaus M. Hahn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul F. Agris
Paul F. Agris North Carolina State University
James K. Chen
James K. Chen Stanford University
Aravind Asokan
Aravind Asokan Duke University
Laurent Nguyen
Laurent Nguyen University of Liège

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