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Molecular Biology
USA
2026

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Genetics

D-Index
135
Citations
128469
World Ranking
215
National Ranking
110

Molecular Biology

D-Index
135
Citations
128469
World Ranking
149
National Ranking
96

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bing Ren is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their primary field of research lies within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output includes 369 publications in this main field and 314 specifically in Molecular Biology, alongside contributions to Genetics, Surgery, Cancer Research, and Plant Science.

The topics Bing Ren addresses in their research encompass a range of genomic and molecular themes, notably:

  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Recent papers by Bing Ren demonstrate a focus on cellular and genomic analysis across species and techniques. Selected publications include:

  • "Comparative cellular analysis of motor cortex in human, marmoset and mouse," 2021, published in Nature
  • "A multimodal cell census and atlas of the mammalian primary motor cortex," 2021, published in Nature
  • "A single-cell atlas of chromatin accessibility in the human genome," 2021, published in Cell
  • "Comprehensive analysis of single cell ATAC-seq data with SnapATAC," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Chromothripsis drives the evolution of gene amplification in cancer," 2020, published in Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bing Ren include:

  • Sebastian Preißl
  • Joseph R. Ecker
  • Yang Eric Li
  • M. Margarita Behrens
  • Hanqing Liu

Bing Ren publishes predominantly in several venues, with the highest volume of publications found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Biotechnology

Their contributions are recognized by their election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2013.

Best Publications

  • Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

    Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

  • Topological domains in mammalian genomes identified by analysis of chromatin interactions

    Jesse R Dixon;Siddarth Selvaraj;Siddarth Selvaraj;Feng Yue;Audrey Kim

  • Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

    Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

  • Human DNA methylomes at base resolution show widespread epigenomic differences

    Ryan Lister;Mattia Pelizzola;Robert H. Dowen;R. David Hawkins

  • Transcriptional Regulatory Networks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Tong Ihn Lee;Nicola J. Rinaldi;François Robert;Duncan T. Odom

  • Distinct and predictive chromatin signatures of transcriptional promoters and enhancers in the human genome.

    Nathaniel D Heintzman;Rhona K Stuart;Gary Hon;Yutao Fu

  • N6-methyladenosine-dependent regulation of messenger RNA stability

    Xiao Wang;Zhike Lu;Adrian Gomez;Gary C. Hon

  • Metabolic regulation of gene expression by histone lactylation

    Di Zhang;Zhanyun Tang;He Huang;He Huang;Guolin Zhou

  • The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

    E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

  • Histone Modifications at Human Enhancers Reflect Global Cell-Type-Specific Gene Expression

    Nathaniel D. Heintzman;Gary C. Hon;R. David Hawkins;Pouya Kheradpour

  • Genome-wide location and function of dna binding proteins

    John Wyrick;Richard A. Young;Bing Ren;Francois Robert

  • Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

    Jill E. Moore;Michael J. Purcaro;Henry E. Pratt;Charles B. Epstein

  • A comparative encyclopedia of DNA elements in the mouse genome

    Feng Yue;Feng Yue;Yong Cheng;Alessandra Breschi;Jeff Vierstra

  • ChIP-seq accurately predicts tissue-specific activity of enhancers

    Axel Visel;Matthew J. Blow;Matthew J. Blow;Zirong Li;Tao Zhang

  • The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium

    Bradley E Bernstein;John A Stamatoyannopoulos;Joseph F Costello;Bing Ren

  • Identification of 67 Histone Marks and Histone Lysine Crotonylation as a New Type of Histone Modification

    Minjia Tan;Hao Luo;Sangkyu Lee;Fulai Jin

  • Hotspots of aberrant epigenomic reprogramming in human induced pluripotent stem cells

    Ryan Lister;Mattia Pelizzola;Yasuyuki S. Kida;R. David Hawkins

  • Remodeling of Yeast Genome Expression in Response to Environmental Changes

    Helen C. Causton;Bing Ren;Sang Seok Koh;Christopher T. Harbison

  • Chromatin architecture reorganization during stem cell differentiation

    Jesse R. Dixon;Inkyung Jung;Siddarth Selvaraj;Yin Shen

  • A map of the cis-regulatory sequences in the mouse genome

    Yin Shen;Feng Yue;David F. McCleary;Zhen Ye

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph R. Ecker
Joseph R. Ecker Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Axel Visel
Axel Visel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Len A. Pennacchio
Len A. Pennacchio Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joseph R. Nery
Joseph R. Nery Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Wei Wang
Wei Wang University of California, San Diego
James A. Thomson
James A. Thomson University of California, Santa Barbara
M. Margarita Behrens
M. Margarita Behrens Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Kyle J. Gaulton
Kyle J. Gaulton University of California, San Diego
Michael Snyder
Michael Snyder Stanford University

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