2026 Bingwei Lu: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	57	13770	12668	5828	5219	105	12571

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Bingwei Lu is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a significant focus on medicine. Their research primarily explores molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological and metabolic diseases.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Within these broader fields, Lu's subfields of study are:

Molecular Biology
Cell Biology
Neurology
Genetics
Physiology

The scientist's research addresses several key topics:

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Bingwei Lu include:

"Molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress in stroke and cancer," 2021, Brain Disorders
"Quality-control mechanisms targeting translationally stalled and C-terminally extended poly(GR) associated with ALS/FTD," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Mechanisms Linking Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Proteostasis Failure," 2020, Trends in Cell Biology
"Inefficient quality control of ribosome stalling during APP synthesis generates CAT-tailed species that precipitate hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Acta Neuropathologica Communications
"Altered MICOS Morphology and Mitochondrial Ion Homeostasis Contribute to Poly(GR) Toxicity Associated with C9-ALS/FTD," 2020, Cell Reports

Lu frequently publishes in venues such as:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Developmental Cell
Nature Communications
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Brain Disorders

Frequent collaborators include:

Suman Rimal
Shuangxi Li
Ji Geng
Vishal Chavda
Ishaq Tantray

Bingwei Lu received the title of Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2002.

Best Publications

Mitochondrial pathology and muscle and dopaminergic neuron degeneration caused by inactivation of Drosophila Pink1 is rescued by Parkin

Yufeng Yang;Stephan Gehrke;Yuzuru Imai;Zhinong Huang

930
Citations
Pink1 regulates mitochondrial dynamics through interaction with the fission/fusion machinery

Yufeng Yang;Yingshi Ouyang;Lichuan Yang;M. Flint Beal

628
Citations
Phosphorylation of 4E-BP by LRRK2 affects the maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila.

Yuzuru Imai;Stephan Gehrke;Hua Qin Wang;Ryosuke Takahashi

482
Citations
Parkin Suppresses Dopaminergic Neuron-Selective Neurotoxicity Induced by Pael-R in Drosophila

Yufeng Yang;Isao Nishimura;Yuzuru Imai;Ryosuke Takahashi

451
Citations
Pathogenic LRRK2 negatively regulates microRNA-mediated translational repression

Stephan Gehrke;Yuzuru Imai;Nicholas Sokol;Bingwei Lu

442
Citations
Inactivation of Drosophila DJ-1 leads to impairments of oxidative stress response and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling

Yufeng Yang;Stephan Gehrke;Md. Emdadul Haque;Yuzuru Imai

439
Citations
PAR-1 kinase plays an initiator role in a temporally ordered phosphorylation process that confers tau toxicity in Drosophila.

Isao Nishimura;Yufeng Yang;Bingwei Lu

393
Citations
Parkinson's Disease–Associated Kinase PINK1 Regulates Miro Protein Level and Axonal Transport of Mitochondria

Song Liu;Tomoyo Sawada;Seongsoo Lee;Wendou Yu

386
Citations
Adherens junctions inhibit asymmetric division in the Drosophila epithelium

Bingwei Lu;Fabrice Roegiers;Lily Y. Jan;Yuh Nung Jan

336
Citations
PAR-1 is a Dishevelled-associated kinase and a positive regulator of Wnt signalling

Tian-Qiang Sun;Bingwei Lu;Jia-Jia Feng;Christoph Reinhard

321
Citations
Drosophila models of neurodegenerative diseases.

Bingwei Lu;Hannes Vogel

319
Citations
NGF gene expression in actively growing brain glia

B Lu;M Yokoyama;CF Dreyfus;IB Black

302
Citations
Partner of Numb Colocalizes with Numb during Mitosis and Directs Numb Asymmetric Localization in Drosophila Neural and Muscle Progenitors

Bingwei Lu;Michael Rothenberg;Lily Y Jan;Yuh Nung Jan

282
Citations
The PINK1/Parkin pathway regulates mitochondrial dynamics and function in mammalian hippocampal and dopaminergic neurons

Wendou Yu;Yaping Sun;Su Guo;Bingwei Lu

252
Citations
Polo inhibits progenitor self-renewal and regulates Numb asymmetry by phosphorylating Pon

Hongyan Wang;Yingshi Ouyang;W. Gregory Somers;William Chia

214
Citations
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 interacts with Parkin, DJ-1 and PINK-1 in a Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson's disease

Katerina Venderova;Ghassan Kabbach;Elizabeth Abdel-Messih;Yi Zhang

211
Citations
HSP induction mediates selective clearance of tau phosphorylated at proline-directed Ser/Thr sites but not KXGS (MARK) sites

Chad A. Dickey;Judith Dunmore;Bingwei Lu;Ji Wu Wang

206
Citations
PINK1 and Parkin Control Localized Translation of Respiratory Chain Component mRNAs on Mitochondria Outer Membrane

Stephan Gehrke;Zhihao Wu;Michael Klinkenberg;Yaping Sun

203
Citations
Altered ER–mitochondria contact impacts mitochondria calcium homeostasis and contributes to neurodegeneration in vivo in disease models

Kyu-Sun Lee;Sungun Huh;Seongsoo Lee;Seongsoo Lee;Zhihao Wu

198
Citations
Pink1 regulates the oxidative phosphorylation machinery via mitochondrial fission

Wencheng Liu;Rebeca Acín-Peréz;Kindiya D. Geghman;Giovanni Manfredi

184
Citations