2026 Cheryl M. Craft: 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	60	12210	11239	5214	4672	193	9632

Overview

Cheryl M. Craft is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on retinal biology and related molecular and cellular mechanisms. The scope of their work spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and neuroscience, with a particular emphasis on molecular biology and ophthalmology as key subfields.

The scientist's research topics include:

Retinal Development and Disorders
Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research
Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
Ocular Oncology and Treatments
Cancer-related Molecular Pathways

Recent publication venues where Cheryl M. Craft has contributed include:

Experimental Eye Research
eLife
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
PLoS ONE
Current Issues in Molecular Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Eun-Jin Lee
Hardeep Singh
Dominic WH Shayler
Matthew E. Thornton
Brendan H. Grubbs

Notable recent papers published by Cheryl M. Craft include:

"Comparison of Retinal Metabolic Activity and Structural Development between rd10 Mice and Normal Mice Using Multiphoton Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy," 2024, Current Issues in Molecular Biology
"An immature, dedifferentiated, and lineage-deconstrained cone precursor origin of N-Myc-initiated retinoblastoma," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) are localized in the nucleus of retinal Müller glial cells and modulated by cytokines and oxidative stress," 2021, PLoS ONE
"Assessment of inner retinal oxygen metrics and thickness in a mouse model of inherited retinal degeneration," 2021, Experimental Eye Research
"Clusterin enhances cell survival by suppressing neuronal nitric-oxide synthase expression in the rhodopsin S334ter-line3 retinitis pigmentosa model," 2021, Brain Research

Best Publications

Calcium bursts induced by nanosecond electric pulses.

P.Thomas Vernier;Yinghua Sun;Laura Marcu;Laura Marcu;Sarah Salemi

501
Citations
Irish setter dogs affected with rod/cone dysplasia contain a nonsense mutation in the rod cGMP phosphodiesterase beta-subunit gene.

Michael L. Suber;Steven J. Pittler;Ning Qin;Gail C. Wright

371
Citations
Primary and secondary structure of bovine retinal S antigen (48-kDa protein)

T Shinohara;B Dietzschold;C M Craft;G Wistow

286
Citations
Age-associated reduction in nocturnal pineal melatonin levels in female rats.

Russel J. Reiter;Cheryl M. Craft;John E. Johnson;Thomas S. King

277
Citations
Comparison of heterotrimeric protein phosphatase 2A containing different B subunits.

C. Kamibayashi;R. Estes;R. L. Lickteig;Sung-Il Yang

255
Citations
Nanoelectropulse-induced phosphatidylserine translocation.

P. Thomas Vernier;Yinghua Sun;Laura Marcu;Laura Marcu;Cheryl M. Craft

242
Citations
Cone arrestin identified by targeting expression of a functional family.

C M Craft;D H Whitmore;A F Wiechmann

240
Citations
TMEM237 Is Mutated in Individuals with a Joubert Syndrome Related Disorder and Expands the Role of the TMEM Family at the Ciliary Transition Zone

Lijia Huang;Katarzyna Szymanska;Victor L. Jensen;Andreas R. Janecke

228
Citations
Method for intracellular modifications within living cells using pulsed electric fields

Martin Gundersen;Cheryl Craft;Laura Marcu;P. Vernier

226
Citations
Linkage of photoreceptor degeneration by apoptosis with inherited defect in phototransduction.

R. N. Lolley;Hongmei Rong;C. M. Craft

226
Citations
Rb regulates proliferation and rod photoreceptor development in the mouse retina

Jiakun Zhang;Jonathan Gray;Lizhao Wu;Gustavo Leone

213
Citations
Aldose reductase and ϱ‐crystallin belong to the same protein superfamily as aldehyde reductase

Deborah Carper;Chihiro Nishimura;Toshimichi Shinohara;Bernard Dietzchold

204
Citations
KASH protein Syne-2/Nesprin-2 and SUN proteins SUN1/2 mediate nuclear migration during mammalian retinal development

Juehua Yu;Kai Lei;Min Zhou;Cheryl M. Craft

193
Citations
Mouse Cones Require an Arrestin for Normal Inactivation of Phototransduction

Sergei S. Nikonov;Bruce M. Brown;Jason A. Davis;Freddi I. Zuniga

162
Citations
Photoreceptors of Nrl −/− Mice Coexpress Functional S- and M-cone Opsins Having Distinct Inactivation Mechanisms

Sergei S. Nikonov;Lauren L. Daniele;Xuemei Zhu;Cheryl M. Craft

156
Citations
Species-Specific Differences in Expression of G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase (GRK) 7 and GRK1 in Mammalian Cone Photoreceptor Cells: Implications for Cone Cell Phototransduction

Ellen R. Weiss;Melissa H. Ducceschi;Thierry J. Horner;Aimin Li

155
Citations
Mouse cone arrestin expression pattern: light induced translocation in cone photoreceptors.

Xuemei Zhu;Aimin Li;Bruce Brown;Ellen R. Weiss

145
Citations
NonO, a non-POU-domain-containing, octamer-binding protein, is the mammalian homolog of Drosophila nonAdiss.

Yih-Sheng Yang;J. H. Hanke;L. Carayannopoulos;C. M. Craft

143
Citations
Amino acid and cDNA sequence of bovine phosducin, a soluble phosphoprotein from photoreceptor cells.

R H Lee;A Fowler;J F McGinnis;R N Lolley

141
Citations
Rb Regulates Proliferation and Rod Photoreceptor Development in the Mouse Retina

M.A. Dyer;J. Zhang;J. Gray;S. Rowan

2
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