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Christina Curtis publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christina Curtis sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 149 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Christina Curtis D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christina Curtis is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, and medicine, with a primary focus on molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, genetics, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis

Christina Curtis has contributed extensively to the academic literature. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Multi-cancer analysis of clonality and the timing of systemic spread in paired primary tumors and metastases" (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • "CRISPR screens in cancer spheroids identify 3D growth-specific vulnerabilities" (2020, Nature)
  • "Single-cell analyses define a continuum of cell state and composition changes in the malignant transformation of polyps to colorectal cancer" (2022, Nature Genetics)
  • "An expanded universe of cancer targets" (2021, Cell)
  • "Inter-cellular CRISPR screens reveal regulators of cancer cell phagocytosis" (2021, Nature)

The scientist frequently publishes in several high-profile venues and journals, including:

  • Cancer Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Cancer

Collaborations feature prominently in Christina Curtis's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Kathleen E. Houlahan
  • Aziz Khan
  • Zhicheng Ma
  • José A. Seoane
  • William J. Greenleaf

Best Publications

  • The genomic and transcriptomic architecture of 2,000 breast tumours reveals novel subgroups

    Christina Curtis;Christina Curtis;Sohrab P Shah;Suet-Feung Chin;Gulisa Turashvili

  • Comprehensive molecular characterization of gastric adenocarcinoma

    Adam J. Bass;Vesteinn Thorsson;Ilya Shmulevich;Sheila M. Reynolds

  • The clonal and mutational evolution spectrum of primary triple-negative breast cancers

    Sohrab P. Shah;Andrew Roth;Rodrigo Goya;Arusha Oloumi

  • Intratumor heterogeneity in human glioblastoma reflects cancer evolutionary dynamics

    Andrea Sottoriva;Andrea Sottoriva;Andrea Sottoriva;Inmaculada Spiteri;Sara G. M. Piccirillo;Anestis Touloumis

  • Clonal replacement of tumor-specific T cells following PD-1 blockade.

    Kathryn E Yost;Ansuman T Satpathy;Daniel K Wells;Yanyan Qi

  • A Big Bang model of human colorectal tumor growth

    Andrea Sottoriva;Haeyoun Kang;Zhicheng Ma;Trevor A Graham

  • The chromatin accessibility landscape of primary human cancers

    M. Ryan Corces;Jeffrey M. Granja;Shadi Shams;Bryan H. Louie

  • The Human Tumor Atlas Network: Charting Tumor Transitions Across Space and Time at Single-Cell Resolution

    Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Aviv Regev;Philipp Oberdoerffer;Tal Nawy

  • The shaping and functional consequences of the microRNA landscape in breast cancer

    Heidi Dvinge;Anna Git;Stefan Gräf;Stefan Gräf;Mali Salmon-Divon;Mali Salmon-Divon

  • Quantitative Image Analysis of Cellular Heterogeneity in Breast Tumors Complements Genomic Profiling

    Yinyin Yuan;Henrik Failmezger;Henrik Failmezger;Oscar M. Rueda;H. Raza Ali

  • Promoter of lncRNA Gene PVT1 Is a Tumor-Suppressor DNA Boundary Element

    Seung Woo Cho;Jin Xu;Ruping Sun;Maxwell R. Mumbach

  • Quantitative evidence for early metastatic seeding in colorectal cancer.

    Zheng Hu;Jie Ding;Zhicheng Ma;Ruping Sun

  • Intestinal enteroendocrine lineage cells possess homeostatic and injury-inducible stem cell activity

    Kelley S. Yan;Kelley S. Yan;Olivier Gevaert;Grace X.Y. Zheng;Benedict Anchang

  • Dynamics of breast-cancer relapse reveal late-recurring ER-positive genomic subgroups.

    Oscar M. Rueda;Stephen John Sammut;José A. Seoane;Suet-Feung Chin

  • Multi-cancer analysis of clonality and the timing of systemic spread in paired primary tumors and metastases.

    Zheng Hu;Zan Li;Zhicheng Ma;Christina Curtis

  • Quantification of subclonal selection in cancer from bulk sequencing data.

    Marc J Williams;Marc J Williams;Benjamin Werner;Timon Heide;Christina Curtis

  • CRISPR screens in cancer spheroids identify 3D growth-specific vulnerabilities.

    Kyuho Han;Sarah E. Pierce;Amy Li;Kaitlyn Spees

  • Genome-driven integrated classification of breast cancer validated in over 7,500 samples

    H Raza Ali;Oscar M Rueda;Suet-Feung Chin;Christina Curtis

  • An expanded universe of cancer targets.

    William C. Hahn;Joel S. Bader;Theodore P. Braun;Andrea Califano

  • Supplementary Materials for Quantitative Image Analysis of Cellular Heterogeneity in Breast Tumors Complements Genomic Profiling

    Yinyin Yuan;Henrik Failmezger;Oscar M. Rueda;H. Raza Ali

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Caldas
Carlos Caldas University of Cambridge
Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Samuel Aparicio
Samuel Aparicio University of British Columbia
Suet-Feung Chin
Suet-Feung Chin University of Cambridge
Michael F. Press
Michael F. Press University of Southern California
Robert B. West
Robert B. West Stanford University
John C. Marioni
John C. Marioni European Bioinformatics Institute
Calvin J. Kuo
Calvin J. Kuo Stanford University
Colin Watts
Colin Watts University of Birmingham
Laura D. Attardi
Laura D. Attardi Stanford University

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