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Molecular Biology
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2026

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
169
Citations
133165
World Ranking
46
National Ranking
32

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Chuan He is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States and specializes in the field of Chemistry, with significant contributions to Organic Chemistry. Their research encompasses several subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Cancer Research, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The key topics of their work include:

  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

Their publication record features papers in notable scientific journals and includes frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Cancer Research
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Synthesis

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chuan He include Jie Ke, Yonghong Guo, Yingzi Li, Bing Zu, and Jiefeng Zhu.

Selected recent publications include:

  • Streamlined Construction of Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes by Tandem Enantioselective C-H Silylation/Alkene Hydrosilylation, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Silicon-Stereogenic Dihydrodibenzosilines: Silicon Central-to-Axial Chirality Relay, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Catalytic Enantioselective Dehydrogenative Si-O Coupling to Access Chiroptical Silicon-Stereogenic Siloxanes and Alkoxysilanes, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Enantioselective construction of six- and seven-membered triorgano-substituted silicon-stereogenic heterocycles, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Enantioselective C-H Functionalization toward Silicon-Stereogenic Silanes, 2022, Synthesis

Chuan He has received recognition in the form of fellowships, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2005.

Best Publications

  • N6-methyladenosine-dependent regulation of messenger RNA stability

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

  • Tet proteins can convert 5-methylcytosine to 5-formylcytosine and 5-carboxylcytosine

    Shinsuke Ito;Li Shen;Qing Dai;Susan C. Wu

  • N6-methyladenosine in nuclear RNA is a major substrate of the obesity-associated FTO.

    Guifang Jia;Ye Fu;Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Qing Dai

  • A METTL3-METTL14 complex mediates mammalian nuclear RNA N6-adenosine methylation

    Jianzhao Liu;Yanan Yue;Dali Han;Xiao Wang

  • ALKBH5 Is a Mammalian RNA Demethylase that Impacts RNA Metabolism and Mouse Fertility

    Guanqun Zheng;John Arne Dahl;Yamei Niu;Peter Fedorcsak

  • Tet-Mediated Formation of 5-Carboxylcytosine and Its Excision by TDG in Mammalian DNA

    Yu-Fei He;Bin-Zhong Li;Zheng Li;Peng Liu

  • N6-methyladenosine Modulates Messenger RNA Translation Efficiency

    Xiao Wang;Xiao Wang;Boxuan Simen Zhao;Boxuan Simen Zhao;Ian A. Roundtree;Ian A. Roundtree;Zhike Lu;Zhike Lu

  • Dynamic RNA Modifications in Gene Expression Regulation

    Ian A. Roundtree;Molly E. Evans;Tao Pan;Chuan He;Chuan He

  • Recognition of RNA N 6 -methyladenosine by IGF2BP proteins enhances mRNA stability and translation

    Huilin Huang;Huilin Huang;Hengyou Weng;Hengyou Weng;Wenju Sun;Xi Qin;Xi Qin

  • Global Epigenomic Reconfiguration During Mammalian Brain Development

    Ryan Lister;Ryan Lister;Eran A. Mukamel;Joseph R. Nery;Mark Urich

  • Post-transcriptional gene regulation by mRNA modifications

    Boxuan Simen Zhao;Ian A. Roundtree;Chuan He

  • N 6 -methyladenosine-dependent RNA structural switches regulate RNA–protein interactions

    Nian Liu;Qing Dai;Guanqun Zheng;Chuan He

  • Gene expression regulation mediated through reversible m 6 A RNA methylation

    Ye Fu;Dan Dominissini;Gideon Rechavi;Chuan He

  • YTHDF3 facilitates translation and decay of N6-methyladenosine-modified RNA.

    Hailing Shi;Xiao Wang;Xiao Wang;Zhike Lu;Zhike Lu;Boxuan S Zhao;Boxuan S Zhao

  • Tet2 loss leads to increased hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal and myeloid transformation.

    Kelly Moran-Crusio;Linsey Reavie;Alan Shih;Omar Abdel-Wahab

  • FTO Plays an Oncogenic Role in Acute Myeloid Leukemia as a N 6-Methyladenosine RNA Demethylase

    Zejuan Li;Hengyou Weng;Hengyou Weng;Rui Su;Xiaocheng Weng;Xiaocheng Weng

  • m6A Demethylase ALKBH5 Maintains Tumorigenicity of Glioblastoma Stem-like Cells by Sustaining FOXM1 Expression and Cell Proliferation Program.

    Sicong Zhang;Boxuan Simen Zhao;Aidong Zhou;Kangyu Lin

  • Selective chemical labeling reveals the genome-wide distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine

    Chun Xiao Song;Keith E. Szulwach;Ye Fu;Qing Dai

  • m6A RNA Methylation Regulates the Self-Renewal and Tumorigenesis of Glioblastoma Stem Cells

    Qi Cui;Hailing Shi;Peng Ye;Li Li

  • Base-Resolution Analysis of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in the Mammalian Genome

    Miao Yu;Gary C. Hon;Keith E. Szulwach;Chun Xiao Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Qing Dai
Qing Dai University of Chicago
Zhike Lu
Zhike Lu University of Chicago
Aiwen Lei
Aiwen Lei Wuhan University
Peng Jin
Peng Jin Emory University
Chengqi Yi
Chengqi Yi Peking University
Jianzhao Liu
Jianzhao Liu Zhejiang University
Tao Pan
Tao Pan Jinan University
Peng Chen
Peng Chen Peking University
Arne Klungland
Arne Klungland Oslo University Hospital
Yang Shi
Yang Shi University of Oxford

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