2026 Constance L. Cepko: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	119	589	560	354	333	322	51940
Neuroscience	118	407	366	241	214	299	52989
Genetics	119	391	377	200	192	280	52559
Molecular Biology	119	270	249	160	147	280	52559

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Constance L. Cepko is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research focuses primarily on molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and ophthalmology, with additional work in immunology and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a wide range of topics and publication venues. Notable publications include:

SARS-CoV-2 detection using isothermal amplification and a rapid, inexpensive protocol for sample inactivation and purification (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Optimizing Nervous System-Specific Gene Targeting with Cre Driver Lines: Prevalence of Germline Recombination and Influencing Factors (2020) in Neuron
Engineering adeno-associated viral vectors to evade innate immune and inflammatory responses (2021) in Science Translational Medicine
Nrf2 overexpression rescues the RPE in mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa (2021) in JCI Insight
Light-Seq: light-directed in situ barcoding of biomolecules in fixed cells and tissues for spatially indexed sequencing (2022) in Nature Methods

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors including Yunlu Xue, Sean K. Wang, Emma R. West, Brian Rabe, and Ryoji Amamoto.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
eLife
Development
JCI Insight

The main fields of study covered are biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with major subfields in:

Molecular Biology
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Ophthalmology
Immunology
Biomedical Engineering

The scientist's research topics span:

Retinal Development and Disorders
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Biosensors and Analytical Detection
SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Among the awards received are membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2002 and fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1998.

Best Publications

A common progenitor for neurons and glia persists in rat retina late in development

David L. Turner;Constance L. Cepko

2044
Citations
Electroporation and RNA interference in the rodent retina in vivo and in vitro.

Takahiko Matsuda;Constance L. Cepko

1502
Citations
Construction and applications of a highly transmissible murine retrovirus shuttle vector.

Constance L. Cepko;Bryan E. Roberts;Richard C. Mulligan

1399
Citations
Crx, a novel otx-like homeobox gene, shows photoreceptor-specific expression and regulates photoreceptor differentiation.

Takahisa Furukawa;Eric M Morrow;Constance L Cepko

1319
Citations
Lineage analysis in the vertebrate nervous system by retrovirus-mediated gene transfer.

Jack Price;David Turner;Constance Cepko

1293
Citations
Comprehensive Classification of Retinal Bipolar Neurons by Single-Cell Transcriptomics.

Karthik Shekhar;Sylvain W. Lapan;Sylvain W. Lapan;Irene E. Whitney;Nicholas M. Tran

1257
Citations
Cell fate determination in the vertebrate retina

Constance L. Cepko;Christopher P. Austin;Xianjie Yang;Macrene Alexiades

1228
Citations
Vertebrate neural cell-fate determination: Lessons from the retina

F. J. Livesey;C. L. Cepko

1117
Citations
Multipotent neural cell lines can engraft and participate in development of mouse cerebellum.

Evan Y. Snyder;David L. Deitcher;Christopher Walsh;Susan Arnold-Aldea

1059
Citations
Lineage-independent determination of cell type in the embryonic mouse retina

David L. Turner;Evan Y. Snyder;Constance L. Cepko

936
Citations
Controlled expression of transgenes introduced by in vivo electroporation

Takahiko Matsuda;Constance L. Cepko

933
Citations
The origin and evolution of cell types

Detlev Arendt;Jacob M. Musser;Clare V. H. Baker;Aviv Bergman;Aviv Bergman

787
Citations
rax, Hes1, and notch1 promote the formation of Müller glia by postnatal retinal progenitor cells.

Takahisa Furukawa;Siddhartha Mukherjee;Zheng-Zheng Bao;Eric M. Morrow

770
Citations
Cone-rod dystrophy due to mutations in a novel photoreceptor-specific homeobox gene (CRX) essential for maintenance of the photoreceptor

Carol L. Freund;Cheryl Y. Gregory-Evans;Takahisa Furukawa;Myrto Papaioannou

692
Citations
Light-activated channels targeted to ON bipolar cells restore visual function in retinal degeneration.

Pamela S Lagali;David Balya;Gautam B Awatramani;Gautam B Awatramani;Thomas A Münch

686
Citations
Genomic Analysis of Mouse Retinal Development

Seth Blackshaw;Sanjiv Harpavat;Jeff Trimarchi;Li Cai

681
Citations
Widespread dispersion of neuronal clones across functional regions of the cerebral cortex.

Christopher Walsh;Constance L. Cepko

679
Citations
Retinopathy and attenuated circadian entrainment in Crx-deficient mice.

Takahisa Furukawa;Takahisa Furukawa;Eric M. Morrow;Tiansen Li;Fred C. Davis

642
Citations
Control of Müller glial cell proliferation and activation following retinal injury.

Michael A. Dyer;Constance L. Cepko

614
Citations
Vertebrate retinal ganglion cells are selected from competent progenitors by the action of Notch

C.P. Austin;D.E. Feldman;J.A. Ida;C.L. Cepko

608
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Takahisa Furukawa Osaka University

Eric M. Morrow Brown University

Phillip A. Sharp MIT

Seth Blackshaw Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Michael A. Dyer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Donna M. Fekete Purdue University West Lafayette

Christopher A. Walsh Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Jeffrey A. Golden Brigham and Women's Hospital

Frederick J. Livesey University College London

Aviv Regev Genentech

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