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D-Index
59
Citations
17470
World Ranking
3209
National Ranking
1396

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Dana Carroll is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States with a research focus primarily in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The researcher has made contributions across several interconnected subfields, including Molecular Biology, Business and International Management, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomaterials, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their main topics of study emphasize the development and application of CRISPR and genetic engineering technologies. Additional areas of work include innovation and socioeconomic development, viral infections and immunology research, silk-based biomaterials and applications, plant reproductive biology, neurobiology and insect physiology research, and genetically modified organisms research.

Recent publications span from 2020 to 2022, with notable works including:

  • "A short, idiosyncratic history of genome editing" (2021), published in Gene and Genome Editing
  • "RNA in Therapeutics: CRISPR in the Clinic" (2022), published in Molecules and Cells
  • "Coilin Is Essential for Cajal Body Organization in Drosophila melanogaster" (2020), published in UNC Libraries
  • "Life 2.0-A CRISPR path to a sustainable planet" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include Ji Long Liu, Zheng'an Wu, Zehra F. Nizami, Svetlana Deryusheva, and T. K. Rajendra.

Publishing outlets that have featured their work consistently are Gene and Genome Editing, Molecules and Cells, UNC Libraries, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dana Carroll has received recognition through memberships and fellowships in prestigious institutions, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2017, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the same year, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Genome Engineering With Zinc-Finger Nucleases

    Dana Carroll

  • Enhancing gene targeting with designed zinc finger nucleases.

    Marina Bibikova;Kelly Beumer;Jonathan K. Trautman;Dana Carroll

  • Targeted chromosomal cleavage and mutagenesis in Drosophila using zinc-finger nucleases.

    Marina Bibikova;Mary Golic;Kent G Golic;Dana Carroll

  • A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification

    David Baltimore;Paul Berg;Michael Botchan;Dana Carroll

  • Gene targeting using zinc finger nucleases

    Matthew H Porteus;Dana Carroll

  • Stimulation of homologous recombination through targeted cleavage by chimeric nucleases.

    Marina Bibikova;Dana Carroll;David J. Segal;Jonathan K. Trautman

  • Genome Engineering with Targetable Nucleases

    Dana Carroll

  • Targeted mutagenesis using zinc-finger nucleases in Arabidopsis

    Alan Lloyd;Christopher L. Plaisier;Dana Carroll;Gary N. Drews

  • Requirements for double-strand cleavage by chimeric restriction enzymes with zinc finger DNA-recognition domains

    Jeff Smith;Marina Bibikova;Frank G. Whitby;A. R. Reddy;A. R. Reddy

  • Selection-free genome editing of the sickle mutation in human adult hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells.

    Mark A. DeWitt;Wendy Magis;Nicolas L. Bray;Tianjiao Wang

  • Progress and prospects: zinc-finger nucleases as gene therapy agents.

    Dana Carroll

  • Efficient gene targeting in Drosophila by direct embryo injection with zinc-finger nucleases

    Kelly J. Beumer;Jonathan K. Trautman;Ana Bozas;Ji Long Liu

  • Efficient gene targeting in Drosophila with zinc-finger nucleases

    Kelly Beumer;Gargi Bhattacharyya;Marina Bibikova;Marina Bibikova;Jonathan K. Trautman

  • Origins of Programmable Nucleases for Genome Engineering

    Srinivasan Chandrasegaran;Dana Carroll

  • Heritable Gene Knockout in Caenorhabditis elegans by Direct Injection of Cas9–sgRNA Ribonucleoproteins

    Seung Woo Cho;Jihyun Lee;Dana Carroll;Jin Soo Kim

  • Mre11 Protein Complex Prevents Double-Strand Break Accumulation during Chromosomal DNA Replication

    Vincenzo Costanzo;Kirsten Robertson;Marina Bibikova;Edward Kim

  • Induction and repair of zinc-finger nuclease-targeted double-strand breaks in Caenorhabditis elegans somatic cells

    Jason Morton;M. Wayne Davis;Erik M. Jorgensen;Dana Carroll

  • Design, construction and in vitro testing of zinc finger nucleases

    Dana Carroll;J Jason Morton;Kelly J Beumer;David J Segal;David J Segal

  • Targeted mutagenesis in the silkworm Bombyx mori using zinc finger nuclease mRNA injection.

    Yoko Takasu;Isao Kobayashi;Kelly Beumer;Keiro Uchino

  • A CRISPR approach to gene targeting.

    Dana Carroll

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Segal
David J. Segal University of California, Davis
Donald D. Brown
Donald D. Brown Carnegie Institution for Science
Jacob E. Corn
Jacob E. Corn ETH Zurich
Erik M. Jorgensen
Erik M. Jorgensen University of Utah
Matthew H. Porteus
Matthew H. Porteus Stanford University
Donald B. Kohn
Donald B. Kohn University of California, Los Angeles
Michael R. Botchan
Michael R. Botchan University of California, Berkeley
Jin-Soo Kim
Jin-Soo Kim Seoul National University
Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley

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