2026 Elaine Fuchs: 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	184	39	35	27	25	479	111303
Best Scientists	184	536	497	346	315	479	111303
Molecular Biology	187	29	26	20	19	456	114434

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2020 - Canada Gairdner International Award
2019 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2018 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2015 - E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology
2013 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
2011 - Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
2008 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her pioneering use of cell biology and molecular genetics in mice to understand the basis of inherited diseases in humans and her outstanding contributions to our understanding of the biology of skin and its disorders, including her notable investigations of adult skin stem cells, cancers, and genetic syndromes.", Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on October 7, 2009.
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2001 - Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences for her fundamental insights into structure and function of cytoskeletal proteins and the relation of these proteins to human genetic diseases.
1996 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1994 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Elaine Fuchs is affiliated with Rockefeller University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research spans various subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Cell Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as Cancer Cells and Metastasis, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune responses and vaccinations, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, RNA Research and Splicing, Hair Growth and Disorders, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Frequent publication venues for Elaine Fuchs include:

Nature
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Cell Biology
Science
Genes & Development

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Elaine Fuchs include:

"Tissue Stem Cells: Architects of Their Niches", 2020, Cell stem cell
"Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease", 2020, Nature reviews. Immunology
"Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes", 2020, Nature Immunology
"Establishment, maintenance, and recall of inflammatory memory", 2021, Cell stem cell
"Liquid-liquid phase separation drives skin barrier formation", 2020, Science

Elaine Fuchs has collaborated frequently with researchers including H. Amalia Pasolli, Shiri Gur-Cohen, John M. Levorse, Lisa Polak, and Nicole R. Infarinato.

Their contributions have been recognized with several awards and honors, including:

Canada Gairdner International Award, 2020
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2019
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2018
E.B. Wilson Medal, American Society for Cell Biology, 2015
Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award, 2013
Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, 2011
US President's National Medal of Science, 2008, awarded "for pioneering use of cell biology and molecular genetics in mice to understand the basis of inherited diseases in humans and outstanding contributions to understanding skin biology and disorders, including investigations of adult skin stem cells, cancers, and genetic syndromes," presented by President Barack H. Obama
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences and the French Academy of Sciences, 2001, for fundamental insights into structure and function of cytoskeletal proteins and their relation to human genetic diseases
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1996
Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1994
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1994

Best Publications

Socializing with the Neighbors: Stem Cells and Their Niche

Elaine Fuchs;Tudorita Tumbar;Geraldine Guasch

2661
Citations
Defining the epithelial stem cell niche in skin.

Tudorita Tumbar;Geraldine Guasch;Valentina Greco;Cedric Blanpain

2476
Citations
Defining trained immunity and its role in health and disease

Mihai G. Netea;Mihai G. Netea;Jorge Domínguez-Andrés;Luis B. Barreiro;Luis B. Barreiro;Triantafyllos Chavakis;Triantafyllos Chavakis

2315
Citations
Intermediate filaments: structure, dynamics, function, and disease.

Elaine Fuchs;Klaus Weber

2108
Citations
Self-renewal, multipotency, and the existence of two cell populations within an epithelial stem cell niche.

Cedric Blanpain;William E. Lowry;Andrea Geoghegan;Lisa Polak

1720
Citations
Directed actin polymerization is the driving force for epithelial cell-cell adhesion.

Valeri Vasioukhin;Christoph Bauer;Mei Yin;Elaine Fuchs

1713
Citations
Changes in keratin gene expression during terminal differentiation of the keratinocyte

Elaine Fuchs;Howard Green

1542
Citations
Multiple roles for activated LEF/TCF transcription complexes during hair follicle development and differentiation

Ramanuj DasGupta;Elaine Fuchs

1495
Citations
Epidermal homeostasis: a balancing act of stem cells in the skin.

Cédric Blanpain;Elaine Fuchs

1408
Citations
De Novo Hair Follicle Morphogenesis and Hair Tumors in Mice Expressing a Truncated β-Catenin in Skin

Uri Gat;Ramanuj DasGupta;Linda Degenstein;Linda Degenstein;Elaine Fuchs;Elaine Fuchs

1373
Citations
Scratching the surface of skin development

Elaine Fuchs

1202
Citations
Asymmetric cell divisions promote stratification and differentiation of mammalian skin

Terry Lechler;Elaine Fuchs

1176
Citations
STEM CELLS: A NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Elaine Fuchs;Julia A Segre

1142
Citations
Klf4 is a transcription factor required for establishing the barrier function of the skin.

Julia A. Segre;Christoph Bauer;Elaine Fuchs

1071
Citations
Regulation of terminal differentiation of cultured human keratinocytes by vitamin A

Elaine Fuchs;Howard Green;Howard Green

1054
Citations
Epidermal stem cells of the skin.

Cédric Blanpain;Elaine Fuchs

1036
Citations
Getting under the skin of epidermal morphogenesis.

Elaine Fuchs;Srikala Raghavan

1013
Citations
Sticky Business: Orchestrating Cellular Signals at Adherens Junctions

Mirna Perez-Moreno;Colin Jamora;Elaine Fuchs

950
Citations
Epidermal Differentiation: The Bare Essentials

Elaine Fuchs

950
Citations
A skin microRNA promotes differentiation by repressing ‘stemness’

Rui Yi;Matthew N. Poy;Markus Stoffel;Elaine Fuchs;Elaine Fuchs

919
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Amalia Pasolli Rockefeller University

Pierre A. Coulombe University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Cédric Blanpain Université Libre de Bruxelles

Deyou Zheng Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Raphael Kopan Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Douglas A. Marchuk Duke University

Robert Vassar Northwestern University

Ramnik J. Xavier Broad Institute

Angela L. Tyner University of Illinois at Chicago

Amy S. Paller Northwestern University

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