2026 Gary LeRoy: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	44	2903	2638	1386	1245	58	9930

Overview

Gary LeRoy is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Plant Science at the subfield level.

Their work covers several main topics including:

Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA Research and Splicing
RNA modifications and cancer
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

LeRoy has authored papers in high-profile journals and has a notable presence in several publication venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Molecular Cell
Cell
Nature
Nature Genetics
Science Advances

Selected recent papers with publication year and venue are:

RNA-Mediated Feedback Control of Transcriptional Condensates, 2020, Cell
MeCP2 links heterochromatin condensates and neurodevelopmental disease, 2020, Nature
CRISPR and biochemical screens identify MAZ as a cofactor in CTCF-mediated insulation at Hox clusters, 2022, Nature Genetics
The H3K36me2 writer-reader dependency in H3K27M-DIPG, 2021, Science Advances
An Esrrb and Nanog Cell Fate Regulatory Module Controlled by Feed Forward Loop Interactions, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors in LeRoy's research include:

Danny Reinberg
Jonathan E. Henninger
Ozgur Oksuz
Alicia V. Zamudio
Nancy M. Hannett

Best Publications

The dermatomyositis-specific autoantigen Mi2 is a component of a complex containing histone deacetylase and nucleosome remodeling activities.

Yi Zhang;Gary LeRoy;Hans-Peter Seelig;William S Lane

1025
Citations
FACT, a Factor that Facilitates Transcript Elongation through Nucleosomes

George Orphanides;Gary LeRoy;Chun Hsiang Chang;Donal S. Luse

813
Citations
RNA-Mediated Feedback Control of Transcriptional Condensates.

Jonathan E. Henninger;Ozgur Oksuz;Krishna Shrinivas;Krishna Shrinivas;Ido Sagi

577
Citations
Asymmetrically Modified Nucleosomes

Philipp Voigt;Gary LeRoy;William J. Drury;Barry M. Zee

457
Citations
The Double Bromodomain Proteins Brd2 and Brd3 Couple Histone Acetylation to Transcription

Gary LeRoy;Brenden Rickards;S.J. Flint

452
Citations
Phosphoglycerate mutase 1 coordinates glycolysis and biosynthesis to promote tumor growth.

Taro Hitosugi;Lu Zhou;Shannon Elf;Jun Fan

437
Citations
Requirement of RSF and FACT for Transcription of Chromatin Templates in Vitro

Gary LeRoy;George Orphanides;William S. Lane;Danny Reinberg

397
Citations
BRD4 assists elongation of both coding and enhancer RNAs by interacting with acetylated histones

Tomohiko Kanno;Yuka Kanno;Gary Leroy;Eric Campos

308
Citations
In Vivo Residue-specific Histone Methylation Dynamics

Barry M. Zee;Rebecca S. Levin;Bo Xu;Gary LeRoy

279
Citations
Capturing the Onset of PRC2-Mediated Repressive Domain Formation.

Ozgur Oksuz;Varun Narendra;Chul Hwan Lee;Nicolas Descostes

252
Citations
MacroH2A histone variants act as a barrier upon reprogramming towards pluripotency

Alexandre Gaspar-Maia;Zulekha A. Qadeer;Dan Hasson;Kajan Ratnakumar

213
Citations
Purification and Characterization of a Human Factor That Assembles and Remodels Chromatin

Gary LeRoy;Alejandra Loyola;William S. Lane;Danny Reinberg

211
Citations
Multiple modes of PRC2 inhibition elicit global chromatin alterations in H3K27M pediatric glioma

James M. Stafford;Chul Hwan Lee;Philipp Voigt;Nicolas Descostes

164
Citations
MeCP2 links heterochromatin condensates and neurodevelopmental disease

Charles H. Li;Eliot L. Coffey;Alessandra Dall’Agnese;Nancy M. Hannett

158
Citations
One-pot shotgun quantitative mass spectrometry characterization of histones.

Mariana D. Plazas-Mayorca;Barry M. Zee;Nicolas L. Young;Ian M. Fingerman

155
Citations
Nucleolin Is Required for RNA Polymerase I Transcription In Vivo

Brenden Rickards;S. J. Flint;Michael D. Cole;Gary LeRoy

155
Citations
ATRX-mediated chromatin association of histone variant macroH2A1 regulates α-globin expression

Kajan Ratnakumar;Luis F. Duarte;Gary LeRoy;Dan Hasson

152
Citations
A quantitative atlas of histone modification signatures from human cancer cells

Gary LeRoy;Peter A DiMaggio;Eric Y Chan;Barry M Zee

147
Citations
Global secretome analysis identifies novel mediators of bone metastasis

Mario Andres Blanco;Gary LeRoy;Zia Khan;Zia Khan;Maša Alečković

143
Citations
Functional analysis of the subunits of the chromatin assembly factor RSF.

Alejandra Loyola;Jing-Yi Huang;Gary LeRoy;Gary LeRoy;Sherrie Hu;Sherrie Hu

142
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Danny Reinberg University of Miami

Benjamin A. Garcia Washington University in St. Louis

Yibin Kang Princeton University

Ihor R. Lemischka Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

William S. Lane Harvard University

Jane A. Skok New York University

Beatrix Ueberheide New York University

S. J. Flint Princeton University

Peng Jin Emory University

Stephen J. Elledge Harvard University

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