2026 Gregg B. Morin: 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	50	2522	2275	79	71	158	30648

Overview

Gregg B. Morin is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, contributing extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly work predominantly focuses on molecular biology, oncology, immunology, spectroscopy, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of specialized areas including RNA modifications and cancer, advanced proteomics techniques and applications, cancer genomics and diagnostics, ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, acute myeloid leukemia research, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, and chromatin remodeling and cancer.

The following are some of their recent papers, illustrating the scope of their research:

Proteomic analysis of archival breast cancer clinical specimens identifies biological subtypes with distinct survival outcomes, 2022, Nature Communications
Proteomic Screens for Suppressors of Anoikis Identify IL1RAP as a Promising Surface Target in Ewing Sarcoma, 2021, Cancer Discovery
Loss of m1acp3Ψ Ribosomal RNA Modification Is a Major Feature of Cancer, 2020, Cell Reports
Chloroquine treatment induces secretion of autophagy-related proteins and inclusion of Atg8-family proteins in distinct extracellular vesicle populations, 2022, Autophagy
Re-expression of SMARCA4/BRG1 in small cell carcinoma of ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) promotes an epithelial-like gene signature through an AP-1-dependent mechanism, 2020, eLife

Gregg B. Morin has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, indicating active scientific partnership and cross-disciplinary work. Frequent co-authors include:

Gian Luca Negri
Sandra E. Spencer Miko
Shane Colborne
David G. Huntsman
Poul H. Sorensen

The scientist's work appears in several prominent publication venues with notable frequency, reflecting the dissemination channels favored for their research:

Cancer Research (14 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (11 publications)
Nature Communications (9 publications)
Clinical Cancer Research (7 publications)
Journal of Proteome Research (4 publications)

Best Publications

EXTENSION OF LIFE-SPAN BY INTRODUCTION OF TELOMERASE INTO NORMAL HUMAN CELLS

Andrea G. Bodnar;Michel Ouellette;Maria Frolkis;Shawn E. Holt

6652
Citations
Telomerase catalytic subunit homologs from fission yeast and human

Toru M. Nakamura;Gregg B. Morin;Gregg B. Morin;Karen B. Chapman;Karen B. Chapman;Scott L. Weinrich;Scott L. Weinrich

3121
Citations
The clonal and mutational evolution spectrum of primary triple-negative breast cancers

Sohrab P. Shah;Andrew Roth;Rodrigo Goya;Arusha Oloumi

2232
Citations
The human telomere terminal transferase enzyme is a ribonucleoprotein that synthesizes TTAGGG repeats

Gregg B. Morin

2190
Citations
ARID1A mutations in endometriosis-associated ovarian carcinomas.

Kimberly C. Wiegand;Sohrab P. Shah;Osama M. Al-Agha;Yongjun Zhao

1877
Citations
Reconstitution of human telomerase with the template RNA component hTR and the catalytic protein subunit hTRT

Scott L. Weinrich;Ron Pruzan;Libin Ma;Michel Ouellette

1325
Citations
Single-pot, solid-phase-enhanced sample preparation for proteomics experiments.

Christopher S. Hughes;Sophie Moggridge;Sophie Moggridge;Torsten Müller;Poul H. Sorensen

1225
Citations
Large‐scale mapping of human protein–protein interactions by mass spectrometry

Rob M. Ewing;Peter Chu;Fred Elisma;Hongyan Li

1208
Citations
Functional requirement of p23 and Hsp90 in telomerase complexes

Shawn E. Holt;Shawn E. Holt;Dara L. Aisner;Joseph Baur;Valerie M. Tesmer

747
Citations
Somatic mutations at EZH2 Y641 act dominantly through a mechanism of selectively altered PRC2 catalytic activity, to increase H3K27 trimethylation.

Damian B. Yap;Damian B. Yap;Justin Chu;Tobias Berg;Matthieu Schapira

682
Citations
Telomerase reverse transcriptase gene is a direct target of c-Myc but is not functionally equivalent in cellular transformation

Roger A. Greenberg;Rónán C. O'Hagan;Hongyu Deng;Qiurong Xiao

563
Citations
Recurrent Somatic DICER1 Mutations in Nonepithelial Ovarian Cancers

Alireza Heravi-Moussavi;Michael S Anglesio;S-W Grace Cheng;Janine Senz

498
Citations
Expression of mouse telomerase reverse transcriptase during development, differentiation and proliferation.

Roger A. Greenberg;Richard C. Allsopp;Richard C. Allsopp;Lynda Chin;Gregg B. Morin

449
Citations
Alternative expression analysis by RNA sequencing.

Malachi Griffith;Malachi Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Obi L Griffith;Jill Mwenifumbo;Rodrigo Goya

396
Citations
Telomerase is required to slow telomere shortening and extend replicative lifespan of HSCs during serial transplantation

Richard C. Allsopp;Gregg B. Morin;Gregg B. Morin;Gregg B. Morin;Ronald DePinho;Calvin B. Harley;Calvin B. Harley;Calvin B. Harley

366
Citations
Concurrent CIC mutations, IDH mutations, and 1p/19q loss distinguish oligodendrogliomas from other cancers.

Stephen Yip;Yaron S. Butterfield;Olena Morozova;Suganthi Chittaranjan

335
Citations
TANK2, a New TRF1-associated Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase, Causes Rapid Induction of Cell Death upon Overexpression

Patrick G. Kaminker;Sahn Ho Kim;Rebecca D. Taylor;Yeganeh Zebarjadian

307
Citations
Recognition of a chromosome truncation site associated with α-thalassaemia by human telomerase

G.B. Morin

265
Citations
Extending the Compatibility of the SP3 Paramagnetic Bead Processing Approach for Proteomics

Sophie Moggridge;Sophie Moggridge;Poul H. Sorensen;Gregg B. Morin;Gregg B. Morin;Christopher S. Hughes

236
Citations
Cancer-associated somatic DICER1 hotspot mutations cause defective miRNA processing and reverse-strand expression bias to predominantly mature 3p strands through loss of 5p strand cleavage.

M S Anglesio;Y Wang;W Yang;J Senz

207
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Cech University of Colorado Boulder

Joachim Lingner École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Calvin B. Harley Geron (United States)

David G. Huntsman University of British Columbia

Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia

Martin Hirst University of British Columbia

Ryan D. Morin Simon Fraser University

Samuel Aparicio University of British Columbia

Poul H. Sorensen University of British Columbia

Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia

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