2026 Harry F. Noller: 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	112	340	310	201	180	273	49917

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering the centrality of RNA in forming the active centers of the ribosome, the fundamental machinery of protein synthesis in all cells, thereby connecting modern biology to the origin of life and also explaining how many natural antibiotics disrupt protein synthesis.
2012 - Gregori Aminoff Prize, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for their crystallographic studies on ribosomes, translators of the code of life
2007 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
2007 - Canada Gairdner International Award
1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Harry F. Noller is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily falls under the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Plant Science, and Epidemiology as subfields.

Their work extensively covers topics such as RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, RNA research and splicing, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant virus research studies, and influenza virus research studies.

Recent publications by Noller include the following papers: The ribosome comes to life (2024, Cell), The universally conserved nucleotides of the small subunit ribosomal RNAs (2022, RNA), The structural basis for inhibition of ribosomal translocation by viomycin (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), and others involving co-authors.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Noller are Laura Lancaster, John P. Donohue, Gillian Rexroad, Dustin Niblett, and Robin R. Gutell.

Key venues publishing their research include RNA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cell, Nucleic Acids Research, and Nature Communications.

Awards received by Harry F. Noller include the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2017) for research on RNA's central role in ribosomal function, the Gregori Aminoff Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2012) for crystallographic studies on ribosomes, the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize (2007), the Canada Gairdner International Award (2007), fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999), and membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1992).

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
RNA modifications and cancer
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
RNA Research and Splicing
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Plant Virus Research Studies
Influenza Virus Research Studies

Laura Lancaster
John P. Donohue
Gillian Rexroad
Dustin Niblett
Robin R. Gutell

RNA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cell
Nucleic Acids Research
Nature Communications

The ribosome comes to life (2024, Cell)
The universally conserved nucleotides of the small subunit ribosomal RNAs (2022, RNA)
The structural basis for inhibition of ribosomal translocation by viomycin (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
Mutations in domain IV of elongation factor EF-G confer −1 frameshifting (2020, RNA)
The role of GTP hydrolysis by EF-G in ribosomal translocation (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Best Publications

Complete nucleotide sequence of a 16S ribosomal RNA gene from Escherichia coli.

Jurgen Brosius;Margaret L. Palmer;Poindexter J. Kennedy;Harry F. Noller

3532
Citations
Gene organization and primary structure of a ribosomal RNA operon from Escherichia coli

Jürgen Brosius;Thomas J. Dull;Donald D. Sleeter;Harry F. Noller

2624
Citations
Crystal structure of the ribosome at 5.5 A resolution

Marat M. Yusupov;Gulnara Zh. Yusupova;Albion Baucom;Kate Lieberman

2602
Citations
Interaction of antibiotics with functional sites in 16S ribosomal RNA

Danesh Moazed;Harry F. Noller

1475
Citations
STRUCTURE OF RIBOSOMAL RNA

Harry F. Noller

1121
Citations
Unusual resistance of peptidyl transferase to protein extraction procedures

Harry F. Noller;Vernita Hoffarth;Ludwika Zimniak

983
Citations
Intermediate states in the movement of transfer RNA in the ribosome

Danesh Moazed;Harry F. Noller

931
Citations
Detailed analysis of the higher-order structure of 16S-like ribosomal ribonucleic acids.

C. R. Woese;R. Gutell;Ramesh Gupta;H. F. Noller

925
Citations
Comparative Anatomy of 16-S-like Ribosomal RNA

Robin R. Gutell;Bryn Weiser;Carl R. Woese;Harry F. Noller

866
Citations
X-ray Crystal Structures of 70S Ribosome Functional Complexes

Jamie H. Cate;Marat M. Yusupov;Gulnara Zh. Yusupova;Thomas N. Earnest

829
Citations
RIBOSOMES AND TRANSLATION

Rachel Green;Harry F. Noller

771
Citations
The Path of Messenger RNA through the Ribosome

Gulnara Zh. Yusupova;Marat M. Yusupov;J.H.D. Cate;Harry F. Noller

766
Citations
mRNA helicase activity of the ribosome

Seyedtaghi Takyar;Robyn P. Hickerson;Harry F. Noller

671
Citations
Crystal Structure of a 70S Ribosome-tRNA Complex Reveals Functional Interactions and Rearrangements

Andrei Korostelev;Sergei Trakhanov;Martin Laurberg;Harry F. Noller

669
Citations
Ribosomal RNA and Translation

Harry F. Noller

657
Citations
Rapid chemical probing of conformation in 16 S ribosomal RNA and 30 S ribosomal subunits using primer extension

Danesh Moazed;Seth Stern;Harry F. Noller

653
Citations
Interaction of tRNA with 23S rRNA in the ribosomal A, P, and E sites

Danesh Moazed;Harry F. Noller

630
Citations
Interaction of elongation factors EF-G and EF-Tu with a conserved loop in 23S RNA

Danesh Moazed;James M. Robertson;Harry F. Noller

623
Citations
A new system for naming ribosomal proteins

Nenad Ban;Roland Beckmann;Jamie H D Cate;Jonathan D Dinman

615
Citations
Following translation by single ribosomes one codon at a time

Jin-Der Wen;Laura Lancaster;Courtney Hodges;Ana-Carolina Zeri

596
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Danesh Moazed Harvard University

Jamie H. D. Cate University of California, Berkeley

Rachel Green Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Robin R. Gutell The University of Texas at Austin

Carlos Bustamante Stanford University

Ignacio Tinoco University of California, Berkeley

Carl R. Woese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jürgen Brosius University of Münster

Taekjip Ha Johns Hopkins University

Alexander S. Mankin University of Illinois at Chicago

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