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Howard D. Lipshitz

Howard D. Lipshitz

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
55
Citations
12878
World Ranking
3572
National Ranking
140

Howard D. Lipshitz publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard D. Lipshitz sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 118 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Howard D. Lipshitz D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Howard D. Lipshitz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Howard D. Lipshitz is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aging, and Information Systems and Management.

The scientist's work covers significant topics including:

  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research

Howard D. Lipshitz has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • PLoS Genetics

Notable recent papers include:

  • Precise Temporal Regulation of Post-transcriptional Repressors Is Required for an Orderly Drosophila Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition (2020, Cell Reports)
  • The RNA-Binding Protein Rasputin/G3BP Enhances the Stability and Translation of Its Target mRNAs (2020, Cell Reports)
  • The Canadian Rare Diseases Models and Mechanisms (RDMM) Network: Connecting Understudied Genes to Model Organisms (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • Opposing roles for Egalitarian and Staufen in transport, anchoring and localization of oskar mRNA in the Drosophila oocyte (2021, PLoS Genetics)
  • Making biological knowledge useful for humans and machines (2022, Genetics)

Frequent collaborators in research include:

  • Craig A. Smibert (16 coauthored publications)
  • Sichun Lin (8 coauthored publications)
  • Timothy C.H. Low (7 coauthored publications)
  • Stéphane Angers (7 coauthored publications)
  • Angelo Karaiskakis (6 coauthored publications)

Howard D. Lipshitz has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1990.

Best Publications

  • A compendium of RNA-binding motifs for decoding gene regulation

    Debashish Ray;Hilal Kazan;Kate B. Cook;Matthew T. Weirauch;Matthew T. Weirauch

  • The maternal-to-zygotic transition: a play in two acts

    Wael Tadros;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • Vectors for Drosophila P-element-mediated transformation and tissue culture transfection.

    Carl S. Thummel;Anne M. Boulet;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • RNA Localization in Development

    Arash Bashirullah;Ramona L. Cooperstock;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • SMAUG Is a Major Regulator of Maternal mRNA Destabilization in Drosophila and Its Translation Is Activated by the PAN GU Kinase

    Wael Tadros;Aaron L. Goldman;Tomas Babak;Fiona Menzies

  • The maternal-to-zygotic transition revisited.

    Nadine L. Vastenhouw;Wen Xi Cao;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • Smaug recruits the CCR4/POP2/NOT deadenylase complex to trigger maternal transcript localization in the early Drosophila embryo.

    Jennifer L. Semotok;Ramona L. Cooperstock;Benjamin D. Pinder;Heli K. Vari

  • Joint action of two RNA degradation pathways controls the timing of maternal transcript elimination at the midblastula transition in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Arash Bashirullah;Susan R. Halsell;Ramona L. Cooperstock;Malgorzata Kloc

  • A vertebrate Polycomb response element governs segmentation of the posterior hindbrain.

    Angela Sing;Dylan Pannell;Angelo Karaiskakis;Kendra Sturgeon;Kendra Sturgeon

  • Spatial and temporal control of RNA stability

    Arash Bashirullah;Ramona L. Cooperstock;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • Distinct human NUMB isoforms regulate differentiation vs. proliferation in the neuronal lineage

    Joseph M. Verdi;Arash Bashirullah;Donna E. Goldhawk;Chris J. Kubu

  • Mechanisms of RNA localization and translational regulation

    Howard D Lipshitz;Craig A Smibert

  • Novel transcripts from the Ultrabithorax domain of the bithorax complex.

    H D Lipshitz;D A Peattie;D S Hogness

  • Dynamic Hsp83 RNA localization during Drosophila oogenesis and embryogenesis

    Dali Ding;Susan M. Parkhurst;Susan R. Halsell;Howard D. Lipshitz

  • Retrovirus vector silencing is de novo methylase independent and marked by a repressive histone code

    Dylan Pannell;Cameron S. Osborne;Shuyuan Yao;Tanya Sukonnik

  • Predicting in vivo binding sites of RNA-binding proteins using mRNA secondary structure

    Xiao Li;Gerald Quon;Howard D. Lipshitz;Quaid Morris

  • Fringe boundaries coincide with Notch-dependent patterning centres in mammals and alter Notch-dependent development in Drosophila.

    Brenda Cohen;Arash Bashirullah;Lina Dagnino;Christine Campbell

  • Specification and development of the pars intercerebralis and pars lateralis, neuroendocrine command centers in the Drosophila brain.

    Begona de Velasco;Ted Erclik;Diana Shy;Joey Sclafani

  • Mammalian NUMB is an evolutionarily conserved signaling adapter protein that specifies cell fate.

    Joseph M. Verdi;Rosemarie Schmandt;Arash Bashirullah;Sara Jacob

  • Transcript clearance during the maternal-to-zygotic transition.

    Claudia B Walser;Howard D Lipshitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Quaid Morris
Quaid Morris Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Sachdev S. Sidhu
Sachdev S. Sidhu University of Waterloo
Stephane Angers
Stephane Angers University of Toronto
Robert A. Phillips
Robert A. Phillips University of Toronto
Volker Hartenstein
Volker Hartenstein University of California, Los Angeles
Roderick R. McInnes
Roderick R. McInnes University of Toronto
Dieter Edbauer
Dieter Edbauer German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
James Ellis
James Ellis University of Toronto
David S. Hogness
David S. Hogness Stanford University

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