World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
114
Citations
43676
World Ranking
841
National Ranking
526

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2015 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For advances in metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce fuels and chemicals.
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

James C. Liao is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

Their work covers several subfields of study including Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Major topics in their research include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Gut microbiota and health, CAR-T cell therapy research, and Algal biology and biofuel production.

Key recent publications by James C. Liao include:

  • Converting Escherichia coli to a Synthetic Methylotroph Growing Solely on Methanol, 2020, Cell
  • Climate change challenges, plant science solutions, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • A cell-free self-replenishing CO2-fixing system, 2022, Nature Catalysis
  • Analysis of genomic distributions of SARS-CoV-2 reveals a dominant strain type with strong allelic associations, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine induced potent neutralizing antibody against Omicron but not other SARS-CoV-2 variants, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James C. Liao include:

  • Frederic Y.-H. Chen
  • Kuan-Jen Lu
  • Hsin-Chou Yang
  • Chun-Houh Chen
  • Hsiao-Chi Liao

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Kinetic Mechanical Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Among their recognized professional achievements are membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 2015 and fellowship at the National Academy of Inventors awarded the same year. They have also been a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2013, acknowledged for advances in metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce fuels and chemicals. Earlier, in 2002, they were elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

Best Publications

  • Non-fermentative pathways for synthesis of branched-chain higher alcohols as biofuels

    Shota Atsumi;Taizo Hanai;James C. Liao

  • Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for 1-butanol production.

    Shota Atsumi;Anthony F. Cann;Michael R. Connor;Claire R. Shen

  • Direct photosynthetic recycling of carbon dioxide to isobutyraldehyde

    Shota Atsumi;Wendy Higashide;James C Liao

  • Fish exploiting vortices decrease muscle activity.

    James C. Liao;David N. Beal;David N. Beal;George V. Lauder;George V. Lauder;Michael S. Triantafyllou;Michael S. Triantafyllou

  • Issues in cDNA microarray analysis: quality filtering, channel normalization, models of variations and assessment of gene effects

    George C. Tseng;Min Kyu Oh;Lars Rohlin;James C. Liao

  • A review of fish swimming mechanics and behaviour in altered flows

    James C Liao

  • Network component analysis: Reconstruction of regulatory signals in biological systems

    James C. Liao;Riccardo Boscolo;Young-Lyeol Yang;Linh My Tran

  • Integrated Electromicrobial Conversion of CO2 to Higher Alcohols

    Han Li;Paul H. Opgenorth;David G. Wernick;Steve Rogers

  • Driving Forces Enable High-Titer Anaerobic 1-Butanol Synthesis in Escherichia coli

    Claire R. Shen;Ethan I. Lan;Yasumasa Dekishima;Yasumasa Dekishima;Antonino Baez

  • Improving lycopene production in Escherichia coli by engineering metabolic control

    William R. Farmer;James C. Liao

  • Fuelling the future: microbial engineering for the production of sustainable biofuels

    James C. Liao;Luo Mi;Sammy Pontrelli;Shanshan Luo

  • The Kármán gait: novel body kinematics of rainbow trout swimming in a vortex street

    James C. Liao;David N. Beal;George V. Lauder;Michael S. Triantafyllou

  • A synthetic gene-metabolic oscillator.

    Eileen Fung;Wilson W. Wong;Jason K. Suen;Thomas Bulter

  • Expanding metabolism for biosynthesis of nonnatural alcohols

    Kechun Zhang;Michael R. Sawaya;David S. Eisenberg;James C. Liao

  • Design and characterization of synthetic fungal-bacterial consortia for direct production of isobutanol from cellulosic biomass

    Jeremy J. Minty;Marc E. Singer;Scott A. Scholz;Chang Hoon Bae

  • Metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria for 1-butanol production from carbon dioxide.

    Ethan I. Lan;James C. Liao

  • Passive propulsion in vortex wakes

    D. N. Beal;F. S. Hover;M. S. Triantafyllou;J. C. Liao

  • Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for 1-butanol and 1-propanol production via the keto-acid pathways

    C.R. Shen;J.C. Liao

  • Engineering Corynebacterium glutamicum for isobutanol production

    Kevin Michael Smith;Kwang Myung Cho;James C. Liao

  • ATP drives direct photosynthetic production of 1-butanol in cyanobacteria

    Ethan I. Lan;James C. Liao

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiichiro Fukusaki
Eiichiro Fukusaki Osaka University
George V. Lauder
George V. Lauder Harvard University
Chiara Sabatti
Chiara Sabatti Stanford University
John Yen
John Yen Pennsylvania State University
Yajun Yan
Yajun Yan University of Georgia
Costas D. Maranas
Costas D. Maranas Pennsylvania State University
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Vwani P. Roychowdhury
Vwani P. Roychowdhury University of California, Los Angeles
Julian P. Whitelegge
Julian P. Whitelegge University of California, Los Angeles
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing James C. Liao

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles