2026 Jef D. Boeke: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	127	288	278	150	144	526	77357
Molecular Biology	127	202	183	123	111	526	77357

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Jef D. Boeke is affiliated with New York University in the United States and has an extensive publication record primarily in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research contributions span molecular biology, plant science, genetics, surgery, and cell biology, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary range within the biological sciences.

The scientist's work emphasizes key topics such as CRISPR and genetic engineering, chromosomal and genetic variations, genomics and chromatin dynamics, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, fungal and yeast genetics research, RNA research and splicing, and plant virus research studies.

Frequent co-authors in Jef D. Boeke's research include Weimin Zhang, Leslie A. Mitchell, Joel S. Bader, Ran Brosh, and Yizhi Cai, with collaboration counts ranging from over twenty to nearly thirty joint publications each.

Jef D. Boeke has frequently published in several scientific venues. Among the most common are:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cell Genomics
Nature Communications
Nature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The researcher's recent notable papers include the following:

The role of retrotransposable elements in ageing and age-associated diseases (2021, Nature)
Results of Two Cases of Pig-to-Human Kidney Xenotransplantation (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)
Widespread Transcriptional Scanning in the Testis Modulates Gene Evolution Rates (2020, Cell)
Super-enhancers include classical enhancers and facilitators to fully activate gene expression (2023, Cell)
Pig-to-human heart xenotransplantation in two recently deceased human recipients (2023, Nature Medicine)

Throughout their career, Jef D. Boeke has been recognized with several awards, including election to prestigious academies: Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2013, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

Designer deletion strains derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C: a useful set of strains and plasmids for PCR-mediated gene disruption and other applications.

Carrie Baker Brachmann;Adrian Davies;Gregory J. Cost;Emerita Caputo

5369
Citations
Functional profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome.

Guri Giaever;Angela M. Chu;Li Ni;Carla Connelly

5250
Citations
Functional Characterization of the S. cerevisiae Genome by Gene Deletion and Parallel Analysis

Elizabeth A. Winzeler;Daniel D. Shoemaker;Anna Astromoff;Hong Liang

5007
Citations
A positive selection for mutants lacking orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase activity in yeast: 5-fluoro-orotic acid resistance.

Jef D. Boeke;Francois La Croute;Gerald R. Fink

2761
Citations
5-Fluoroorotic acid as a selective agent in yeast molecular genetics.

Jef D. Boeke;Joshua Trueheart;Georges Natsoulis;Gerald R. Fink

1690
Citations
Human L1 Retrotransposon Encodes a Conserved Endonuclease Required for Retrotransposition

Qinghua Feng;John V. Moran;Haig H. Kazazian;Jef D. Boeke

1295
Citations
High Frequency Retrotransposition in Cultured Mammalian Cells

John V. Moran;Susan E. Holmes;Thierry P. Naas;Ralph J. DeBerardinis

1194
Citations
Ty elements transpose through an RNA intermediate

Jef D. Boeke;David J. Garfinkel;Cora A. Styles;Gerald R. Fink

975
Citations
A phylogenetically conserved NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase activity in the Sir2 protein family.

Jeffrey S. Smith;Carrie Baker Brachmann;Carrie Baker Brachmann;Ivana Celic;Margaret A. Kenna;Margaret A. Kenna

971
Citations
The Biochemistry of Sirtuins

Anthony A. Sauve;Cynthia Wolberger;Vern L. Schramm;Jef D. Boeke

930
Citations
L1 drives IFN in senescent cells and promotes age-associated inflammation

Marco De Cecco;Takahiro Ito;Anna P. Petrashen;Amy E. Elias

913
Citations
Human L1 retrotransposition: cis preference versus trans complementation.

Wei Wei;Nicolas Gilbert;Siew Loon Ooi;Joseph F. Lawler

907
Citations
Reverse transcriptase encoded by a human transposable element.

Stephen L. Mathias;Alan F. Scott;Haig H. Kazazian;Jef D. Boeke

887
Citations
The SIR2 gene family, conserved from bacteria to humans, functions in silencing, cell cycle progression, and chromosome stability.

Carrie Baker Brachmann;Joyce M. Sherman;Scott E. Devine;Elizabeth E. Cameron

814
Citations
In vitro mutagenesis and plasmid shuffling: from cloned gene to mutant yeast.

Robert S. Sikorski;Jef D. Boeke

757
Citations
An unusual form of transcriptional silencing in yeast ribosomal DNA.

Jeffrey S. Smith;Jef D. Boeke

753
Citations
Sir2-Dependent Activation of Acetyl-CoA Synthetase by Deacetylation of Active Lysine

V. J. Starai;I. Celic;R. N. Cole;J. D. Boeke

689
Citations
SIRT3, a human SIR2 homologue, is an NAD- dependent deacetylase localized to mitochondria

Patrick Onyango;Ivana Celic;J. Michael McCaffery;Jef D. Boeke

670
Citations
Transposable Elements and Genome Organization: A Comprehensive Survey of Retrotransposons Revealed by the Complete Saccharomyces cerevisiae Genome Sequence

Jin M. Kim;Swathi Vanguri;Jef D. Boeke;Abram Gabriel

664
Citations
Total Synthesis of a Functional Designer Eukaryotic Chromosome

Narayana Annaluru;Héloïse Muller;Leslie A. Mitchell;Sivaprakash Ramalingam

652
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel S. Bader Johns Hopkins University

David Fenyö New York University

Kathleen H. Burns Harvard University

Martin S. Taylor Harvard University

Sarah J. Wheelan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Ying-Jin Yuan Tianjin University

Gerald R. Fink MIT

Rafael A. Irizarry Harvard University

David J. Garfinkel University of Georgia

Heng Zhu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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