2026 John R. Pringle: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	88	1147	1086	550	516	146	42482
Molecular Biology	88	773	688	409	358	146	42482

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John R. Pringle is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within the broader domains of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science.

The primary fields of study in their work include:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Environmental Science

Subfields frequently addressed in their research consist of:

Molecular Biology
Ecology
Biomedical Engineering
Immunology
Food Science

Key topics covered in John R. Pringle's publications are:

Fungal and yeast genetics research
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Biofuel production and bioconversion
Plant Reproductive Biology
Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

John R. Pringle has contributed to a range of scientific papers published in well-recognized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

UNC Libraries
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature Communications
Science
Science Advances

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by John R. Pringle include:

"Symbiont population control by host-symbiont metabolic interaction in Symbiodiniaceae-cnidarian associations," 2020, published in Nature Communications
"Conversion of oxybenzone sunscreen to phototoxic glucoside conjugates by sea anemones and corals," 2022, published in Science
"Reduced thermal tolerance in a coral carrying CRISPR-induced mutations in the gene for a heat-shock transcription factor," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Insights into coral bleaching under heat stress from analysis of gene expression in a sea anemone model system," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia," 2023, published in Science Advances

The scientist often collaborates with several other researchers, with frequent co-authors being:

Phillip A. Cleves
Mark S. Longtine
Erfei Bi
Lorraine Ling
Christian CR Renicke

John R. Pringle has received recognition in the scientific community, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2017 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011.

Best Publications

Additional modules for versatile and economical PCR-based gene deletion and modification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mark S. Longtine;Amos Mckenzie;Douglas J. Demarini;Nirav G. Shah

6036
Citations
Heterologous modules for efficient and versatile PCR-based gene targeting in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Jürg Bähler;Jian-Qiu Wu;Mark S. Longtine;Nirav G. Shah

2554
Citations
Measurement of molecular weights by electrophoresis on SDS-acrylamide gel.

K Weber;J R Pringle;M Osborn

2296
Citations
Genetic Control of the Cell Division Cycle in Yeast

Leland H. Hartwell;Joseph Culotti;John R. Pringle;Brian J. Reid

1514
Citations
Relationship of actin and tubulin distribution to bud growth in wild-type and morphogenetic-mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

A. E.M. Adams;J. R. Pringle

1054
Citations
Coordination of growth with cell division in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

G. C. Johnston;J. R. Pringle;Leland H. Hartwell

1009
Citations
Reserve carbohydrate metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: responses to nutrient limitation.

S H Lillie;J R Pringle

968
Citations
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cell Cycle

John R. Pringle;Leland H. Hartwell

945
Citations
Immunofluorescence Methods for Yeast

John R. Pringle;Alison E.M. Adams;David G. Drubin;Brian K. Haarer

857
Citations
Bni1p, a Yeast Formin Linking Cdc42p and the Actin Cytoskeleton During Polarized Morphogenesis

Marie Evangelista;Kelly Blundell;Mark S. Longtine;Clinton J. Chow

852
Citations
CDC42 and CDC43, two additional genes involved in budding and the establishment of cell polarity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Alison E.M. Adams;Douglas I. Johnson;Douglas I. Johnson;Richard M. Longnecker;Barbara F. Sloat

810
Citations
Molecular characterization of CDC42, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene involved in the development of cell polarity.

D I Johnson;J R Pringle

733
Citations
Fluorescence microscopy methods for yeast.

John R. Pringle;Robert A. Preston;Alison E.M. Adams;Tim Stearns

640
Citations
The septins: Roles in cytokinesis and other processes

Mark S Longtine;Douglas J DeMarini;Maria L Valencik;Omayma S Al-Awar

630
Citations
Use of a screen for synthetic lethal and multicopy suppressee mutants to identify two new genes involved in morphogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

A Bender;J R Pringle

617
Citations
Multicopy suppression of the cdc24 budding defect in yeast by CDC42 and three newly identified genes including the ras-related gene RSR1

Alan Bender;John R. Pringle

537
Citations
Involvement of an Actomyosin Contractile Ring in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cytokinesis

Erfei Bi;Paul Maddox;Daniel J. Lew;E.D. Salmon

524
Citations
Functions of microtubules in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle.

C. W. Jacobs;A. E. M. Adams;P. J. Szaniszlo;J. R. Pringle

516
Citations
Ste20-like protein kinases are required for normal localization of cell growth and for cytokinesis in budding yeast.

F Cvrcková;C De Virgilio;E Manser;J R Pringle

502
Citations
Cellular morphogenesis in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell cycle: localization of the CDC3 gene product and the timing of events at the budding site.

Hyong Bai Kim;Brian K. Haarer;John R. Pringle

460
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Erfei Bi University of Pennsylvania

Ryuichi Nishihama Tokyo University of Science

Arthur R. Grossman Carnegie Institution for Science

Claudio De Virgilio University of Fribourg

Jürg Bähler University College London

Daniel J. Lew Duke University

Mark Peifer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Frederick R. Cross Rockefeller University

Leland H. Hartwell Arizona State University

Ira Herskowitz University of California, San Francisco

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