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66
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15288
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1618
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820

Kathleen Collins publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kathleen Collins sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 122 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Kathleen Collins D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Kathleen Collins is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cancer Research, Physiology, and Genetics. The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics including CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery.

Among recent publications, Kathleen Collins has contributed to the following papers:

  • "Structure of human telomerase holoenzyme with bound telomeric DNA," 2021, Nature
  • "Low-bias ncRNA libraries using ordered two-template relay: Serial template jumping by a modified retroelement reverse transcriptase," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Template and target-site recognition by human LINE-1 in retrotransposition," 2023, Nature
  • "Harnessing eukaryotic retroelement proteins for transgene insertion into human safe-harbor loci," 2024, Nature Biotechnology
  • "Deep sequencing of yeast and mouse tRNAs and tRNA fragments using OTTR," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors working with Collins include Heather E. Upton, Lucas Ferguson, Sydney C. Pimentel, Briana Van Treeck, and Nicholas T. Ingolia. The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, RNA, and Nature Biotechnology.

The volume of publications is notably concentrated in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with nine contributions, followed by two each in Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and RNA, and one in Nature Biotechnology.

Kathleen Collins was awarded the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020. This recognition aligns with the scientist's active engagement in advancing knowledge within their domains of study.

Best Publications

  • A telomerase component is defective in the human disease dyskeratosis congenita

    James R. Mitchell;Emily Wood;Kathleen Collins

  • Telomerase in the human organism

    Kathleen Collins;James R Mitchell;James R Mitchell

  • A box H/ACA small nucleolar RNA-like domain at the human telomerase RNA 3' end.

    James R. Mitchell;Jeffrey Cheng;Kathleen Collins

  • The cell cycle and cancer

    Kathleen Collins;Tyler Jacks;Nikola P. Pavletich

  • The telomerase reverse transcriptase regulates chromatin state and DNA damage responses

    Kenkichi Masutomi;Richard Possemato;Judy M. Y. Wong;Jennifer L. Currier

  • Telomerase: an RNP enzyme synthesizes DNA.

    Elizabeth H. Blackburn;Kathleen Collins

  • Telomere maintenance and disease

    Judy M Y Wong;Kathleen Collins

  • The biogenesis and regulation of telomerase holoenzymes

    Kathleen Collins

  • Subnuclear shuttling of human telomerase induced by transformation and DNA damage.

    Judy M. Y. Wong;Leonard Kusdra;Kathleen Collins

  • Human telomerase activation requires two independent interactions between telomerase RNA and telomerase reverse transcriptase.

    James R. Mitchell;Kathleen Collins

  • Mammalian telomeres and telomerase.

    Kathleen Collins

  • Starvation-induced cleavage of the tRNA anticodon loop in Tetrahymena thermophila.

    Suzanne R. Lee;Kathleen Collins

  • Purification of Human Telomerase Complexes Identifies Factors Involved in Telomerase Biogenesis and Telomere Length Regulation

    Dragony Fu;Kathleen Collins

  • Telomerase RNA level limits telomere maintenance in X-linked dyskeratosis congenita

    Judy M.Y. Wong;Kathleen Collins

  • Distinct Biogenesis Pathways for Human Telomerase RNA and H/ACA Small Nucleolar RNAs

    Dragony Fu;Kathleen Collins

  • Stepwise protein-mediated RNA folding directs assembly of telomerase ribonucleoprotein

    Michael D. Stone;Mariana Mihalusova;Catherine M. O’Connor;Ramadevi Prathapam

  • RNA Binding Domain of Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase

    Cary K. Lai;James R. Mitchell;Kathleen Collins

  • Biogenesis of telomerase ribonucleoproteins

    Emily D. Egan;Kathleen Collins

  • The reverse transcriptase component of the Tetrahymena telomerase ribonucleoprotein complex

    Kathleen Collins;Leena Gandhi

  • Cryo-EM structure of substrate-bound human telomerase holoenzyme

    Thi Hoang Duong Nguyen;Jane Tam;Robert A. Wu;Robert A. Wu;Basil J. Greber;Basil J. Greber

Frequent Co-Authors

Juli Feigon
Juli Feigon University of California, Los Angeles
Dirk Hockemeyer
Dirk Hockemeyer University of California, Berkeley
Eva Nogales
Eva Nogales University of California, Berkeley
Rhiju Das
Rhiju Das Stanford University
Z. Hong Zhou
Z. Hong Zhou University of California, Los Angeles
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Xiaowei Zhuang
Xiaowei Zhuang Harvard University
Luke J. Tallon
Luke J. Tallon University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ravi Sachidanandam
Ravi Sachidanandam Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Brian J. Haas
Brian J. Haas Broad Institute

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