2026 Kevin Struhl: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	144	167	162	87	85	345	83974
Molecular Biology	144	104	91	67	59	345	83974

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2015 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
2010 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kevin Struhl is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has made extensive contributions to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily focuses on Molecular Biology, with additional research in Genetics, Cell Biology, Endocrinology, and Immunology.

Their research spans several key topics, including:

RNA Research and Splicing
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
RNA modifications and cancer
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer

Frequent publication venues for Kevin Struhl include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
eLife
Molecular Cell
Trends in Genetics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kevin Struhl include:

"YAP and TAZ are transcriptional co-activators of AP-1 proteins and STAT3 during breast cellular transformation," 2021, eLife
"S100A8/S100A9 cytokine acts as a transcriptional coactivator during breast cellular transformation," 2021, Science Advances
"The transcriptional elongation rate regulates alternative polyadenylation in yeast," 2020, eLife
"Methylation of H3-Lysine 79 Is Mediated by a New Family of HMTases without a SET Domain," 2021, UNC Libraries
"Nucleotide-level linkage of transcriptional elongation and polyadenylation," 2022, eLife

The scientist frequently collaborates with several colleagues, including:

Joseph V. Geisberg
Zarmik Moqtaderi
Zhiping Weng
Lizhi He
Henry Pratt

Kevin Struhl has been recognized with several awards throughout their career:

Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2015)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)

Best Publications

Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE pilot project

Ewan Birney;John A. Stamatoyannopoulos;Anindya Dutta;Roderic Guigó

6099
Citations
The ENCODE (ENCyclopedia of DNA elements) Project

E. A. Feingold;P. J. Good;M. S. Guyer;S. Kamholz

3299
Citations
An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome

Ian Dunham;Anshul Kundaje;Shelley F. Aldred;Patrick J. Collins

2824
Citations
Histone acetylation and transcriptional regulatory mechanisms

Kevin Struhl

2417
Citations
High-frequency transformation of yeast: autonomous replication of hybrid DNA molecules

Kevin Struhl;Dan T. Stinchcomb;Stewart Scherer;Ronald W. Davis

1736
Citations
An Epigenetic Switch Involving NF-κB, Lin28, Let-7 MicroRNA, and IL6 Links Inflammation to Cell Transformation

Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Heather A. Hirsch;Kevin Struhl

1642
Citations
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE)

Richard M. Myers;John Stamatoyannopoulos;Michael Snyder;Ian Dunham

1560
Citations
Unbiased mapping of transcription factor binding sites along human chromosomes 21 and 22 points to widespread regulation of noncoding RNAs.

Simon Cawley;Stefan Bekiranov;Huck H Ng;Huck H Ng;Huck H Ng;Philipp Kapranov

1448
Citations
Targeted Recruitment of Set1 Histone Methylase by Elongating Pol II Provides a Localized Mark and Memory of Recent Transcriptional Activity

Huck Hui Ng;François Robert;Richard A. Young;Kevin Struhl

1402
Citations
Metformin selectively targets cancer stem cells, and acts together with chemotherapy to block tumor growth and prolong remission

Heather A. Hirsch;Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Philip N. Tsichlis;Kevin Struhl

1343
Citations
The GCN4 basic region leucine zipper binds DNA as a dimer of uninterrupted α Helices: Crystal structure of the protein-DNA complex

Thomas E. Ellenberger;Christopher J. Brandl;Kevin Struhl;Stephen C. Harrison

1293
Citations
Functional dissection of a eukaryotic transcriptional activator protein, GCN4 of Yeast

Ian A. Hope;Kevin Struhl

1139
Citations
Isolation and characterisation of a yeast chromosomal replicator.

D. T. Stinchcomb;K. Struhl;R. W. Davis

1101
Citations
Sterile host yeasts (SHY): a eukaryotic system of biological containment for recombinant DNA experiments.

D Botstein;S C Falco;S E Stewart;M Brennan

1061
Citations
TREX is a conserved complex coupling transcription with messenger RNA export

Katja Sträßer;Seiji Masuda;Paul Mason;Jens Pfannstiel

1018
Citations
Methylation of H3-Lysine 79 Is Mediated by a New Family of HMTases without a SET Domain

Qin Feng;Hengbin Wang;Huck Hui Ng;Hediye Erdjument-Bromage

1014
Citations
STAT3 Activation of miR-21 and miR-181b-1 via PTEN and CYLD Are Part of the Epigenetic Switch Linking Inflammation to Cancer

Dimitrios Iliopoulos;Savina A. Jaeger;Heather A. Hirsch;Martha L. Bulyk;Martha L. Bulyk

992
Citations
Transcriptional noise and the fidelity of initiation by RNA polymerase II

Kevin Struhl

842
Citations
The gradient morphogen bicoid is a concentration-dependent transcriptional activator

Gary Struhl;Kevin Struhl;Paul M. Macdonald

806
Citations
STERILE HOST YEASTS (SHY): A EUKARYOTIC SYSTEM OF BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT FOR RECOMBINANT DNA

David Botstein;S. Carl Falco;Sue E. Stewart;Miles Brennan

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios Iliopoulos University of California, Los Angeles

Ronald W. Davis Stanford University

Aviv Regev Genentech

Thomas R. Gingeras Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Michael Snyder Stanford University

Philipp Kapranov Huaqiao University

Huck-Hui Ng Genome Institute of Singapore

Joseph T. Wade New York State Department of Health

Zhiping Weng University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Vishwanath R. Iyer The University of Texas at Austin

External Links

Personal website of Kevin Struhl

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