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Molecular Biology

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156
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72
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46

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Leonard I. Zon 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 Leonard I. Zon sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 718 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leonard I. Zon 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 Leonard I. Zon sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 156 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Leonard I. Zon is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine.

Their work covers several subfields, including molecular biology, immunology, cell biology, hematology, and oncology. The main topics of their research include zebrafish biomedical research applications, single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, RNA modifications and cancer, epigenetics and DNA methylation, genomics and chromatin dynamics, immune cells in cancer, and CRISPR and genetic engineering.

Frequent publication venues for Leonard I. Zon include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Blood, Experimental Hematology, Science, and Developmental Cell.

Frequent co-authors of Leonard I. Zon consist of:

  • Song Yang
  • Yi Zhou
  • Serine Avagyan
  • Avik Choudhuri
  • George Q. Daley

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Zebrafish disease models in drug discovery: from preclinical modelling to clinical trials" (2021, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery)
  • "Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives depletion of melanocyte stem cells" (2020, Nature)
  • "Zebrafish patient avatars in cancer biology and precision cancer therapy" (2020, Nature Reviews Cancer)
  • "Transcription factors interact with RNA to regulate genes" (2023, Molecular Cell)
  • "Melanoma models for the next generation of therapies" (2021, Cancer Cell)

Leonard I. Zon has received recognition in the form of several awards and memberships, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1999)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome.

    Kerstin Howe;Matthew D. Clark;Carlos F. Torroja;Carlos F. Torroja;James Torrance

  • Hematopoiesis: an evolving paradigm for stem cell biology.

    Stuart H. Orkin;Leonard I. Zon;Leonard I. Zon

  • Requirement for ceramide-initiated SAPK/JNK signalling in stress-induced apoptosis.

    Marcel Verheij;Marcel Verheij;Ron Bose;Xin Hua Lin;Bei Yao

  • Positional cloning of zebrafish ferroportin1 identifies a conserved vertebrate iron exporter

    Adriana Donovan;Alison Brownlie;Alison Brownlie;Yi Zhou;Jennifer Shepard

  • In vivo drug discovery in the zebrafish

    Leonard I. Zon;Randall T. Peterson;Randall T. Peterson

  • Transparent Adult Zebrafish as a Tool for In Vivo Transplantation Analysis

    Richard Mark White;Anna Sessa;Christopher Burke;Teresa Bowman

  • The iron exporter ferroportin/Slc40a1 is essential for iron homeostasis

    Adriana Donovan;Adriana Donovan;Christine A. Lima;Christine A. Lima;Jack L. Pinkus;Geraldine S. Pinkus

  • Prostaglandin E2 regulates vertebrate haematopoietic stem cell homeostasis

    Trista E. North;Wolfram Goessling;Wolfram Goessling;Carl R. Walkley;Claudia Lengerke

  • Role of SAPK/ERK kinase-1 in the stress-activated pathway regulating transcription factor c-Jun.

    Sánchez I;Hughes Rt;Mayer Bj;Mayer Bj;Yee K

  • Cloning of cDNA for the major DNA-binding protein of the erythroid lineage through expression in mammalian cells

    Shih-Feng Tsai;David I. K. Martin;David I. K. Martin;Leonard I. Zon;Leonard I. Zon;Alan D. D'Andrea;Alan D. D'Andrea

  • Vertebrate genome evolution and the zebrafish gene map.

    John H. Postlethwait;Yi-Lin Yan;Michael A. Gates;Sally Horne

  • Zebrafish: a model system for the study of human disease.

    Kimberly Dooley;Leonard I Zon;Leonard I Zon

  • The Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway Is Required for the Development of Leukemia Stem Cells in AML

    Yingzi Wang;Andrei Krivtsov;Amit U. Sinha;Trista Elizabeth North;Trista Elizabeth North

  • Activation of stress-activated protein kinase by MEKK1 phosphorylation of its activator SEK1

    Mlnhong Yan;Tianang Dai;Joseph C. Deak;John M. Kyriakis

  • Loss of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Is an Epigenetic Hallmark of Melanoma

    Christine Guo Lian;Yufei Xu;Craig Ceol;Craig Ceol;Feizhen Wu

  • Transplantation and in vivo imaging of multilineage engraftment in zebrafish bloodless mutants

    David Traver;Barry H Paw;Kenneth D Poss;W Todd Penberthy

  • Genetic interaction of PGE2 and Wnt signaling regulates developmental specification of stem cells and regeneration.

    Wolfram Goessling;Trista E. North;Trista E. North;Sabine Loewer;Sabine Loewer;Allegra M. Lord;Allegra M. Lord

  • BRAF Mutations Are Sufficient to Promote Nevi Formation and Cooperate with p53 in the Genesis of Melanoma

    E.Elizabeth Patton;Hans R. Widlund;Jeffery L. Kutok;Kamden R. Kopani;Kamden R. Kopani

  • The use of zebrafish to understand immunity

    Nikolaus S Trede;David M Langenau;David Traver;A.Thomas Look

  • tp53 mutant zebrafish develop malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors

    Stéphane Berghmans;Ryan D. Murphey;Erno Wienholds;Donna Neuberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Zhou
Yi Zhou Harvard University
Barry H. Paw
Barry H. Paw Brigham and Women's Hospital
George Q. Daley
George Q. Daley Boston Children's Hospital
Stuart H. Orkin
Stuart H. Orkin Harvard University
Trista E. North
Trista E. North Boston Children's Hospital
Wolfram Goessling
Wolfram Goessling Brigham and Women's Hospital
David Traver
David Traver University of California, San Diego
Thorsten M. Schlaeger
Thorsten M. Schlaeger Boston Children's Hospital
David M. Langenau
David M. Langenau Harvard University

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