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Lewis C. Cantley 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 Lewis C. Cantley sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 803 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.

Lewis C. Cantley 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 Lewis C. Cantley sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 234 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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 Best Scientists 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
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University
  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2015 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2013 - Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for the discovery of PI 3-Kinase and its role in cancer metabolism.
  • 2011 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Lewis C. Cantley is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine.

Their work engages deeply with subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cell Biology. Central topics in their research include:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer

Lewis C. Cantley has authored numerous scientific papers, with recent notable publications as follows:

  • "An atlas of substrate specificities for the human serine/threonine kinome," 2023, Nature
  • "Identification of SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors using lung and colonic organoids," 2020, Nature
  • "Fatty acid synthesis is required for breast cancer brain metastasis," 2021, Nature Cancer
  • "Limited Environmental Serine and Glycine Confer Brain Metastasis Sensitivity to PHGDH Inhibition," 2020, Cancer Discovery
  • "The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic," 2021, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Frequent coauthors in Lewis C. Cantley's body of work include:

  • Jared L. Johnson
  • Tomer M. Yaron
  • Emily M. Huntsman
  • John Blenis
  • Olivier Elemento

Their publications are often found in leading journals and venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature
  • Cancer Discovery
  • Cell

Over the course of their career, Lewis C. Cantley has been the recipient of various awards, including:

  • Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, Columbia University, 2019
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2019
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 2015
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2014
  • Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2013, for the discovery of PI 3-Kinase and its role in cancer metabolism
  • Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award, 2011
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2010
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999

Best Publications

  • Understanding the Warburg Effect: The Metabolic Requirements of Cell Proliferation

    Matthew G. Vander Heiden;Lewis C. Cantley;Craig B. Thompson

  • AKT/PKB signaling: navigating downstream.

    Brendan D. Manning;Lewis C. Cantley

  • The phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway.

    Lewis C. Cantley

  • MET Amplification Leads to Gefitinib Resistance in Lung Cancer by Activating ERBB3 Signaling

    Jeffrey A. Engelman;Kreshnik Zejnullahu;Tetsuya Mitsudomi;Youngchul Song

  • Cancer-associated IDH1 mutations produce 2-hydroxyglutarate

    Lenny Dang;David W. White;Stefan Gross;Bryson D. Bennett

  • The evolution of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases as regulators of growth and metabolism

    Jeffrey A. Engelman;Ji Luo;Lewis C. Cantley

  • SH2 domains recognize specific phosphopeptide sequences

    Songyang Zhou;Songyang Zhou;Steven E. Shoelson;Manas Chaudhuri;Gerald Gish

  • Oncogenes and signal transduction

    Lewis C Cantley;Kurt R Auger;Christopher Carpenter;Brian Duckworth

  • The M2 splice isoform of pyruvate kinase is important for cancer metabolism and tumour growth

    Heather R. Christofk;Matthew G. Vander Heiden;Marian H. Harris;Arvind Ramanathan

  • New insights into tumor suppression: PTEN suppresses tumor formation by restraining the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT pathway

    Lewis C. Cantley;Benjamin G. Neel

  • Ras, PI(3)K and mTOR signalling controls tumour cell growth.

    Reuben J. Shaw;Lewis C. Cantley

  • The Kinase LKB1 Mediates Glucose Homeostasis in Liver and Therapeutic Effects of Metformin

    Reuben J. Shaw;Reuben J. Shaw;Katja A. Lamia;Debbie Vasquez;Seung Hoi Koo;Seung Hoi Koo

  • PI3K pathway alterations in cancer: variations on a theme

    TL Yuan;LC Cantley

  • PI3K: Downstream AKTion Blocks Apoptosis

    Thomas F Franke;David R Kaplan;Lewis C Cantley

  • The PI3K pathway in human disease

    David A. Fruman;Honyin Chiu;Benjamin D. Hopkins;Shubha Bagrodia

  • The tumor suppressor LKB1 kinase directly activates AMP-activated kinase and regulates apoptosis in response to energy stress

    Reuben J. Shaw;Monica Kosmatka;Nabeel Bardeesy;Rebecca L. Hurley

  • The structural basis for 14-3-3:phosphopeptide binding specificity.

    Michael B Yaffe;Katrin Rittinger;Stefano Volinia;Paul R Caron

  • Direct Regulation of the Akt Proto-Oncogene Product by Phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphate

    Thomas F. Franke;David R. Kaplan;Lewis C. Cantley;Alex Toker

  • Scansite 2.0: proteome-wide prediction of cell signaling interactions using short sequence motifs

    John C. Obenauer;Lewis C. Cantley;Michael B. Yaffe

  • Oncogenic Kras maintains pancreatic tumors through regulation of anabolic glucose metabolism

    Haoqiang Ying;Alec C. Kimmelman;Costas A. Lyssiotis;Sujun Hua

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Asara
John M. Asara Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Costas A. Lyssiotis
Costas A. Lyssiotis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jason W. Locasale
Jason W. Locasale Duke University
David A. Fruman
David A. Fruman University of California, Irvine
Stephen P. Soltoff
Stephen P. Soltoff Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Gerburg M. Wulf
Gerburg M. Wulf Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Jeffrey A. Engelman
Jeffrey A. Engelman Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Atsuo T. Sasaki
Atsuo T. Sasaki University of Cincinnati

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