2026 Lucy Shapiro: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	98	578	517	317	281	296	28890

Lucy Shapiro 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 Lucy Shapiro sits on this spectrum.

47 publications 564+

This scientist: 296 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lucy Shapiro 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 Lucy Shapiro sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% 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

2011 - US President's National Medal of Science "For the pioneering discovery that the bacterial cell is controlled by an integrated genetic circuit functioning in time and space that serves as a systems engineering paradigm underlying cell differentiation and ultimately the generation of diversity in all organisms.", President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on February 1, 2013.
2010 - ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology
1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Lucy Shapiro is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a substantial focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Structural Biology, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
RNA Research and Splicing
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Cancer Research and Treatments
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Notable recent publications by Lucy Shapiro are:

The material properties of a bacterial-derived biomolecular condensate tune biological function in natural and synthetic systems, 2022, Nature Communications
Selective sequestration of signalling proteins in a membraneless organelle reinforces the spatial regulation of asymmetry in Caulobacter crescentus, 2020, Nature Microbiology
Cryogenic single-molecule fluorescence annotations for electron tomography reveal in situ organization of key proteins in Caulobacter, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
ATP-responsive biomolecular condensates tune bacterial kinase signaling, 2022, Science Advances
A modular platform for engineering function of natural and synthetic biomolecular condensates, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent coauthors of Lucy Shapiro are:

W. E. Moerner
Saumya Saurabh
Peter D. Dahlberg
Trisha N. Chong
Keren Lasker

Common publication venues for their work include:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Biophysical Journal
Nature Communications

Lucy Shapiro has received several awards and honors, such as:

US President's National Medal of Science (2011) for discovering that bacterial cells are controlled by integrated genetic circuits functioning in time and space
ASM Lifetime Achievement Award, American Society for Microbiology (2010)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1994)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)

Best Publications

Circuit Simulation of Genetic Networks

Harley H. McAdams;Lucy Shapiro

753
Citations
An Antifungal Agent Inhibits an Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase by Trapping tRNA in the Editing Site.

Fernando L. Rock;Weimin Mao;Anya Yaremchuk;Mikhail Tukalo

708
Citations
Global analysis of the genetic network controlling a bacterial cell cycle.

Michael T. Laub;Harley H. McAdams;Tamara Feldblyum;Claire M. Fraser

660
Citations
Complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus.

William C. Nierman;Tamara V. Feldblyum;Michael T. Laub;Ian T. Paulsen

630
Citations
Cell Cycle Control by an Essential Bacterial Two-Component Signal Transduction Protein

Kim C Quon;Gregory T Marczynski;Lucy Shapiro

568
Citations
MipZ, a Spatial Regulator Coordinating Chromosome Segregation with Cell Division in Caulobacter

Martin Thanbichler;Lucy Shapiro

567
Citations
Rapid and sequential movement of individual chromosomal loci to specific subcellular locations during bacterial DNA replication

Patrick H. Viollier;Martin Thanbichler;Patrick T. McGrath;Lisandra West

490
Citations
Cell Type-Specific Phosphorylation and Proteolysis of a Transcriptional Regulator Controls the G1-to-S Transition in a Bacterial Cell Cycle

Ibrahim J Domian;Kim C Quon;Lucy Shapiro

487
Citations
MreB Actin-Mediated Segregation of a Specific Region of a Bacterial Chromosome

Zemer Gitai;Natalie Anne Dye;Ann Reisenauer;Masaaki Wachi

471
Citations
Genes directly controlled by CtrA, a master regulator of the Caulobacter cell cycle

Michael T. Laub;Swaine L. Chen;Lucy Shapiro;Harley H. McAdams

444
Citations
Codon usage between genomes is constrained by genome-wide mutational processes

Swaine L. Chen;William Lee;Alison K. Hottes;Lucy Shapiro

423
Citations
Negative control of bacterial DNA replication by a cell cycle regulatory protein that binds at the chromosome origin

Kim C. Quon;Bing Yang;Ibrahim J. Domian;Lucy Shapiro

406
Citations
A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation

Jerod L. Ptacin;Steven F. Lee;Ethan C. Garner;Esteban Toro

404
Citations
A comprehensive set of plasmids for vanillate- and xylose-inducible gene expression in Caulobacter crescentus

Martin Thanbichler;Antonio A. Iniesta;Lucy Shapiro

391
Citations
An actin-like gene can determine cell polarity in bacteria

Zemer Gitai;Natalie Dye;Lucy Shapiro

388
Citations
Super-resolution imaging in live Caulobacter crescentus cells using photoswitchable EYFP

Julie S Biteen;Michael A Thompson;Nicole K Tselentis;Grant R Bowman

383
Citations
The essential genome of a bacterium.

Beat Christen;Eduardo Abeliuk;John M Collier;Virginia S Kalogeraki

360
Citations
A Polymeric Protein Anchors the Chromosomal Origin/ParB Complex at a Bacterial Cell Pole

Grant R. Bowman;Luis R. Comolli;Jian Zhu;Michael Eckart

358
Citations
Polar localization of a bacterial chemoreceptor.

M. R. K. Alley;J. R. Maddock;L. Shapiro

303
Citations
Cell Cycle–Dependent Polar Localization of an Essential Bacterial Histidine Kinase that Controls DNA Replication and Cell Division

Christine Jacobs;Ibrahim J. Domian;Janine R. Maddock;Lucy Shapiro

301
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

W. E. Moerner Stanford University

Harley H. McAdams Stanford University

Soichi Wakatsuki Stanford University

Zemer Gitai Princeton University

Richard Losick Harvard University

Susan A. Henry Cornell University

Michael T. Laub MIT

Urs Jenal University of Basel

Elizabeth A. Winzeler University of California, San Diego

Jonathan S. Weissman MIT

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