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Marcus B. Smolka 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 Marcus B. Smolka sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 128 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Marcus B. Smolka 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 Marcus B. Smolka sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Marcus B. Smolka is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Oncology among other related subfields.

Their published work covers a variety of topics, including:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Marcus B. Smolka has contributed to numerous scientific papers. Some recent publications include:

  • "Checkpoint Responses to DNA Double-Strand Breaks," 2020, Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • "In-depth and 3-dimensional exploration of the budding yeast phosphoproteome," 2021, EMBO Reports
  • "Low lamin A levels enhance confined cell migration and metastatic capacity in breast cancer," 2022, Oncogene
  • "DNA-PKcs promotes fork reversal and chemoresistance," 2022, Molecular Cell
  • "Structural basis of TRAPPIII-mediated Rab1 activation," 2021, The EMBO Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ethan J. Sanford
  • Vítor M. Faça
  • William Comstock
  • Jennie R. Sims
  • Raimundo Freire

Their work has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 22 publications
  • eLife - 4 publications
  • Molecular Cell - 3 publications
  • The EMBO Journal - 3 publications
  • Nature Communications - 3 publications

Best Publications

  • A Multidimensional Chromatography Technology for In-depth Phosphoproteome Analysis

    Claudio P. Albuquerque;Claudio P. Albuquerque;Marcus B. Smolka;Samuel H. Payne;Vineet Bafna

  • Proteome-wide identification of in vivo targets of DNA damage checkpoint kinases.

    Marcus B. Smolka;Claudio P. Albuquerque;Sheng-hong Chen;Huilin Zhou

  • The ALS/FTLD associated protein C9orf72 associates with SMCR8 and WDR41 to regulate the autophagy-lysosome pathway

    Peter M. Sullivan;Xiaolai Zhou;Adam M. Robins;Daniel H. Paushter

  • TORC1 Regulates Endocytosis via Npr1-Mediated Phosphoinhibition of a Ubiquitin Ligase Adaptor

    Jason A. MacGurn;Pi-Chiang Hsu;Marcus B. Smolka;Scott D. Emr

  • DNA damage kinase signaling: checkpoint and repair at 30 years.

    Michael Charles Lanz;Diego Dibitetto;Marcus Bustamante Smolka

  • Quantitative Protein Profiling Using Two-dimensional Gel Electrophoresis, Isotope-coded Affinity Tag Labeling, and Mass Spectrometry

    Marcus Smolka;Huilin Zhou;Ruedi Aebersold

  • Prosaposin facilitates sortilin-independent lysosomal trafficking of progranulin

    Xiaolai Zhou;Lirong Sun;Lirong Sun;Francisco Bastos de Oliveira;Xiaoyang Qi

  • Checkpoint Responses to DNA Double-Strand Breaks.

    David P Waterman;James E Haber;Marcus B Smolka

  • In-depth and 3-dimensional exploration of the budding yeast phosphoproteome

    Michael C Lanz;Kumar Yugandhar;Shagun Gupta;Ethan J Sanford

  • Mechanism of Dun1 Activation by Rad53 Phosphorylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Sheng-hong Chen;Marcus B. Smolka;Huilin Zhou;Huilin Zhou

  • The Legionella effector SidC defines a unique family of ubiquitin ligases important for bacterial phagosomal remodeling

    FoSheng Hsu;Xi Luo;Jiazhang Qiu;Yan Bin Teng

  • Proteome analysis of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa reveals major cellular and extracellular proteins and a peculiar codon bias distribution.

    Marcus Bustamante Smolka;Daniel Martins;Flavia Vischi Winck;Carlos Eduardo Santoro

  • Phosphoproteomics reveals distinct modes of Mec1/ATR signaling during DNA replication.

    Francisco Meirelles Bastos de Oliveira;Dongsung Kim;José Renato Cussiol;Jishnu Das

  • DNA Damage Signaling Recruits the Rtt107-Slx4 Scaffolds via Dpb11 to Mediate Replication Stress Response

    Patrice Y. Ohouo;Francisco M. Bastos de Oliveira;Beatriz S. Almeida;Marcus B. Smolka

  • DNA-repair scaffolds dampen checkpoint signalling by counteracting the adaptor Rad9

    Patrice Y. Ohouo;Francisco M. Bastos de Oliveira;Yi Liu;Chu Jian Ma

  • An FHA domain–mediated protein interaction network of Rad53 reveals its role in polarized cell growth

    Marcus B. Smolka;Sheng Hong Chen;Paul S. Maddox;Jorrit M. Enserink

  • Dynamic Changes in Protein-Protein Interaction and Protein Phosphorylation Probed with Amine-reactive Isotope Tag

    Marcus B. Smolka;Claudio P.D. Albuquerque;Sheng-hong Chen;Kristina H. Schmidt

  • Local phosphocycling mediated by LOK/SLK restricts ezrin function to the apical aspect of epithelial cells

    Raghuvir Viswanatha;Patrice Y. Ohouo;Marcus B. Smolka;Anthony Bretscher

  • DNA replication stress differentially regulates G1/S genes via Rad53-dependent inactivation of Nrm1

    Anna Travesa;Dwight Kuo;Robertus A M de Bruin;Tatyana I Kalashnikova

  • Checkpoint proteins control morphogenetic events during DNA replication stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Jorrit M. Enserink;Marcus B. Smolka;Huilin Zhou;Richard D. Kolodner

Frequent Co-Authors

Huilin Zhou
Huilin Zhou University of California, San Diego
Haiyuan Yu
Haiyuan Yu Cornell University
Sergio Marangoni
Sergio Marangoni State University of Campinas
Grant W. Brown
Grant W. Brown University of Toronto
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael L. Goldberg Cornell University
Richard D. Kolodner
Richard D. Kolodner University of California, San Diego
Katsuhiko Shirahige
Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo
Zhaolei Zhang
Zhaolei Zhang University of Toronto
Scott D. Emr
Scott D. Emr Cornell University
James E. Haber
James E. Haber Brandeis University

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