2026 Michael R. Lieber: 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	104	463	420	261	233	293	42737

Overview

Michael R. Lieber is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong focus on DNA repair mechanisms.

The scientist has published extensively in primary fields such as:

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine

Their subfields of study include:

Molecular Biology
Oncology
Genetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Immunology

Key research topics covered in their work are:

DNA Repair Mechanisms
DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Michael R. Lieber has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Chih-Lin Hsieh (10 joint publications)
Go Watanabe (7 joint publications)
Cindy Yen Okitsu (5 joint publications)
Eli Rothenberg (4 joint publications)
Dale A. Ramsden (4 joint publications)

The scientist's recent papers showcase their focus on molecular mechanisms involved in DNA repair and structural biology. Notable publications include:

"The molecular basis and disease relevance of non-homologous DNA end joining," 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
"Structural analysis of the basal state of the Artemis:DNA-PKcs complex," 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
"Structural analysis of the catalytic domain of Artemis endonuclease/SNM1C reveals distinct structural features," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
"Polymerase μ in non-homologous DNA end joining: importance of the order of arrival at a double-strand break in a purified system," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
"Dynamics of the Artemis and DNA-PKcs Complex in the Repair of Double-Strand Breaks," 2022, Journal of Molecular Biology

The venues in which Michael R. Lieber publishes most frequently include:

Nucleic Acids Research
UNC Libraries
DNA Repair
Molecular Immunology
Leukemia

Best Publications

The Mechanism of Double-Strand DNA Break Repair by the Nonhomologous DNA End-Joining Pathway

Michael R. Lieber

3719
Citations
A continuous tumor-cell line from a human lung carcinoma with properties of type II alveolar epithelial cells.

Michael Lieber;George Todaro;Barry Smith;Andras Szakal

1765
Citations
Hairpin Opening and Overhang Processing by an Artemis/DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase Complex in Nonhomologous End Joining and V(D)J Recombination

Yunmei Ma;Ulrich Pannicke;Klaus Schwarz;Michael R. Lieber

1648
Citations
Non-homologous DNA end joining and alternative pathways to double-strand break repair.

Howard H. Y. Chang;Nicholas R. Pannunzio;Noritaka Adachi;Michael R. Lieber

1647
Citations
Mechanism and regulation of human non-homologous DNA end-joining

Michael R. Lieber;Yunmei Ma;Ulrich Pannicke;Klaus Schwarz

1407
Citations
Activity of DNA ligase IV stimulated by complex formation with XRCC4 protein in mammalian cells

Ulf Grawunder;Matthias Wilm;Matthias Wilm;Xiantuo Wu;Xiantuo Wu;Peter Kulesza;Peter Kulesza

960
Citations
The mechanism of human nonhomologous DNA end joining.

Michael R. Lieber

939
Citations
R-loops at immunoglobulin class switch regions in the chromosomes of stimulated B cells

Kefei Yu;Frederic Chedin;Chih Lin Hsieh;Thomas E. Wilson

808
Citations
RAG Mutations in Human B Cell-Negative SCID

Klaus Schwarz;George H. Gauss;Leopold Ludwig;Ulrich Pannicke

727
Citations
Establishment of a continuous tumor‐cell line (PANC‐1) from a human carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas

Michael Lieber;Joann Mazzetta;Walter Nelson-Rees;Michael Kaplan

697
Citations
The FEN-1 family of structure-specific nucleases in eukaryotic dna replication, recombination and repair

Michael R. Lieber

644
Citations
V(D)J recombination: a functional definition of the joining signals.

Joanne E. Hesse;Michael R. Lieber;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Martin Gellert

627
Citations
The DNA methyltransferase-like protein DNMT3L stimulates de novo methylation by Dnmt3a

Frédéric Chédin;Michael R. Lieber;Chih-Lin Hsieh

623
Citations
The characterization of a mammalian DNA structure-specific endonuclease.

J.J. Harrington;M.R. Lieber

611
Citations
Yeast DNA ligase IV mediates non-homologous DNA end joining

Thomas E. Wilson;Ulf Grawunder;Michael R. Lieber

602
Citations
The defect in murine severe combined immune deficiency: Joining of signal sequences but not coding segments in V(D)J recombination

Michael R. Lieber;Joanne E. Hesse;Susanna Lewis;Gayle C. Bosma

522
Citations
Nonhomologous DNA end-joining for repair of DNA double-strand breaks

Nicholas R. Pannunzio;Go Watanabe;Michael R. Lieber

493
Citations
Bidirectional gene organization: a common architectural feature of the human genome.

Noritaka Adachi;Noritaka Adachi;Michael R. Lieber

461
Citations
Role of the non-homologous DNA end joining pathway in the early steps of retroviral infection

Ling Li;Jennifer M. Olvera;Kristine E. Yoder;Richard S. Mitchell

459
Citations
Extrachromosomal DNA substrates in pre-B cells undergo inversion or deletion at immunoglobulin V-(D)-J joining signals.

Joanne E. Hesse;Joanne E. Hesse;Michael R. Lieber;Michael R. Lieber;Martin Gellert;Martin Gellert;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi;Kiyoshi Mizuuchi

447
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Chih-Lin Hsieh University of Southern California

klaus schwarz University of Ulm

Sathees C. Raghavan Indian Institute of Science

Markus Müschen Yale University

Martin Gellert National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Kiyoshi Mizuuchi National Institutes of Health

Rafael Casellas The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

David G. Schatz Yale University

David Van Den Berg University of Southern California

Mel Greaves Institute of Cancer Research

External Links

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