2026 Nat Sternberg: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	42	3011	1432	81	8249

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Molecular Biology

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8249

Overview

Nat Sternberg was affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research spanned multiple intersecting fields, primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science.

Their work addressed topics including identification and quantification in food, genomics and phylogenetic studies, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, and fish ecology and management studies.

Among the main venues where Sternberg published were BMC Research Notes and Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems.

Comparison of whole genome sequencing performance from fish swabs and fin clips, 2025, BMC Research Notes
Human impacts on the distribution and genetic diversity of Eurasian minnows (Phoxinus: Leuciscidae) in the Rhenish Massif, 2025, Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems

Sternberg collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Temitope Opeyemi Oriowo
Madlen Stange
A. W. MacPhee
Anja Bodenheim
Lars Podsiadłowski

Their subfields of study included molecular biology, ecology, and nature and landscape conservation, highlighting an interdisciplinary approach linking molecular methods with ecological and conservation questions.

Best Publications

Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination: I. Recombination between loxP sites

Nat Sternberg;Daniel Hamilton

1164
Citations
P1 site-specific recombination: nucleotide sequence of the recombining sites

Ronald H. Hoess;Marcia Ziese;Nat Sternberg

507
Citations
A novel role for site-specific recombination in maintenance of bacterial replicons

Stuart Austin;Marcia Ziese;Nat Sternberg

448
Citations
Bacteriophage P1 cloning system for the isolation, amplification, and recovery of DNA fragments as large as 100 kilobase pairs.

Nat Sternberg

407
Citations
A positive selection vector for cloning high molecular weight DNA by the bacteriophage P1 system: improved cloning efficacy.

James C. Pierce;Brian Sauer;Nat Sternberg

248
Citations
Properties of a mutant of Escherichia coli defective in bacteriophage λ head formation (groE)

Nat Sternberg

203
Citations
Preparation and screening of an arrayed human genomic library generated with the P1 cloning system

Nancy S. Shepherd;Beverly D. Pfrogner;John N. Coulby;Susan L. Ackerman

191
Citations
Bacteriophage P1 site-specific recombination. II. Recombination between loxP and the bacterial chromosome.

Nat Sternberg;Daniel Hamilton;Ronald Hoess

185
Citations
Packaging of coliphage lambda DNA. II. The role of the gene D protein.

N. Sternberg;R. Weisberg

170
Citations
Site-specific recombination and its role in the life cycle of bacteriophage P1

N Sternberg;D Hamilton;S Austin;Michael B Yarmolinsky

164
Citations
A mouse genomic library in the bacteriophage P1 cloning system: organization and characterization.

James C. Pierce;Nat Sternberg;Brian Sauer

116
Citations
A physical map and candidate genes in the BRCA1 region on chromosome 17q12–21

H M Albertsen;S A Smith;S Mazoyer;E Fujimoto

114
Citations
Properties of a mutant of Escherichia coli defective in bacteriophage lambda head formation (groE). I. Initial characterization.

Nat Sternberg

112
Citations
Using bacteriophage P1 system to clone high molecular weight genomic DNA.

James C. Pierce;Nat L. Sternberg

101
Citations
Packaging of prophage and host DNA by coliphage lambda.

Nat Sternberg;Robert Weisberg

101
Citations
Cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac) is regulated by adenine methylation.

N Sternberg;J Coulby

94
Citations
Vitro headful packaging system for cloning DNA fragments as large as 95kb

Nat L. Sternberg;Brian L. Sauer

85
Citations
Recognition and cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac): II. Functional limits of pac and location of pac cleavage termini

N Sternberg;J Coulby

85
Citations
Recognition and cleavage of the bacteriophage P1 packaging site (pac): I. Differential processing of the cleaved ends in vivo

N. Sternberg;J. Coulby

81
Citations
Genetic and physical map of a P1 miniplasmid.

S Austin;F Hart;A Abeles;N Sternberg

75
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Sauer Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Kenneth H. Buetow Arizona State University

Lynn W. Enquist Princeton University

Susan L. Ackerman University of California, San Diego

Thomas Spies Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

David D. Chaplin University of Alabama at Birmingham

External Links

Personal website of Nat Sternberg

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