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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

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153
Citations
95372
World Ranking
160
National Ranking
112

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  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award

Overview

Nathanael S. Gray is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, oncology, hematology, organic chemistry, and cell biology.

Gray's work addresses several main research topics. These include protein degradation and inhibitors, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, peptidase inhibition and analysis, multiple myeloma research and treatments, cancer-related molecular pathways, histone deacetylase inhibitors research, and click chemistry and applications.

The scientist has published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Cancer Research
  • Cell chemical biology
  • Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors in their research include Eric S. Fischer, Tinghu Zhang, Katherine A. Donovan, Jianwei Che, and Jinhua Wang.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Partitioning of cancer therapeutics in nuclear condensates" (2020, Science)
  • "Treatment-Induced Tumor Dormancy through YAP-Mediated Transcriptional Reprogramming of the Apoptotic Pathway" (2020, Cancer Cell)
  • "A Quantitative Tissue-Specific Landscape of Protein Redox Regulation during Aging" (2020, Cell)
  • "Mapping the Degradable Kinome Provides a Resource for Expedited Degrader Development" (2020, Cell)
  • "Rapid and direct control of target protein levels with VHL-recruiting dTAG molecules" (2020, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • A Next Generation Connectivity Map: L1000 Platform and the First 1,000,000 Profiles.

    Aravind Subramanian;Rajiv Narayan;Steven M. Corsello;Steven M. Corsello;David D. Peck

  • Targeting cancer with small molecule kinase inhibitors

    Jianming Zhang;Priscilla L. Yang;Nathanael S. Gray

  • Systematic identification of genomic markers of drug sensitivity in cancer cells

    Mathew J. Garnett;Elena J. Edelman;Sonja J. Heidorn;Christopher Greenman;Christopher Greenman

  • A Landscape of Pharmacogenomic Interactions in Cancer

    Francesco Iorio;Francesco Iorio;Theo A. Knijnenburg;Theo A. Knijnenburg;Daniel J. Vis;Graham R. Bignell

  • An ATP-competitive mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor reveals rapamycin-resistant functions of mTORC1.

    Carson C. Thoreen;Seong A. Kang;Jae Won Chang;Qingsong Liu

  • DEPTOR Is an mTOR Inhibitor Frequently Overexpressed in Multiple Myeloma Cells and Required for Their Survival

    Timothy R. Peterson;Mathieu Laplante;Carson C. Thoreen;Yasemin Sancak

  • A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation

    Carson Thoreen;Lynne Chantranupong;Lynne Chantranupong;Heather R. Keys;Heather R. Keys;Tim Wang

  • Rational design of inhibitors that bind to inactive kinase conformations

    Yi Liu;Nathanael S Gray

  • A chemical switch for inhibitor-sensitive alleles of any protein kinase

    Anthony C. Bishop;Jeffrey A. Ubersax;Dejah T. Petsch;Dina P. Matheos

  • Novel mutant-selective EGFR kinase inhibitors against EGFR T790M

    Wenjun Zhou;Dalia Ercan;Liang Chen;Cai-Hong Yun

  • EML4-ALK fusion gene and efficacy of an ALK kinase inhibitor in lung cancer

    Jussi P. Koivunen;Craig Mermel;Kreshnik Zejnullahu;Carly Murphy

  • The mTOR-Regulated Phosphoproteome Reveals a Mechanism of mTORC1-Mediated Inhibition of Growth Factor Signaling

    P. P. Hsu;S. A. Kang;J. Rameseder;Y. Zhang

  • Exploiting chemical libraries, structure, and genomics in the search for kinase inhibitors.

    Nathanael S. Gray;Lisa Wodicka;Andy-Mark W. H. Thunnissen;Thea C. Norman

  • Activating mutations in ALK provide a therapeutic target in neuroblastoma

    Rani E. George;Takaomi Sanda;Megan C. Hanna;Stefan Fröhling

  • Systematic Identification of Culture Conditions for Induction and Maintenance of Naive Human Pluripotency

    Thorold W. Theunissen;Benjamin E. Powell;Haoyi Wang;Maya Mitalipova

  • YY1 Is a Structural Regulator of Enhancer-Promoter Loops

    Abraham S. Weintraub;Charles H. Li;Alicia V. Zamudio;Alla A. Sigova

  • The promise and peril of chemical probes.

    Cheryl H. Arrowsmith;James E. Audia;Christopher Austin;Jonathan Baell

  • Targeting transcription regulation in cancer with a covalent CDK7 inhibitor

    Nicholas Kwiatkowski;Tinghu Zhang;Peter B. Rahl;Brian J Abraham

  • Kinase inhibitors: the road ahead

    Fleur M. Ferguson;Nathanael S. Gray

  • The dTAG system for immediate and target-specific protein degradation

    Behnam Nabet;Justin M. Roberts;Dennis L. Buckley;Dennis L. Buckley;Joshiawa Paulk;Joshiawa Paulk

Frequent Co-Authors

Tinghu Zhang
Tinghu Zhang Stanford University
Pasi A. Jänne
Pasi A. Jänne Harvard University
Jarrod A. Marto
Jarrod A. Marto Harvard University
Scott B. Ficarro
Scott B. Ficarro Harvard University
Peter G. Schultz
Peter G. Schultz Scripps Research Institute
James E. Bradner
James E. Bradner Amgen (United States)
Kwok-Kin Wong
Kwok-Kin Wong New York University
Ellen Weisberg
Ellen Weisberg Harvard University
James D. Griffin
James D. Griffin Harvard University

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