2026 Norbert Perrimon: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	169	911	835	538	482	694	108705
Genetics	169	72	69	38	37	646	109677
Molecular Biology	169	47	40	33	29	646	109677

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Genetics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in United States Leader Award
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Norbert Perrimon is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with extensive work published across related subfields such as molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, immunology, insect science, and cell biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
Insect Symbiosis and Bacterial Influences
Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Norbert Perrimon has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers, including:

"Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly," 2022, Science
"FlyBase: a guided tour of highlighted features," 2022, Genetics
"FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila melanogaster knowledge base," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
"A cell atlas of the adult Drosophila midgut," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila genes and genomes database," 2024, Genetics

Their frequent co-authors are:

Yanhui Hu
Stephanie E. Mohr
Aram Comjean
Yifang Liu
Ying Liu

Norbert Perrimon publishes largely in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Nature Communications
eLife
Genetics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has been recognized by membership and fellowships, including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2008)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)

Best Publications

Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes.

Andrea H. Brand;Norbert Perrimon

11176
Citations
Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming

Alejandro Chavez;Jonathan Scheiman;Suhani Vora;Benjamin W Pruitt

1733
Citations
The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

Brenton R. Graveley;Angela N. Brooks;Joseph W. Carlson;Michael O. Duff

1685
Citations
Efficient proximity labeling in living cells and organisms with TurboID.

Tess C Branon;Justin A Bosch;Ariana D Sanchez;Namrata D Udeshi

1514
Citations
The Promise and Perils of Wnt Signaling Through β-Catenin

Randall T. Moon;Bruce Bowerman;Michael Boutros;Norbert Perrimon

1286
Citations
Droplet microfluidic technology for single-cell high-throughput screening

Eric Brouzes;Martina Medkova;Neal Savenelli;Dave Marran

1276
Citations
Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

Sushmita Roy;Jason Ernst;Peter V. Kharchenko;Pouya Kheradpour

1266
Citations
Evidence that stem cells reside in the adult Drosophila midgut epithelium

Craig A. Micchelli;Norbert Perrimon

1133
Citations
Cooperative regulation of cell polarity and growth by Drosophila tumor suppressors.

David Bilder;Min Li;Norbert Perrimon

1125
Citations
Specificities of heparan sulphate proteoglycans in developmental processes

Norbert Perrimon;Merton Bernfield

893
Citations
Genome-Wide RNAi Analysis of Growth and Viability in Drosophila Cells

Michael Boutros;Amy A. Kiger;Susan Armknecht;Susan Armknecht;Kim Kerr;Kim Kerr

884
Citations
A genome-scale shRNA resource for transgenic RNAi in Drosophila

Jian Quan Ni;Rui Zhou;Rui Zhou;Benjamin Czech;Lu Ping Liu;Lu Ping Liu

858
Citations
An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila

Benjamin Czech;Colin D. Malone;Rui Zhou;Alexander Stark;Alexander Stark

854
Citations
Localization of apical epithelial determinants by the basolateral PDZ protein Scribble.

David Bilder;Norbert Perrimon

843
Citations
FOXO/4E-BP signaling in Drosophila muscles regulates organism-wide proteostasis during aging

Fabio Demontis;Norbert Perrimon;Norbert Perrimon

836
Citations
Differential recruitment of Dishevelled provides signaling specificity in the planar cell polarity and Wingless signaling pathways

Jeffrey D. Axelrod;Jeffrey R. Miller;Joshua M. Shulman;Randall T. Moon

823
Citations
Heparan sulphate proteoglycans : the sweet side of development

Udo Häcker;Kent Nybakken;Norbert Perrimon

820
Citations
The Autosomal FLP-DFS Technique for Generating Germline Mosaics in Drosophila melanogaster

Tze-bin Chou;Norbert Perrimon

804
Citations
Diversity and dynamics of the Drosophila transcriptome

James B. Brown;James B. Brown;Nathan Boley;Robert Eisman;Gemma E. May

761
Citations
Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming

Alejandro Chavez;Jonathan Scheiman;Marcelle Tuttle;Shuailiang Lin

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanhui Hu Harvard University

Stephanie E. Mohr Harvard University

John M. Asara Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Anthony P. Mahowald University of Chicago

Buzz Baum MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Gregory J. Hannon University of Cambridge

Hugo J. Bellen Baylor College of Medicine

Thomas C. Kaufman Indiana University

John Klingensmith Duke University

George M. Church Harvard University

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