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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
24613
World Ranking
3876
National Ranking
124

Peter W. Zandstra publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter W. Zandstra sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 249 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Peter W. Zandstra D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter W. Zandstra sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Peter W. Zandstra is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Immunology, Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, and Surgery.

Their work covers a variety of topics, including CAR-T cell therapy research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter W. Zandstra include:

  • Yale S. Michaels
  • John M. Edgar
  • Carla Zimmerman
  • Tiam Heydari
  • Ross D. Jones

They have published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cytotherapy
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Cell Stem Cell

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter W. Zandstra include:

  • A 96-well culture platform enables longitudinal analyses of engineered human skeletal muscle microtissue strength, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Deconvolution of clinical variance in CAR-T cell pharmacology and response, 2023, Nature Biotechnology
  • Functional arrays of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac microtissues, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Endogenous suppression of WNT signalling in human embryonic stem cells leads to low differentiation propensity towards definitive endoderm, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • DLL4 and VCAM1 enhance the emergence of T cell-competent hematopoietic progenitors from human pluripotent stem cells, 2022, Science Advances

Peter W. Zandstra has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2014, Academy of Science
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2010
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2007

Best Publications

  • Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells

    Dennis E. Discher;David J. Mooney;Peter W. Zandstra

  • A 17-gene stemness score for rapid determination of risk in acute leukaemia

    Stanley W. K. Ng;Amanda Mitchell;James A. Kennedy;James A. Kennedy;James A. Kennedy;Weihsu C. Chen

  • TAZ controls Smad nucleocytoplasmic shuttling and regulates human embryonic stem-cell self-renewal

    Xaralabos Varelas;Rui Sakuma;Payman Samavarchi-Tehrani;Raheem Peerani

  • Pyrimidoindole derivatives are agonists of human hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal

    Iman Fares;Jalila Chagraoui;Yves Gareau;Stéphane Gingras

  • Control of human embryonic stem cell colony and aggregate size heterogeneity influences differentiation trajectories.

    Céline Liu Bauwens;Raheem Peerani;Sylvia Niebruegge;Kimberly A. Woodhouse

  • Reproducible, ultra high-throughput formation of multicellular organization from single cell suspension-derived human embryonic stem cell aggregates.

    Mark D. Ungrin;Chirag Joshi;Andra Nica;Céline Bauwens

  • A Microfabricated Platform to Measure and Manipulate the Mechanics of Engineered Cardiac Microtissues

    Thomas Boudou;Wesley R. Legant;Anbin Mu;Michael A. Borochin

  • Efficiency of embryoid body formation and hematopoietic development from embryonic stem cells in different culture systems.

    Stephen M. Dang;Michael Kyba;Rita Perlingeiro;George Q. Daley

  • Niche-mediated control of human embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.

    Raheem Peerani;Balaji M Rao;Celine Bauwens;Ting Yin

  • Controlled, scalable embryonic stem cell differentiation culture.

    Stephen M. Dang;Sharon Gerecht‐Nir;Sharon Gerecht‐Nir;Jinny Chen;Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor;Joseph Itskovitz‐Eldor

  • An Alternative Splicing Switch Regulates Embryonic Stem Cell Pluripotency and Reprogramming

    Mathieu Gabut;Payman Samavarchi-Tehrani;Payman Samavarchi-Tehrani;Xinchen Wang;Valentina Slobodeniuc

  • Differential cytokine effects on primitive (CD34+CD38-) human hematopoietic cells: novel responses to Flt3-ligand and thrombopoietin.

    A L Petzer;P W Zandstra;J M Piret;C J Eaves

  • A Mass Spectrometric-Derived Cell Surface Protein Atlas

    Damaris Bausch-Fluck;Andreas Hofmann;Thomas Bock;Andreas P. Frei

  • Cytokine manipulation of primitive human hematopoietic cell self-renewal.

    P. W. Zandstra;E. Conneally;A. L. Petzer;J. M. Piret

  • Scalable production of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.

    Peter W. Zandstra;C. Bauwens;T. Yin;Q. Liu

  • Design and formulation of functional pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac microtissues

    Nimalan Thavandiran;Nicole Dubois;Alexander Mikryukov;Stéphane Massé

  • The Systematic Production of Cells for Cell Therapies

    Daniel C. Kirouac;Peter W. Zandstra

  • Shear-Controlled Single-Step Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Expansion and Embryoid Body–Based Differentiation

    Elaine Y.L. Fok;Peter W. Zandstra

  • Quality cell therapy manufacturing by design

    Yonatan Y Lipsitz;Nicholas E Timmins;Peter W Zandstra

  • A Myc enhancer cluster regulates normal and leukaemic haematopoietic stem cell hierarchies.

    Carsten Bahr;Carsten Bahr;Lisa von Paleske;Lisa von Paleske;Veli V. Uslu;Silvia Remeseiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Andras Nagy
Andras Nagy Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
John E. Dick
John E. Dick Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Connie J. Eaves
Connie J. Eaves University of British Columbia
Milica Radisic
Milica Radisic University of Toronto
Guy Sauvageau
Guy Sauvageau University of Montreal
Gordon Keller
Gordon Keller University of Toronto
Eugenia Kumacheva
Eugenia Kumacheva University of Toronto
Mathieu Lupien
Mathieu Lupien Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Christopher S. Chen
Christopher S. Chen Boston University

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