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D-Index
83
Citations
28628
World Ranking
1408
National Ranking
665

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Sarah C. R. Elgin is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis, United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with specific focus areas in Molecular Biology, Safety Research, Education, Biomedical Engineering, and Insect Science.

Elgin's work covers a range of topics including Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research, Career Development and Diversity, Biomedical and Engineering Education, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Higher Education and Employability.

Frequent publication venues for Elgin include UNC Libraries and QUBES, with multiple papers appearing in the Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), as well as contributions to Science.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Elgin showcase contributions to STEM education and genomics, including the following:

  • Achieving STEM diversity: Fix the classrooms (2022, Science)
  • Student Attitudes Contribute to the Effectiveness of a Genomics CURE (2022, Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education)
  • G-OnRamp: Generating genome browsers to facilitate undergraduate-driven collaborative genome annotation (2020, PLoS Computational Biology)
  • Building Back More Equitable STEM Education: Teach Science by Engaging Students in Doing Science (2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Supporting the democratization of science during a pandemic: genomics Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) as an effective remote learning strategy (2023, Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education)

Elgin has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Wilson Leung, David Lopatto, Cindy Arrigo, Andrew M. Arsham, and Nathan T. Mortimer.

Throughout their career, Elgin has been recognized as a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2018. Earlier honors include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1988.

Best Publications

  • Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

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

  • Epigenetic Codes for Heterochromatin Formation and Silencing: Rounding up the Usual Suspects

    Eric J Richards;Sarah C.R Elgin

  • Comprehensive analysis of the chromatin landscape in Drosophila melanogaster

    Peter V. Kharchenko;Artyom A. Alekseyenko;Artyom A. Alekseyenko;Yuri B. Schwartz;Aki Minoda

  • Heterochromatic Silencing and HP1 Localization in Drosophila Are Dependent on the RNAi Machinery

    Manika Pal-Bhadra;Manika Pal-Bhadra;Boris A. Leibovitch;Sumit G. Gandhi;Madhusudana Rao

  • Chromosomal proteins and chromatin structure.

    S C R Elgin;H Weintraub

  • Identification of a nonhistone chromosomal protein associated with heterochromatin in Drosophila melanogaster and its gene.

    T. C. James;S. C. R. Elgin

  • Mutation in a heterochromatin-specific chromosomal protein is associated with suppression of position-effect variegation in Drosophila melanogaster.

    Joel C. Eissenberg;Tharappel C. James;Dawn M. Foster-Hartnett;Thomas Hartnett

  • Position effect variegation in Drosophila is associated with an altered chromatin structure.

    Lori L. Wallrath;Sarah C.R. Elgin

  • The HP1 protein family: getting a grip on chromatin.

    Joel C Eissenberg;Sarah Cr Elgin

  • The Organization, Expression, and Evolution of Antibody Genes and Other Multigene Families

    L. Hood;J. H. Campbell;S. C. R. Elgin

  • Transcription and RNA interference in the formation of heterochromatin

    Shiv I. S. Grewal;Sarah C. R. Elgin

  • Position-Effect Variegation, Heterochromatin Formation, and Gene Silencing in Drosophila

    Sarah C.R. Elgin;Gunter Reuter

  • Heterochromatin: new possibilities for the inheritance of structure.

    Shiv I.S Grewal;Sarah C.R Elgin

  • A Broadly Implementable Research Course in Phage Discovery and Genomics for First-Year Undergraduate Students

    Tuajuanda C. Jordan;Sandra H. Burnett;Susan Carson;Steven M. Caruso

  • DNAase I-hypersensitive sites of chromatin

    Sarah C.R. Elgin

  • The formation and function of DNase I hypersensitive sites in the process of gene activation.

    Sarah C.R. Elgin

  • Distribution patterns of HP1, a heterochromatin-associated nonhistone chromosomal protein of Drosophila.

    T James;J Eissenberg;C Craig;Dietrich

  • The chromatin structure of specific genes: I. Evidence for higher order domains of defined DNA sequence

    Carl Wu;Paul M. Bingham;Kenneth J. Livak;Robert Holmgren

  • An assessment of histone-modification antibody quality

    Thea A. Egelhofer;Aki Minoda;Aki Minoda;Sarit Klugman;Sarit Klugman;Kyungjoon Lee

  • The chromatin structure of specific genes: II. Disruption of chromatin structure during gene activity

    Carl Wu;Yuk-Chor Wong;Sarah C.R. Elgin

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Park
Peter J. Park Harvard University
Gary H. Karpen
Gary H. Karpen University of California, Berkeley
Joel C. Eissenberg
Joel C. Eissenberg Saint Louis University
Charles R. Hauser
Charles R. Hauser St. Edward's University
Mitzi I. Kuroda
Mitzi I. Kuroda Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael Y. Tolstorukov
Michael Y. Tolstorukov Harvard University
Peter V. Kharchenko
Peter V. Kharchenko Harvard University
Elaine R. Mardis
Elaine R. Mardis The Ohio State University
Carl Wu
Carl Wu Johns Hopkins University

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