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Shiladitya DasSarma publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shiladitya DasSarma sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 122 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Shiladitya DasSarma D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shiladitya DasSarma sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Shiladitya DasSarma is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in the United States and focuses on several interconnected fields of study primarily within environmental science as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans diverse subfields such as ecology, molecular biology, astronomy and astrophysics, materials chemistry, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's investigations concentrate on various main topics, which include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Frequent publication venues for their work cover a range of journals with a strong emphasis on microbiology and applied biological research. These venues include:

  • Microbiology Resource Announcements
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Astrobiology
  • Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Coauthors regularly collaborating with Shiladitya DasSarma include:

  • Priya DasSarma
  • Richard J. Roberts
  • Brian P. Anton
  • Fabiana Lilian Martínez
  • Daniel Guzmán

Some notable recent papers illustrating their research themes and publication activity are:

  • "Mars Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report," 2020, Astrobiology
  • "Metagenomic Insights Into the Diversity of Halophilic Microorganisms Indigenous to the Karak Salt Mine, Pakistan," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Earth's Stratosphere and Microbial Life," 2020, Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • "Crystal Structure and Active Site Engineering of a Halophilic γ-Carbonic Anhydrase," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Acid Experimental Evolution of the Haloarchaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 Selects Mutations Affecting Arginine Transport and Catabolism," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of Halobacterium species NRC-1

    Wailap Victor Ng;Wailap Victor Ng;Sean P. Kennedy;Gregory G. Mahairas;Gregory G. Mahairas;Brian Berquist

  • Understanding the Adaptation of Halobacterium Species NRC-1 to Its Extreme Environment through Computational Analysis of Its Genome Sequence

    Sean P. Kennedy;Wailap Victor Ng;Steven L. Salzberg;Leroy Hood

  • Function and biotechnology of extremophilic enzymes in low water activity

    Ram Karan;Ram Karan;Melinda D Capes;Melinda D Capes;Shiladitya DasSarma;Shiladitya DasSarma

  • Homologous gene knockout in the archaeon Halobacterium salinarum with ura3 as a counterselectable marker.

    Ronald F. Peck;Shiladitya DasSarma;Mark P. Krebs

  • Saline Systems: A research journal bridging gene systems and ecosystems

    Shiladitya DasSarma

  • Arsenic Resistance in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1 Examined by Using an Improved Gene Knockout System

    Gejiao Wang;Sean P. Kennedy;Sabeena Fasiludeen;Christopher Rensing

  • Expression of wild type and mutant glutamine synthetase in foreign hosts

    Howard M. Prof. Goodman;Shiladitya Dassarma;Edmund Tischer;Theresa Kaye Peterman

  • Snapshot of a Large Dynamic Replicon in a Halophilic Archaeon: Megaplasmid or Minichromosome?

    WaiLap V. Ng;Stacy A. Ciufo;Todd M. Smith;Roger E. Bumgarner

  • Nucleotide sequence of an alfalfa glutamine synthetase gene

    Edmund Tischer;Shiladitya DasSarma;Howard M. Goodman

  • Is gene expression in Halobacterium NRC-1 regulated by multiple TBP and TFB transcription factors?

    Nitin S. Baliga;Young Ah Goo;Wailap Victor Ng;Leroy Hood

  • Bacterio-opsin mRNA in wild-type and bacterio-opsin-deficient Halobacterium halobium strains.

    Shiladitya DasSarma;Uttam L. RajBhandary;H. Gobind Khorana

  • The uvrA, uvrB and uvrC genes are required for repair of ultraviolet light induced DNA photoproducts in Halobacterium sp. NRC-1

    David J Crowley;Ivan Boubriak;Brian R Berquist;Monika Clark

  • Genomic Analysis of Anaerobic Respiration in the Archaeon Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1: Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Trimethylamine N-Oxide as Terminal Electron Acceptors

    Jochen A. Müller;Shiladitya DasSarma

  • High-frequency spontaneous mutation in the bacterio-opsin gene in Halobacterium halobium is mediated by transposable elements

    S DasSarma;U L RajBhandary;H G Khorana

  • A plasmid-encoded gas vesicle protein gene in a halophilic archaebacterium.

    S. DasSarma;S. DasSarma;T. Damerval;J. G. Jones;N. Tandeau de Marsac

  • Transcriptional profiling of the model Archaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1: responses to changes in salinity and temperature

    James A Coker;Priya DasSarma;Jeffrey Kumar;Jochen A Müller;Jochen A Müller

  • An Archaeal Chromosomal Autonomously Replicating Sequence Element from an Extreme Halophile, Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1

    Brian R. Berquist;Shiladitya DasSarma

  • Extremely Radiation-Resistant Mutants of a Halophilic Archaeon with Increased Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein (RPA) Gene Expression

    Linda C. DeVeaux;Jochen A. Müller;Jonathon Smith;Jill Petrisko

  • brp and blh are required for synthesis of the retinal cofactor of bacteriorhodopsin in Halobacterium salinarum.

    Ronald F. Peck;Carlos Echavarri-Erasun;Eric A. Johnson;Wailap Victor Ng

  • UV irradiation induces homologous recombination genes in the model archaeon, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1

    Shirley McCready;Jochen A Müller;Ivan Boubriak;Brian R Berquist

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher T. Reinhard
Christopher T. Reinhard Georgia Institute of Technology
William B. Sparks
William B. Sparks Space Telescope Science Institute
Frank T. Robb
Frank T. Robb University of Maryland, Baltimore
Nitin S. Baliga
Nitin S. Baliga University of Washington
J. H. Hough
J. H. Hough University of Glasgow
Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts New England Biolabs
Leroy Hood
Leroy Hood University of Washington
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Adrian Lenardic
Adrian Lenardic Rice University

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