The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan Lindquist sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 430 publications — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan Lindquist sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 171 D-Index — 99th percentile
99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
Susan Lindquist was affiliated with MIT in the United States throughout their career. Their research spanned several fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Their specialized subfields included molecular biology, neurology, cell biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and physiology.
The scientist contributed to key topics such as Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, heat shock proteins research, RNA research and splicing, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neurological disorders and treatments, and genetic neurodegenerative diseases.
They published in various venues with multiple papers in Cell Reports, and additional work appearing in Neuron, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Science Translational Medicine, and Cell.
Frequent coauthors included Erinc Hallacli, Vikram Khurana, Xin Jiang, Daniel Felsky, and Jackson Sandoe, indicating a collaborative research environment.
Notable recent papers included:
Awards received during their career included the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research (2016), the E.B. Wilson Medal from the American Society for Cell Biology (2012), the Oesper Award from the University of Cincinnati and American Chemical Society (2009), the US President's National Medal of Science (2009) awarded for studies on protein folding and its biological influences, the Excellence in Science Award by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (2009), the Genetics Society of America Medal (2008), membership in the National Academy of Medicine (2006), and membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1997).
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