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124
Citations
73175
World Ranking
3170
National Ranking
1749

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - William Beaumont Prize, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Timothy C. Wang is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

They have published numerous papers in notable venues, including Gastroenterology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Cancer Research, The American Journal of Gastroenterology, and Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Cancer neuroscience: State of the field, emerging directions" (2023, Cell)
  • "Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case-Control Study From the United States" (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • "Roadmap for the Emerging Field of Cancer Neuroscience" (2020, Cell)
  • "Famotidine Use Is Associated With Improved Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Retrospective Cohort Study" (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • "The Origin and Contribution of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Colorectal Carcinogenesis" (2021, Gastroenterology)

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Yoku Hayakawa
  • Ermanno Malagola
  • Michael Quante
  • Feijing Wu
  • Leah Zamechek

Their body of work has been recognized with awards such as the William Beaumont Prize from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in 2019 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Genetic Screens in Human Cells Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System

    Tim Wang;Jenny J. Wei;David M. Sabatini;Eric S. Lander;Eric S. Lander;Eric S. Lander

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Cellpose: a generalist algorithm for cellular segmentation

    Carsen Stringer;Tim Wang;Michalis Michaelos;Marius Pachitariu

  • Integrated Genomic Characterization of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

    Benjamin J. Raphael;Ralph H. Hruban;Andrew J. Aguirre;Richard A. Moffitt

  • Identification and characterization of essential genes in the human genome

    Tim Wang;Kıvanç Birsoy;Nicholas W. Hughes;Kevin M. Krupczak

  • Gastric cancer originating from bone marrow-derived cells.

    JeanMarie Houghton;Calin Stoicov;Sachiyo Nomura;Sachiyo Nomura;Arlin B. Rogers

  • A unifying model for mTORC1-mediated regulation of mRNA translation

    Carson Thoreen;Lynne Chantranupong;Lynne Chantranupong;Heather R. Keys;Heather R. Keys;Tim Wang

  • An essential role of the mitochondrial electron transport chain in cell proliferation is to enable aspartate synthesis

    Kıvanç Birsoy;Tim Wang;Walter W. Chen;Elizaveta Freinkman

  • Identification of Gastric Cancer Stem Cells Using the Cell Surface Marker CD44

    Shigeo Takaishi;Tomoyuki Okumura;Tomoyuki Okumura;Shuiping Tu;Sophie S.W. Wang;Sophie S.W. Wang

  • Mammary Hyperplasia and Carcinoma in MMTV-cyclin D1 Transgenic Mice

    Timothy C. Wang;Robert D. Cardiff;Lawrence Zukerberg;Emma Lees

  • Bone marrow-derived myofibroblasts contribute to the mesenchymal stem cell niche and promote tumor growth.

    Michael Quante;Shui Ping Tu;Shui Ping Tu;Hiroyuki Tomita;Tamas Gonda

  • Perturbation of m6A Writers Reveals Two Distinct Classes of mRNA Methylation at Internal and 5′ Sites

    Schraga Schwartz;Maxwell R. Mumbach;Marko Jovanovic;Tim Wang;Tim Wang

  • Inflammation, atrophy, and gastric cancer

    James G. Fox;Timothy C. Wang

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Overexpression of Interleukin-1β Induces Gastric Inflammation and Cancer and Mobilizes Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Mice

    Shuiping Tu;Govind Bhagat;Guanglin Cui;Shigeo Takaishi

  • A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen in Toxoplasma Identifies Essential Apicomplexan Genes.

    Saima M. Sidik;Diego Huet;Suresh M. Ganesan;My Hang Huynh

  • Metabolic determinants of cancer cell sensitivity to glucose limitation and biguanides

    Kıvanç Birsoy;Richard Possemato;Franziska K. Lorbeer;Erol C. Bayraktar

  • Synergistic interaction between hypergastrinemia and Helicobacter infection in a mouse model of gastric cancer.

    Timothy C. Wang;Charles A. Dangler;Duan Chen;James R. Goldenring

  • Gene Essentiality Profiling Reveals Gene Networks and Synthetic Lethal Interactions with Oncogenic Ras.

    Tim Wang;Haiyan Yu;Nicholas W. Hughes;Bingxu Liu

  • A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen in Toxoplasma Identifies Essential Apicomplexan Genes

    Saima M. Sidik;Diego Huet;My-Hang Huynh;Prathapan Thiru

Frequent Co-Authors

Anil K. Rustgi
Anil K. Rustgi Columbia University
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Graham J. Dockray
Graham J. Dockray University of Liverpool
James R. Goldenring
James R. Goldenring Vanderbilt University
Richard A. Friedman
Richard A. Friedman Columbia University
Kenneth K. Wang
Kenneth K. Wang Mayo Clinic
Gary W. Falk
Gary W. Falk University of Pennsylvania

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