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15779
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Utpal Banerjee publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

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 Utpal Banerjee sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 113 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Utpal Banerjee D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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 Utpal Banerjee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - ACM Fellow For contributions to the mathematical foundations of optimizing parallelizing compilers.
  • 1990 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Utpal Banerjee is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans several disciplines, primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology.

The main areas of their work include Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cell Biology, Physiology, and Cancer Research. Key research topics consist of Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism.

They have contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Glycolysis-Independent Glucose Metabolism Distinguishes TE from ICM Fate during Mammalian Embryogenesis, 2020, Developmental Cell
  • Metabolic plasticity drives development during mammalian embryogenesis, 2021, Developmental Cell
  • Paths and pathways that generate cell-type heterogeneity and developmental progression in hematopoiesis, 2021, eLife
  • Injury-induced inflammatory signaling and hematopoiesis in Drosophila, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Cardiomyocytes disrupt pyrimidine biosynthesis in nonmyocytes to regulate heart repair, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation

Frequent co-authors in their research include Juliet R. Girard, Lauren M. Goins, Mark S. Sharpley, Fangtao Chi, and Carrie M. Spratford.

Their publications are commonly found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Developmental Cell, SSRN Electronic Journal, eLife, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes membership in prestigious organizations and fellowships. They became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, an ACM Fellow in 2007 for contributions to the mathematical foundations of optimizing parallelizing compilers, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1990.

Best Publications

  • Reactive oxygen species prime Drosophila haematopoietic progenitors for differentiation

    Edward Owusu-Ansah;Utpal Banerjee

  • MyoD is required for myogenic stem cell function in adult skeletal muscle.

    L A Megeney;B Kablar;K Garrett;J E Anderson

  • Specification of Drosophila hematopoietic lineage by conserved transcription factors.

    Tim Lebestky;Ting Chang;Volker Hartenstein;Utpal Banerjee

  • Distinct mitochondrial retrograde signals control the G1-S cell cycle checkpoint.

    Edward Owusu-Ansah;Amir Yavari;Sudip Mandal;Utpal Banerjee

  • Thicker Than Blood: Conserved Mechanisms in Drosophila and Vertebrate Hematopoiesis

    Cory J Evans;Volker Hartenstein;Utpal Banerjee

  • The Drosophila lymph gland as a developmental model of hematopoiesis.

    Seung-Hye Jung;Cory J. Evans;Christine Uemura;Utpal Banerjee

  • Binding of the Ras activator son of sevenless to insulin receptor substrate-1 signaling complexes

    Kurt Baltensperger;Lynn M. Kozma;Andrew D. Cherniack;Jes K. Klarlund

  • Mitochondrial regulation of cell cycle progression during development as revealed by the tenured mutation in Drosophila.

    Sudip Mandal;Preeta Guptan;Edward Owusu-Ansah;Utpal Banerjee

  • Mitochondrial Function Controls Proliferation and Early Differentiation Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells

    Sudip Mandal;Sudip Mandal;Anne G. Lindgren;Anand S. Srivastava;Amander T. Clark

  • G-TRACE: rapid Gal4-based cell lineage analysis in Drosophila

    Cory J Evans;John M Olson;Kathy T Ngo;Eunha Kim

  • The Son of sevenless gene product: a putative activator of Ras.

    Laura Bonfini;Chris A. Karlovich;Chiranjib Dasgupta;Utpal Banerjee

  • Combinatorial Signaling in the Specification of Unique Cell Fates

    Gail V Flores;Hong Duan;Huajun Yan;Raghavendra Nagaraj

  • Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities

    W. A. Anderson;U. Banerjee;C. L. Drennan;S. C. R. Elgin

  • A Hedgehog- and Antennapedia-dependent niche maintains Drosophila haematopoietic precursors

    Lolitika Mandal;Julian A Martinez-Agosto;Cory J Evans;Volker Hartenstein

  • A Serrate-expressing signaling center controls Drosophila hematopoiesis

    Tim Lebestky;Seung-Hye Jung;Utpal Banerjee

  • The hematopoietic stem cell and its niche: a comparative view

    Julian A. Martinez-Agosto;Hanna K.A. Mikkola;Volker Hartenstein;Utpal Banerjee

  • Genetic dissection of a neurodevelopmental pathway: Son of sevenless functions downstream of the sevenless and EGF receptor tyrosine kinases

    Ronald D. Rogge;Chris A. Karlovich;Utpal Banerjee

  • Evidence for a fruit fly hemangioblast and similarities between lymph-gland hematopoiesis in fruit fly and mammal aorta-gonadal-mesonephros mesoderm

    Lolitika Mandal;Utpal Banerjee;Volker Hartenstein

  • Nuclear Localization of Mitochondrial TCA Cycle Enzymes as a Critical Step in Mammalian Zygotic Genome Activation.

    Raghavendra Nagaraj;Mark S. Sharpley;Fangtao Chi;Daniel Braas

  • Drosophila as a Genetic Model for Hematopoiesis

    Utpal Banerjee;Juliet R Girard;Lauren M Goins;Carrie M Spratford

Frequent Co-Authors

Volker Hartenstein
Volker Hartenstein University of California, Los Angeles
Sunney I. Chan
Sunney I. Chan National Taiwan University
Ronald D. Rogge
Ronald D. Rogge University of Rochester
Jo Handelsman
Jo Handelsman University of Wisconsin–Madison
Diane K. O'Dowd
Diane K. O'Dowd University of California, Irvine
Sarah C. R. Elgin
Sarah C. R. Elgin Washington University in St. Louis
Graham F. Hatfull
Graham F. Hatfull University of Pittsburgh
Richard Losick
Richard Losick Harvard University

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