World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
102
Citations
55190
World Ranking
487
National Ranking
272

Wendell A. Lim 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 Wendell A. Lim sits on this spectrum.

47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47 publications 564+

This scientist: 210 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendell A. Lim 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 Wendell A. Lim sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wendell A. Lim is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Engineering, and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions in Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics center on CAR-T cell therapy, with additional work focused on nanowire synthesis and applications, immunotherapy and immune responses, T-cell and B-cell immunology, immune cell function and interaction, nanofabrication and lithography techniques, and 3D printing in biomedical research.

Publications by Wendell A. Lim frequently appear in prominent venues such as:

  • Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts
  • Cell

Recent scholarly contributions include:

  • SynNotch-CAR T cells overcome challenges of specificity, heterogeneity, and persistence in treating glioblastoma, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Synthetic cytokine circuits that drive T cells into immune-excluded tumors, 2022, Science
  • T cell circuits that sense antigen density with an ultrasensitive threshold, 2021, Science
  • Engineering synthetic morphogen systems that can program multicellular patterning, 2020, Science
  • Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-guided platform for sequence-specific control of gene expression, 2021, Cell

Wendell A. Lim has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Milos Simic, Wei Yu, Hideho Okada, Payal Watchmaker, and Lia Cardarelli. These frequent coauthors reflect ongoing collaborative efforts across their research fields.

Best Publications

  • Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-guided platform for sequence-specific control of gene expression.

    Lei S. Qi;Matthew H. Larson;Luke A. Gilbert;Jennifer A. Doudna

  • CRISPR-Mediated Modular RNA-Guided Regulation of Transcription in Eukaryotes

    Luke A. Gilbert;Matthew H. Larson;Leonardo Morsut;Zairan Liu

  • Deciphering the message in protein sequences: tolerance to amino acid substitutions

    James U. Bowie;John F. Reidhaar-Olson;Wendell A. Lim;Robert T. Sauer

  • CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) for sequence-specific control of gene expression

    Matthew H Larson;Luke A Gilbert;Luke A Gilbert;Xiaowo Wang;Wendell A Lim

  • The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans.

    Nicole King;M Jody Westbrook;Susan L Young;Alan Kuo

  • Mechanism and role of PDZ domains in signaling complex assembly.

    Baruch Z. Harris;Wendell A. Lim

  • Spatiotemporal control of cell signalling using a light-switchable protein interaction

    Anselm Levskaya;Orion D. Weiner;Orion D. Weiner;Wendell A. Lim;Christopher A. Voigt

  • The Principles of Engineering Immune Cells to Treat Cancer

    Wendell A. Lim;Carl H. June

  • Defining Network Topologies that Can Achieve Biochemical Adaptation

    Wenzhe Ma;Ala Trusina;Ala Trusina;Hana El-Samad;Hana El-Samad;Wendell A. Lim;Wendell A. Lim

  • Engineering Complex Synthetic Transcriptional Programs with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds

    Jesse G. Zalatan;Michael E. Lee;Ricardo Almeida;Luke A. Gilbert;Luke A. Gilbert

  • Scaffold Proteins: Hubs for Controlling the Flow of Cellular Information

    Matthew C. Good;Jesse G. Zalatan;Wendell A. Lim

  • Beyond editing: repurposing CRISPR–Cas9 for precision genome regulation and interrogation

    Antonia A. Dominguez;Wendell A. Lim;Lei S. Qi

  • Precision Tumor Recognition by T Cells With Combinatorial Antigen-Sensing Circuits.

    Kole T. Roybal;Kole T. Roybal;Levi J. Rupp;Levi J. Rupp;Leonardo Morsut;Leonardo Morsut;Whitney J. Walker;Whitney J. Walker

  • Engineering Customized Cell Sensing and Response Behaviors Using Synthetic Notch Receptors.

    Leonardo Morsut;Kole T. Roybal;Kole T. Roybal;Xin Xiong;Xin Xiong;Russell M. Gordley;Russell M. Gordley

  • PSD-95 assembles a ternary complex with the N-methyl-D-aspartic acid receptor and a bivalent neuronal NO synthase PDZ domain.

    Karen S. Christopherson;Brian J. Hillier;Wendell A. Lim;David S. Bredt

  • Remote control of therapeutic T cells through a small molecule-gated chimeric receptor

    Chia Yung Wu;Kole T. Roybal;Elias M. Puchner;James Onuffer

  • Structural determinants of peptide-binding orientation and of sequence specificity in SH3 domains.

    Wendell A. Lim;Frederic M. Richards;Robert O. Fox;Robert O. Fox

  • Unexpected modes of PDZ domain scaffolding revealed by structure of nNOS-syntrophin complex

    Brian J. Hillier;Karen S. Christopherson;Kenneth E. Prehoda;David S. Bredt

  • CRISPR/Cas9-mediated PD-1 disruption enhances anti-tumor efficacy of human chimeric antigen receptor T cells.

    Levi J. Rupp;Kathrin Schumann;Kole T. Roybal;Rachel E. Gate

  • Defining network topologies that can achieve biochemical adaptation

    Chao Tang;Wenzhe Ma;Ala Trusina;Hana El-Samad

Frequent Co-Authors

Lei S. Qi
Lei S. Qi Stanford University
Jennifer A. Doudna
Jennifer A. Doudna University of California, Berkeley
Martin Jinek
Martin Jinek University of Zurich
Orion D. Weiner
Orion D. Weiner University of California, San Francisco
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Tony Pawson
Tony Pawson University of Toronto
Pedro Beltrao
Pedro Beltrao European Bioinformatics Institute
Nevan J. Krogan
Nevan J. Krogan University of California, San Francisco
Luke A. Gilbert
Luke A. Gilbert University of California, San Francisco

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

If you’re interested in molecular biology, you will find that there are diverse online degree options that can open the door to many rewarding professions. For students aiming to work directly with individuals or communities, a masters degree in counseling online offers a flexible path toward a career in clinical mental health or social work settings.

Those fascinated by the intersection of science and criminal justice may be drawn to a forensic psychology degree. This field leverages scientific knowledge to help solve crimes and support legal processes. Meanwhile, individuals passionate about helping youth can pursue a child and adolescent psychology masters program tailored to address the diverse mental health needs of young people.

For cost-conscious learners, exploring affordable masters in counseling programs can be key to fast-tracking career advancement without significant financial burden. By combining a background in molecular biology with these interdisciplinary online degrees, you can enhance your skills and pursue unique roles in healthcare, research, and community services.

Best Scientists Citing Wendell A. Lim

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles