We are pleased to announce that Paul Dupree and Steve Jackson have been named as 2019 Highly Cited Researchers, with their research among the top 1% most cited works in their respective fields worldwide.
On being recognised as one the world's most influential researchers of the past decade, Professor Paul Dupree commented, "I am very proud once again in 2019 to be named a Highly Cited Researcher. This reflects the outstanding work of our group members over many years to produce reproducible, exciting findings addressing the big questions in science that directly impact society, such as sustainable energy and material resources, and improvement of our diet."
"It is a great honour to be on the list of 2019 Highly Cited Researchers," said Professor Steve Jackson. "This presumably reflects my laboratory's recent and past research publications having been well received by our peers in the research community."
Speaking about the research community in the UK, Paul added, "The result of the Brexit referendum has caused uncertainty and stress amongst my team members from other EU countries. The UK must continue to attract the top students and researchers from elsewhere in the EU. We benefit in the UK from being fully integrated into many EU research programmes. The amazing high tech companies clustered around Cambridge are evidence of the impact top research in Cambridge has on job and wealth creation for the UK."
A selection of papers from the Dupree Group
- The molecular basis of polysaccharide cleavage by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. Frandsen et al., Nat. Chem. Biol.12(4):298 (2016).
- Absence of branches from xylan in Arabidopsis gux mutants reveals potential for simplification of lignocellulosic biomass. Mortimer et al., PNAS107(40):17409 (2010).
- Golgi-localized STELLO proteins regulate the assembly and trafficking of cellulose synthase complexes in Arabidopsis. Zhang et al., Nat. Commun.7(1):11656 (2016).
- Folding of xylan onto cellulose fibrils in plant cell walls revealed by solid-state NMR. Simmons et al., Nat. Commun.7(1):13902 (2016).
- Molecular architecture of softwood revealed by solid-state NMR. Terrett et al., Nat. Commun.10(1):4978 (2019).
A selection of papers from the Jackson Group
- Genome architecture and stability in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae knockout collection. Puddu et al., Nature573(7774):416 (2019).
- ATM orchestrates the DNA-damage response to counter toxic non-homologous end-joining at broken replication forks. Balmus et al., Nat. Commun.10(1):87 (2019).
- Shieldin complex promotes DNA end-joining and counters homologous recombination in BRCA1-null cells. Dev et al., Nat. Cell Biol.20(8):954 (2018).
- Targeting of NAT10 enhances healthspan in a mouse model of human accelerated aging syndrome. Balmus et al., Nat. Commun.9(1):1700 (2018).
- DNA repair. PAXX, a paralog of XRCC4 and XLF, interacts with Ku to promote DNA double-strand break repair. Ochi et al., Science347(6218):185 (2015).
For more information on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list and how it is calculated, please visit their website or watch their useful summary video from 2017 below.