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Catherine Cheng

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2004Rising activity
Connexins and lens biologyIntraocular Surgery and LensesAxon Guidance and Neuronal SignalingHeat shock proteins researchTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Publications

79

Citations

1,756

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2004

Research summary
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Catherine Cheng studies the biology of the eye lens, focusing on how cells within the lens are shaped, aligned, and organized to keep the lens transparent and properly focused. This work examines the molecular machinery (such as cell-signaling proteins and structural proteins) that controls lens growth, stiffness, and clarity, with relevance to conditions like cataracts. A separate line of work involves immune signatures for detecting and distinguishing tuberculosis infection.

Eye lens cell structure and organizationEph/ephrin cell signaling in the lensCytoskeletal proteins (non-muscle myosin) in lens developmentLens optics, stiffness, and agingTuberculosis immune signatures and diagnostics

Publication activity has been growing over the past several years, reaching a peak of nine papers in 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

Current awards run through February 2027 — about under a year of funding on record from today. Awards are often renewed, so this is what is currently public, not a forecast.

  • ActiveNIH R01EY032056through Feb 2027 · $483k awarded

    Eph-ephrin signaling in the lens

1 earlier award
  • NIH R21EY027389Sep 2017 – Aug 2020 · $251k awarded

    Eph-ephrin signaling in the lens

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 1,763 mid career Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology PIs within our index
Citations: 1,756cohort median 815
h-index: 23cohort median 12
Publications / year (recent): 5.2cohort median 3.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~6 · 28% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 20 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.2/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 3 publications19202021: 3 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 9 publications9242025: 7 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 1 collaborator at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 2 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science×7
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments×5
  • Frontiers in Ophthalmology×4
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×4
  • Frontiers in Physiology×3
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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