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Jian‐Qiu Wu

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

Established · publishing since 1978Rising activity

Publications

90

Citations

6,961

Est. group size

~8

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

48

Publishing since 1978

Research summary
AI-generated

This record appears to mix two distinct bodies of work: an earlier set of papers (through about 2019) on the cell biology of yeast, focusing on how cells divide (cytokinesis), the proteins that build and pinch the ring that splits a cell in two, and membrane trafficking during this process; and a more recent, much larger set of publications (2023-2025) on unrelated engineering and computing topics such as construction materials, wireless communication calibration, and edge computing. Because these topics are so different, the bibliographic record likely reflects name overlap between different researchers rather than one continuous research program. Prospective students interested in the cell biology work should look specifically at the yeast cytokinesis and membrane trafficking papers, which use fission yeast as a model organism to study cell division mechanics.

Yeast genetics and cell division (cytokinesis)Membrane trafficking and vesicle transportCytoskeleton and contractile ring dynamicsConstruction materials and civil engineering (likely unrelated body of work)Wireless communication and edge computing (likely unrelated body of work)

Publication counts were low and irregular from 2017-2022 (0-4 per year) but jumped sharply in 2023-2025 (4-11 per year), though this recent surge appears driven by publications in unrelated engineering and computing venues rather than continued biology research.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.0/year recently
172018: 4 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication21222023: 4 publications232024: 10 publications242025: 11 publications112526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell×6
  • eLife×5
  • Buildings×3
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×3
  • PLoS Biology×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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