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Kin H. Lau

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2004Rising activity

Publications

104

Citations

987

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

23

Publishing since 2004

Research summary
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This researcher's publication record spans molecular biology topics including chromatin structure and DNA methylation, gene regulation in cancer, metabolism, and developmental biology, often involving collaborative studies across multiple model systems (mice, fruit flies, human cell lines). Recent work touches on epigenetic regulation in cancer, chromatin accessibility, metabolomics, and gene expression during development. The breadth of topics and co-authored papers suggests involvement in large collaborative projects across several biomedical research areas rather than a single narrow specialty.

Epigenetics and DNA methylationChromatin structure and gene regulationCancer biology and oncogenic transformationMetabolomics and cellular metabolismDevelopmental biology

Publication output was low and sporadic from 2017-2021, then increased sharply starting in 2022 and peaked in 2023, with continued strong output through 2024-2025.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 15.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 2 publications18192020: 1 publication202021: 3 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 32 publications32232024: 24 publications242025: 13 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×11
  • Nature Communications×4
  • iScience×4
  • Science Advances×2
  • Immunity×1
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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 20, 2026.

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