Benjamin J. Shields

4.7k citations

23 papers · 3.6k · 2 hit papers · h-index 18

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Organic Chemistry top 1%
- Radical Photochemical Reactions
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
Pharmaceutical Science top 5%

Papers in

Molecular Biology 10
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases 4
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 3
Organic Chemistry 8
- Radical Photochemical Reactions 7
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 5

Co-authors: Abigail G. Doyle (11 shared papers)Jesus I. Martinez Alvarado (2 shared papers)Gregory D. Scholes (2 shared papers)Marvin Parasram (3 shared papers)Tony Tiganis (5 shared papers)Jun Li (2 shared papers)Jason M. Stevens (2 shared papers)Jacob M. Janey (1 shared paper)
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (4 papers)Leukemia (3 papers)Nature (2 papers)Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (1 paper)Blood (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States Australia Canada

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Benjamin J. Shields

23 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Bayesian reaction optimization as a tool for chemical synthesis 2021 · 675 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Nature
2016 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Bayesian reaction optimization as a tool for chemical synthesis Nature ·Benjamin J. Shields, Jason M. Stevens, Jun Li, Marvin Parasram, Farhan Damani, Jesus I. Martinez Alvarado, Jacob M. Janey, Ryan P. Adams, Abigail G. Doyle Hit paper breakdown →	2021	675
2	Direct C(sp³)–H Cross Coupling Enabled by Catalytic Generation of Chlorine Radicals Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Benjamin J. Shields, Abigail G. Doyle Hit paper breakdown →	2016	568
3	Reactive Oxygen Species Enhance Insulin Sensitivity Cell Metabolism ·Kim Loh, Haiyang Deng, Atsushi Fukushima, Xiaochu Cai, Benoît Boivin, Sandra Galić, Clinton R. Bruce, Benjamin J. Shields, Beata Skiba, Lisa M. Ooms, Nigel K. Stepto, Ben J. Wu, Christina A. Mitchell, Nicholas K. Tonks, Matthew J. Watt, Mark A. Febbraio, Peter J. Crack, Sofianos Andrikopoulos, Tony Tiganis	2009	481
4	Long-Lived Charge-Transfer States of Nickel(II) Aryl Halide Complexes Facilitate Bimolecular Photoinduced Electron Transfer Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Benjamin J. Shields, Bryan Kudisch, Gregory D. Scholes, Abigail G. Doyle	2018	249
5	³d-d Excited States of Ni(II) Complexes Relevant to Photoredox Catalysis: Spectroscopic Identification and Mechanistic Implications Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Stephen I. Ting, Sofia Garakyaraghi, Chelsea M. Taliaferro, Benjamin J. Shields, Gregory D. Scholes, Felix N. Castellano, Abigail G. Doyle	2020	248
6	Inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase II regulates PI3K/Akt signaling and is lost in human basal-like breast cancers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Clare G. Fedele, Lisa M. Ooms, Miriel Ho, Jessica Vieusseux, Sandra O’Toole, Ewan K.A. Millar, Elena López‐Knowles, Absorn Sriratana, Rajendra Gurung, Laura Baglietto, Graham G. Giles, Charles G. Bailey, John E.J. Rasko, Benjamin J. Shields, John T. Price, Philip W. Majerus, Robert L. Sutherland, Tony Tiganis, Catriona McLean, Christina A. Mitchell	2010	234
7	Mild, Redox‐Neutral Formylation of Aryl Chlorides through the Photocatalytic Generation of Chlorine Radicals Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Matthew K. Nielsen, Benjamin J. Shields, Junyi Liu, Michael Williams, Michael J. Zacuto, Abigail G. Doyle	2017	188
8	T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase attenuates T cell signaling to maintain tolerance in mice Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Florian Wiede, Benjamin J. Shields, S. Chew, Konstantinos Kyparissoudis, Catherine van Vliet, Sandra Galić, Michel L. Tremblay, Sarah M. Russell, Dale I. Godfrey, Tony Tiganis	2011	178
9	Nickel/Photoredox-Catalyzed Methylation of (Hetero)aryl Chlorides Using Trimethyl Orthoformate as a Methyl Radical Source Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Stavros K. Kariofillis, Benjamin J. Shields, Makeda A. Tekle‐Smith, Michael J. Zacuto, Abigail G. Doyle	2020	137
10	Selective regulation of tumor necrosis factor–induced Erk signaling by Src family kinases and the T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase Nature Immunology ·Catherine van Vliet, Patricia Bukczynska, Michelle Puryer, Christine M. Sadek, Benjamin J. Shields, Michel L. Tremblay, Tony Tiganis	2005	136
11	Predicting Reaction Yields via Supervised Learning Accounts of Chemical Research ·A. Zuranski, Jesus I. Martinez Alvarado, Benjamin J. Shields, Abigail G. Doyle	2021	127
12	Regioselective Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Epoxides and (Hetero)aryl Iodides via Ni/Ti/Photoredox Catalysis ACS Catalysis ·Marvin Parasram, Benjamin J. Shields, Omar Ahmad, Thomas Knauber, Abigail G. Doyle	2020	90
13	TCPTP Regulates SFK and STAT3 Signaling and Is Lost in Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Benjamin J. Shields, Florian Wiede, Esteban N. Gurzov, Kenneth Wee, Christine Hauser, Hong‐Jian Zhu, Timothy J. Molloy, Sandra O’Toole, Roger J. Daly, Robert L. Sutherland, Christina A. Mitchell, Catriona McLean, Tony Tiganis	2012	77
14	Identifying general reaction conditions by bandit optimization Nature ·Jason Y. Wang, Jason M. Stevens, Stavros K. Kariofillis, Mai-Jan Tom, Dung L. Golden, Jun Li, José E. Tábora, Marvin Parasram, Benjamin J. Shields, David N. Primer, Bo Hao, David Del Valle, Stacey DiSomma, A.H. Furman, Greg Zipp, Sergey Melnikov, James Paulson, Abigail G. Doyle	2024	50
15	Mild, Redox‐Neutral Formylation of Aryl Chlorides through the Photocatalytic Generation of Chlorine Radicals Angewandte Chemie ·Matthew K. Nielsen, Benjamin J. Shields, Junyi Liu, Michael Williams, Michael J. Zacuto, Abigail G. Doyle	2017	49
16	Requirement for Lyl1 in a model of Lmo2-driven early T-cell precursor ALL Blood ·Matthew P. McCormack, Benjamin J. Shields, Jacob T. Jackson, Chayanica Nasa, Wei Shi, Nicholas J. Slater, Cédric S. Tremblay, Terence H. Rabbitts, David J. Curtis	2013	48
17	Auto-QChem: an automated workflow for the generation and storage of DFT calculations for organic molecules Reaction Chemistry & Engineering ·A. Zuranski, Jason Y. Wang, Benjamin J. Shields, Abigail G. Doyle	2022	37
18	Acute myeloid leukemia requires Hhex to enable PRC2-mediated epigenetic repression of Cdkn2a Genes & Development ·Benjamin J. Shields, Jacob T. Jackson, Donald Metcalf, Wei Shi, Qiutong Huang, Alexandra L. Garnham, Stefan Glaser, Dominik Beck, John E. Pimanda, Clifford W. Bogue, Gordon K. Smyth, Warren S. Alexander, Matthew P. McCormack	2016	22
19	Hhex Regulates Hematopoietic Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Stress Hematopoiesis via Repression of Cdkn2a Stem Cells ·Jacob T. Jackson, Benjamin J. Shields, Wei Shi, Ladina Di Rago, Donald Metcalf, Nicos A. Nicola, Matthew P. McCormack	2017	17
20	The NUP98-HOXD13 fusion oncogene induces thymocyte self-renewal via Lmo2/Lyl1 Leukemia ·Benjamin J. Shields, Christopher Slape, N. H. Vo, Jacob T. Jackson, Adriana Pliego Zamora, Hansini Ranasinghe, Wei Shi, David J. Curtis, Matthew P. McCormack	2019	11

About Benjamin J. Shields

Benjamin J. Shields is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Immunology, Oncology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, having authored 23 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (7 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers), Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research (4 papers), Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases (4 papers), Computational Drug Discovery Methods (3 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (1.5k citations), Pharmaceutical Science (127 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (283 citations), Computational Theory and Mathematics (257 citations) and Process Chemistry and Technology (44 citations). Benjamin J. Shields has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Abigail G. Doyle, Jesus I. Martinez Alvarado, Gregory D. Scholes, Marvin Parasram, Tony Tiganis, Jun Li, Jason M. Stevens, Jacob M. Janey, Ryan P. Adams and Michael J. Zacuto. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Leukemia, Nature, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering and Blood.

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