Alexander K. Buell

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander K. Buell is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander K. Buell has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 62 papers in Physiology and 30 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Alexander K. Buell's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (62 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (37 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (29 papers). Alexander K. Buell is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (62 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (37 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (29 papers). Alexander K. Buell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and Germany. Alexander K. Buell's co-authors include Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Christopher M. Dobson, Céline Galvagnion, Michele Vendruscolo, Mark E. Welland, Georg Meisl, Sara Linse, Emma Sparr, Thomas C. T. Michaels and Ricardo Gaspar and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alexander K. Buell

100 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Solution conditions determine the relative importance of nucleation and growth processes in α-synuclein aggregation

2014 543 citations Alexander K. Buell, Céline Galvagnion et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Lipid vesicles trigger α-synuclein aggregation by stimulating primary nucleation

2015 518 citations Céline Galvagnion, Alexander K. Buell et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander K. Buell United Kingdom	40	3.2k	3.0k	1.8k	1.4k	648	103	6.0k
Georg Meisl United Kingdom	38	3.4k 1.1×	3.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	521 0.8×	104	5.9k
Thomas C. T. Michaels United Kingdom	36	3.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	696 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	636 1.0×	95	5.1k
Alfonso De Simone United Kingdom	39	3.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	591 0.4×	1.0k 1.6×	131	6.1k
K. Peter R. Nilsson Sweden	48	4.1k 1.3×	3.5k 1.2×	855 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 2.4×	189	8.6k
Wolfgang Hoyer Germany	31	2.8k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	753 0.5×	537 0.8×	73	5.8k
Emma Sparr Sweden	39	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	455 0.3×	324 0.5×	126	5.2k
Janet R. Kumita United Kingdom	37	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	660 0.4×	495 0.4×	879 1.4×	90	4.8k
Seung R. Paik South Korea	40	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	472 0.3×	533 0.8×	113	5.2k
Marcus Fändrich Germany	52	7.2k 2.3×	6.4k 2.1×	546 0.3×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	131	10.5k
James D. Harper United States	23	3.1k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	712 0.5×	555 0.9×	71	6.3k

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Dear, Alexander J., Georg Meisl, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, et al.. (2025). Global kinetic model of lipid-induced α -synuclein aggregation and its inhibition by small molecules. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(26). e2422427122–e2422427122. 2 indexed citations

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Larsen, Jacob Aunstrup, et al.. (2025). The mechanism of amyloid fibril growth from Φ-value analysis. Nature Chemistry. 17(3). 403–411. 6 indexed citations

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Mason, Thomas O., Soumik Ray, Anatol W. Fritsch, et al.. (2024). Taylor Dispersion‐Induced Phase Separation for the Efficient Characterisation of Protein Condensate Formation. Angewandte Chemie. 136(25). 2 indexed citations

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Farzadfard, Azad, Antonín Kunka, Thomas O. Mason, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic characterization of amyloid polymorphism by microfluidic transient incomplete separation. Chemical Science. 15(7). 2528–2544. 11 indexed citations

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Bozonet, Stephanie M., Nicholas J. Magon, Margaret Sunde, et al.. (2024). Amyloid formation and depolymerization of tumor suppressor p16INK4a are regulated by a thiol-dependent redox mechanism. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5535–5535. 2 indexed citations

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Ray, Soumik & Alexander K. Buell. (2024). Emerging experimental methods to study the thermodynamics of biomolecular condensate formation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(9). 6 indexed citations

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Mason, Thomas O., Soumik Ray, Anatol W. Fritsch, et al.. (2024). Taylor Dispersion‐Induced Phase Separation for the Efficient Characterisation of Protein Condensate Formation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(25). e202404018–e202404018. 5 indexed citations

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Buell, Alexander K., et al.. (2023). Pyroglutamate-modified amyloid β(3–42) monomer has more β-sheet content than the amyloid β(1–42) monomer. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(24). 16483–16491. 4 indexed citations

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Mohammad‐Beigi, Hossein, Wahyu Wijaya, Mikkel Madsen, et al.. (2022). Association of caseins with β-lactoglobulin influenced by temperature and calcium ions: A multi-parameter analysis. Food Hydrocolloids. 137. 108373–108373. 7 indexed citations

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Mohammad‐Beigi, Hossein, Carsten Scavenius, Azad Farzadfard, et al.. (2022). A Protein Corona Modulates Interactions of α-Synuclein with Nanoparticles and Alters the Rates of the Microscopic Steps of Amyloid Formation. ACS Nano. 16(1). 1102–1118. 18 indexed citations

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Otzen, Daniel E., Alexander K. Buell, & Henrik Jensen. (2021). Microfluidics and the quantification of biomolecular interactions. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 70. 8–15. 24 indexed citations

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Dijk, Erik van, Alexander Hofmann, Georg Groth, et al.. (2020). The hydrophobic effect characterises the thermodynamic signature of amyloid fibril growth. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(5). e1007767–e1007767. 37 indexed citations

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Buell, Alexander K., et al.. (2019). Thermodynamics of amyloid fibril formation from chemical depolymerization. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 21(47). 26184–26194. 27 indexed citations

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Šneideris, Tomas, et al.. (2019). The Environment Is a Key Factor in Determining the Anti-Amyloid Efficacy of EGCG. Biomolecules. 9(12). 855–855. 35 indexed citations

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Brown, James W., Georg Meisl, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, et al.. (2018). Kinetic barriers to α-synuclein protofilament formation and conversion into mature fibrils. Chemical Communications. 54(56). 7854–7857. 31 indexed citations

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Knowles, Tuomas P. J., et al.. (2018). C-terminal truncation of α-synuclein promotes amyloid fibril amplification at physiological pH. Chemical Science. 9(25). 5506–5516. 73 indexed citations

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Wördehoff, Michael M., Hamed Shaykhalishahi, Lothar Gremer, et al.. (2017). Opposed Effects of Dityrosine Formation in Soluble and Aggregated α-Synuclein on Fibril Growth. Journal of Molecular Biology. 429(20). 3018–3030. 37 indexed citations

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Schwarten, Melanie, et al.. (2017). Pyroglutamate-modified Aβ(3-42) affects aggregation kinetics of Aβ(1-42) by accelerating primary and secondary pathways. Chemical Science. 8(7). 4996–5004. 35 indexed citations

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Meisl, Georg, Luke Rajah, S. Cohen, et al.. (2017). Scaling behaviour and rate-determining steps in filamentous self-assembly. Chemical Science. 8(10). 7087–7097. 71 indexed citations

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Pinotsi, Dorothea, Alexander K. Buell, Christopher M. Dobson, Gabriele S. Kaminski Schierle, & Clemens F. Kaminski. (2013). A Label‐Free, Quantitative Assay of Amyloid Fibril Growth Based on Intrinsic Fluorescence. ChemBioChem. 14(7). 846–850. 137 indexed citations

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