Benjamin H. Cooper

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Benjamin H. Cooper is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin H. Cooper has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Cell Biology and 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Benjamin H. Cooper's work include Cellular transport and secretion (24 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). Benjamin H. Cooper is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (24 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (17 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). Benjamin H. Cooper collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Benjamin H. Cooper's co-authors include Nils Brose, Cordelia Imig, Frédérique Varoqueaux, JeongSeop Rhee, Christian Rosenmund, Marife Arancillo, Stefanie Krinner, Gabriele Flügge, Thomas C. Südhof and Sangwon Min and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin H. Cooper

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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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.

Mammalian oocytes store proteins for the early embryo on cytoplasmic lattices

2023 68 citations Felix J.B. Bäuerlein, Luisa M. Welp et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin H. Cooper Germany	24	1.2k	901	782	186	125	36	1.9k
Shun Hamada Japan	23	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	275 0.4×	146 0.8×	209 1.7×	53	2.0k
Kirill E. Volynski United Kingdom	25	1.0k 0.9×	830 0.9×	350 0.4×	191 1.0×	273 2.2×	39	1.6k
Peter H. Mathers United States	21	1.5k 1.3×	915 1.0×	279 0.4×	333 1.8×	334 2.7×	40	2.2k
Soojin Ryu Germany	28	1.4k 1.2×	749 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	285 1.5×	315 2.5×	62	2.8k
Ágoston Szél Hungary	30	2.1k 1.8×	1.5k 1.6×	309 0.4×	294 1.6×	81 0.6×	76	2.7k
Santiago B. Rompani United States	12	784 0.7×	689 0.8×	179 0.2×	403 2.2×	203 1.6×	14	1.6k
Ulrich Thomas Germany	25	1.6k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	888 1.1×	102 0.5×	234 1.9×	59	2.4k
Thomas Mueller United States	24	992 0.9×	603 0.7×	1.3k 1.7×	343 1.8×	126 1.0×	41	2.4k
Julián Yáñez Spain	25	520 0.4×	505 0.6×	484 0.6×	150 0.8×	62 0.5×	54	1.4k
Alison J. Barker United States	13	585 0.5×	468 0.5×	190 0.2×	452 2.4×	131 1.0×	19	1.4k

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Hoffmann, Christian, Chintan Patel, A S Ho, et al.. (2025). Intersectin and endophilin condensates prime synaptic vesicles for release site replenishment. Nature Neuroscience. 28(8). 1649–1662.

Benseler, Fritz, Stefan Bonn, Silvio O. Rizzoli, et al.. (2025). Neddylation regulates the development and function of glutamatergic neurons. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1338–1338.

Bäuerlein, Felix J.B., Luisa M. Welp, Benjamin H. Cooper, et al.. (2023). Mammalian oocytes store proteins for the early embryo on cytoplasmic lattices. Cell. 186(24). 5308–5327.e25. 68 indexed citations breakdown →

Laugks, Ulrike, José Javier Ferrero, José Sánchez‐Prieto, et al.. (2023). Munc13- and SNAP25-dependent molecular bridges play a key role in synaptic vesicle priming. Science Advances. 9(25). eadf6222–eadf6222. 24 indexed citations

Naumann, Benjamin, Cordelia Imig, Kent McDonald, et al.. (2021). Choanoflagellates and the ancestry of neurosecretory vesicles. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 376(1821). 20190759–20190759. 18 indexed citations

Banerjee, Aditi, Cordelia Imig, Noa Lipstein, et al.. (2021). Molecular and functional architecture of striatal dopamine release sites. Neuron. 110(2). 248–265.e9. 31 indexed citations

Kaushik, Rahul, Paola Agüi‐Gonzalez, Guobin Bao, et al.. (2021). Extracellular matrix remodeling through endocytosis and resurfacing of Tenascin-R. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7129–7129. 37 indexed citations

Houy, Sébastien, Cordelia Imig, Paulo S. Pinheiro, et al.. (2021). Synaptotagmin-7 places dense-core vesicles at the cell membrane to promote Munc13-2- and Ca2+-dependent priming. eLife. 10. 19 indexed citations

Wittgenstein, Julia von, Jenny Atorf, Jan Kremers, et al.. (2020). Heterogeneous Presynaptic Distribution of Munc13 Isoforms at Retinal Synapses and Identification of an Unconventional Bipolar Cell Type with Dual Expression of Munc13 Isoforms: A Study Using Munc13-EXFP Knock-in Mice. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(21). 7848–7848. 4 indexed citations

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Kawabe, Hiroshi, Mišo Mitkovski, Pascal S. Kaeser, et al.. (2017). ELKS1 localizes the synaptic vesicle priming protein bMunc13-2 to a specific subset of active zones. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(4). 1143–1161. 36 indexed citations

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Cooper, Benjamin H., Ekrem Dere, Giulia Poggi, et al.. (2015). Fast Cerebellar Reflex Circuitry Requires Synaptic Vesicle Priming by Munc13-3. The Cerebellum. 14(3). 264–283. 21 indexed citations

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Vogl, Christian, Benjamin H. Cooper, Jakob Neef, et al.. (2015). Unconventional molecular regulation of synaptic vesicle replenishment in cochlear inner hair cells. Journal of Cell Science. 128(4). 638–44. 59 indexed citations

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Hammer, Matthieu, Dilja Krueger‐Burg, Liam P. Tuffy, et al.. (2015). Perturbed Hippocampal Synaptic Inhibition and γ-Oscillations in a Neuroligin-4 Knockout Mouse Model of Autism. Cell Reports. 13(3). 516–523. 57 indexed citations

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Smith, Carolyn L., Frédérique Varoqueaux, Maike Kittelmann, et al.. (2014). Novel Cell Types, Neurosecretory Cells, and Body Plan of the Early-Diverging Metazoan Trichoplax adhaerens. Current Biology. 24(14). 1565–1572. 167 indexed citations

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Imig, Cordelia, Sangwon Min, Stefanie Krinner, et al.. (2014). The Morphological and Molecular Nature of Synaptic Vesicle Priming at Presynaptic Active Zones. Neuron. 84(2). 416–431. 299 indexed citations

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Chen, Zuxin, et al.. (2013). The Munc13 Proteins Differentially Regulate Readily Releasable Pool Dynamics and Calcium-Dependent Recovery at a Central Synapse. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(19). 8336–8351. 84 indexed citations

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Lipstein, Noa, Takeshi Sakaba, Benjamin H. Cooper, et al.. (2013). Dynamic Control of Synaptic Vesicle Replenishment and Short-Term Plasticity by Ca2+-Calmodulin-Munc13-1 Signaling. Neuron. 79(1). 82–96. 126 indexed citations

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Cooper, Benjamin H., Josef Ammermüller, Cordelia Imig, et al.. (2012). Munc13-Independent Vesicle Priming at Mouse Photoreceptor Ribbon Synapses. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(23). 8040–8052. 51 indexed citations

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Möbius, Wiebke, Benjamin H. Cooper, Walter A. Kaufmann, et al.. (2010). Electron Microscopy of the Mouse Central Nervous System. Methods in cell biology. 96. 475–512. 87 indexed citations

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Cooper, Benjamin H., Eberhard Fuchs, & Gabriele Flügge. (2009). Expression of the Axonal Membrane Glycoprotein M6a Is Regulated by Chronic Stress. PLoS ONE. 4(1). e3659–e3659. 25 indexed citations

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