Christoph Spahn

1.7k total citations
24 papers, 742 citations indexed

About

Christoph Spahn is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Spahn has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 742 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Biophysics, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Spahn's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (15 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (8 papers). Christoph Spahn is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (15 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (8 papers). Christoph Spahn collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Christoph Spahn's co-authors include Mike Heilemann, Ulrike Endesfelder, Jonathan B. Grimm, Luke D. Lavis, Marko Lampe, Alexandre Fürstenberg, Steven F. Lee, Anthony X. Ayala, Thomas Huser and Mark Schüttpelz and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Spahn

23 papers receiving 720 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christoph Spahn Germany 14 364 355 147 123 74 24 742
Eitan Lerner Israel 15 342 0.9× 758 2.1× 110 0.7× 61 0.5× 105 1.4× 37 1.1k
Martin Lindén Sweden 16 212 0.6× 619 1.7× 87 0.6× 57 0.5× 105 1.4× 24 823
Alessandro Valeri Germany 12 339 0.9× 732 2.1× 55 0.4× 70 0.6× 96 1.3× 18 917
Bengt Wunderlich Switzerland 10 158 0.4× 590 1.7× 124 0.8× 37 0.3× 92 1.2× 12 802
Jasmin K. Pape Germany 7 391 1.1× 424 1.2× 165 1.1× 175 1.4× 62 0.8× 8 743
Chris Gell United Kingdom 17 146 0.4× 695 2.0× 75 0.5× 27 0.2× 68 0.9× 22 1.0k
Sabrina Pospich Germany 12 98 0.3× 342 1.0× 38 0.3× 152 1.2× 123 1.7× 15 736
Volodymyr Kudryavtsev Germany 8 295 0.8× 702 2.0× 69 0.5× 83 0.7× 108 1.5× 10 920
T. M. Jovin Germany 13 274 0.8× 836 2.4× 96 0.7× 29 0.2× 112 1.5× 18 1.1k
P. I. H. Bastiaens Germany 8 466 1.3× 630 1.8× 149 1.0× 51 0.4× 58 0.8× 8 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christoph Spahn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christoph Spahn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Spahn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christoph Spahn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christoph Spahn based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christoph Spahn. Christoph Spahn is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spahn, Christoph, Estibaliz Gómez‐de‐Mariscal, Ricardo Henriques, et al.. (2025). The nucleoid of rapidly growing Escherichia coli localizes close to the inner membrane and is organized by transcription, translation, and cell geometry. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3732–3732. 1 indexed citations
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Malengo, Gabriele, et al.. (2025). Yersinia actively downregulates type III secretion and adhesion at higher cell densities. PLoS Pathogens. 21(8). e1013423–e1013423.
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Spahn, Christoph, Estibaliz Gómez‐de‐Mariscal, Romain F. Laine, et al.. (2022). DeepBacs for multi-task bacterial image analysis using open-source deep learning approaches. Communications Biology. 5(1). 688–688. 54 indexed citations
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Koller, Nicole, Marius Döring, Christoph Spahn, et al.. (2022). Nanoscale organization of the MHC I peptide-loading complex in human dendritic cells. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(9). 477–477. 3 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, et al.. (2021). Microbial Cationic Peptides as a Natural Defense Mechanism against Insect Antimicrobial Peptides. ACS Chemical Biology. 16(3). 447–451. 13 indexed citations
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Glogger, Marius, Christoph Spahn, Jörg Enderlein, & Mike Heilemann. (2020). Multi‐Color, Bleaching‐Resistant Super‐Resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging with Oligonucleotide‐Based Exchangeable Fluorophores. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(12). 6310–6313. 23 indexed citations
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Glogger, Marius, Christoph Spahn, Jörg Enderlein, & Mike Heilemann. (2020). Multi‐Color, Bleaching‐Resistant Super‐Resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging with Oligonucleotide‐Based Exchangeable Fluorophores. Angewandte Chemie. 133(12). 6380–6383. 10 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, et al.. (2019). Protein‐Specific, Multicolor and 3D STED Imaging in Cells with DNA‐Labeled Antibodies. Angewandte Chemie. 131(52). 19011–19014. 10 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, et al.. (2018). A toolbox for multiplexed super-resolution imaging of the E. coli nucleoid and membrane using novel PAINT labels. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 72 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, Yunfeng Gao, Yong Hwee Foo, et al.. (2017). Sequential Super-Resolution Imaging of Bacterial Regulatory Proteins, the Nucleoid and the Cell Membrane in Single, Fixed E. coli Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1624. 269–289. 6 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, Frank Herrmannsdörfer, Thomas Kuner, & Mike Heilemann. (2016). Temporal accumulation analysis provides simplified artifact-free analysis of membrane-protein nanoclusters. Nature Methods. 13(12). 963–964. 24 indexed citations
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Diekmann, Robin, Deanna L. Wolfson, Christoph Spahn, et al.. (2016). Nanoscopy of bacterial cells immobilized by holographic optical tweezers. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13711–13711. 65 indexed citations
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Devraj, Kavi, Slobodan Poznanović, Christoph Spahn, et al.. (2015). BACE-1 is expressed in the blood–brain barrier endothelium and is upregulated in a murine model of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 36(7). 1281–1294. 56 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, Francesca Cella Zanacchi, Ulrike Endesfelder, & Mike Heilemann. (2015). Correlative super-resolution imaging of RNA polymerase distribution and dynamics, bacterial membrane and chromosomal structure inEscherichia coli. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. 3(1). 14005–14005. 27 indexed citations
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Foo, Yong Hwee, Christoph Spahn, Hongfang Zhang, Mike Heilemann, & Linda J. Kenney. (2015). Single cell super-resolution imaging ofE. coliOmpR during environmental stress. Integrative Biology. 7(10). 1297–1308. 34 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, Ulrike Endesfelder, & Mike Heilemann. (2014). Super-resolution imaging of Escherichia coli nucleoids reveals highly structured and asymmetric segregation during fast growth. Journal of Structural Biology. 185(3). 243–249. 49 indexed citations
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Endesfelder, Ulrike, Mike Heilemann, Steven F. Lee, et al.. (2014). Improved Super-Resolution Imaging in Heavy Water. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 399a–399a. 1 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, et al.. (2014). Click chemistry facilitates direct labelling and super-resolution imaging of nucleic acids and proteins. RSC Advances. 4(57). 30462–30466. 41 indexed citations
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Spahn, Christoph, et al.. (2013). Increasing the Brightness of Cyanine Fluorophores for Single‐Molecule and Superresolution Imaging. ChemPhysChem. 15(4). 637–641. 77 indexed citations
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Terpitz, Ulrich, Sebastian Letschert, Christoph Spahn, et al.. (2012). Dielectric Analysis and Multi-cell Electrofusion of the Yeast Pichia pastoris for Electrophysiological Studies. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 245(12). 815–826. 6 indexed citations

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