Daniel W. Gerlich

15.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Daniel W. Gerlich is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel W. Gerlich has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Cell Biology and 21 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel W. Gerlich's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (43 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (39 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers). Daniel W. Gerlich is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (43 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (39 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (18 papers). Daniel W. Gerlich collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Daniel W. Gerlich's co-authors include Jan Ellenberg, Claudia Wurzenberger, Julien Guizetti, Jan‐Michael Peters, Roland Eils, Christoph Sommer, Toru Hirota, Birgit Koch, Michael H. A. Schmitz and Patrick Steigemann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Daniel W. Gerlich

86 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Organization of Chromatin by Intrinsic and Regulated Phase Separation

2019 723 citations Bryan A. Gibson, Lynda K. Doolittle et al. Cell profile →
Fluorogenic probes for live-cell imaging of the cytoskeleton

2014 622 citations Gražvydas Lukinavičius, Luc Reymond et al. profile →
Ki-67 acts as a biological surfactant to disperse mitotic chromosomes

2016 381 citations Claudia Blaukopf, Thomas Müller‐Reichert et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel W. Gerlich Austria	51	7.9k	4.4k	1.2k	1.2k	762	88	10.1k
Jason R. Swedlow United Kingdom	51	7.1k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	1.9k 1.6×	886 0.8×	752 1.0×	107	9.7k
Béla Novák United Kingdom	52	8.7k 1.1×	3.3k 0.7×	506 0.4×	1.4k 1.2×	898 1.2×	137	10.3k
Nico Stuurman United States	42	6.2k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	937 0.8×	288 0.4×	71	9.5k
Pierre Gönczy Switzerland	60	8.1k 1.0×	6.9k 1.6×	450 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	522 0.7×	141	11.0k
Angelika A. Noegel Germany	56	6.2k 0.8×	5.2k 1.2×	702 0.6×	441 0.4×	272 0.4×	217	10.0k
Bruce L. Goode United States	57	5.9k 0.7×	7.4k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	534 0.5×	357 0.5×	138	10.9k
Matthias Peter Switzerland	71	12.7k 1.6×	4.6k 1.0×	419 0.3×	1.6k 1.3×	1.9k 2.4×	197	15.8k
Yasushi Hiraoka Japan	64	12.3k 1.6×	4.4k 1.0×	959 0.8×	2.3k 2.0×	271 0.4×	275	15.0k
Aaron F. Straight United States	45	8.6k 1.1×	4.7k 1.1×	346 0.3×	2.7k 2.3×	394 0.5×	77	10.9k
Brian Burke United States	49	10.9k 1.4×	4.5k 1.0×	543 0.5×	310 0.3×	331 0.4×	101	13.2k

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Ochs, Fena & Daniel W. Gerlich. (2026). Organization of replicated chromosomes by DNA loops and sister chromatid cohesion. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

Teloni, Federico, et al.. (2025). Cohesin guides homology search during DNA repair using loops and sister chromatid linkages. Science. 390(6777). eadw0566–eadw0566. 3 indexed citations

Nagasaka, Kota, Iain F. Davidson, Roman R. Stocsits, et al.. (2023). Cohesin mediates DNA loop extrusion and sister chromatid cohesion by distinct mechanisms. Molecular Cell. 83(17). 3049–3063.e6. 24 indexed citations

Gibson, Bryan A., Shotaro Otsuka, Claudia Blaukopf, et al.. (2022). A mitotic chromatin phase transition prevents perforation by microtubules. Nature. 609(7925). 183–190. 55 indexed citations

Lundberg, Emma, Jan Funke, Virginie Uhlmann, et al.. (2021). Which image-based phenotypes are most promising for using AI to understand cellular functions and why?. Cell Systems. 12(5). 384–387. 1 indexed citations

Mierzwa, Beata E., Nicolas Chiaruttini, Lorena Redondo‐Morata, et al.. (2017). Dynamic subunit turnover in ESCRT-III assemblies is regulated by Vps4 to mediate membrane remodelling during cytokinesis. Nature Cell Biology. 19(7). 787–798. 181 indexed citations

Sommer, Christoph, et al.. (2017). A deep learning and novelty detection framework for rapid phenotyping in high-content screening. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(23). 3428–3436. 70 indexed citations

Fededa, Juan Pablo, Christopher Esk, Beata E. Mierzwa, et al.. (2016). Micro RNA ‐34/449 controls mitotic spindle orientation during mammalian cortex development. The EMBO Journal. 35(22). 2386–2398. 47 indexed citations

Karemore, Gopal, Þorkell Guðjόnsson, Maj‐Britt Rask, et al.. (2016). Profiling DNA damage response following mitotic perturbations. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13887–13887. 41 indexed citations

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Lukinavičius, Gražvydas, Claudia Blaukopf, Elias Pershagen, et al.. (2015). SiR–Hoechst is a far-red DNA stain for live-cell nanoscopy. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8497–8497. 221 indexed citations

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Mierzwa, Beata E. & Daniel W. Gerlich. (2014). Cytokinetic Abscission: Molecular Mechanisms and Temporal Control. Developmental Cell. 31(5). 525–538. 214 indexed citations

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Sommer, Christoph & Daniel W. Gerlich. (2013). Machine learning in cell biology – teaching computers to recognize phenotypes. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 24). 5529–39. 227 indexed citations

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Guizetti, Julien, Lothar Schermelleh, Jana Mäntler, et al.. (2011). Cortical Constriction During Abscission Involves Helices of ESCRT-III–Dependent Filaments. Science. 331(6024). 1616–1620. 369 indexed citations

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Wurzenberger, Claudia & Daniel W. Gerlich. (2011). Phosphatases: providing safe passage through mitotic exit. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 12(8). 469–482. 232 indexed citations

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Mora‐Bermúdez, Felipe, Daniel W. Gerlich, & Jan Ellenberg. (2007). Maximal chromosome compaction occurs by axial shortening in anaphase and depends on Aurora kinase. Nature Cell Biology. 9(7). 822–831. 137 indexed citations

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Gerlich, Daniel W., Birgit Koch, Florine Dupeux, Jan‐Michael Peters, & Jan Ellenberg. (2006). Live-Cell Imaging Reveals a Stable Cohesin-Chromatin Interaction after but Not before DNA Replication. Current Biology. 16(15). 1571–1578. 275 indexed citations

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Gerlich, Daniel W., Toru Hirota, Birgit Koch, Jan‐Michael Peters, & Jan Ellenberg. (2006). Condensin I Stabilizes Chromosomes Mechanically through a Dynamic Interaction in Live Cells. Current Biology. 16(4). 333–344. 246 indexed citations

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Leung, Anthony K. L., Daniel W. Gerlich, Gail Miller, et al.. (2004). Quantitative kinetic analysis of nucleolar breakdown and reassembly during mitosis in live human cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 166(6). 787–800. 128 indexed citations

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Beaudouin, Joël, Daniel W. Gerlich, Nathalie Daigle, Roland Eils, & Jan Ellenberg. (2002). Nuclear Envelope Breakdown Proceeds by Microtubule-Induced Tearing of the Lamina. Cell. 108(1). 83–96. 360 indexed citations

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Eils, Roland, et al.. (2000). Quantitative Imaging of Pre-mRNA Splicing Factors in Living Cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 11(2). 413–418. 39 indexed citations

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