Derek Toomre

17.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Derek Toomre is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Toomre has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 57 papers in Cell Biology and 43 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Derek Toomre's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (40 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (40 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (21 papers). Derek Toomre is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (40 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (40 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (21 papers). Derek Toomre collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Derek Toomre's co-authors include Kai Simons, Joerg Bewersdorf, Félix Rivera-Molina, Pietro De Camilli, Ira Mellman, Patrick Keller, Roberto Zoncu, Jamie White, Dietmar J. Manstein and Rushika M. Perera and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Derek Toomre

114 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Lipid rafts and signal transduction

2000 5.1k citations Derek Toomre et al. profile →
Video-rate nanoscopy using sCMOS camera–specific single-molecule localization algorithms

2013 396 citations Félix Rivera-Molina, Derek Toomre et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Toomre United States	47	8.7k	4.7k	1.8k	1.7k	1.6k	117	13.9k
Satyajit Mayor India	60	10.8k 1.2×	5.8k 1.2×	789 0.4×	2.3k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	146	15.5k
Michiyuki Matsuda Japan	67	11.2k 1.3×	5.2k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	856 0.5×	2.7k 1.7×	304	18.1k
Rainer Pepperkok Germany	71	11.4k 1.3×	5.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	999 0.6×	855 0.5×	202	16.0k
Ken Jacobson United States	50	8.6k 1.0×	5.1k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	112	14.2k
Katharina Gaus Australia	58	6.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	892 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	255	12.2k
Laura M. Machesky United Kingdom	68	7.9k 0.9×	8.8k 1.9×	926 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	199	15.9k
John F. Hancock United States	75	17.8k 2.0×	7.7k 1.6×	549 0.3×	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	210	21.6k
Tomas Kirchhausen United States	92	16.2k 1.8×	12.2k 2.6×	1.2k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	3.5k 2.1×	215	25.4k
Tobias Meyer United States	92	17.9k 2.0×	7.1k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	216	26.8k
Michael Edidin United States	57	8.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	3.3k 2.0×	188	13.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Toomre

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Toomre

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Toomre

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Toomre. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Toomre 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 Derek Toomre. Derek Toomre is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Xi, Zhiqun, Yeongho Kim, Maohan Su, et al.. (2025). TUG protein acts through a disordered region to organize the early secretory pathway. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5518–5518.

Schueder, Florian, Félix Rivera-Molina, Maohan Su, et al.. (2024). Unraveling cellular complexity with transient adapters in highly multiplexed super-resolution imaging. Cell. 187(7). 1769–1784.e18. 40 indexed citations

An, Seong Jin, et al.. (2022). Regulation of EGF-stimulated activation of the PI-3K/AKT pathway by exocyst-mediated exocytosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(48). e2208947119–e2208947119. 8 indexed citations

Corti, Federico, Emma Ristori, Félix Rivera-Molina, et al.. (2022). Syndecan-2 selectively regulates VEGF-induced vascular permeability. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 1(5). 518–528. 17 indexed citations

An, Seong Jin, Massimiliano Stagi, Travis J. Gould, et al.. (2022). Multimodal imaging of synaptic vesicles with a single probe. Cell Reports Methods. 2(4). 100199–100199. 1 indexed citations

Huet-Calderwood, Clotilde, Félix Rivera-Molina, Derek Toomre, & David Calderwood. (2022). Fibroblasts secrete fibronectin under lamellipodia in a microtubule- and myosin II–dependent fashion. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(2). 10 indexed citations

Han, Patrick, Douglas Hanlon, Najla Arshad, et al.. (2020). Platelet P-selectin initiates cross-presentation and dendritic cell differentiation in blood monocytes. Science Advances. 6(11). eaaz1580–eaaz1580. 53 indexed citations

Zhong, Sheng, Félix Rivera-Molina, Alberto Rivetta, et al.. (2018). Seeing the long tail: A novel green fluorescent protein, SiriusGFP, for ultra long timelapse imaging. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 313. 68–76. 9 indexed citations

Bottanelli, Francesca, Nicole Kilian, Andreas M. Ernst, et al.. (2017). A novel physiological role for ARF1 in the formation of bidirectional tubules from the Golgi. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28(12). 1676–1687. 52 indexed citations

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Deng, Yongqiang, Félix Rivera-Molina, Derek Toomre, & Christopher G. Burd. (2016). Sphingomyelin is sorted at the trans Golgi network into a distinct class of secretory vesicle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(24). 6677–6682. 86 indexed citations

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Idevall‐Hagren, Olof, Eamonn J. Dickson, Bertil Hille, Derek Toomre, & Pietro De Camilli. (2012). Optogenetic control of phosphoinositide metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). E2316–23. 251 indexed citations

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Nakatsu, Fubito, Rushika M. Perera, Louise Lucast, et al.. (2010). The inositol 5-phosphatase SHIP2 regulates endocytic clathrin-coated pit dynamics. The Journal of Cell Biology. 190(3). 307–315. 91 indexed citations

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Karpikov, Alexander, et al.. (2010). Estimation of 3D Geometry of Microtubules Using Multi-angle Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy. Lecture notes in computer science. 13(Pt 2). 538–545. 5 indexed citations

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Goss, John A. & Derek Toomre. (2008). Both daughter cells traffic and exocytose membrane at the cleavage furrow during mammalian cytokinesis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 181(7). 1047–1054. 96 indexed citations

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Díaz, María Elena, Guillermo Ayala, Teresa León, Roberto Zoncu, & Derek Toomre. (2008). Analyzing Protein-Protein Spatial-Temporal Dependencies from Image Sequences Using Fuzzy Temporal Random Sets. Journal of Computational Biology. 15(9). 1221–1236. 3 indexed citations

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Togawa, Akashi, Sandra Maday, Marc Pypaert, et al.. (2007). Par3 functions in the biogenesis of the primary cilium in polarized epithelial cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 179(6). 1133–1140. 74 indexed citations

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Perera, Rushika M., Roberto Zoncu, Louise Lucast, Pietro De Camilli, & Derek Toomre. (2006). Two synaptojanin 1 isoforms are recruited to clathrin-coated pits at different stages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(51). 19332–19337. 129 indexed citations

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He, Cynthia Y., Helen H. Ho, Cécile Chalouni, et al.. (2004). Golgi duplication in Trypanosoma brucei. The Journal of Cell Biology. 165(3). 313–321. 133 indexed citations

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Krylyshkina, Olga, Kurt I. Anderson, Irina Kaverina, et al.. (2003). Nanometer targeting of microtubules to focal adhesions. The Journal of Cell Biology. 161(5). 853–859. 135 indexed citations

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Srikrishna, Geetha, Derek Toomre, Adriana E. Manzi, et al.. (2001). A Novel Anionic Modification of N -Glycans on Mammalian Endothelial Cells Is Recognized by Activated Neutrophils and Modulates Acute Inflammatory Responses. The Journal of Immunology. 166(1). 624–632. 29 indexed citations

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