Erik van Nimwegen

18.9k citations

91 papers · 7.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 44

Molecular Biology top 0.5%
Genetics top 1%
Cancer Research top 1%
Plant Science top 5%
Oncology top 5%

Co-authors: Mihaela Zavolan Mikhail Pachkov Lukas Burger Martijn A. Huynen James P. Crutchfield Dimos Gaidatzis Piotr J. Balwierz Phil Arnold
Topics: RNA Research and Splicing (30 papers)Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers)RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers)
Cited by: Cancer Research Molecular Biology Genetics
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nucleic Acids Research
Partner nations: Switzerland United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Erik van Nimwegen

91 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

DNA-binding factors shape the mouse methylome at distal regulatory regions

2011 990 citations Michael Stadler, Robert Ivánek et al. profile →
Sox4 Is a Master Regulator of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition by Controlling Ezh2 Expression and Epigenetic Reprogramming

2013 394 citations Lorenz Waldmeier, Piotr J. Balwierz et al. profile →
Automated Reconstruction of Whole-Genome Phylogenies from Short-Sequence Reads

2014 343 citations Olin Silander, Mikhail Pachkov et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Growth rate controls the sensitivity of gene regulatory circuits 2025 ·Science Advances ·Thomas Julou,(unknown),Daan H. de Groot,Erik van Nimwegen	2
2	Rapid Transcription Factor Fluctuations Drive Nonequilibrium Gene Regulatory Dynamics in Bacteria 2025 ·(unknown),(unknown),Thomas Julou,Erik van Nimwegen	1
3	Improved analysis of (e)CLIP data with RCRUNCH yields a compendium of RNA-binding protein binding sites and motifs 2023 ·Genome biology ·Maria Katsantoni,Erik van Nimwegen,Mihaela Zavolan	7
4	Temporal and sequential transcriptional dynamics define lineage shifts in corticogenesis 2022 ·The EMBO Journal ·Tanzila Mukhtar,(unknown),(unknown),Marcelo Boareto,(unknown),(unknown),Alice Grison,Katja Eschbach,Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan,(unknown),Michał Okoniewski,Mikhail Pachkov,Corey C. Harwell,Suzana Atanasoski,Christian Beisel,Dagmar Iber,Erik van Nimwegen,Verdon Taylor	8
5	Genome-wide gene expression noise in Escherichia coli is condition-dependent and determined by propagation of noise through the regulatory network 2021 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Thomas Julou,Erik van Nimwegen	22
6	Subpopulations of sensorless bacteria drive fitness in fluctuating environments 2020 ·PLoS Biology ·Thomas Julou,(unknown),Diana Blank,(unknown),Erik van Nimwegen	13
7	Initiation of chromosome replication controls both division and replication cycles in E. coli through a double-adder mechanism 2019 ·eLife ·Guillaume Witz,Erik van Nimwegen,Thomas Julou	37
8	Monitoring single-cell gene regulation under dynamically controllable conditions with integrated microfluidics and software 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Matthias Kaiser,Florian Jug,Thomas Julou,Siddharth Deshpande,Thomas Pfohl,Olin Silander,Gene Myers,Erik van Nimwegen	78
9	ISMARA: automated modeling of genomic signals as a democracy of regulatory motifs 2014 ·Genome Research ·Piotr J. Balwierz,Mikhail Pachkov,Phil Arnold,Andreas Gruber,Mihaela Zavolan,Erik van Nimwegen	198
10	Tead2 expression levels control Yap/Taz subcellular distribution, zyxin expression, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition 2014 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Maren Diepenbruck,Lorenz Waldmeier,Robert Ivánek,Philipp Berninger,Phil Arnold,Erik van Nimwegen,Gerhard Christofori	116
11	The Corepressor NCoR1 Antagonizes PGC-1 α and Estrogen-Related Receptor α in the Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Function and Oxidative Metabolism 2012 ·Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Joaquín Pérez‐Schindler,Serge Summermatter,Silvia Salatino,Francesco Zorzato,(unknown),Piotr J. Balwierz,Erik van Nimwegen,Jérôme N. Feige,Johan Auwerx,Christoph Handschin	73
12	Tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 promotes breast cancer progression and maintains tumor-initiating cells via activation of key transcription factors and a positive feedback signaling loop 2012 ·Nature Medicine ·Nicola Aceto,Nina Sausgruber,Heike Brinkhaus,Dimos Gaidatzis,Georg Martiny‐Baron,Giovanni Mazzarol,Stefano Confalonieri,Micaela Quarto,Guang Hu,Piotr J. Balwierz,Mikhail Pachkov,Stephen J. Elledge,Erik van Nimwegen,Michael Stadler,Mohamed Bentires‐Alj	210
13	Methods for analyzing deep sequencing expression data: constructing the human and mouse promoterome with deepCAGE data 2009 ·Genome biology ·Piotr J. Balwierz,Piero Carninci,Carsten O. Daub,Jun Kawai,Yoshihide Hayashizaki,Werner Van Belle,Christian Beisel,Erik van Nimwegen	109
14	MicroRNA-221–222 Regulate the Cell Cycle in Mast Cells 2009 ·The Journal of Immunology ·(unknown),Matthew E. Pipkin,Mikhail Pachkov,Erik van Nimwegen,Anjana Rao,Silvia Monticelli	82
15	The functional importance of telomere clustering: Global changes in gene expression result from SIR factor dispersion 2009 ·Genome Research ·Angela Taddei,Griet Van Houwe,Shigeki Nagai,Ionas Erb,Erik van Nimwegen,Susan M. Gasser	100
16	Genome-wide Expression Profiling, In Vivo DNA Binding Analysis, and Probabilistic Motif Prediction Reveal Novel Abf1 Target Genes during Fermentation, Respiration, and Sporulation in Yeast 2008 ·Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Ulrich Schlecht,Ionas Erb,Philippe Demougin,Nicolas Robine,Valérie Borde,Erik van Nimwegen,Alain Nicolas,Michael Primig	26
17	The evolution of domain-content in bacterial genomes 2008 ·Biology Direct ·Nacho Molina,Erik van Nimwegen	21
18	Detecting Regulatory Sites Using PhyloGibbs 2007 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Rahul Siddharthan,Erik van Nimwegen	10
19	Universal patterns of purifying selection at noncoding positions in bacteria 2007 ·Genome Research ·Nacho Molina,Erik van Nimwegen	49
20	Splice Variation in Mouse Full-Length cDNAs Identified by Mapping to the Mouse Genome 2002 ·Genome Research ·Mihaela Zavolan,Erik van Nimwegen,Terry Gaasterland	57

About Erik van Nimwegen

Erik van Nimwegen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics, having authored 91 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA Research and Splicing (30 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (23 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (1.4k citations), Molecular Biology (6.4k citations) and Genetics (1.6k citations). Erik van Nimwegen has collaborated with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Mihaela Zavolan, Mikhail Pachkov, Lukas Burger, Martijn A. Huynen, James P. Crutchfield, Dimos Gaidatzis, Piotr J. Balwierz, Phil Arnold, Eric D. Siggia and Dirk Schübeler. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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