Fikri Birey

4.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
15 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Fikri Birey is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Developmental Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fikri Birey has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fikri Birey's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Fikri Birey is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (8 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (4 papers) and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics (3 papers). Fikri Birey collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Fikri Birey's co-authors include Sergiu P. Pașca, Jimena Andersen, Steven A. Sloan, Nina Huber, Anca M. Pașca, John R. Huguenard, Wei Wu, Georgia Panagiotakos, Lars M. Steinmetz and Joachim Hallmayer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fikri Birey

15 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

  1. Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids
    2017 888 citations Fikri Birey, Jimena Andersen et al. Nature profile →
  2. Human Astrocyte Maturation Captured in 3D Cerebral Cortical Spheroids Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells
    2017 397 citations Steven A. Sloan, Spyros Darmanis et al. Neuron profile →
  3. Generation of human striatal organoids and cortico-striatal assembloids from human pluripotent stem cells
    2020 276 citations Yuki Miura, Min-Yin Li et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  4. Antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic approach for Timothy syndrome
    2024 56 citations Xiaoyu Chen, Fikri Birey et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Fikri Birey
Giorgia Quadrato United States
Christopher D. Makinson United States
Jimena Andersen United States
Anca M. Pașca United States
Yuki Miura Japan
Nina Huber United States
Georgia Panagiotakos United States
Omer Revah United States
H. Christina Fan United States
Giorgia Quadrato United States
Fikri Birey
Citations per year, relative to Fikri Birey Fikri Birey (= 1×) peers Giorgia Quadrato

Countries citing papers authored by Fikri Birey

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fikri Birey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fikri Birey

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Chen, Xiaoyu, Fikri Birey, Min-Yin Li, et al.. (2024). Antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic approach for Timothy syndrome. Nature. 628(8009). 818–825. 56 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Ji‐il, Yuki Miura, Min-Yin Li, et al.. (2024). Human assembloids reveal the consequences of CACNA1G gene variants in the thalamocortical pathway. Neuron. 112(24). 4048–4059.e7. 23 indexed citations
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Birey, Fikri & Sergiu P. Pașca. (2022). Imaging neuronal migration and network activity in human forebrain assembloids. STAR Protocols. 3(3). 101478–101478. 9 indexed citations
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Birey, Fikri, Min-Yin Li, Aaron Gordon, et al.. (2022). Dissecting the molecular basis of human interneuron migration in forebrain assembloids from Timothy syndrome. Cell stem cell. 29(2). 248–264.e7. 91 indexed citations
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Sun, Danqiong, Fikri Birey, Se‐Jin Yoon, et al.. (2021). Primate cell fusion disentangles gene regulatory divergence in neurodevelopment. Nature. 592(7854). 421–427. 50 indexed citations
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Liu, Jia, Claire E. Richardson, Charu Ramakrishnan, et al.. (2020). Genetically targeted chemical assembly of functional materials in living cells, tissues, and animals. Science. 367(6484). 1372–1376. 157 indexed citations
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Miura, Yuki, Min-Yin Li, Fikri Birey, et al.. (2020). Generation of human striatal organoids and cortico-striatal assembloids from human pluripotent stem cells. Nature Biotechnology. 38(12). 1421–1430. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sloan, Steven A., Jimena Andersen, Anca M. Pașca, Fikri Birey, & Sergiu P. Pașca. (2018). Generation and assembly of human brain region–specific three-dimensional cultures. Nature Protocols. 13(9). 2062–2085. 298 indexed citations
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Birey, Fikri, Jimena Andersen, Christopher D. Makinson, et al.. (2017). Assembly of functionally integrated human forebrain spheroids. Nature. 545(7652). 54–59. 888 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sloan, Steven A., Spyros Darmanis, Nina Huber, et al.. (2017). Human Astrocyte Maturation Captured in 3D Cerebral Cortical Spheroids Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells. Neuron. 95(4). 779–790.e6. 397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Birey, Fikri, Alexandros G. Kokkosis, & Adán Aguirre. (2017). Oligodendroglia-lineage cells in brain plasticity, homeostasis and psychiatric disorders. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 47. 93–103. 33 indexed citations
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Birey, Fikri, Jimena Andersen, & Sergiu P. Pașca. (2017). Generation and Assembly of Forebrain Spheroids. Protocol Exchange. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Yuhong, Martin Hjort, Haodong Chen, et al.. (2017). Nondestructive nanostraw intracellular sampling for longitudinal cell monitoring. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(10). E1866–E1874. 119 indexed citations
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Birey, Fikri & Adán Aguirre. (2015). Age-Dependent Netrin-1 Signaling Regulates NG2+Glial Cell Spatial Homeostasis in Normal Adult Gray Matter. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(17). 6946–6951. 28 indexed citations
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Birey, Fikri, Michelle L. Kloc, Manideep Chavali, et al.. (2015). Genetic and Stress-Induced Loss of NG2 Glia Triggers Emergence of Depressive-like Behaviors through Reduced Secretion of FGF2. Neuron. 88(5). 941–956. 139 indexed citations

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