Gaudenz Danuser

25.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
210 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

Gaudenz Danuser is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaudenz Danuser has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Cell Biology, 81 papers in Molecular Biology and 64 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Gaudenz Danuser's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (97 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (51 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (47 papers). Gaudenz Danuser is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (97 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (51 papers) and Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (47 papers). Gaudenz Danuser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Gaudenz Danuser's co-authors include Clare M. Waterman, Sandra L. Schmid, Marcel Mettlen, Khuloud Jaqaman, Matthias Macháček, Dinah Loerke, Lin Ji, Hirotaka Kuwata, Sergio Grinstein and Stephanie L. Gupton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gaudenz Danuser

202 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Robust single-particle tracking in live-cell time-lapse sequences

2008 1.4k citations Dinah Loerke, Marcel Mettlen et al. Nature Methods profile →
Coordination of Rho GTPase activities during cell protrusion

2009 740 citations Gaudenz Danuser et al. Nature profile →
Two Distinct Actin Networks Drive the Protrusion of Migrating Cells

2004 626 citations Aaron Ponti, Clare M. Waterman et al. profile →
FRET or No FRET: A Quantitative Comparison

2003 509 citations Gaudenz Danuser et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Regulation of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis

2018 421 citations Marcel Mettlen, Ping‐Hung Chen et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry profile →
Mechanical regulation of glycolysis via cytoskeleton architecture

2020 396 citations Gaudenz Danuser et al. Nature profile →
Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration

2014 376 citations Gaudenz Danuser et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gaudenz Danuser United States	71	9.9k	8.2k	3.2k	3.1k	1.6k	210	17.7k
Clare M. Waterman United States	79	13.7k 1.4×	8.0k 1.0×	3.8k 1.2×	2.6k 0.8×	3.3k 2.1×	149	20.3k
Ken Jacobson United States	50	5.1k 0.5×	8.6k 1.0×	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	112	14.2k
Tatyana Svitkina United States	59	8.8k 0.9×	5.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	114	13.1k
R. Dyche Mullins United States	47	7.5k 0.8×	5.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	86	12.3k
Peter N. Devreotes United States	81	12.2k 1.2×	11.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	248	21.0k
Richard Firtel United States	81	13.5k 1.4×	11.7k 1.4×	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	265	21.0k
John A. Cooper United States	78	12.1k 1.2×	11.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 1.2×	294	22.7k
Denis Wirtz United States	80	9.5k 1.0×	8.8k 1.1×	5.8k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	258	22.5k
Alan Rick Horwitz United States	38	6.8k 0.7×	5.5k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	975 0.3×	2.9k 1.9×	56	12.3k
J. Victor Small Austria	78	10.0k 1.0×	6.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 1.6×	171	15.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaudenz Danuser

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Yapp, Clarence, Ajit J. Nirmal, Felix Zhou, et al.. (2025). Highly multiplexed 3D profiling of cell states and immune niches in human tumors. Nature Methods. 22(10). 2180–2193. 2 indexed citations

Driscoll, Meghan, Erik S. Welf, Andrew Weems, et al.. (2024). Proteolysis-free amoeboid migration of melanoma cells through crowded environments via bleb-driven worrying. Developmental Cell. 59(18). 2414–2428.e8. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Xinxin, Zhiming Chen, Marcel Mettlen, et al.. (2020). DASC, a sensitive classifier for measuring discrete early stages in clathrin-mediated endocytosis. eLife. 9. 18 indexed citations

Renkawitz, Jörg, Aglaja Kopf, Julian Stopp, et al.. (2019). Nuclear positioning facilitates amoeboid migration along the path of least resistance. Nature. 568(7753). 546–550. 198 indexed citations

Mettlen, Marcel, Ping‐Hung Chen, Saipraveen Srinivasan, Gaudenz Danuser, & Sandra L. Schmid. (2018). Regulation of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 87(1). 871–896. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

Lee, Jaewon J., Robert A. H. van de Ven, Elma Zaganjor, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of epithelial cell migration and Src/FAK signaling by SIRT3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(27). 7057–7062. 61 indexed citations

Lai, Tsung-Po, Ning Zhang, Jungsik Noh, et al.. (2017). A method for measuring the distribution of the shortest telomeres in cells and tissues. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1356–1356. 111 indexed citations

Aguet, François, Srigokul Upadhyayula, Raphaël Gaudin, et al.. (2016). Membrane dynamics of dividing cells imaged by lattice light-sheet microscopy. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27(22). 3418–3435. 89 indexed citations

Lomakin, Alexis J., et al.. (2015). Competition for actin between two distinct F-actin networks defines a bistable switch for cell polarization. Nature Cell Biology. 17(11). 1435–1445. 135 indexed citations

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Mettlen, Marcel & Gaudenz Danuser. (2014). Imaging and Modeling the Dynamics of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 6(12). a017038–a017038. 43 indexed citations

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Thoma, Claudio R., Kathryn T. Applegate, Maria Duda, et al.. (2013). Tumor Suppressor NF2/Merlin Is a Microtubule Stabilizer. Cancer Research. 74(1). 353–362. 16 indexed citations

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Ng, Mei Rosa, Achim Besser, Gaudenz Danuser, & Joan S. Brugge. (2012). Substrate stiffness regulates cadherin-dependent collective migration through myosin-II contractility. The Journal of Cell Biology. 199(3). 545–563. 244 indexed citations

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Reis, Gerald F., Ge Yang, Lukasz Szpankowski, et al.. (2012). Molecular motor function in axonal transport in vivo probed by genetic and computational analysis inDrosophila. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(9). 1700–1714. 67 indexed citations

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Iwanicki, Marcin, Rachel A. Davidowitz, Mei Rosa Ng, et al.. (2011). Ovarian Cancer Spheroids Use Myosin-Generated Force to Clear the Mesothelium. Cancer Discovery. 1(2). 144–157. 246 indexed citations

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Delorme-Walker, Violaine, Jeffrey R. Peterson, Jonathan Chernoff, et al.. (2011). Pak1 regulates focal adhesion strength, myosin IIA distribution, and actin dynamics to optimize cell migration. The Journal of Cell Biology. 193(7). 1289–1303. 80 indexed citations

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Mettlen, Marcel, Miriam Stoeber, Dinah Loerke, et al.. (2009). Endocytic Accessory Proteins Are Functionally Distinguished by Their Differential Effects on the Maturation of Clathrin-coated Pits. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 20(14). 3251–3260. 99 indexed citations

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Vallotton, Pascal, et al.. (2005). Tracking Retrograde Flow in Keratocytes: News from the Front. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(3). 1223–1231. 112 indexed citations

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Csúcs, Gábor, Michel Roger, Jost W. Lussi, Marcus Textor, & Gaudenz Danuser. (2003). Microcontact printing of novel co-polymers in combination with proteins for cell-biological applications. Biomaterials. 24(10). 1713–1720. 169 indexed citations

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Vallotton, Pascal, Aaron Ponti, Clare M. Waterman, Edward D. Salmon, & Gaudenz Danuser. (2003). Recovery, Visualization, and Analysis of Actin and Tubulin Polymer Flow in Live Cells: A Fluorescent Speckle Microscopy Study. Biophysical Journal. 85(2). 1289–1306. 87 indexed citations

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Danuser, Gaudenz, et al.. (1991). Calibration of CMO-Stereo-Microscopes in a Micro Robot System. 2 indexed citations

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