Gerardo Turcatti

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Gerardo Turcatti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerardo Turcatti has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Oncology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Gerardo Turcatti's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (8 papers). Gerardo Turcatti is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (8 papers). Gerardo Turcatti collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and France. Gerardo Turcatti's co-authors include Muhammet F. Gülen, Laurence Abrami, Alexiane Decout, Simone M. Haag, Luc Reymond, Rayk Behrendt, Andrea Ablasser, Michaël Heymann, Gijs R. van den Brink and André Chollet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gerardo Turcatti

66 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Targeting STING with cova... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 2020 250 500 750
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. Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors
    2018 788 citations Simone M. Haag, Muhammet F. Gülen et al. Nature profile →
  2. Screening out irrelevant cell-based models of disease
    2016 374 citations Gerardo Turcatti et al. profile →
  3. High-throughput automated organoid culture via stem-cell aggregation in microcavity arrays
    2020 281 citations Nathalie Brandenberg, Sylke Hoehnel et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerardo Turcatti Switzerland 25 1.7k 810 532 449 383 70 3.1k
Yann Gambin Australia 33 2.0k 1.2× 435 0.5× 358 0.7× 203 0.5× 272 0.7× 81 3.5k
Bruce S. Edwards United States 30 1.8k 1.1× 517 0.6× 449 0.8× 396 0.9× 245 0.6× 96 3.4k
Bridget S. Wilson United States 44 3.0k 1.8× 2.6k 3.2× 413 0.8× 524 1.2× 256 0.7× 147 6.5k
Geert van den Bogaart Netherlands 38 3.4k 2.0× 810 1.0× 407 0.8× 243 0.5× 139 0.4× 102 5.0k
William G. Telford United States 38 2.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.9× 471 0.9× 822 1.8× 116 0.3× 114 4.9k
Emma Sierecki Australia 28 1.9k 1.1× 466 0.6× 157 0.3× 254 0.6× 261 0.7× 68 3.1k
Guido Wabnitz Germany 31 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 205 0.4× 421 0.9× 207 0.5× 66 3.8k
Franca Fraternali United Kingdom 38 2.8k 1.7× 396 0.5× 144 0.3× 346 0.8× 229 0.6× 155 4.2k
Brian Storrie United States 40 2.8k 1.7× 649 0.8× 190 0.4× 341 0.8× 79 0.2× 134 5.4k
Yoav I. Henis Israel 49 5.3k 3.2× 468 0.6× 317 0.6× 862 1.9× 143 0.4× 159 7.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerardo Turcatti

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerardo Turcatti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerardo Turcatti

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

All Works

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Brancucci, Nicolas M. B., Geert‐Jan van Gemert, Yu Xiao, et al.. (2025). An all-in-one pipeline for the in vitro discovery and in vivo testing of Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission blocking drugs. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6884–6884. 1 indexed citations
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Colombo, Daniele, Rajendran Sanalkumar, Liliane C. Broye, et al.. (2024). Preclinical spheroid models identify BMX as a therapeutic target for metastatic MYCN nonamplified neuroblastoma. JCI Insight. 9(14).
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Crettaz, David, Benjamin Rappaz, Romain Hamelin, et al.. (2023). Phosphoproteomics and morphology of stored human red blood cells treated by protein tyrosine phosphatases inhibitor. Blood Advances. 8(1). 1–13. 4 indexed citations
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Andriasyan, Vardan, Maarit Suomalainen, Michael Bauer, et al.. (2022). Identification of broad anti-coronavirus chemical agents for repurposing against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100019–100019. 21 indexed citations
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Taki, Aya C., Mati Moyat, Gerardo Turcatti, et al.. (2022). Novel High-Throughput Fluorescence-Based Assay for the Identification of Nematocidal Compounds That Target the Blood-Feeding Pathway. Pharmaceuticals. 15(6). 669–669. 1 indexed citations
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Habeshian, Sevan, J.-M. Vesin, Gerardo Turcatti, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and direct assay of large macrocycle diversities by combinatorial late-stage modification at picomole scale. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3823–3823. 23 indexed citations
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Georgi, Fanny, Vardan Andriasyan, Fabien Kuttler, et al.. (2022). High-content, arrayed compound screens with rhinovirus, influenza A virus and herpes simplex virus infections. Scientific Data. 9(1). 610–610. 4 indexed citations
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Zorzi, Alessandro, Yuteng Wu, Sangram S. Kale, et al.. (2021). Picomole‐Scale Synthesis and Screening of Macrocyclic Compound Libraries by Acoustic Liquid Transfer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(40). 21702–21707. 15 indexed citations
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Zorzi, Alessandro, Yuteng Wu, Sangram S. Kale, et al.. (2021). Picomole‐Scale Synthesis and Screening of Macrocyclic Compound Libraries by Acoustic Liquid Transfer. Angewandte Chemie. 133(40). 21870–21875. 3 indexed citations
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Georgi, Fanny, Fabien Kuttler, Vardan Andriasyan, et al.. (2020). A high-content image-based drug screen of clinical compounds against cell transmission of adenovirus. Scientific Data. 7(1). 265–265. 15 indexed citations
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Georgi, Fanny, Vardan Andriasyan, Silvio Hemmi, et al.. (2020). The FDA-Approved Drug Nelfinavir Inhibits Lytic Cell-Free but Not Cell-Associated Nonlytic Transmission of Human Adenovirus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 64(9). 23 indexed citations
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Brandenberg, Nathalie, Sylke Hoehnel, Fabien Kuttler, et al.. (2020). High-throughput automated organoid culture via stem-cell aggregation in microcavity arrays. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 4(9). 863–874. 281 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rappaz, Benjamin, Pascal Jourdain, Damiano Banfi, et al.. (2019). Image-Based Marker-Free Screening of GABAA Agonists, Antagonists, and Modulators. SLAS DISCOVERY. 25(5). 458–470. 4 indexed citations
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Kale, Sangram S., Milan Bergeron‐Brlek, Yuteng Wu, et al.. (2019). Thiol-to-amine cyclization reaction enables screening of large libraries of macrocyclic compounds and the generation of sub-kilodalton ligands. Science Advances. 5(8). eaaw2851–eaaw2851. 32 indexed citations
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Haag, Simone M., Muhammet F. Gülen, Luc Reymond, et al.. (2018). Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors. Nature. 559(7713). 269–273. 788 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kühn, Jonas, Etienne Shaffer, Julien Mena, et al.. (2012). Label-Free Cytotoxicity Screening Assay by Digital Holographic Microscopy. Assay and Drug Development Technologies. 11(2). 101–107. 91 indexed citations
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Johnsson, Kai, Luc Reymond, Aurélien Roux, et al.. (2011). Chemical Biology Approaches to Membrane Homeostasis and Function. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 65(11). 849–849. 3 indexed citations
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Turcatti, Gerardo, Sannah Zoffmann, John Lowe, et al.. (1997). Characterization of Non-peptide Antagonist and Peptide Agonist Binding Sites of the NK1 Receptor with Fluorescent Ligands. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(34). 21167–21175. 57 indexed citations

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