Himanish Basu

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 540 citations indexed

About

Himanish Basu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Himanish Basu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 540 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Himanish Basu's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (3 papers). Himanish Basu is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (4 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (3 papers). Himanish Basu collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and United Kingdom. Himanish Basu's co-authors include D. Mathur, Shobhona Sharma, Thomas L. Schwarz, A. K. Dharmadhikari, J. A. Dharmadhikari, Isaac M. Chiu, Wei Wei, Dylan V. Neel, Daping Yang and Gülçin Pekkurnaz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Himanish Basu

24 papers receiving 534 citations

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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.

Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion

2023 102 citations Felipe A. Pinho‐Ribeiro, Liwen Deng et al. Nature profile →
A chemogenetic screen reveals that Trpv1-expressing neurons control regulatory T cells in the gut

2024 42 citations Yangyang Zhu, Kimberly A. Meerschaert et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Himanish Basu United States	14	199	100	75	74	55	24	540
Ladan Amin Italy	12	258 1.3×	87 0.9×	50 0.7×	61 0.8×	88 1.6×	14	591
Miriam Friedel Canada	13	263 1.3×	42 0.4×	58 0.8×	45 0.6×	44 0.8×	14	581
Angèle Viola France	20	298 1.5×	57 0.6×	109 1.5×	54 0.7×	73 1.3×	43	1.1k
Pranesh Padmanabhan Australia	15	233 1.2×	78 0.8×	138 1.8×	60 0.8×	39 0.7×	31	641
Maria Petracca Italy	25	234 1.2×	122 1.2×	84 1.1×	80 1.1×	175 3.2×	123	1.7k
Vladimir Tsuprun United States	22	511 2.6×	85 0.8×	57 0.8×	74 1.0×	197 3.6×	65	1.3k
Sarah Mutch United States	10	250 1.3×	72 0.7×	131 1.7×	106 1.4×	16 0.3×	12	559
Irene Costantini Italy	16	194 1.0×	38 0.4×	77 1.0×	249 3.4×	34 0.6×	52	869
Yusuke Sakiyama Japan	14	348 1.7×	39 0.4×	155 2.1×	88 1.2×	36 0.7×	46	638

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Himanish Basu

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

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Gunner, Georgia, Himanish Basu, Yong Lu, et al.. (2025). Gasdermin D is activated but does not drive neurodegeneration in SOD1G93A model of ALS: Implications for targeting pyroptosis. Neurobiology of Disease. 214. 107048–107048. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Pan, Wanyu Li, Junhua Pan, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for VLDLR recognition by eastern equine encephalitis virus. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6548–6548. 13 indexed citations

Zhu, Yangyang, Kimberly A. Meerschaert, Silvia Galván-Peña, et al.. (2024). A chemogenetic screen reveals that Trpv1-expressing neurons control regulatory T cells in the gut. Science. 385(6708). eadk1679–eadk1679. 42 indexed citations breakdown →

Wei, Wei, Nicholas M. Riley, Xuchao Lyu, et al.. (2023). Organism-wide, cell-type-specific secretome mapping of exercise training in mice. Cell Metabolism. 35(7). 1261–1279.e11. 45 indexed citations

Pinho‐Ribeiro, Felipe A., Liwen Deng, Dylan V. Neel, et al.. (2023). Bacteria hijack a meningeal neuroimmune axis to facilitate brain invasion. Nature. 615(7952). 472–481. 102 indexed citations breakdown →

Michot, B., Sharon M. Casey, Caroline Sunyong Lee, et al.. (2023). Lipopolysaccharide-Induced TRPA1 Upregulation in Trigeminal Neurons is Dependent on TLR4 and Vesicular Exocytosis. Journal of Neuroscience. 43(40). 6731–6744. 10 indexed citations

Basu, Himanish, et al.. (2022). Miro GTPase domains regulate the assembly of the mitochondrial motor–adaptor complex. Life Science Alliance. 6(1). e202201406–e202201406. 12 indexed citations

Basu, Himanish, et al.. (2022). Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatase 2A Regulates the Transport of Axonal Mitochondria. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 852245–852245. 5 indexed citations

Neel, Dylan V., Himanish Basu, Georgia Gunner, & Isaac M. Chiu. (2022). Catching a killer: Mechanisms of programmed cell death and immune activation in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Immunological Reviews. 311(1). 130–150. 12 indexed citations

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Basu, Himanish, Gülçin Pekkurnaz, Jill E. Falk, et al.. (2021). FHL2 anchors mitochondria to actin and adapts mitochondrial dynamics to glucose supply. The Journal of Cell Biology. 220(10). 42 indexed citations

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Basu, Himanish, Lai Ding, Gülçin Pekkurnaz, Michelle Cronin, & Thomas L. Schwarz. (2020). Kymolyzer, a Semi‐Autonomous Kymography Tool to Analyze Intracellular Motility. Current Protocols in Cell Biology. 87(1). e107–e107. 18 indexed citations

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Shlevkov, Evgeny, Himanish Basu, Mark‐Anthony Bray, et al.. (2019). A High-Content Screen Identifies TPP1 and Aurora B as Regulators of Axonal Mitochondrial Transport. Cell Reports. 28(12). 3224–3237.e5. 25 indexed citations

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Garza, Jacob C., Xiaoli Qi, Melanie P. Leussis, et al.. (2018). Disruption of the psychiatric risk gene Ankyrin 3 enhances microtubule dynamics through GSK3/CRMP2 signaling. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 135–135. 26 indexed citations

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Subramani, Elavarasan, et al.. (2014). Rotational Dynamics of Optically Trapped Human Spermatozoa. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2014. 1–7. 6 indexed citations

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Basu, Himanish, Priyanka Prabhu, Medha Joshi, et al.. (2014). Parasite impairment by targeting Plasmodium-infected RBCs using glyceryl-dilaurate nanostructured lipid carriers. Biomaterials. 35(24). 6636–6645. 18 indexed citations

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Kumari, Poonam, J. A. Dharmadhikari, A. K. Dharmadhikari, et al.. (2012). Optical trapping in an absorbing medium: from optical tweezing to thermal tweezing. Optics Express. 20(4). 4645–4645. 24 indexed citations

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Basu, Himanish, et al.. (2012). Arrest of Nuclear Division in Plasmodium through Blockage of Erythrocyte Surface Exposed Ribosomal Protein P2. PLoS Pathogens. 8(8). e1002858–e1002858. 25 indexed citations

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Ladiwala, Uma, Himanish Basu, & D. Mathur. (2012). Assembling Neurospheres: Dynamics of Neural Progenitor/Stem Cell Aggregation Probed Using an Optical Trap. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e38613–e38613. 26 indexed citations

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Basu, Himanish, A. K. Dharmadhikari, J. A. Dharmadhikari, Shobhona Sharma, & D. Mathur. (2011). Tank Treading of Optically Trapped Red Blood Cells in Shear Flow. Biophysical Journal. 101(7). 1604–1612. 38 indexed citations

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Ramachandran, Hema, A. K. Dharmadhikari, Himanish Basu, et al.. (2010). Optical-tweezer-induced microbubbles as scavengers of carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology. 21(24). 245102–245102. 17 indexed citations

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