Jan Schlegel

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 571 citations indexed

About

Jan Schlegel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Schlegel has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 571 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in Jan Schlegel's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (16 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (9 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers). Jan Schlegel is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (16 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (9 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (4 papers). Jan Schlegel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Jan Schlegel's co-authors include Markus Sauer, Jürgen Seibel, Alexandra Schubert‐Unkmeir, Sören Doose, Jérôme Becam, Ralph Götz, Julian Fink, Erhard Bieberich, Erdinç Sezgin and Vera Kozjak‐Pavlovic and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jan Schlegel

34 papers receiving 565 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.

Cell membranes sustain phospholipid imbalance via cholesterol asymmetry

2025 33 citations Milka Doktorova, Jessica L. Symons et al. Cell profile →

Peers

Jan Schlegel

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Michelle S. Itano United States

Dave Trinel France

Jervis Vermal Thevathasan Germany

Markel Martínez‐Carranza Sweden

Joseph D. Unsay Germany

Marianne Zaruba Austria

Alice Wagenknecht-Wiesner United States

Jean‐Claude Mevel France

Jessica Valli United Kingdom

Pranesh Padmanabhan Australia

Michelle S. Itano United States

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83 ×0.8

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61 ×0.7

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38 ×0.7

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47 ×1.0

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Citations per year, relative to Jan Schlegel Jan Schlegel (= 1×) peers Michelle S. Itano

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Schlegel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Schlegel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Schlegel

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Carravilla, Pablo, Jan Schlegel, Florian Weber, et al.. (2025). Measuring plasma membrane fluidity using confocal microscopy. Nature Protocols. 20(7). 1976–2004. 3 indexed citations

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Doktorova, Milka, Jessica L. Symons, Xiaoxuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Cell membranes sustain phospholipid imbalance via cholesterol asymmetry. Cell. 188(10). 2586–2602.e24. 33 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schlegel, Jan, et al.. (2024). Quantifying Fluorescence Lifetime Responsiveness of Environment-Sensitive Probes for Membrane Fluidity Measurements. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 128(9). 2154–2167. 15 indexed citations

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Weber, Florian, et al.. (2024). VISION – an open-source software for automated multi-dimensional image analysis of cellular biophysics. Journal of Cell Science. 137(20). 3 indexed citations

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Annunziata, Chiara, Francesca Castoldi, Jan Schlegel, et al.. (2023). A versatile method for the identification of senolytic compounds. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(12). 105–111. 1 indexed citations

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Sych, Taras, Jan Schlegel, Hanna M. G. Barriga, et al.. (2023). High-throughput measurement of the content and properties of nano-sized bioparticles with single-particle profiler. Nature Biotechnology. 42(4). 587–590. 36 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Jan, Leo Hanke, Hjalmar Brismar, et al.. (2023). A Multiparametric and High-Throughput Platform for Host–Virus Binding Screens. Nano Letters. 23(9). 3701–3707. 1 indexed citations

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Geiger, Nina, Jan Schlegel, Julian Fink, et al.. (2023). Azido-Ceramides, a Tool to Analyse SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Inhibition—SARS-CoV-2 Is Inhibited by Ceramides. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(8). 7281–7281. 1 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Jan, et al.. (2022). Bioorthogonal azido-S1P works as substrate for S1PR1. Journal of Lipid Research. 64(1). 100311–100311. 3 indexed citations

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Kaiser, Lena, Julian Fink, Fabian Schumacher, et al.. (2021). Click-correlative light and electron microscopy (click-AT-CLEM) for imaging and tracking azido-functionalized sphingolipids in bacteria. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 4300–4300. 13 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Jan, Ralph Götz, Michael Luciano, et al.. (2020). Whole-cell imaging of plasma membrane receptors by 3D lattice light-sheet dSTORM. Nature Communications. 11(1). 887–887. 50 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Jan & Markus Sauer. (2020). Superresolution Microscopy of Sphingolipids. Methods in molecular biology. 2187. 303–311. 6 indexed citations

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Götz, Ralph, T. Kunz, Julian Fink, et al.. (2020). Nanoscale imaging of bacterial infections by sphingolipid expansion microscopy. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6173–6173. 60 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Jan, Ulrich Terpitz, Markus Sauer, et al.. (2017). CD56 Is a Pathogen Recognition Receptor on Human Natural Killer Cells. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6138–6138. 58 indexed citations

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Becam, Jérôme, et al.. (2017). Antibacterial activity of ceramide and ceramide analogs against pathogenic Neisseria. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17627–17627. 42 indexed citations

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Feldbauer, Katrin, Jan Schlegel, Frank Sauer, et al.. (2016). Optochemokine Tandem for Light-Control of Intracellular Ca2+. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0165344–e0165344. 6 indexed citations

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Schlegel, Jan & Péter Urbán. (2008). Elektrophysiologische Hirnstammdiagnostik bei Patienten mit ausgeprägtem obstruktiven Schlaf-Apnoe-Syndrom. DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift. 124(20). 613–617. 2 indexed citations

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Wüster, C., et al.. (1998). Ultrasound Transmission Speed and Ultrasound Bone Profile Score (UBPS) of the Phalanges in Normal Women and Women with Osteoporosis. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 30(8). 536–541. 25 indexed citations

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Urban, Pavel, et al.. (1996). Electrophysiological brainstem investigations in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. Journal of Neurology. 243(2). 171–174. 15 indexed citations

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Kienast, K, et al.. (1994). An experimental model for the exposure of human ciliated cells to sulfur dioxide at different concentrations. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 72(3). 215–9. 13 indexed citations

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