Jennifer Zenker

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jennifer Zenker is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer Zenker has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cell Biology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jennifer Zenker's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (7 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (5 papers). Jennifer Zenker is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (7 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (5 papers). Jennifer Zenker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and Germany. Jennifer Zenker's co-authors include Roman Chrast, Melanie D. White, Nicolas Plachta, Stéphanie Bissière, Dan Ziegler, Yanina D. Álvarez, Asma Aberkane, Estelle Arnaud, José M. Polo and Monika Mohenska and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer Zenker

25 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Modelling human blastocysts by reprogramming fibroblasts into iBlastoids

2021 240 citations Xiaodong Liu, Jia Ping Tan et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jennifer Zenker Australia	15	658	284	250	165	113	25	1.1k
Maria Ribecco‐Lutkiewicz Canada	12	639 1.0×	233 0.8×	77 0.3×	50 0.3×	91 0.8×	22	1.1k
Alessandro Iannaccone United States	29	1.9k 2.8×	394 1.4×	226 0.9×	56 0.3×	90 0.8×	115	2.6k
Peter S. Walmod Denmark	18	544 0.8×	276 1.0×	216 0.9×	24 0.1×	116 1.0×	37	1.0k
Javier Ruiz‐Ederra Spain	17	784 1.2×	190 0.7×	66 0.3×	86 0.5×	66 0.6×	42	1.1k
Steven J. Samuelsson United States	13	582 0.9×	251 0.9×	123 0.5×	26 0.2×	163 1.4×	21	1.2k
April M. Weissmiller United States	16	584 0.9×	174 0.6×	131 0.5×	43 0.3×	213 1.9×	30	926
Christian P. Hamel France	26	2.0k 3.0×	366 1.3×	216 0.9×	38 0.2×	78 0.7×	71	2.4k
Mei-Yao Lin United States	12	695 1.1×	219 0.8×	147 0.6×	20 0.1×	186 1.6×	14	1.2k
Andrew B. McGeachie Australia	14	372 0.6×	121 0.4×	258 1.0×	52 0.3×	173 1.5×	20	818
César González Chile	13	393 0.6×	301 1.1×	53 0.2×	30 0.2×	143 1.3×	19	796

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer Zenker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jennifer Zenker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jennifer Zenker 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 Jennifer Zenker. Jennifer Zenker 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

Merriner, D. Jo, et al.. (2025). Delta tubulin stabilizes male meiotic kinetochores and aids microtubule remodeling and fertility. The Journal of Cell Biology. 224(9). 1 indexed citations

O’Connor, Anne E., et al.. (2024). Epsilon tubulin is an essential determinant of microtubule-based structures in male germ cells. EMBO Reports. 25(6). 2722–2742. 7 indexed citations

Zenker, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). Cellular mechanisms of monozygotic twinning: clues from assisted reproduction. Human Reproduction Update. 30(6). 692–705. 1 indexed citations

Conn, Simon J., et al.. (2024). Systematic loss-of-function screens identify pathway-specific functional circular RNAs. Nature Cell Biology. 26(8). 1359–1372. 3 indexed citations

Geoghegan, Niall D., Monika Mohenska, Charles Ferguson, et al.. (2023). Apicobasal RNA asymmetries regulate cell fate in the early mouse embryo. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2909–2909. 10 indexed citations

Zenker, Jennifer, et al.. (2022). Beyond the centrosome: The mystery of microtubule organising centres across mammalian preimplantation embryos. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 77. 102114–102114. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaodong, Jia Ping Tan, Jan Schröder, et al.. (2021). Modelling human blastocysts by reprogramming fibroblasts into iBlastoids. Nature. 591(7851). 627–632. 240 indexed citations breakdown →

Dunleavy, Jessica E. M., et al.. (2021). Delta and epsilon tubulin in mammalian development. Trends in Cell Biology. 31(9). 774–787. 17 indexed citations

Aberkane, Asma, et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal Subcellular Manipulation of the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in the Living Preimplantation Mouse Embryo using Photostatins. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Bissière, Stéphanie, Melanie D. White, Yanina D. Álvarez, et al.. (2017). Long-Lived Binding of Sox2 to DNA Predicts Cell Fate in the Four-Cell Mouse Embryo. Mechanisms of Development. 145. S135–S135. 1 indexed citations

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Zenker, Jennifer, Melanie D. White, Rachel Templin, et al.. (2017). A microtubule-organizing center directing intracellular transport in the early mouse embryo. Science. 357(6354). 925–928. 97 indexed citations

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Stettner, Mark, Jennifer Zenker, Fabian Szepanowski, et al.. (2017). The Role of Peripheral Myelin Protein 2 in Remyelination. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 38(2). 487–496. 19 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ziqing, Melanie D. White, Yanina D. Álvarez, et al.. (2017). Quantifying transcription factor–DNA binding in single cells in vivo with photoactivatable fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Nature Protocols. 12(7). 1458–1471. 19 indexed citations

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Juárez, Paula, David Pla‐Martín, Jennifer Zenker, et al.. (2015). Lack of GDAP1 Induces Neuronal Calcium and Mitochondrial Defects in a Knockout Mouse Model of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy. PLoS Genetics. 11(4). e1005115–e1005115. 61 indexed citations

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Ngo, Linh, Matilda Haas, Zhengdong Qu, et al.. (2014). TUBB5 and its disease-associated mutations influence the terminal differentiation and dendritic spine densities of cerebral cortical neurons. Human Molecular Genetics. 23(19). 5147–5158. 31 indexed citations

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Zenker, Jennifer, Mark Stettner, Salla Ruskamo, et al.. (2014). A role of peripheral myelin protein 2 in lipid homeostasis of myelinating schwann cells. Glia. 62(9). 1502–1512. 56 indexed citations

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Zenker, Jennifer, Dan Ziegler, & Roman Chrast. (2013). Novel pathogenic pathways in diabetic neuropathy. Trends in Neurosciences. 36(8). 439–449. 101 indexed citations

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Zenker, Jennifer, Olivier Poirot, Estelle Arnaud, et al.. (2012). Altered Distribution of Juxtaparanodal K_v1.2 Subunits Mediates Peripheral Nerve Hyperexcitability in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(22). 7493–7498. 30 indexed citations

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Verdier, Valérie, Jennifer Zenker, Bastian Peter, et al.. (2010). Global Transcriptional Programs in Peripheral Nerve Endoneurium and DRG Are Resistant to the Onset of Type 1 Diabetic Neuropathy in Ins2Akita/+ Mice. PLoS ONE. 5(5). e10832–e10832. 10 indexed citations

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Stendel, Claudia, Andreas Roos, H. O. Kleine, et al.. (2010). SH3TC2, a protein mutant in Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathy, links peripheral nerve myelination to endosomal recycling. Brain. 133(8). 2462–2474. 74 indexed citations

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