Julie Ahringer

25.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
88 papers, 17.6k citations indexed

About

Julie Ahringer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Julie Ahringer has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 17.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Molecular Biology, 68 papers in Aging and 14 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Julie Ahringer's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (68 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers). Julie Ahringer is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (68 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (26 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers). Julie Ahringer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Julie Ahringer's co-authors include Andrew Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath, Peder Zipperlen, Monica Gotta, Marc Sohrmann, Cynthia Kenyon, Dong Yan, Nathalie Le Bot, Gino Poulin and Gary Ruvkun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Julie Ahringer

87 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

Systematic functional ana... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2003 2003 2000 2000 2002 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Systematic functional analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using RNAi
    2003 2.8k citations Ravi S. Kamath, Andrew Fraser et al. Nature profile →
  2. Genes that act downstream of DAF-16 to influence the lifespan of Caenorhabditis elegans
    2003 1.8k citations Andrew Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath et al. Nature profile →
  3. Functional genomic analysis of C. elegans chromosome I by systematic RNA interference
    2000 1.4k citations Andrew Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath et al. Nature profile →
  4. Effectiveness of specific RNA-mediated interference through ingested double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
    2000 1.1k citations Ravi S. Kamath, Peder Zipperlen et al. profile →
  5. Rates of Behavior and Aging Specified by Mitochondrial Function During Development
    2002 846 citations Andrew Dillin, Ao‐Lin Hsu et al. Science profile →
  6. Genome-wide RNAi analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans fat regulatory genes
    2003 810 citations Andrew Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath et al. Nature profile →
  7. A systematic RNAi screen identifies a critical role for mitochondria in C. elegans longevity
    2002 750 citations Andrew Fraser, Ravi S. Kamath et al. profile →
  8. Genetic Analysis of Tissue Aging in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Role for Heat-Shock Factor and Bacterial Proliferation
    2002 629 citations Ao‐Lin Hsu, Andrew Fraser et al. profile →
  9. Genome-Wide RNAi of C. elegans Using the Hypersensitive rrf-3 Strain Reveals Novel Gene Functions
    2003 532 citations Ravi S. Kamath, Andrew Fraser et al. profile →
  10. Differential chromatin marking of introns and expressed exons by H3K36me3
    2009 503 citations Paulina Kolasinska-Zwierz, Thomas A. Down et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Julie Ahringer United Kingdom 50 12.0k 10.0k 2.7k 2.3k 2.1k 88 17.6k
Andrew Fraser United Kingdom 43 10.0k 0.8× 8.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 123 15.9k
Ravi S. Kamath United States 24 8.2k 0.7× 8.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 32 13.4k
James H. Thomas United States 56 6.2k 0.5× 5.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 133 11.3k
T. Keith Blackwell United States 58 10.0k 0.8× 4.7k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 101 15.6k
Iva Greenwald United States 52 6.3k 0.5× 4.7k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 111 9.9k
Min Han United States 56 8.8k 0.7× 3.2k 0.3× 1.9k 0.7× 1.0k 0.4× 749 0.4× 152 11.6k
James R Priess United States 50 5.9k 0.5× 5.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 85 9.1k
Barbara J Meyer United States 62 9.9k 0.8× 4.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 952 0.4× 561 0.3× 219 14.2k
Jonathan Hodgkin United Kingdom 54 7.2k 0.6× 6.0k 0.6× 790 0.3× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 136 13.1k
David Hirsh United States 47 5.8k 0.5× 5.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 85 9.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julie Ahringer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cerrato, Chiara, et al.. (2022). Widespread transposon co-option in the Caenorhabditis germline regulatory network. Science Advances. 8(50). eabo4082–eabo4082. 6 indexed citations
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Appert, Alex, Chiara Cerrato, Ni Huang, et al.. (2021). DREAM represses distinct targets by cooperating with different THAP domain proteins. Cell Reports. 37(3). 109835–109835. 10 indexed citations
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Stempor, Przemysław, Matthieu Caron, Alex Appert, et al.. (2019). Physical and functional interaction between SET1/COMPASS complex component CFP-1 and a Sin3S HDAC complex in C. elegans. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(21). 11164–11180. 35 indexed citations
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Jänes, Jürgen, Dong Yan, Michael Schoof, et al.. (2018). Chromatin accessibility dynamics across C. elegans development and ageing. eLife. 7. 62 indexed citations
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Weng, Chenchun, Joanna Kosałka-Węgiel, Przemysław Stempor, et al.. (2018). The USTC co-opts an ancient machinery to drive piRNA transcription in C. elegans. Genes & Development. 33(1-2). 90–102. 31 indexed citations
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Tanguy, M., et al.. (2017). An Alternative STAT Signaling Pathway Acts in Viral Immunity in Caenorhabditis elegans. mBio. 8(5). 39 indexed citations
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McMurchy, Alicia N., Przemysław Stempor, Tessa Gaarenstroom, et al.. (2017). A team of heterochromatin factors collaborates with small RNA pathways to combat repetitive elements and germline stress. eLife. 6. 82 indexed citations
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Huang, Ni, et al.. (2016). Stable Caenorhabditis elegans chromatin domains separate broadly expressed and developmentally regulated genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(45). E7020–E7029. 48 indexed citations
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Zeiser, Eva, Christian Frøkjær‐Jensen, Erik M. Jørgensen, & Julie Ahringer. (2011). MosSCI and Gateway Compatible Plasmid Toolkit for Constitutive and Inducible Expression of Transgenes in the C. elegans Germline. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e20082–e20082. 76 indexed citations
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Johnston, Daniel St & Julie Ahringer. (2010). Cell Polarity in Eggs and Epithelia: Parallels and Diversity. Cell. 141(5). 757–774. 373 indexed citations
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Rivers, David M., Sergio Moreno, Mary C. Abraham, & Julie Ahringer. (2008). PAR proteins direct asymmetry of the cell cycle regulators Polo-like kinase and Cdc25. The Journal of Cell Biology. 180(5). 877–885. 72 indexed citations
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Tsai, Miao-Chih & Julie Ahringer. (2007). Microtubules are involved in anterior-posterior axis formation in C. elegans embryos. The Journal of Cell Biology. 179(3). 397–402. 68 indexed citations
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Poulin, Gino, Dong Yan, Andrew Fraser, Neil A. Hopper, & Julie Ahringer. (2005). Chromatin regulation and sumoylation in the inhibition of Ras‐induced vulval development in Caenorhabditis elegans. The EMBO Journal. 24(14). 2613–2623. 113 indexed citations
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Bot, Nathalie Le, Miao-Chih Tsai, Robert K. Andrews, & Julie Ahringer. (2003). TAC-1, a Regulator of Microtubule Length in the C. elegans Embryo. Current Biology. 13(17). 1499–1505. 102 indexed citations
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Kamath, Ravi S., Andrew Fraser, Dong Yan, et al.. (2003). Systematic functional analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using RNAi. Nature. 421(6920). 231–237. 2832 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dillin, Andrew, Ao‐Lin Hsu, Nuno Arantes-Oliveira, et al.. (2002). Rates of Behavior and Aging Specified by Mitochondrial Function During Development. Science. 298(5602). 2398–2401. 846 indexed citations breakdown →
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Solari, Florence & Julie Ahringer. (2000). NURD-complex genes antagonise Ras-induced vulval development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Biology. 10(4). 223–226. 128 indexed citations
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Ahringer, Julie. (2000). NuRD and SIN3. Trends in Genetics. 16(8). 351–356. 317 indexed citations
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Gallegos, Maria, Julie Ahringer, Sarah L. Crittenden, & Judith Kimble. (1998). Repression by the 3′ UTR of fem-3 , asex-determining gene, relies on a ubiquitous mog -dependent control in Caenorhabditis elegans. The EMBO Journal. 17(21). 6337–6347. 48 indexed citations

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