Julien Muffat

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
30 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Julien Muffat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Julien Muffat has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Julien Muffat's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers). Julien Muffat is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (8 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers). Julien Muffat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Julien Muffat's co-authors include Rudolf Jaenisch, Yun Li, Attya Omer, Albert W. Cheng, Seymour Benzer, David W. Walker, Christopher J. Lengner, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Maisam Mitalipova and Krishanu Saha and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Julien Muffat

29 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease

2014 879 citations Se Hoon Choi, Young Hye Kim et al. Nature profile →
Human embryonic stem cells with biological and epigenetic characteristics similar to those of mouse ESCs

2010 639 citations Jacob H. Hanna, Albert W. Cheng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Efficient derivation of microglia-like cells from human pluripotent stem cells

2016 481 citations Julien Muffat, Yun Li et al. profile →
Rescue of Fragile X Syndrome Neurons by DNA Methylation Editing of the FMR1 Gene

2018 335 citations X. Shawn Liu, Hao Wu et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julien Muffat United States	23	3.1k	810	765	694	679	30	4.7k
Kristen Brennand United States	38	4.4k 1.4×	623 0.8×	556 0.7×	1.4k 2.0×	1.1k 1.6×	106	6.1k
Eyleen L. K. Goh Singapore	28	1.7k 0.5×	432 0.5×	583 0.8×	438 0.6×	1.4k 2.1×	70	4.3k
Jens C. Schwamborn Luxembourg	39	3.3k 1.1×	447 0.6×	825 1.1×	285 0.4×	1.6k 2.4×	125	5.5k
Dong‐Wook Kim South Korea	38	3.8k 1.2×	471 0.6×	457 0.6×	475 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	131	5.6k
Oded Singer United States	21	3.1k 1.0×	579 0.7×	487 0.6×	963 1.4×	509 0.7×	35	5.3k
Thomas J.F. Nieland United States	23	2.3k 0.7×	471 0.6×	259 0.3×	656 0.9×	548 0.8×	35	3.6k
Benjamin E. Deverman United States	29	3.1k 1.0×	340 0.4×	432 0.6×	1.6k 2.3×	1.2k 1.8×	37	5.9k
Stefano Gustincich Italy	44	4.9k 1.6×	530 0.7×	285 0.4×	564 0.8×	1.4k 2.1×	132	6.9k
Luís Pereira de Almeida Portugal	45	3.9k 1.3×	552 0.7×	262 0.3×	668 1.0×	2.4k 3.5×	148	6.1k
Edna C. Hardeman Australia	45	5.3k 1.7×	1.8k 2.2×	335 0.4×	959 1.4×	1.3k 1.8×	144	8.4k

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Dhaliwal, Navroop K., Julien Muffat, & Yun Li. (2025). mTORC1 and mTORC2 synergy in human neural development, disease, and regeneration. Neural Regeneration Research. 21(4). 1552–1553. 1 indexed citations

Tian, Ai, et al.. (2025). Expanding the neuroimmune research toolkit with in vivo brain organoid technologies. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 18(4). 1 indexed citations

Dhaliwal, Navroop K., Aditi Aggarwal, Bryan W. Luikart, et al.. (2024). Synergistic hyperactivation of both mTORC1 and mTORC2 underlies the neural abnormalities of PTEN-deficient human neurons and cortical organoids. Cell Reports. 43(5). 114173–114173. 11 indexed citations

Quevedo, Rene, Kebria Hezaveh, Haijiao Liu, et al.. (2024). The use of a multi-metric readout screen to identify EHMT2/G9a-inhibition as a modulator of cancer-associated fibroblast activation state. Biomaterials. 314. 122879–122879.

Muffat, Julien, et al.. (2023). Understanding neural development and diseases using CRISPR screens in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cultures. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1158373–1158373. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Haiwang, Yu Sun, Zhengping Jia, et al.. (2023). Universal, label-free, single-molecule visualization of DNA origami nanodevices across biological samples using origamiFISH. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(1). 58–69. 23 indexed citations

Trapečar, Martin, Emile Wogram, Devon S. Svoboda, et al.. (2021). Human physiomimetic model integrating microphysiological systems of the gut, liver, and brain for studies of neurodegenerative diseases. Science Advances. 7(5). 122 indexed citations

Muffat, Julien, et al.. (2021). Modeling Developmental Brain Diseases Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells-Derived Brain Organoids – Progress and Perspective. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(3). 167386–167386. 16 indexed citations

Dhaliwal, Navroop K., et al.. (2021). Modeling PTEN overexpression-induced microcephaly in human brain organoids. Molecular Brain. 14(1). 131–131. 26 indexed citations

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Hirbec, Hélène, Nicole Déglon, Lynette C. Foo, et al.. (2020). Emerging technologies to study glial cells. Glia. 68(9). 1692–1728. 32 indexed citations

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Tian, Ai, Julien Muffat, & Yun Li. (2020). Studying Human Neurodevelopment and Diseases Using 3D Brain Organoids. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(6). 1186–1193. 45 indexed citations

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Liu, X. Shawn, Hao Wu, Marine Krzisch, et al.. (2018). Rescue of Fragile X Syndrome Neurons by DNA Methylation Editing of the FMR1 Gene. Cell. 172(5). 979–992.e6. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

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Muffat, Julien, Yun Li, & Rudolf Jaenisch. (2016). CNS disease models with human pluripotent stem cells in the CRISPR age. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 43. 96–103. 13 indexed citations

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Choi, Se Hoon, Young Hye Kim, Matthias Hebisch, et al.. (2014). A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature. 515(7526). 274–278. 879 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yun, Haoyi Wang, Julien Muffat, et al.. (2013). Global Transcriptional and Translational Repression in Human-Embryonic-Stem-Cell-Derived Rett Syndrome Neurons. Cell stem cell. 13(4). 446–458. 243 indexed citations

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Hanna, Jacob H., Albert W. Cheng, Krishanu Saha, et al.. (2010). Human embryonic stem cells with biological and epigenetic characteristics similar to those of mouse ESCs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(20). 9222–9227. 639 indexed citations breakdown →

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Muffat, Julien & David W. Walker. (2010). Apolipoprotein D: An overview of its role in aging and age-related diseases. Cell Cycle. 9(2). 269–273. 54 indexed citations

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Muffat, Julien, Diego Sánchez, David W. Walker, et al.. (2009). Control of Metabolic Homeostasis by Stress Signaling Is Mediated by the Lipocalin NLaz. PLoS Genetics. 5(4). e1000460–e1000460. 113 indexed citations

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Walker, David W., Julien Muffat, Colin Rundel, & Seymour Benzer. (2006). Overexpression of a Drosophila Homolog of Apolipoprotein D Leads to Increased Stress Resistance and Extended Lifespan. Current Biology. 16(7). 674–679. 108 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Lee E., Julien Muffat, Robert A. Cherny, et al.. (2003). Cytosolic β-amyloid deposition and supranuclear cataracts in lenses from people with Alzheimer's disease. The Lancet. 361(9365). 1258–1265. 281 indexed citations

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