Lothar Schermelleh

13.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
78 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Lothar Schermelleh is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Structural Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Schermelleh has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Biophysics and 13 papers in Structural Biology. Recurrent topics in Lothar Schermelleh's work include Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (27 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (15 papers). Lothar Schermelleh is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (29 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (27 papers) and Cell Image Analysis Techniques (15 papers). Lothar Schermelleh collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Lothar Schermelleh's co-authors include Heinrich Leonhardt, Rainer Heintzmann, M. Cristina Cardoso, Christian Eggeling, Alexia Ferrand, Markus Sauer, Oliver Biehlmaier, Thomas Huser, Gregor P. C. Drummen and Marion Cremer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Lothar Schermelleh

78 papers receiving 9.2k 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.

A guide to super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

2010 949 citations Lothar Schermelleh, Heinrich Leonhardt et al. profile →
Subdiffraction Multicolor Imaging of the Nuclear Periphery with 3D Structured Illumination Microscopy

2008 892 citations Lothar Schermelleh, Peter M. Carlton et al. Science profile →
Super-resolution microscopy demystified

2018 799 citations Lothar Schermelleh, Christian Eggeling et al. profile →
Targeting and tracing antigens in live cells with fluorescent nanobodies

2006 544 citations Lothar Schermelleh, M. Cristina Cardoso et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lothar Schermelleh Germany	48	6.4k	2.6k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	78	9.4k
Vladislav V. Verkhusha United States	66	8.6k 1.4×	5.6k 2.2×	1.4k 1.1×	2.7k 2.3×	729 0.7×	199	14.2k
Xavier Darzacq United States	53	11.3k 1.8×	1.5k 0.6×	702 0.6×	649 0.5×	834 0.8×	112	13.1k
Dmitriy M. Chudakov Russia	60	6.5k 1.0×	3.6k 1.4×	703 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	868 0.8×	158	13.2k
Daniel R. Larson United States	35	5.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	438 0.3×	1.9k 1.6×	577 0.5×	68	9.6k
Christoph Cremer Germany	57	9.4k 1.5×	3.8k 1.5×	611 0.5×	2.2k 1.8×	2.2k 2.0×	272	13.9k
Ben N. G. Giepmans Netherlands	45	6.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	901 0.8×	864 0.8×	105	9.8k
M. Cristina Cardoso Germany	55	9.9k 1.5×	1.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	625 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	186	12.1k
Carolyn A. Larabell United States	46	4.4k 0.7×	653 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	518 0.5×	126	9.1k
Jan Ellenberg Germany	80	16.6k 2.6×	3.4k 1.3×	5.9k 4.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	180	21.3k
Melike Lakadamyali United States	38	3.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	525 0.5×	85	7.1k

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Prakash, Kirti, David Baddeley, Christian Eggeling, et al.. (2024). Resolution in super-resolution microscopy — definition, trade-offs and perspectives. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 25(9). 677–682. 13 indexed citations

Ochs, Fena, Aleksander Szczurek, Jill M. Brown, et al.. (2024). Sister chromatid cohesion is mediated by individual cohesin complexes. Science. 383(6687). 1122–1130. 16 indexed citations

Porciello, Nicla, Giulia Masi, Anna-Lisa Lanz, et al.. (2022). Role of the membrane anchor in the regulation of Lck activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(12). 102663–102663. 5 indexed citations

Coker, Heather, Roel Oldenkamp, Guifeng Wei, et al.. (2021). Time-resolved structured illumination microscopy reveals key principles of Xist RNA spreading. Science. 372(6547). 51 indexed citations

Vergara, Hernando Martínez, Constantin Pape, Kimberly Meechan, et al.. (2021). Whole-body integration of gene expression and single-cell morphology. Cell. 184(18). 4819–4837.e22. 55 indexed citations

Oldenkamp, Roel, Jill M. Brown, David Miguel Susano Pinto, et al.. (2020). Chromatin arranges in chains of mesoscale domains with nanoscale functional topography independent of cohesin. Science Advances. 6(39). 121 indexed citations

Matsuda, Atsushi, Takako Koujin, Lothar Schermelleh, Tokuko Haraguchi, & Yasushi Hiraoka. (2020). High-Accuracy Correction of 3D Chromatic Shifts in the Age of Super-Resolution Biological Imaging Using <em>Chromagnon</em>. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

Fischl, Harry, Roel Oldenkamp, Lothar Schermelleh, et al.. (2020). Cold‐induced chromatin compaction and nuclear retention of clock mRNAs resets the circadian rhythm. The EMBO Journal. 39(22). e105604–e105604. 13 indexed citations

Matsuda, Atsushi, Lothar Schermelleh, Yasuhiro Hirano, Tokuko Haraguchi, & Yasushi Hiraoka. (2018). Accurate and fiducial-marker-free correction for three-dimensional chromatic shift in biological fluorescence microscopy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7583–7583. 42 indexed citations

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Corbett, Alexander D., Michael Shaw, Andrew Yacoot, et al.. (2018). Microscope calibration using laser written fluorescence. Optics Express. 26(17). 21887–21887. 23 indexed citations

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Almeida, Mafalda, Greta Pintacuda, Osamu Masui, et al.. (2017). PCGF3/5–PRC1 initiates Polycomb recruitment in X chromosome inactivation. Science. 356(6342). 1081–1084. 198 indexed citations

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Brown, David A., Vincenzo Di Cerbo, Angelika Feldmann, et al.. (2017). The SET1 Complex Selects Actively Transcribed Target Genes via Multivalent Interaction with CpG Island Chromatin. Cell Reports. 20(10). 2313–2327. 67 indexed citations

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Innocent, Cassandravictoria, et al.. (2016). In Vivo and In Situ Replication Labeling Methods for Super-resolution Structured Illumination Microscopy of Chromosome Territories and Chromatin Domains. Methods in molecular biology. 1431. 127–140. 4 indexed citations

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Chagin, Vadim O., Corella S. Casas-Delucchi, Lothar Schermelleh, et al.. (2016). 4D Visualization of replication foci in mammalian cells corresponding to individual replicons. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11231–11231. 111 indexed citations

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Ball, Graeme, Justin Demmerle, Rainer Kaufmann, et al.. (2015). SIMcheck: a Toolbox for Successful Super-resolution Structured Illumination Microscopy. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 15915–15915. 219 indexed citations

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Ratnakumar, Kajan, Luís Duarte, Gary LeRoy, et al.. (2012). ATRX-mediated chromatin association of histone variant macroH2A1 regulates α-globin expression. Genes & Development. 26(5). 433–438. 101 indexed citations

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Bönisch, Clemens, Katrin Schneider, Marco Bocola, et al.. (2012). H2A.Z.2.2 is an alternatively spliced histone H2A.Z variant that causes severe nucleosome destabilization. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(13). 5951–5964. 82 indexed citations

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Guizetti, Julien, Lothar Schermelleh, Jana Mäntler, et al.. (2011). Cortical Constriction During Abscission Involves Helices of ESCRT-III–Dependent Filaments. Science. 331(6024). 1616–1620. 369 indexed citations

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Baddeley, David, Vadim O. Chagin, Lothar Schermelleh, et al.. (2009). Measurement of replication structures at the nanometer scale using super-resolution light microscopy. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(2). e8–e8. 85 indexed citations

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Mortusewicz, Oliver, Lothar Schermelleh, Joachim Walter, M. Cristina Cardoso, & Heinrich Leonhardt. (2005). Recruitment of DNA methyltransferase I to DNA repair sites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(25). 8905–8909. 278 indexed citations

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