Markus Basan

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Markus Basan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Basan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cell Biology and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Markus Basan's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (7 papers). Markus Basan is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (10 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (8 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (7 papers). Markus Basan collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Markus Basan's co-authors include Terence Hwa, Jacques Prost, Jens Elgeti, James R. Williamson, Sheng Hui, Hiroyuki Okano, Yang Shen, Zhongge Zhang, Thomas Risler and Jean-François Joanny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Markus Basan

26 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Overflow metabolism in Escherichia coli results from effi... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Overflow metabolism in Escherichia coli results from efficient proteome allocation
    2015 485 citations Markus Basan, Sheng Hui et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Markus Basan United States 17 1.2k 763 721 472 245 27 2.3k
Peng‐Ye Wang China 30 1.8k 1.6× 444 0.6× 303 0.4× 176 0.4× 87 0.4× 201 2.9k
Stefano Di Talia United States 24 1.9k 1.6× 703 0.9× 279 0.4× 204 0.4× 66 0.3× 51 2.4k
Andrew B. Goryachev United Kingdom 31 1.7k 1.4× 990 1.3× 258 0.4× 243 0.5× 115 0.5× 70 2.8k
Ivan V. Surovtsev United States 17 1.7k 1.5× 248 0.3× 235 0.3× 1.0k 2.1× 105 0.4× 34 2.5k
Jun Allard United States 18 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 253 0.4× 113 0.2× 103 0.4× 53 2.2k
Nicolas Minc France 29 1.4k 1.2× 1.2k 1.6× 883 1.2× 105 0.2× 135 0.6× 67 2.7k
Yiider Tseng United States 32 1.4k 1.2× 2.1k 2.8× 794 1.1× 185 0.4× 71 0.3× 72 3.8k
Morgan Delarue France 15 470 0.4× 810 1.1× 582 0.8× 53 0.1× 100 0.4× 34 1.5k
Suckjoon Jun United States 29 2.4k 2.1× 145 0.2× 711 1.0× 1.6k 3.3× 70 0.3× 40 3.4k
Maxime Déforet France 15 449 0.4× 195 0.3× 236 0.3× 176 0.4× 92 0.4× 24 999

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Fields of papers citing papers by Markus Basan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus Basan

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mukherjee, Avik, Yanqing Huang, Jens Elgeti, et al.. (2025). Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure. Cell. 189(1). 143–160.e22.
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Mukherjee, Avik, et al.. (2024). Plasticity of growth laws tunes resource allocation strategies in bacteria. PLoS Computational Biology. 20(1). e1011735–e1011735. 6 indexed citations
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Schink, Severin, Avik Mukherjee, Constantin Ammar, et al.. (2024). Survival dynamics of starving bacteria are determined by ion homeostasis that maintains plasmolysis. Nature Physics. 20(8). 1332–1338. 8 indexed citations
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Huang, Yanqing, et al.. (2024). Evolution and stability of complex microbial communities driven by trade-offs. Molecular Systems Biology. 20(9). 997–1005. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Wenxuan, Avik Mukherjee, Pooja Suresh, et al.. (2023). A semiconductor 96-microplate platform for electrical-imaging based high-throughput phenotypic screening. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7576–7576. 12 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Avik, et al.. (2023). Coexisting ecotypes in long-term evolution emerged from interacting trade-offs. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3805–3805. 11 indexed citations
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Oh, Seungeun, ChangHee Lee, Wenlong Yang, et al.. (2022). Protein and lipid mass concentration measurement in tissues by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(17). e2117938119–e2117938119. 71 indexed citations
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Schink, Severin, et al.. (2022). MetA is a “thermal fuse” that inhibits growth and protects Escherichia coli at elevated temperatures. Cell Reports. 40(9). 111290–111290. 7 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Tomoya Honda, Dimitris Christodoulou, et al.. (2020). A universal trade-off between growth and lag in fluctuating environments. Nature. 584(7821). 470–474. 143 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus. (2018). Resource allocation and metabolism: the search for governing principles. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 45. 77–83. 47 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Sheng Hui, & James R. Williamson. (2017). ArcA overexpression induces fermentation and results in enhanced growth rates of E. coli. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11866–11866. 28 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Sheng Hui, Hiroyuki Okano, et al.. (2015). Overflow metabolism in Escherichia coli results from efficient proteome allocation. Nature. 528(7580). 99–104. 485 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hui, Sheng, Stephen S. Chen, David W. Erickson, et al.. (2015). Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals a simple strategy of global resource allocation in bacteria. Molecular Systems Biology. 11(2). 784–784. 241 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Manlu Zhu, Xiongfeng Dai, et al.. (2015). Inflating bacterial cells by increased protein synthesis. Molecular Systems Biology. 11(10). 836–836. 129 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Juliane, Ryan L. Hayes, Markus Basan, et al.. (2014). Intercellular Stress Reconstitution from Traction Force Data. Biophysical Journal. 107(3). 548–554. 23 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Jean‐François Joanny, Jacques Prost, & Thomas Risler. (2011). Undulation Instability of Epithelial Tissues. Physical Review Letters. 106(15). 158101–158101. 45 indexed citations
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Montel, Fabien, Morgan Delarue, Jens Elgeti, et al.. (2011). Stress Clamp Experiments on Multicellular Tumor Spheroids. Physical Review Letters. 107(18). 188102–188102. 156 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Jacques Prost, Jean‐François Joanny, & Jens Elgeti. (2011). Dissipative particle dynamics simulations for biological tissues: rheology and competition. Physical Biology. 8(2). 26014–26014. 80 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Timon Idema, Martin Lenz, Jean‐François Joanny, & Thomas Risler. (2010). A Reaction-Diffusion Model of the Cadherin-Catenin System: A Possible Mechanism for Contact Inhibition and Implications for Tumorigenesis. Biophysical Journal. 98(12). 2770–2779. 14 indexed citations
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Basan, Markus, Thomas Risler, Jean‐François Joanny, Xavier Sastre‐Garau, & Jacques Prost. (2009). Homeostatic competition drives tumor growth and metastasis nucleation. PubMed. 3(4). 265–272. 129 indexed citations

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