Michael Aregger

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Aregger is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Aregger has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Plant Science and 2 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Michael Aregger's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Michael Aregger is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (9 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (4 papers). Michael Aregger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael Aregger's co-authors include Jason Moffat, Kevin R. Brown, Megha Chandrashekhar, Graham MacLeod, Patricia Mero, Michal Zimmermann, Stéphane Angers, Peter B. Dirks, Amélie Fradet‐Turcotte and Monika Mis and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Aregger

21 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

High-Resolution CRISPR Screens Reveal Fitness Genes and Genotype-Specific Cancer Liabilities

2015 1000 citations Traver Hart, Megha Chandrashekhar et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Aregger United States	13	1.4k	325	179	156	144	22	1.7k
Ren-Jang Lin United States	27	3.0k 2.2×	163 0.5×	144 0.8×	185 1.2×	271 1.9×	62	3.2k
Béatrice Turcq France	20	1.1k 0.8×	395 1.2×	178 1.0×	39 0.3×	114 0.8×	50	1.7k
Lijia Ma China	20	1.4k 1.1×	425 1.3×	127 0.7×	481 3.1×	152 1.1×	38	1.9k
Zarmik Moqtaderi United States	24	2.9k 2.2×	401 1.2×	162 0.9×	178 1.1×	225 1.6×	39	3.3k
Michael C. Bassik United States	2	1.8k 1.3×	105 0.3×	131 0.7×	193 1.2×	286 2.0×	2	1.9k
Ricardo Almeida United Kingdom	8	1.8k 1.4×	343 1.1×	51 0.3×	54 0.3×	215 1.5×	16	2.0k
Folkert J. van Werven United Kingdom	21	1.5k 1.1×	206 0.6×	59 0.3×	273 1.8×	73 0.5×	33	1.7k
Antonio Hermoso Spain	15	1.1k 0.8×	208 0.6×	74 0.4×	380 2.4×	97 0.7×	29	1.4k
Björn Schwalb Germany	22	2.4k 1.8×	172 0.5×	65 0.4×	268 1.7×	249 1.7×	29	2.7k
Denise Muhlrad United States	25	3.7k 2.7×	212 0.7×	84 0.5×	120 0.8×	142 1.0×	26	3.9k

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Guiblet, Wilfried M., et al.. (2026). Single-cell exon deletion profiling reveals splicing events that shape gene expression and cell state dynamics. Nature Communications. 17(1). 1218–1218. 1 indexed citations

Xiao, Mei‐Sheng, Bandana Kumari, Helen E. King, et al.. (2024). Genome-scale exon perturbation screens uncover exons critical for cell fitness. Molecular Cell. 84(13). 2553–2572.e19. 10 indexed citations

Lang, Fengchao, James A. Cornwell, Karambir Kaur, et al.. (2023). Abrogation of the G2/M checkpoint as a chemosensitization approach for alkylating agents. Neuro-Oncology. 26(6). 1083–1096. 8 indexed citations

Billmann, Maximilian, Henry N. Ward, Michael Aregger, et al.. (2023). Reproducibility metrics for context-specific CRISPR screens. Cell Systems. 14(5). 418–422.e2. 5 indexed citations

Masud, Sanna N., Megha Chandrashekhar, Michael Aregger, et al.. (2022). Chemical genomics with pyrvinium identifies C1orf115 as a regulator of drug efflux. Nature Chemical Biology. 18(12). 1370–1379. 7 indexed citations

Ward, Henry N., Michael Aregger, Thomas Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, et al.. (2021). Analysis of combinatorial CRISPR screens with the Orthrus scoring pipeline. Nature Protocols. 16(10). 4766–4798. 11 indexed citations

Mair, Barbara, Michael Aregger, Amy H.Y. Tong, Katherine Chan, & Jason Moffat. (2021). A Method to Map Gene Essentiality of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells by Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens with Inducible Cas9. Methods in molecular biology. 2377. 1–27.

Aregger, Michael, et al.. (2021). Application of CHyMErA Cas9-Cas12a combinatorial genome-editing platform for genetic interaction mapping and gene fragment deletion screening. Nature Protocols. 16(10). 4722–4765. 15 indexed citations

Serra, Selma A., Ramon Amat, Fanny Rubio-Moscardó, et al.. (2021). LRRC8A-containing chloride channel is crucial for cell volume recovery and survival under hypertonic conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(23). 27 indexed citations

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Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Thomas, Michael Aregger, Kevin R. Brown, et al.. (2020). Genetic interaction mapping and exon-resolution functional genomics with a hybrid Cas9–Cas12a platform. Nature Biotechnology. 38(5). 638–648. 102 indexed citations

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Aregger, Michael, Megha Chandrashekhar, Amy H.Y. Tong, Katherine Chan, & Jason Moffat. (2018). Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR-Cas9 Screens for Functional Genomics in Mammalian Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 1869. 169–188. 16 indexed citations

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Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, Thomas, Mingkun Wu, Ulrich Braunschweig, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 Interrogation of Splicing Networks Reveals a Mechanism for Recognition of Autism-Misregulated Neuronal Microexons. Molecular Cell. 72(3). 510–524.e12. 85 indexed citations

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Aregger, Michael, Dhaval Varshney, María Elena Fernández-Sánchez, et al.. (2016). CDK1-Cyclin B1 Activates RNMT, Coordinating mRNA Cap Methylation with G1 Phase Transcription. Molecular Cell. 61(5). 734–746. 49 indexed citations

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Aregger, Michael & Victoria H. Cowling. (2016). Regulation of mRNA capping in the cell cycle. RNA Biology. 14(1). 11–14. 15 indexed citations

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Aregger, Michael, Traver Hart, & Jason Moffat. (2015). Extensive mapping of an innate immune network with CRISPR. Molecular Systems Biology. 11(7). 821–821. 2 indexed citations

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Hart, Traver, Megha Chandrashekhar, Michael Aregger, et al.. (2015). High-Resolution CRISPR Screens Reveal Fitness Genes and Genotype-Specific Cancer Liabilities. Cell. 163(6). 1515–1526. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aregger, Michael, Basanta Kumar Borah, Jonathan Séguin, et al.. (2012). Primary and Secondary siRNAs in Geminivirus-induced Gene Silencing. PLoS Pathogens. 8(9). e1002941–e1002941. 126 indexed citations

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Aregger, Michael & Victoria H. Cowling. (2012). E2F1-dependent methyl cap formation requires RNA pol II phosphorylation. Cell Cycle. 11(11). 2146–2148. 12 indexed citations

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Rajeswaran, Rajendran, et al.. (2012). Sequencing of RDR6-dependent double-stranded RNAs reveals novel features of plant siRNA biogenesis. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(13). 6241–6254. 51 indexed citations

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Blevins, Todd, Rajendran Rajeswaran, Michael Aregger, et al.. (2011). Massive production of small RNAs from a non-coding region of Cauliflower mosaic virus in plant defense and viral counter-defense. Nucleic Acids Research. 39(12). 5003–5014. 125 indexed citations

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