Michael B. Braunfeld

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Michael B. Braunfeld is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Structural Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael B. Braunfeld has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Structural Biology and 7 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Michael B. Braunfeld's work include Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers). Michael B. Braunfeld is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (6 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (6 papers). Michael B. Braunfeld collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Michael B. Braunfeld's co-authors include David A. Agard, John W. Sedat, Shawn Zheng, Yifan Cheng, Paul Mooney, Xueming Li, Christopher R. Booth, Michelle Moritz, Michael P. McKinley and Ronald A. Barry and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael B. Braunfeld

27 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM

2013 1.4k citations Xueming Li, Paul Mooney et al. Nature Methods profile →
Separation and properties of cellular and scrapie prion proteins.

1986 506 citations Michael P. McKinley, K A Bowman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael B. Braunfeld United States	18	2.8k	1.0k	926	527	444	27	4.0k
Kenneth N. Goldie Switzerland	42	3.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	431 0.5×	468 0.9×	58 0.1×	87	5.5k
Carsten Sachse Germany	36	3.0k 1.1×	622 0.6×	586 0.6×	257 0.5×	83 0.2×	79	4.5k
William Wan United States	23	1.7k 0.6×	294 0.3×	762 0.8×	350 0.7×	107 0.2×	38	3.2k
Cindi L. Schwartz United States	26	1.6k 0.6×	762 0.8×	524 0.6×	187 0.4×	122 0.3×	45	2.5k
Koji Yonekura Japan	31	2.0k 0.7×	240 0.2×	571 0.6×	230 0.4×	68 0.2×	82	3.3k
John Berriman United Kingdom	24	1.5k 0.5×	166 0.2×	409 0.4×	216 0.4×	197 0.4×	43	3.4k
Alexis Rohou United States	18	3.8k 1.4×	398 0.4×	743 0.8×	265 0.5×	38 0.1×	27	5.4k
Shirley A. Müller Switzerland	43	3.9k 1.4×	827 0.8×	233 0.3×	131 0.2×	74 0.2×	84	5.7k
Dari Kimanius United Kingdom	14	4.1k 1.5×	507 0.5×	904 1.0×	358 0.7×	31 0.1×	22	5.8k
S.D. Fuller Germany	27	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	258 0.3×	76 0.1×	106 0.2×	35	4.2k

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Li, Xueming, Paul Mooney, Shawn Zheng, et al.. (2013). Electron counting and beam-induced motion correction enable near-atomic-resolution single-particle cryo-EM. Nature Methods. 10(6). 584–590. 1444 indexed citations breakdown →

Zheng, Shawn, et al.. (2011). A distributed multi-GPU system for high speed electron microscopic tomographic reconstruction. Ultramicroscopy. 111(8). 1137–1143. 10 indexed citations

Zheng, Shawn, Atsushi Matsuda, Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (2009). Dual-axis target mapping and automated sequential acquisition of dual-axis EM tomographic data. Journal of Structural Biology. 168(2). 323–331. 13 indexed citations

König, Peter, Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (2007). The three-dimensional structure of in vitro reconstituted Xenopus laevis chromosomes by EM tomography. Chromosoma. 116(4). 349–372. 39 indexed citations

Zheng, Shawn, et al.. (2006). UCSF tomography: An integrated software suite for real-time electron microscopic tomographic data collection, alignment, and reconstruction. Journal of Structural Biology. 157(1). 138–147. 172 indexed citations

Zheng, Shawn, Justin M. Kollman, Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (2006). Automated acquisition of electron microscopic random conical tilt sets. Journal of Structural Biology. 157(1). 148–155. 13 indexed citations

Yonekura, Koji, Michael B. Braunfeld, Saori Maki-Yonekura, & David A. Agard. (2006). Electron energy filtering significantly improves amplitude contrast of frozen-hydrated protein at 300 kV. Journal of Structural Biology. 156(3). 524–536. 52 indexed citations

König, Peter, Michael B. Braunfeld, & David A. Agard. (2005). Use of surface affinity enrichment and cryo-embedding to prepare in vitro reconstituted mitotic chromosomes for EM tomography. Ultramicroscopy. 103(4). 261–274. 2 indexed citations

Uzawa, Satoru, Fei Li, Ye Jin, et al.. (2004). Spindle Pole Body Duplication in Fission Yeast Occurs at the G1/S Boundary but Maturation Is Blocked until Exit from S by an Event Downstream ofCdc10⁺. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(12). 5219–5230. 34 indexed citations

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Braunfeld, Michael B., et al.. (2004). An improved strategy for automated electron microscopic tomography. Journal of Structural Biology. 147(2). 91–101. 96 indexed citations

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Moritz, Michelle, Michael B. Braunfeld, Bruce Alberts, & David A. Agard. (2001). Reconstitution of centrosome microtubule nucleation in Drosophila. Methods in cell biology. 67. 141–148. 1 indexed citations

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Moritz, Michelle, Michael B. Braunfeld, Vincent Guénebaut, John Heuser, & David A. Agard. (2000). Structure of the γ-tubulin ring complex: a template for microtubule nucleation. Nature Cell Biology. 2(6). 365–370. 239 indexed citations

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Spontak, Richard J., Jennifer C. Fung, Michael B. Braunfeld, et al.. (1996). Phase Behavior of Ordered Diblock Copolymer Blends: Effect of Compositional Heterogeneity. Macromolecules. 29(13). 4494–4507. 113 indexed citations

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Spontak, Richard J., Jennifer C. Fung, Michael B. Braunfeld, et al.. (1996). Architecture-Induced Phase Immiscibility in a Diblock/Multiblock Copolymer Blend. Macromolecules. 29(8). 2850–2856. 21 indexed citations

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Moritz, Michelle, Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, Bruce Alberts, & David A. Agard. (1995). Microtubule nucleation by γ-tubulin-containing rings in the centrosome. Nature. 378(6557). 638–640. 442 indexed citations

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Moritz, Michelle, Michael B. Braunfeld, J C Fung, et al.. (1995). Three-dimensional structural characterization of centrosomes from early Drosophila embryos.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 130(5). 1149–1159. 190 indexed citations

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Braunfeld, Michael B., Abraham J. Koster, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (1994). Cryo automated electron tomography: Towards high‐resolution reconstructions of plastic‐embedded structures. Journal of Microscopy. 174(2). 75–84. 60 indexed citations

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Gubbens, A.J., et al.. (1993). Analysis of electron-specimen interactions of thick biological specimens in Transmission Electron Microscopy at 200 KEV. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 51. 204–205. 1 indexed citations

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Belmont, Andrew S., Michael B. Braunfeld, John W. Sedat, & David A. Agard. (1989). Large-scale chromatin structural domains within mitotic and interphase chromosomes in vivo and in vitro. Chromosoma. 98(2). 129–143. 156 indexed citations

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McKinley, Michael P., K A Bowman, David C. Bolton, et al.. (1984). 125 PRIONS AGGREGATE AND POSSIBLY FORM AMYLOID PLAQUES. Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology. 43(3). 334–334. 1 indexed citations

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