Michael Brand

26.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
214 papers, 20.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Brand is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Brand has authored 214 papers receiving a total of 20.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Molecular Biology, 109 papers in Cell Biology and 34 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Brand's work include Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (91 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (78 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (63 papers). Michael Brand is often cited by papers focused on Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications (91 papers), Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation (78 papers) and Congenital heart defects research (63 papers). Michael Brand collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Brand's co-authors include Jan Kaslin, Christiane Nüsslein‐Volhard, Pascal Haffter, Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg, Michael Granato, Yun‐Jin Jiang, Mary C. Mullins, Matthias Hammerschmidt, Jörg Odenthal and Donald A. Kane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Michael Brand

208 papers receiving 20.3k 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.

The identification of genes with unique and essential functions in the development of the zebrafish, Danio rerio

1996 1.3k citations Michael Brand et al. Development profile →
Fgf8 is mutated in zebrafish acerebellar (ace) mutants and is required for maintenance of midbrain-hindbrain boundary development and somitogenesisy

1998 600 citations Michael Brand et al. Development profile →
Genes controlling and mediating locomotion behavior of the zebrafish embryo and larva

1996 513 citations Michael Brand et al. Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Brand Germany	78	14.3k	8.5k	3.1k	2.9k	2.6k	214	20.6k
Monte Westerfield United States	63	13.1k 0.9×	6.8k 0.8×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	3.5k 1.4×	148	20.1k
Stephen W. Wilson United Kingdom	72	10.7k 0.7×	4.6k 0.5×	3.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	217	15.6k
Charles B. Kimmel United States	81	19.4k 1.4×	10.7k 1.3×	3.0k 1.0×	1.7k 0.6×	5.1k 2.0×	157	28.0k
Juergen A. Knoblich Austria	74	19.3k 1.4×	7.0k 0.8×	4.6k 1.5×	2.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	149	27.3k
Wolfgang Driever Germany	69	13.9k 1.0×	7.1k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	916 0.3×	4.2k 1.7×	165	18.5k
Koichi Kawakami Japan	67	9.8k 0.7×	5.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	816 0.3×	3.6k 1.4×	262	15.8k
Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg Germany	74	12.5k 0.9×	10.8k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	867 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	160	19.8k
Spyros Artavanis‐Tsakonas United States	70	18.1k 1.3×	3.2k 0.4×	3.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.5k 1.0×	121	22.4k
William S. Talbot United States	63	9.2k 0.6×	3.7k 0.4×	3.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	107	13.4k
Constance L. Cepko United States	92	23.6k 1.7×	4.0k 0.5×	8.5k 2.8×	4.4k 1.5×	4.2k 1.6×	232	28.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Brand

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Sbalzarini, Ivo F., et al.. (2025). Morphogen gradients are regulated by porous media characteristics of the developing tissue. Development. 152(13). 2 indexed citations

Kurth, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Fine-tuning of Fgf8 morphogen gradient by heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix. Biophysical Journal. 124(6). 996–1010. 2 indexed citations

Machate, Anja, Nikolai Hecker, Bogdan Kirilenko, et al.. (2022). Vision-related convergent gene losses reveal SERPINE3’s unknown role in the eye. eLife. 11. 8 indexed citations

Kesavan, Gokul, Anja Machate, & Michael Brand. (2021). CRISPR/Cas9-Based Split Fluorescent Protein Tagging. Zebrafish. 18(6). 369–373.

Kesavan, Gokul, Anja Machate, Stefan Hans, & Michael Brand. (2020). Cell-fate plasticity, adhesion and cell sorting complementarily establish a sharp midbrain-hindbrain boundary. Development. 147(11). 13 indexed citations

Lange, Christian, Fabian Rost, Anja Machate, et al.. (2020). Single cell sequencing of radial glia progeny reveals the diversity of newborn neurons in the adult zebrafish brain. Development. 147(1). 60 indexed citations

Reinhardt, Susanne, A. Petzold, Nikolay Ninov, et al.. (2020). Single‐cell transcriptome analysis reveals thyrocyte diversity in the zebrafish thyroid gland. EMBO Reports. 21(12). e50612–e50612. 23 indexed citations

Nadar, Robin A., Nandini Asokan, Lorenzo Degli Esposti, et al.. (2020). Preclinical evaluation of platinum-loaded hydroxyapatite nanoparticles in an embryonic zebrafish xenograft model. Nanoscale. 12(25). 13582–13594. 15 indexed citations

Nadar, Robin A., Kambiz Farbod, Lukas Schlatt, et al.. (2020). Targeting of radioactive platinum-bisphosphonate anticancer drugs to bone of high metabolic activity. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 5889–5889. 44 indexed citations

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Träber, Nicole, Salvatore Girardo, Gokul Kesavan, et al.. (2019). Polyacrylamide Bead Sensors for in vivo Quantification of Cell-Scale Stress in Zebrafish Development. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17031–17031. 55 indexed citations

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Möllmert, Stephanie, Thomas Höche, Anna Taubenberger, et al.. (2019). Zebrafish Spinal Cord Repair Is Accompanied by Transient Tissue Stiffening. Biophysical Journal. 118(2). 448–463. 31 indexed citations

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Hans, Stefan, et al.. (2013). The Zebrafish CreZoo: An Easy-to-Handle Database for Novel CreER ^T2 -Driver Lines. Zebrafish. 10(3). 259–263. 23 indexed citations

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Méziane, Hamid, Valérie Fraulob, Fabrice Riet, et al.. (2013). The homeodomain factor Gbx1 is required for locomotion and cell specification in the dorsal spinal cord. PeerJ. 1. e142–e142. 6 indexed citations

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Kızıl, Çağhan, Anne Iltzsche, Jan Kaslin, & Michael Brand. (2013). Micromanipulation of Gene Expression in the Adult Zebrafish Brain Using Cerebroventricular Microinjection of Morpholino Oligonucleotides. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e50415–e50415. 37 indexed citations

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Kyritsis, Nikos, Çağhan Kızıl, Sara Zocher, et al.. (2012). Acute Inflammation Initiates the Regenerative Response in the Adult Zebrafish Brain. Science. 338(6112). 1353–1356. 403 indexed citations

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Kızıl, Çağhan & Michael Brand. (2011). Cerebroventricular Microinjection (CVMI) into Adult Zebrafish Brain Is an Efficient Misexpression Method for Forebrain Ventricular Cells. PLoS ONE. 6(11). e27395–e27395. 49 indexed citations

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Langenberg, Tobias & Michael Brand. (2005). Lineage restriction maintains a stable organizer cell population at the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary. Development. 132(14). 3209–3216. 39 indexed citations

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Adamska, Maja, S. Léger, Michael Brand, et al.. (2000). Inner ear and lateral line expression of a zebrafish Nkx5-1 gene and its downregulation in the ears of FGF8 mutant, ace. Mechanisms of Development. 97(1-2). 161–165. 45 indexed citations

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Vaessin, Harald, Michael Brand, Lily Yeh Jan, & Yuh Nung Jan. (1994). daughterless is essential for neuronal precursor differentiation but not for initiation of neuronal precursor formation in Drosophila embryo. Development. 120(4). 935–945. 66 indexed citations

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Spielmann, Horst, Michael Balls, Michael Brand, et al.. (1994). EEC/COLIPA project on in vitro phototoxicity testing: First results obtained with a Balb/c 3T3 cell phototoxicity assay. Toxicology in Vitro. 8(4). 793–796. 81 indexed citations

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